2025- , Tenured Professor
2018-2024, Tenured Associate Professor
2007-2018,Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,Tsinghua University, China
2004-2007, Researcher, TU Delft and GeoDelft,NL
1999-2000, Visiting researcher, Balse Pascal University, France,
1997-1999, Teaching assistant and lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering,Tsinghua University, China
2021— Technical Committee of Energy Geotechnical Structures and Engineering, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering Vice President
2017— 2021Technical Committee of Energy Geotechnical Structures and Engineering, Division of Environmental Geotechnics, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering President
2019— TC308 Energy Geotechnics, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Nominated member
2019— TC105 Geomechanics from Micro to Marco, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Corresponding member
2016/06— TC221 Self-healing concrete–Its efficiency and evaluation, International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM) Corresponding member
Book or Chapters
Xiaohui Cheng, Hongxian Guo, The Mechanics of Soils and Foundations, 2022/08, China Architecture & Building Press (in Chinese), Translated and Ed-ited from The Mechanics of Soils and Foundations (2nd Edition) by John Atkin-son.
Xiaohui Cheng, Xila Liu, Fundamentals of Elasticity and Plasticity (in Chinese), in Draft, to be published.
Xiaohui Cheng, Chapter 6, Granular Soil Mechanics, in Granular Matter Physics and Mechanics, 2011.6, China Science Press (in Chinese)
Editor-in-chief in the compilation of Technical Specification for Geothermal Pile, an industry standard of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
Development of World Class Tsinghua 1000gt Drum Centrifuge Development
Five Recent Top International Journal papers
1.Xiaohui Cheng*, Shize Xiao, Sen Yang, Naifeng Zhao*, Alex Cao
A pressure-sensitive rheological origin of high friction angles of Ottawa sand observed in NASA-MGM project, Chin. Phys. B 33, 2024, 068301
2.Xiaohui Cheng*, Xiaoyu Lu, Ziqi Liu
Axisymmetrical analytical solution to the transient heat transfer problem in geological media, Int J Numer Anal Methods Geomech, 2022; 1– 13
3.Naifeng Zhao, Xiaohui Cheng*, Andrew J. Whittle,
Extended TTS Model for Thermal and Mechanical Creep of Clay and Sand, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2022, 148(6): 04022044
4.Xiaohui Cheng, Shize Xiao, Alex Sixie Cao, Meiying Hou*
A unified constitutive model for pressure sensitive shear flow transitions in moderate dense granular materials, Scientific Reports, 2021, 11:19669
5.Xiaohui Cheng, Shize Xiao, Alex Sixie Cao, Meiying Hou*
A review and analysis of granular shear experiments under low effective stress conditions, Granular Matter, 2019, 21: 104
Top recent Chinese Journal Papers
1.Wanqi Tian, Xiaohui Cheng, Wen Guan&, Fenglei Du, Yudong Wang, Fi-nite Element Simulation of Energy Pile‑anchor Retaining Structure Considering subgrade partition, Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering, publish on line 2022-9-6: 1-7.
2.Yi Sui, Xiaohui Cheng, Zuozhou Zhao, Research on cracking failure process of concrete components based on total strain crack constitutive model, Journal of Building Structures, publish on line 2022-7-13:1-10.
3.Hao Li, Xiaohui Cheng, Hanliang Yu&, Dan Fu, Seismic response simulation of submerged floating tunnel with tension legs: A case study on the Qiongzhou Strait Crossing tunnel project.Modern Tunnelling Technology, 2022, 59(3): 146-154.
4.Yi Sui, Xiaohui Cheng, Guiyong Li, Lijian Pu, Cande Li, Panyu Liao Inver-sion analysis of deformation and force of shield tunnel segments based on dis-tributed optical-fibre monitoring, Engineering Mechanics, 2022, 39(S1): 158-163.
5.Zhou Yang, Xiaohui Cheng, Qiang Ma, Wei Liu, Zhuangzi Xie, Study of strength indices for undrained stability analysis of high filled embankment, Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2022, 43(01): 218-226.
6.Zhenjiang Jiao, Shuang You, Xiaohui Cheng, Hongtao Wang, Numerical analysis of calcium ion tracing in microbial grouting of desert sand, Journal of Building Materials, publish online 2021-10-12:1-15.
7.Erxiang Song, Hao Fu, Shijie Lin, Xiaohui Cheng, Discussion on the choice of strength parameters for the analysis of saturated clay under undrained conditions, China Civil Engineering Journal, 2021, 54(09): 88-95.
8.Shuyong Li, Caichu Xia, Jianlong Zhu, Xiaohui Cheng, Centrifugal model test study on thermal stress of energy diaphragm wall, Chinese Journal of Under-ground Space and Engineering, 2020, 16(04): 1012-1020.
9.Xiaohui Cheng, Naifeng Zhao&, Hao Wang, Zhichao Zhang, Tsinghua thermodynamic soil model for simulating geothermal engineering projects, Jour-nal of Tsinghua University (Science&Technology), 2020, 60(09): 707-714.
10.Zhuangzi Xie, Xiaohui Cheng, Wei Liu, Qiang Ma, Undrained stability anal-ysis methods for high earth fills on saturated ground, Engineering Mechanics, 2020, 37(03): 149-156.
11.Shuai Zhang, Xiaohui Cheng, Tianlin Wang, Very-small-strain stiffness of anisotropically consolidated sand: a hyperelastic model, Engineering Mechanics, 2020, 37(01): 145-151.
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