Research Interests

Urban infrastructure:
Integrity of urban water and energy distribution systems, remaining strength assessment of deteriorating pipes, sustainable maintenance planning for pipe networks.

Soil-structure interaction:
Soil-pipe interaction for municipal and energy pipelines, pipelines subjected to ground movements. Developed facilities for full-scale testing and numerical/analytical modeling.

Sensing/Measurements:
Acoustic emission method for pipe condition assessment, distributed fibre optic sensing instrument for strain measurement, earth pressure measurements.

Research Gallery

Pipe Integrity Assessment Tool

Full-scale Pipe Test Facility