Hang Lin

8.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
301 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Hang Lin is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hang Lin has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 199 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 154 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 147 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hang Lin's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (184 papers), Landslides and related hazards (154 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (90 papers). Hang Lin is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (184 papers), Landslides and related hazards (154 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (90 papers). Hang Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Sweden. Hang Lin's co-authors include Yixian Wang, Rihong Cao, Ping Cao, Yanlin Zhao, Yifan Chen, Shijie Xie, Taoying Liu, Chengzhi Pu, Shigui Du and Xiang Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Cleaner Production and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hang Lin

275 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Crack propagation and coalescence of brittle rock-like specimens with pre-existing cracks in compression

2014 314 citations Ping Cao, Taoying Liu et al. Engineering Geology profile →
Mechanical Behavior of Brittle Rock-Like Specimens with Pre-existing Fissures Under Uniaxial Loading: Experimental Studies and Particle Mechanics Approach

2015 259 citations Rihong Cao, Ping Cao et al. profile →
Shear-related roughness classification and strength model of natural rock joint based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation

2020 167 citations Yanlin Zhao, Yixian Wang et al. profile →
Coupled seepage-damage effect in fractured rock masses: model development and a case study

2021 166 citations Yanlin Zhao, Hang Lin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hang Lin China	45	5.1k	3.4k	3.3k	1.8k	1.5k	301	7.0k
Quansheng Liu China	49	5.4k 1.1×	4.6k 1.4×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.8×	274	8.0k
Murat Karakus Australia	44	3.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	134	5.1k
Abbas Taheri Australia	43	3.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	601 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	150	5.0k
Ping Cao China	36	3.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	862 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	139	4.3k
Antonio Bobet United States	42	4.2k 0.8×	5.4k 1.6×	2.1k 0.6×	2.7k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	169	8.2k
Manchao He China	53	7.7k 1.5×	4.0k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	353	9.5k
Mark S. Diederichs Canada	39	5.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	144	7.1k
Jidong Zhao Hong Kong	51	2.5k 0.5×	5.1k 1.5×	2.9k 0.9×	676 0.4×	596 0.4×	206	8.2k
Weiya Xu China	34	2.3k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	952 0.5×	708 0.5×	179	4.3k
T. N. Singh India	43	2.9k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	173	5.4k

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Shi, Zhanming, Jiangteng Li, P.G. Ranjith, et al.. (2025). Fracture characteristics and fatigue failure signals of thermal storage rock under stepwise pulsation pressurization. Engineering Geology. 352. 108048–108048. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Z. P., Zhanming Shi, Mengxiang Wang, et al.. (2025). Fatigue fracture and energy evolution characteristics of sandstone under water–ice phase transitions via the discrete element method. Computers and Geotechnics. 179. 107023–107023. 10 indexed citations

Cheng, Yanhui, et al.. (2024). Hybrid data-driven model and shapley additive explanations for peak dilation angle of rock discontinuities. Materials Today Communications. 40. 110194–110194. 11 indexed citations

Xie, Shijie, Hang Lin, Hongyu Duan, Rubing Yao, & Tianxing Ma. (2024). A novel triaxial strength criterion for rocks based on the ultimate strength and its application. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 246. 213590–213590. 15 indexed citations

Liu, Baohua, et al.. (2024). Prediction of Rock Unloading Strength Based on PSO-XGBoost Hybrid Models. Materials. 17(17). 4214–4214. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Rihong, et al.. (2024). Influence of loading rate on the mode II fracture characteristics of SCC samples: Experiments and numerical simulations. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 134. 104729–104729. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Hang, et al.. (2024). Fatigue-thermal damage characteristics of red sandstone with a hole under high-temperature cyclic loading coupling and microstructural degradation. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 3250–3263. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Failure mode of parallel-fractured rock-like sample with different inclinations. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 127. 104053–104053. 10 indexed citations

Xie, Shijie, Hang Lin, Yifan Chen, et al.. (2023). Prediction of shear strength of rock fractures using support vector regression and grid search optimization. Materials Today Communications. 36. 106780–106780. 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Yixian, et al.. (2023). Prediction of Maximum Tunnel Uplift Caused by Overlying Excavation Using XGBoost Algorithm with Bayesian Optimization. Applied Sciences. 13(17). 9726–9726. 11 indexed citations

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Tang, Yi, et al.. (2023). Automatic recognition of slide mass and inversion analysis of landslide based on discrete element method. Computers & Geosciences. 176. 105338–105338. 11 indexed citations

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Lin, Hang, et al.. (2023). Laboratory Testing and Analysis of Clay Soil Stabilization Using Waste Marble Powder. Applied Sciences. 13(16). 9274–9274. 30 indexed citations

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Xie, Shijie, Hang Lin, & Hongyu Duan. (2023). A novel criterion for yield shear displacement of rock discontinuities based on renormalization group theory. Engineering Geology. 314. 107008–107008. 46 indexed citations

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Xie, Shijie, Hang Lin, Hongyu Duan, & Yifan Chen. (2023). Modeling description of interface shear deformation: A theoretical study on damage statistical distributions. Construction and Building Materials. 394. 132052–132052. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xing, et al.. (2023). Mechanical characterization of intermittent weak interlayer based on DIC and acoustic emission technique. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 127. 104097–104097. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Yifan, Shijie Xie, Rihong Cao, et al.. (2023). Crack propagation and scale effect of random fractured rock under compression-shear loading. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 23. 5164–5180. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Freeze-thaw failure characteristics and strength loss of non-penetrating fractured rock mass with different fracture densities. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 124. 103792–103792. 24 indexed citations

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Fan, Xiang, Xudong Jiang, Yixin Liu, et al.. (2021). Local stress distribution and evolution surrounding flaw and opening within rock block under uniaxial compression. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 112. 102914–102914. 43 indexed citations

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Yong, Rui, et al.. (2019). A dice similarity measure for TBM penetrability classification in hard rock condition with the intuitionistic fuzzy information of rock mass properties. European Journal of Environmental and Civil engineering. 25(14). 2658–2673. 12 indexed citations

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Lin, Hang, Taoying Liu, Jiangteng Li, & Ping Cao. (2013). A Simple Generation Technique of Complex Geotechnical Computational Model. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2013. 1–8. 8 indexed citations

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