Kai Zhao

2.3k total citations
90 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kai Zhao is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Zhao has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 34 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 29 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Zhao's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (30 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (13 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (12 papers). Kai Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (30 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (13 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (12 papers). Kai Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Kai Zhao's co-authors include Hongling Ma, Chunhe Yang, Yinping Li, Marco Barla, Peng Li, Xilin Shi, Guoxing Chen, Xiaopeng Liang, Shengnian Wang and Qin-Pei Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Kai Zhao

83 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kai Zhao	796	648	441	327	263	90	1.8k
Nan Zhou	1.8k 2.2×	1.5k 2.3×	401 0.9×	405 1.2×	261 1.0×	90	2.5k
Hongling Ma	1.7k 2.1×	640 1.0×	735 1.7×	750 2.3×	395 1.5×	128	2.9k
Yi Pik Cheng	727 0.9×	1.6k 2.5×	268 0.6×	238 0.7×	166 0.6×	101	2.3k
Xiangsheng Chen	375 0.5×	391 0.6×	176 0.4×	205 0.6×	160 0.6×	75	1.0k
Kai Yao	451 0.6×	1.6k 2.4×	340 0.8×	204 0.6×	417 1.6×	145	2.5k
Jianping Yang	1.1k 1.4×	814 1.3×	263 0.6×	438 1.3×	429 1.6×	75	1.9k
Yanlong Chen	1.2k 1.5×	598 0.9×	275 0.6×	374 1.1×	276 1.0×	114	1.8k
Song Ren	522 0.7×	268 0.4×	228 0.5×	210 0.6×	114 0.4×	41	918
Houzhen Wei	413 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	142 0.3×	135 0.4×	86 0.3×	48	1.8k

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All Works

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Wong, Louis Ngai Yuen & Kai Zhao. (2025). Numerical analysis of triaxial creep-fatigue interaction of rock salt. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(11). 6964–6976. 4 indexed citations

Zhuang, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). Liquefaction-induced lateral spreading characteristics of the fluvial terraces at the lower reaches of Yangtze River. Engineering Geology. 346. 107900–107900. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Kai, et al.. (2025). A Long Short-Term memory-based model in forecasting the displacement of Compressed Air Energy Storage salt caverns. Journal of Energy Storage. 133. 117962–117962.

Zhao, Kai, et al.. (2025). Long-term stability forecasting for energy storage salt caverns using deep learning-based model. Energy. 319. 134854–134854. 8 indexed citations

Zeng, Zhen, Hongling Ma, Yinping Li, et al.. (2025). Acoustic emission insights into rock salt damage under humidity cycling. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 251. 213898–213898.

Li, Wentao, Hongling Ma, Kai Zhao, et al.. (2025). Stability and settlement analysis of salt cavern groups for compressed air energy storage: A case study in China. Journal of Energy Storage. 122. 116626–116626. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Kai & Louis Ngai Yuen Wong. (2024). Creep-fatigue interaction of rock salt using discrete element simulation. Computers and Geotechnics. 176. 106771–106771. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Haiyan, et al.. (2024). Structural vibration characteristics of the historical building in a nearby blasting test. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Hongling, et al.. (2024). Allowable Pillar Width for Salt Cavern Gas Storage Based on Triangular Well Layout: A Case Study in China. Energies. 17(2). 324–324. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, Chunhe Yang, Hongling Ma, & J.J.K. Daemen. (2023). A creep-fatigue model of rock salt and its application to the deformation analysis of CAES salt caverns. Computers and Geotechnics. 156. 105311–105311. 49 indexed citations

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Li, Hang, Hongling Ma, Jiang Liu, et al.. (2023). Large-scale CAES in bedded rock salt: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China. Energy. 281. 128271–128271. 58 indexed citations

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Li, Peng, Yinping Li, Xilin Shi, et al.. (2023). Theoretical and numerical simulation studies of the self-stabilization capability of salt cavern roofs. Computers and Geotechnics. 163. 105719–105719. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Hang, et al.. (2023). The effect of varying stress intervals on fatigue of rock salt. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 234. 212597–212597. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuanxi, et al.. (2023). Creep monitoring and parameters inversion methods for rock salt in extremely deep formation. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 229. 212092–212092. 15 indexed citations

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Wei, Xinxing, Xilin Shi, Yinping Li, et al.. (2023). Advances in research on gas storage in sediment void of salt cavern in China. Energy. 284. 129243–129243. 18 indexed citations

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Liang, Xiaopeng, Hongling Ma, Rui Cai, et al.. (2023). Study of Impact of Sediment on the Stability of Salt Cavern Underground Gas Storage. Energies. 16(23). 7825–7825. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, Hongling Ma, Haoran Li, et al.. (2023). Stability analysis of CAES salt caverns using a creep-fatigue model in Yunying salt district, China. Journal of Energy Storage. 62. 106856–106856. 39 indexed citations

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Cai, Rui, Hongling Ma, Chunhe Yang, et al.. (2021). Research on the Problem of Salt Carried by Gas Injection and Withdrawal of Underground Salt Caverns Gas Storage. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, et al.. (2015). A New Construction Method for Deeply Buried Metro Station in Rich Water Strata. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai. (2011). Deformation Force Simulation of Lead Screw Cold Roll-beating Based on ABAQUS. Rejiagong gongyi.

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