Wencheng Wei

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Wencheng Wei is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Wencheng Wei has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 13 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Wencheng Wei's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (13 papers), Landslides and related hazards (10 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (10 papers). Wencheng Wei is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (13 papers), Landslides and related hazards (10 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (10 papers). Wencheng Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Wencheng Wei's co-authors include Yung‐Ming Cheng, Y.M. Cheng, Tim Länsivaara, L.G. Li, Xiang Ji, Liang Li, Hongxiang Tang, Feng Liu, Liang Lu and Xiaoyu Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Engineering Geology.

In The Last Decade

Wencheng Wei

28 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Two-dimensional slope stability analysis by limit equilibrium and strength reduction methods

2006 526 citations Yung‐Ming Cheng, Tim Länsivaara et al. Computers and Geotechnics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wencheng Wei China	16	1.2k	1.2k	743	229	159	33	1.7k
Rui Pang China	24	1.5k 1.2×	725 0.6×	517 0.7×	151 0.7×	9 0.1×	89	1.8k
Georgios Anagnostou Switzerland	19	977 0.8×	756 0.6×	94 0.1×	517 2.3×	18 0.1×	44	1.3k
Yang Xue China	14	324 0.3×	172 0.1×	372 0.5×	62 0.3×	27 0.2×	35	586
K. G. Sharma India	17	1.2k 1.0×	288 0.2×	234 0.3×	393 1.7×	7 0.0×	59	1.5k
Gang Wei China	18	657 0.5×	572 0.5×	59 0.1×	89 0.4×	9 0.1×	123	916
Dongliang Huang China	14	230 0.2×	136 0.1×	193 0.3×	163 0.7×	21 0.1×	43	560
Zhaofeng Li China	14	474 0.4×	73 0.1×	120 0.2×	131 0.6×	19 0.1×	47	670
Ikumasa Yoshida Japan	15	589 0.5×	275 0.2×	108 0.1×	78 0.3×	6 0.0×	86	863
Tim Länsivaara Finland	13	848 0.7×	734 0.6×	478 0.6×	117 0.5×	3 0.0×	37	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Wencheng, et al.. (2025). Finite element analysis for pullout resistance and progressive failure of strip anchors in strain softening marine soils. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5543–5543. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Wencheng & Hongxiang Tang. (2025). Analysis of the ultimate uplift resistance and progressive failure process of strip plate anchors in marine sensitive clays: a FE analysis based on micropolar continuum theory. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 62. 1–23.

Wei, Wencheng & Hongxiang Tang. (2025). A Micropolar Continuum Model Considering Anisotropy Evolution of Natural Clay and Finite Element Analysis of the Bearing Capacity of Structured Undrained Foundations. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 50(2). 679–696.

Tang, Hongxiang, et al.. (2024). Finite element analysis of large deformation for progressive failure of soil based on Cosserat continuum theory. Computers and Geotechnics. 177. 106836–106836. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Wencheng, et al.. (2024). Cosserat FE modeling of the bearing capacity and instability of strip footing on marine-sensitive soils considering heterogeneity and nonlinear softening. Ocean Engineering. 298. 117120–117120. 8 indexed citations

Lu, Yongchao, Dong Sheng Li, Wencheng Wei, & Peiqi Kang. (2024). A Method for Optimizing Human-Computer Interaction Interfaces Based on Heuristic Algorithms. 1097–1102.

Wei, Wencheng, et al.. (2024). 3D slope stability analysis considering strength anisotropy by a micro-structure tensor enhanced elasto-plastic finite element method. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(3). 1664–1684. 10 indexed citations

Wei, Wencheng, Hongxiang Tang, & Xiaoyu Song. (2024). Effects of Strength Anisotropy and Strain Softening on Soil Bearing Capacity through a Cosserat Nonlocal Finite-Element Method. International Journal of Geomechanics. 24(5). 11 indexed citations

Li, Haoran, et al.. (2023). Realizing asynchronous finite-time robust tracking control of switched flight vehicles by using nonfragile deep reinforcement learning. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1329576–1329576. 2 indexed citations

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Tang, Hongxiang, Wencheng Wei, Feng Liu, & Guoqing Chen. (2019). Elastoplastic Cosserat continuum model considering strength anisotropy and its application to the analysis of slope stability. Computers and Geotechnics. 117. 103235–103235. 40 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiang, et al.. (2011). Consensus problems for linear time-invariant multi-agent systems with saturation constraints. IET Control Theory and Applications. 5(6). 823–829. 156 indexed citations

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Zhou, Li, et al.. (2011). Experimental and numerical analysis of the unsteady influence of an inlet guide vane. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 226(3). 660–680. 12 indexed citations

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Cheng, Y.M., et al.. (2010). Three-dimensional analysis of coal barrier pillars in tailgate area adjacent to the fully mechanized top caving mining face. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 47(8). 1372–1383. 59 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiang, et al.. (2008). Stabilisation of a class of non-affine systems via modelling error compensation. IET Control Theory and Applications. 2(2). 108–116. 3 indexed citations

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Cheng, Y.M., et al.. (2008). Active Pressure for Circular cut with Berezantzev's and Prater's Theories, Numerical Modeling and Field Measurements. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS. 48(5). 621–631. 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yung‐Ming, et al.. (2008). Determination of the Critical Slip Surface Using Artificial Fish Swarms Algorithm. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 134(2). 244–251. 65 indexed citations

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Pan, Yicheng, Wencheng Wei, & K. Furuta. (2008). Hybrid sliding sector control for a wheeled mobile robot. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. 222(8). 829–837. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yung‐Ming, Tim Länsivaara, & Wencheng Wei. (2006). Two-dimensional slope stability analysis by limit equilibrium and strength reduction methods. Computers and Geotechnics. 34(3). 137–150. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Yung‐Ming, et al.. (2006). Particle swarm optimization algorithm for the location of the critical non-circular failure surface in two-dimensional slope stability analysis. Computers and Geotechnics. 34(2). 92–103. 148 indexed citations

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Cheng, Y.M., et al.. (2005). Location of critical three-dimensional non-spherical failure surface by NURBS functions and ellipsoid with applications to highway slopes. Computers and Geotechnics. 32(6). 387–399. 50 indexed citations

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