Yu Diao

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

Yu Diao is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Diao has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 30 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yu Diao's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (38 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (30 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (24 papers). Yu Diao is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (38 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (30 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (24 papers). Yu Diao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yu Diao's co-authors include Gang Zheng, Tianqi Zhang, Jibin Sun, Jianyou Huang, Gang Zheng, Gang Zheng, Chao-Feng Zeng, Xuesong Cheng, Haizuo Zhou and Ping Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Construction and Building Materials and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Yu Diao

59 papers receiving 873 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.

Feasibility study on desert sand solidification using biomimetic mineralization method: Mechanical properties and wind erosion resistance

2025 15 citations Yu Diao, Chu Wang et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Diao China	17	724	477	129	68	53	67	891
Qiang Ou China	16	587 0.8×	195 0.4×	61 0.5×	49 0.7×	118 2.2×	47	755
Guoxin Zhang China	14	442 0.6×	82 0.2×	167 1.3×	25 0.4×	55 1.0×	58	609
Hisham Mohamad Malaysia	17	845 1.2×	334 0.7×	88 0.7×	21 0.3×	82 1.5×	47	964
Matthias Zeiml Austria	12	651 0.9×	207 0.4×	199 1.5×	24 0.4×	26 0.5×	23	809
Ronald Brinkgreve Netherlands	13	578 0.8×	185 0.4×	104 0.8×	60 0.9×	73 1.4×	46	704
Takeshi Sato Japan	17	890 1.2×	79 0.2×	110 0.9×	50 0.7×	82 1.5×	53	1.1k
Samir Maghous Brazil	21	854 1.2×	492 1.0×	583 4.5×	70 1.0×	144 2.7×	78	1.2k
Renbo Gao China	10	173 0.2×	135 0.3×	406 3.1×	31 0.5×	77 1.5×	25	625
Dalong Jin China	20	1.2k 1.7×	781 1.6×	243 1.9×	17 0.3×	179 3.4×	81	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Diao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Diao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Effect of polyacrylic acid as crystal modifier on mechanical property on sustainable biomimetic mineralized composites. Materials Letters. 385. 138160–138160.

Zhang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Experimental investigation on periodic capsule barriers vibration isolation based on band gap theory. Transportation Geotechnics. 55. 101668–101668.

Diao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Feasibility study of biomimetic mineralized composites regulated by carboxymethyl chitosan: Mechanical and durability properties. Construction and Building Materials. 460. 139858–139858. 9 indexed citations

Diao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Self-curing strategy of granite waste powder by calcined and alkaline activation: Mechanical and durability properties. Journal of Building Engineering. 103. 112214–112214. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Jun, et al.. (2024). Centrifuge tests study on settlement and damage modes of bridge approaches using deep-seated slab. Transportation Geotechnics. 49. 101381–101381.

Diao, Yu, et al.. (2024). Stabilization strategies for granite waste powder applied in sustainable pavement subgrade: Mechanical and durability performance. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 21. e03802–e03802. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Gang, Zhitong Chen, Tianqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Particle-scale study on backward erosion of multilayer erodible medium under converging flow: experimental tests and numerical modelling. Acta Geotechnica. 19(10). 7075–7087. 1 indexed citations

Diao, Yu, et al.. (2023). Adaptive task decomposition physics-informed neural networks. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 418. 116561–116561. 9 indexed citations

Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2023). Influence of deep-cement-mixing column rows on the performance of geosynthetics-reinforced column-supported railway embankment. Transportation Geotechnics. 41. 101012–101012. 14 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, Zhitong Chen, Tianqi Zhang, Ke Wang, & Yu Diao. (2023). Experimental study on the erosion morphology of fine sand under converging flow considering the impact of soil effective stress. Acta Geotechnica. 19(2). 1129–1135. 3 indexed citations

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Diao, Yu, et al.. (2023). Reuse of Drilling Waste Slurry as the Grouting Material for the Real-Time Capsule Grouting Technique. Materials. 16(4). 1540–1540. 3 indexed citations

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Diao, Yu, et al.. (2023). Experimental study of factors affecting mechanical properties for biomimetic mineralized mortar with polyacrylic acid modifier. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 26. 2371–2383. 9 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2023). Formulation and Performance of Model Concrete in Reduced-Scale Physical Model Tests. Materials. 16(17). 5784–5784. 2 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, Tianqi Zhang, Xun Li, et al.. (2022). Visualizing the dynamic progression of backward erosion piping in a Hele-Shaw cell. Journal of Zhejiang University. Science A. 23(11). 945–954. 4 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2022). Exploratory application of a novel centre cross diaphragm method for the construction of large cross-section tunnels in soft ground. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 60(2). 123–138. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2021). Settlement of a pile under cyclic lateral loads in dry sand. Géotechnique. 73(7). 561–571. 2 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2021). Centrifuge model testing to ascertain vertical displacements of a pile under cyclic lateral loads. Journal of Zhejiang University. Science A. 22(9). 760–766. 2 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2021). Numerical study on failure propagation between two closely spaced tunnels. Journal of Zhejiang University. Science A. 22(11). 894–908. 6 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2017). Numerical and experimental study of multi-bench retained excavations. Geomechanics and Engineering. 13(5). 715–742. 6 indexed citations

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Diao, Yu. (2012). Centrifugal model tests on failure mechanisms of embankments on soft ground reinforced by rigid piles. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 12 indexed citations

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