Zaobao Liu

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
104 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Zaobao Liu is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Zaobao Liu has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 53 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 37 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Zaobao Liu's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (65 papers), Landslides and related hazards (37 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (19 papers). Zaobao Liu is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (65 papers), Landslides and related hazards (37 papers) and Drilling and Well Engineering (19 papers). Zaobao Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Zaobao Liu's co-authors include J.F. Shao, Wanqing Shen, Weiya Xu, Nathalie Conil, Shouyi Xie, Chong Shi, Hongyuan Zhou, Weiya Xu, Hongjie Chen and Yongdong Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Zaobao Liu

100 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Hard-rock tunnel lithology prediction with TBM construction big data using a global-attention-mechanism-based LSTM network

2021 150 citations Zaobao Liu, Hongyuan Zhou et al. profile →
Experimental study of mechanical properties of hot dry granite under thermal-mechanical couplings

2024 70 citations Zaobao Liu, Mingsong Wu et al. Geothermics profile →
Effect of lateral stress and loading paths on direct shear strength and fracture of granite under true triaxial stress state by a self-developed device

2025 20 citations Zaobao Liu, Liang Chen et al. Engineering Fracture Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zaobao Liu China	30	1.5k	1.1k	770	629	483	104	2.4k
Hossein Masoumi Australia	30	1.3k 0.9×	852 0.8×	434 0.6×	551 0.9×	487 1.0×	111	2.0k
Hai Pu China	29	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	889 1.2×	825 1.3×	343 0.7×	129	2.7k
Ning Li China	29	1.3k 0.9×	822 0.8×	428 0.6×	814 1.3×	668 1.4×	128	2.3k
Yu‐Yong Jiao China	35	2.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.9×	787 1.0×	610 1.0×	480 1.0×	141	3.7k
Yiguo Xue China	29	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	527 0.7×	655 1.0×	260 0.5×	172	2.8k
Peng‐Zhi Pan China	34	2.6k 1.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.7×	447 0.9×	144	3.3k
Baotang Shen Australia	34	3.1k 2.1×	1.3k 1.2×	929 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	521 1.1×	113	3.6k
Chun Zhu China	34	2.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	752 1.2×	381 0.8×	163	3.5k
Shibin Tang China	28	1.7k 1.2×	868 0.8×	784 1.0×	626 1.0×	267 0.6×	94	2.3k
Dwayne D. Tannant Canada	33	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	906 1.2×	470 0.7×	461 1.0×	97	2.7k

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Yang, Qiang, et al.. (2025). Physical Model Test and Numerical Modeling of Cross-Sectional Shape Effect on Evolution Mechanism of Time-Delayed Deformation and Rockburst in Deep Tunnels. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 59(2). 2015–2043. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2025). Effect of lateral stress and loading paths on direct shear strength and fracture of granite under true triaxial stress state by a self-developed device. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 318. 110952–110952. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2025). Topology optimization of thermochemical material distribution in low-temperature thermochemical heat storage system. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 169. 109594–109594.

Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2025). Experimental investigation of mechanical behavior and thermal damage of hot dry rock exposing to different cooling conditions. Geothermics. 130. 103332–103332. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Hongyuan, Zaobao Liu, J.F. Shao, Wanqing Shen, & Essaïeb Hamdi. (2025). Effects of Stress Direction and Magnitude on Strength and Failure of Weakly Anisotropic Sandstone under True Triaxial Compression. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 59(3). 3213–3234.

Zhang, Mingshan, Mingwei Gao, Zaobao Liu, & Zhehui Jin. (2024). Molecular insights into mass transfer and adsorption behaviors of hydrocarbon and CO2 in quartz multiple-nanopore system. Fuel. 362. 130816–130816. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2024). Research and application of comprehensive detection methods for geological structural planes in drill and blast tunnels. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 228. 105449–105449. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2024). Non-monotonic effect of differential stress and temperature on mechanical property and rockburst proneness of granite under high-temperature true triaxial compression. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 10(1). 24 indexed citations

Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2024). Experimental study of mechanical properties of hot dry granite under thermal-mechanical couplings. Geothermics. 119. 102974–102974. 70 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Jianwei, et al.. (2024). DEM investigation on macro and micro mechanical properties of methane hydrate-bearing sediments considering dissociation. Gas Science and Engineering. 134. 205521–205521. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2024). Advances in peridynamics modeling of deformation and fracturing of brittle geomaterials. 1(3). 100110–100110. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2023). DEM–SPH Coupling Method for Landslide Surge Based on a GPU Parallel Acceleration Technique. Computers and Geotechnics. 164. 105821–105821. 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Ming, et al.. (2023). A simplified log creep model for describing triaxial creep of mélange rocks. Heliyon. 9(6). e17529–e17529. 2 indexed citations

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Rao, Y.V.K. Sadasiva, et al.. (2023). Response of sensor-enabled piezoelectric geobelt reinforced soil pullout friction signals. Geosynthetics International. 31(6). 999–1010. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhi, Wei Wang, Zhechao Wang, et al.. (2023). A new hydro-mechanical coupling constitutive model for brittle rocks considering initial compaction, hardening and softening behaviors under complex stress states. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 9(1). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingshan, et al.. (2023). Molecular simulation on H2 adsorption in nanopores and effects of cushion gas: Implications for underground hydrogen storage in shale reservoirs. Fuel. 361. 130621–130621. 44 indexed citations

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Liu, Zaobao, et al.. (2022). Hard-Rock TBM Thrust Prediction Using an Improved Two-Hidden-Layer Extreme Learning Machine. IEEE Access. 10. 112695–112712. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Yu, Zaobao Liu, Tao Feng, & Wanqing Shen. (2021). Modified KCC model for modelling mechanical behaviour of quartz sandstone under triaxial compression from low to high confining pressures. European Journal of Environmental and Civil engineering. 26(14). 6880–6896. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinquan, et al.. (2019). Experimental investigations on compaction properties of sand-clay mixture at high pressure. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zaobao. (2010). Attribute interval recognition model based on projection pursuit weight for evaluation of stability of surrounding rock. Rock and Soil Mechanics. 2 indexed citations

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