PhD, Assistant Professor
Email: jingmin_xu@seu.edu.cn
Room 608, School of Transportation, Southeast University
Jiulonghu Campus, Nanjing 211189, China
Expertise
Research in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, with a specific focus on excavation-induced ground movements and their effects on nearby structures. Current research includes centrifuge, machine learning, numerical and experimental (model test, element test, large shaking table test) studies of problems related to tunnels, piles, mines, subgrade and soil-structure interaction.
Education
2017-2020PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK
2014-2017MSc, Mining Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology
2010-2014BSc, Mining Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology
Academic Appointments
2021.01 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of Underground Engineering, School of Transportation, Southeast University, China.
2023.07 – 2023.10: Royal Society Visiting Scholar, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.
2024.06 – 2024.09: Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Funded research (PI = Principal Investigator; CoI = Co-Investigator)
2022-2024PI. The Royal Society international exchange programme, UK - Optimising urban tunnel design and construction. £12k
2022-2024PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China - Bearing characteristics and deformation mechanism of piled raft foundation induced by shield tunneling. ¥300k
2022-2023PI. Open Fund Project of Jiangsu Tunnel and Underground Engineering Technology Research Center – Tunnelling induced piled raft foundation settlement model. ¥120k
2021-2022PI. Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Technology and Achievement Transformation Project - Performance and Application of Fluidized Cement Soil Prepared from Silty Soil Resources. ¥200k
2023-2026 CoI. National Natural Science Foundation of China - Research on Enhanced Heat Transfer Mechanism and Long-Term Energy Efficiency of Energy Tunnels under Heat Pipe Induction. ¥580k
2021-2023 CoI. Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology Project - Study on the initiation, development, and particle fragmentation mechanism of shear zones in iron tailings based on acoustic emission characteristics. ¥200k
2022-2024 CoI. China Railway Fourth Engineering Group Co., Ltd research project - The Influence of Pile Head Connection Form on the Seismic Performance of Bridge Pile Foundations. ¥2000k
Publications
44 journal/conference papers published/accepted;
Total citations > 700; h-index=15. SeeGoogle Scholar, ResearchGate, Scopus
Selected publications
J Xu, L. Zheng, G. Song, D. Zhang, B. Sheil, A. Marshall. (2024) Effects of retaining walls on tunnelling-induced sandy ground displacements: a numerical investigation.Géotechnique. (revision)
J Xu, Z. Cheng, Y. Zhang, T. Xu, Z. Li. (2024) Intelligent prediction model of tunnelling-induced building deformation based on genetic programming and its application. Journal of Central South University.(revision)
J Xu, J. Gui, B. Sheil. (2024) A numerical investigation of the role of underground storeys on tunnel-frame interaction in sandy soil. Computers and Geotechnics. (revision)
G. Song, J Xu*, A. Marshall (2023). Numerical study on the effect of protective wall depth in reducing structure deformations caused by tunnelling. Computers and Geotechnics. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023. 105374.
J Xu, C Xu, Y Shi, D Zhang, T Xu, W Xu, H Cheng (2023). Centrifuge tests on response of loose sand ground and surface structure caused by tunneling at different depths. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering. (in Chinese)
G. Song, J Xu*, A. Marshall, C. M. Heron (2022). Centrifuge application of fibre Bragg gratings: pile axial loads and wall bending moments, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. DOI: 10.1680/jphmg.20.00078
J Xu*, P Juan, W Zhu (2022). Movement Laws of the Overlying Strata at the Working Face Ends and Their Effects on the Surface Deformation. Minerals. DOI: 10.3390/min12121485.
J Xu*, D Zhang, S Liu (2022). Tunneling-induced sandy ground deformation affected by surface framed structures. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (in Chinese). DOI: 10.11779/CJGE202204002
J Xu*, A Franza, A Marshall, L Nunzio. & B Daniela (2021). Tunnel-framed building interaction: comparison between raft and separate footing foundations. Géotechnique. DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.19.P.393.
J Xu*, A Franza, A Marshall, L Nunzio (2021). Role of footing embedment depth on tunnel-foundation interaction, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002603.
J Xu, W Zhu*, JL Xu, J Wu, Y Li (2021). High-intensity longwall mining-induced ground subsidence in Shendong coalfield, China, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. DOI:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2021. 104730.
J Xu*, A Franza, A Marshall (2020). Response of framed buildings on raft foundations to tunneling. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002376.
S Yu, J Xu*, W Zhu, S Wang, W Liu. (2020) Development of a combined mining technique to protect the underground workspace above confined aquifer from water inrush disaster. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s10064-020-01803-0.
W Liu, J Xu*, W Zhu, S Wang. (2019) A novel short-wall caving zone backfilling technique for controlling mining subsidence, Energy Science & Engineering, DOI: 10.1002/ese3.418.
W Zhu, S Yu, J Xu*. (2018) Influence of the elastic dilatation of mining-induced unloading rock mass on the development of bed separation. Energies, DOI: 10.3390/en11040785.
W Zhu, J Xu, JL Xu*, Dayong Chen, Jianxin Shi. (2017) Pier-column backfill mining technology for controlling surface subsidence, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2017.04.014.
W Zhu, J Xu*, G Xu. (2017) Mechanism and control of roof fall and support failure incidents occurring near longwall recovery roadways, Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, DOI: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n11a11.
W. Zhu, J Xu, Y. Li*. (2017) Mechanism of the dynamic pressure caused by the instability of upper chamber coal pillars in Shendong coalfield, Geosciences Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s12303-017-0025-5.
J Xu, W. Zhu, J. Ju*. (2017) Study on mechanism of powered support jammed and roof falling in fully-mechanized coal mining face in Daliuta Mine, Coal Science and Technology, (in Chinese) DOI: 10.13199/j.cnki.cst.2016.08.019
J Xu, W. Zhu, J. Ju*. (2017) Mechanism of dynamic mine pressure occurring below adjacent upper chamber mining goaf with shallow cover depth, Journal of China Coal Society, (in Chinese) DOI: 10.13225/j.cnki.jccs.2016.0811
Professional activities & Affiliations
Youth Editorial Board Member for Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering
Reviewer for the Scientific Journals (over 30 Journals, includingGéotechnique, JGGE, CGJ, TUST, etc.)
Guest Editor for the Special Issue of the Geofluids Journal: Geofluids flow in rock strata movement induced by coal mining. (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/geofluids/si/361206/)
Members of the International Scientific Committee for IS-Macau 2024, 11th International Symposium of Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground.
Member of the Committee on underground space of Chinese Society for Urban Studies
Member of the China Highway and Transportation Society
Member of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering
NCG research group representative for the Postgraduate Research Engineering Community committee, the University of Nottingham, UK
Teaching
2023-Foundation Engineering (Year 3 students), Southeast University, China
2022-Engineering Geophysical Exploration (Year 3 students), Southeast University, China
2021-Tunnel Engineering (Year 4 students), Southeast University, China
2019Module Demonstrator (Year 3 Reinforced Concrete Testing, Year 2 Direct Shear Testing), University of Nottingham, UK
2019Civil Engineering Lab Demonstrator at University of Nottingham Open Day, UK
2014-2015Leader of undergraduate internship, CUMT, China,
Presentation
2023: Oral presentation at the 6th National Academic Conference on Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering, Beijing, China
2023: Oral presentation at the 2022 China Tunnel and Underground Engineering Conference (CTUC 2022), Changsha, China
2023: Oral presentation at the 4th National Conference on Transportation Geotechnical Engineering, Lanzhou, China
2023: Oral presentation at the 3rd National Academic Conference on Soft Soil Engineering, Nanjing, China
2022: Oral presentation at the 11th National Youth Conference on Geotechnical Mechanics and Engineering, Taiyuan, China
2021: Oral presentation at Asian Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Singapore
2021: Oral presentation at the 3rd International Symposium on Tunnel and Underground Engineering Inspection and Monitoring, Changsha, China
2020: Oral presentation at the 4th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Sweden
2019: Oral presentation at the 17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Reykjavik, Iceland
2019: Poster presentation at British Geotechnical Association 16th Annual Conference, London, UK
Research Supervision
Postgraduate
2023-presentMr Chencheng Wang, MSc student(sole supervisor)
2023-presentMr Xin Li, MSc student(sole supervisor)
2022-presentMs Ping Juan, MSc student(sole supervisor)
2022-presentMr Linyue Wu, MSc student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Zhou)
2021-presentMr Songsong Yang, PhD student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Zhang)
2021-presentMr Chen Shen, PhD student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Zhang)
2018-2020Mr Wenbing Liu, MSc student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Zhu)
2017-2020Mr Shengchao Yu, MSc student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Zhu)
Visiting Student
2018-2019Ms Stefania Galiani, MSc student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Marshall)
2019-2020Ms, Beatrice Billi, MSc student(co-supervisor, principle supervisor: Prof Marshall)
M.Eng.
2023-2024Mr L Zheng: The effect of embedded piles/walls on tunnelling-induced ground movements.
2023-2024Mr C Wang: The use of machine learning algorithms to predicting tunnelling induced building distortion
2022-2023Mr J Gui: The response of framed building to tunnelling
2022-2023Mr J Shi: The effect of cap-soil interaction on tunnel-pile interaction
2022-2023Ms C Wang: The role of interface friction and bending stiffness on tunnel-wall interaction
2021-2022Mr Y Wu: Optimization design of slurry ratio for slurry balancing shield construction
2021-2022Ms P Juan: The influence of hydraulic gradient on slurry infiltration into sandy soil