Zhijian Qiu Assistant Professor

Xiamen University School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Email: ZhijianQiu@xmu.edu.cn

Education Background:

2015.9-2020.12 Ph.D, University of California San Diego

Research Interest: 

Soil constitutive modeling; Soil-structure interaction; Seismic resilience assessment of bridge structure

Courses Taught: Building Structure

Professional Experience:

2021.8-Present, Assistant Professor, Xiamen University, China

2021.1-2021.7, Postdoc, University of California San Diego

Honors and Awards:

2015-2017, Dr. Huang Memorial Scholarship Fund, University of California San Diego USA

2015, Excellent Master’s thesis of Fujian Province

Research Projects:

1. Seismic performance and seismic risk analysis of pile-supported bridge under liquefaction-induced large ground deformation (National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program, NO. 52208371, 2023-01 to 2025-12, PI)

2. Failure mechanism and numerical simulation analysis of pile-supported bridge in liquefaction-induced lateral spread (Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation Youth Program, No. 2022J05002, 2022-08 to 2025-08, PI)

3. Seismic performance of earth dams (Key Laboratory of Soft Soil and Environmental Geoengineering, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, NO. 2022P05, 2022-08 to 2025-08, PI)

Publications

[1] Qiu, Z., Prabhakaran, A., Zhou, YG, and Elgamal, A. (2023) A practical three-dimensional plasticity model for cyclic degradation of soil in earthquake loading applications. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. (Accepted)

[2] Qiu, Z., Prabhakaran, A., Su, L. and Zheng, Y. (2023). Performance-based seismic resilience and sustainability assessment of coastal RC bridges in aggressive marine environments. Ocean Engineering, 279, p.114547.

[3] Qiu, Z., Prabhakaran, A. and Elgamal, A. (2023). A three-dimensional multi-surface plasticity soil model for seismically-induced liquefaction and earthquake loading applications. Acta Geotechnica, pp.1-24.

[4] Qiu, Z., Yu, Z., Su, L., Prabhakaran, A., Elgamal, A. and Wang, X. (2023). Longitudinal seismic fragility assessment of an integral bridge-ground system in liquefaction-induced lateral spreads. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 168, 107838.

[5] Gu, Q., Huang, C., Qiu, Z., Wang, T., Li, Q. and Zhai, C. (2023). A novel method for seismic resilience assessment of urban hospital network systems based on a real-time simulation model. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics. (Accepted)

[6] Prabhakaran, A., Kim, K., Jahed Orang, M., Qiu, Z., Ebeido, A., Zayed, M., Boushehri, R., Motamed, R., Elgamal, A. and Frazao, C. (2023). Polymer Injection and Liquefaction-Induced Foundation Settlement Mitigation: A Shake Table Testing Investigation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(8), p.04023054.

[7] Wu, Q., Huang, L., Zhao, F., Qiu, Z. and Zheng, Y. (2023). Liquefaction behavior of inherently anisotropic sand under cyclic simple shear: Insights from three-dimensional DEM simulations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 171, p.107947.

[8] Qiu, Z., Lu, J., Ebeido, A., Elgamal, A., Uang, C.M., Alameddine, F. and Martin, G. (2022). Bridge in Narrow Waterway: Seismic Response and Liquefaction-Induced Deformations. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 148(8), 04022064.

[9] Qiu, Z., Ebeido, A., Almutairi, A., Lu, J., Elgamal, A., Shing, P.B. and Martin, G. (2020) Aspects of bridge-ground seismic response and liquefaction-induced deformations. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 49(4), 375-393.

[10] Qiu, Z. and Elgamal, A. (2020). Three-dimensional modeling of strain softening soil response for seismic loading applications. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(7), 04020053.

[11] Qiu, Z. and Elgamal, A. Numerical simulations of LEAP centrifuge tests for seismic response of liquefiable sloping ground. (2020) Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 139, 106378.

[12] Qiu, Z., Lu, J., Elgamal, A., Su, L., Wang, N. and Almutairi, A. (2019). OpenSees Three-dimensional computational modeling of ground-structure systems and liquefaction scenarios. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 120(3), 629-656.

[13] Su, L., Zhang, X., Xie, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, A., Qiu, Z. and Ling, X. (2022). Response characteristic of crane-wharf interaction system: Numerical simulation and global sensitivity analysis. Ocean Engineering, 266, 113011.

[14] Zayed, M., Ebeido, A., Prabhakaran, A., Qiu, Z. and Elgamal, A. (2021) Asymmetric input motion for accumulation of lateral ground deformation in laminar container shake table testing. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 58(2), 210-223.

[15] Zayed, M., Ebeido, A., Prabhakaran, A., Kim, K. Qiu, Z., and Elgamal, A. Shake table testing: a high-resolution vertical accelerometer array for tracking shear wave velocity. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2020, 44(4).

[16] Li, Y., Huang, S., Lin, C., Gu, Q. and Qiu, Z. (2017) Response sensitivity analysis for plastic plane problems based on direct differentiation method. Computers & Structures, 182, 392-403.

[17] Gao, Y., Gu, Q., Qiu, Z. and Wang, J. (2016). Seismic response sensitivity analysis of coupled dam-reservoir-foundation systems. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 142(10), 04016070.

[18] Gu, Q., Qiu, Z. and Huang, S. (2015) A modified multi-yield-surface plasticity model: Sequential closest point projection method. Computers and Geotechnics, 69, 378-395.