Currently Funded Research and Industrial Collaborative Projects 

• Behavior of loose fill slopes and its stabilization with soil nails (Prof W. H. Tang, Prof C.F. Lee, Prof Tim Law, Prof C. W. W. Ng, Drs R. Lo, G.D. Tham)

• Behavior of soil nails in saturated and unsaturated loose fill slopes (Profs C. W. W. Ng & H. Rahardjo)

• Calibration of Piezocone Data for Land Reclamation Works by Geotechnical Centrifuge Model Testing (Prof K.M. Lee)

• Centrifuge modeling of loose fill slopes subjected to uniaxial and biaxial earthquakes (Profs C. W. W. Ng & X. S. Li)

• Centrifuge modeling of pile-sand systems under multi- directional earthquake loading (Prof X.S. Li)

• Centrifuge verification of rotational shear effects (Prof X. S. Li)

• Construction research - phase I: geotechnical centrifuge modeling of friction piles (Prof W. H. Tang & Prof C. W. W. Ng)

• Experimental & Numerical studies of multiple NATM tunnel interactions in soft ground (Profs C. W.W. Ng & K. M. Lee)

• Investigation of the subsurface contamination and the effectiveness cif remediation technologies using geotechnical centrifuge techniques (Profs I. M. C. Lo & J.N. Meegoda)

• The influence of weathering on soil slope stability in Hong Kong (Prof C.W.W. Ng, Prof. W.H. Tang, Profs K.M. Lee, D. Williams & M. Sun)

 

Earthquake Related Problems to be investigated by the Centrifuge (Photography by S. Iai of Ministry of Transport in Japan)		Rain-induced landslide problems to be studied by the Centrifuge(Photography by Geotechnical Engineering Office of Civil Engineering Department of HKSAR)