Zhaoxia Tong | Geotechnical Engineering

🎓Early Academic Pursuits

Zhaoxia Tong began her academic journey at Tsinghua University, where she completed her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in geotechnical engineering. She further expanded her expertise by participating in a one-year research program as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Davis, broadening her international exposure and solidifying her foundation in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.

Currently an Associate Professor at Beihang University, Zhaoxia Tong has led over ten prominent research projects, including grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation. She has made significant strides in education, being awarded the Second Prize for Higher Education Teaching Achievement in Beijing. Zhaoxia has also served as the chief editor for two textbooks under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development’s 14th Five-Year Plan.

Her research delves deeply into the macro-micro deformation characteristics of anisotropic sands, especially under cyclic rotation of principal stress axes. Zhaoxia pioneered experimental work to establish a strong correlation between peak friction angle and bedding plane inclination angle. Her innovative research on soil dynamics and disaster prevention in geotechnical engineering is pivotal, particularly in relation to the deformation and flow behavior of sands. These findings have been published in 35 high-impact journals, and one of her notable works earned the Best Paper Award from Acta Geotechnica (Q1 journal).

With 231 citations in SCI and an H-index of 4, Zhaoxia Tong’s research has resonated within the scientific community, contributing valuable insights to soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Her consultancy projects with institutions like Tsinghua University and the China Three Gorges Corporation have demonstrated her expertise in applying theoretical research to real-world engineering challenges.

Zhaoxia has published two major textbooks with ISBN numbers 978-7-112-29764-1 and 978-7-112-28437-5, contributing to the academic field through educational literature. She also holds one published patent (ZL 2011 1 0394600.7), underlining her commitment to practical innovations in engineering.

As a member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSGME) and Secretary on Soil Strength and Constitutive Modeling for the Chinese Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CSSMGE), Zhaoxia Tong continues to influence both academia and industry. Her future work aims to further investigate soil dynamics and disaster prevention mechanisms in geotechnical engineering, leaving a lasting legacy in these critical areas of research.

Dynamic response of dry sands subjected to dual patch impact loads of a wheeled helicopter
Authors: Liu, K., Feng, J., Yu, Z., Tong, Z., Du, B.
Journal: Transportation Geotechnics, 2024, 48, 101345
Model testing of dynamic response of loess to impact load from helicopter landing
Authors: Hao, Z., Feng, J., Xu, G., Tong, Z., Deng, L.
Journal: Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 2024
Dynamic analysis on cement concrete pavement with initial cracks under impact loading
Authors: Chen, Y., Tong, Z., Feng, J., Gao, Z.
Journal: Beijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019, 45(7), pp. 1474–1480
The Effect of Truss Rigidity on the Deformation of Three-Pile Foundation
Authors: Xue, Z., Tong, Z., Feng, J.
Journal: Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering, 2018, pp. 829–836
Centrifugal Model Test Study of Five-Pile Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbine
Authors: Tong, Z., Chen, Y., Zuo, Z., Feng, J.
Journal: Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering, 2018, pp. 802–809