Biao Li

@concordia.ca/faculty

Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Concordia University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

computational geomechanics, thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling, frozen soils, permafrost, geothermal engineering, finite element method

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Poromechanical analysis of regional frozen ground responses under heat exchanger operations
K Khaksar, B Li
Canadian Geotechnical Journal 2025

Corrigendum to “An off-grid solar district energy system with borehole thermal energy storage: Life cycle assessment in a subarctic region”
X Wu, M Sameti, F Nasiri, B Li
Journal of Building Engineering, 111562 2024

Numerical modeling of the long-term poromechanical performance of a deep enhanced geothermal system in northern Qubec
S Vadiee, B Li, J Raymond, MM Miranda
Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 100170 2024

Modeling the present-day in-situ stress field in a geo-energy reservoir for geomechanical dilation enhanced thermal recovery
B Li, C Luo, B Xu, J Chen, S Chen
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 1-16 2024

Numerical evaluation of ground source heat pumps in a thawing permafrost region
E Norouzi, B Li, LL Wang, J Raymond, A Gaur, J Zou
Journal of Building Engineering, 111035 2024

Estimating equivalent elastic properties of frozen clay soils using an XFEM-based computational homogenization
E Norouzi, B Li, RE Erkmen
Cold Regions Science and Technology 226, 104292 2024

Manually directional splitting of in-situ intact igneous rocks into large sheets
Z Zhang, ZQ Yue, B Li, Z Yang
Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 100153 2024

Mechanical heterogeneity characterization of coal materials based on nano-indentation experiments
Q Zhang, X Li, B Li, J Meng, B Nie, W Lu
Journal of Central South University 31 (9), 3142-3155 2024

An off-grid solar district energy system with borehole thermal energy storage: Life cycle assessment in a subarctic region
X Wu, M Sameti, F Nasiri, B Li
Journal of Building Engineering 91, 109576 2024

Thermal-hydro-mechanical modeling of short-term ground responses due to the borehole thermal energy storage operations in a Canadian subarctic region
M Sojoudi, B Li, E Norouzi
Renewable Energy, 120753 2024

Finite element modeling of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in clay soils considering bound water dehydration
M Sojoudi, B Li, E Norouzi
Acta Geotechnica, 1-16 2024

Modeling time-dependent uniaxial compressive behaviors of an artificial frozen sandy clay at different temperatures
S Akhtar, B Li
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 1-14 2024

Application of discrete element particle-based method to simulate toppling failure: a case study
H Dabirmanesh, AM Zsaki, B Li
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 1-22 2024

A thermo-poromechanical model for simulating freeze–thaw actions in unsaturated soils
B Li, E Norouzi, HH Zhu, B Wu
Advances in Water Resources 184, 104624 2024

Finite element modeling of thermal‐hydro‐mechanical coupled processes in unsaturated freezing soils considering air‐water capillary pressure and cryosuction
E Norouzi, B Li
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 2024

Finite element modeling of wellbore stability in a fractured formation for the geothermal development in northern Quebec, Canada
S Heidari, B Li, AB Jacquey
Geoenergy Science and Engineering 231, 212350 2023

Thermal-hydro-mechanical coupled numerical analysis of a faulted zone in a Quebec’s potential geothermal engineering site
S Vadiee, B Li, J Raymond, M Miranda
GeoSaskatoon 2023, The 76th Canadian Geotechnical Society Annual Conference 2023

Characterizing thermo-hydraulic behaviors of seasonally frozen loess via a combined opto-electronic sensing system: Field monitoring and assessment
HH Zhu, B Wu, DF Cao, B Li, Z Wen, XF Liu, B Shi
Journal of Hydrology 622, 129647 2023

A Structural State Model Interpreting the Residual Strength Transition Behavior of Clay Soils
S Akhtar, B Li
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 41 (5), 2913-2922 2023

Experimental investigation of interfacial behavior of fiber optic cables embedded in frozen soil for in-situ deformation monitoring
B Wu, HH Zhu, TX Liu, DY Wang, LL Hu, B Li
Measurement 215, 112843 2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Quantifying structural states of soft mudrocks
B Li, RCK Wong
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 (5), 3324-3347 2016
Citations: 40

A mechanistic model for anisotropic thermal strain behavior of soft mudrocks
B Li, RCK Wong
Engineering Geology 228, 146-157 2017
Citations: 33

Microscopic & macroscopic characterizations of Beijing marble as a building material for UNESCO heritage sites: new insights into physico-mechanical property estimation and
J Liu, Z Zhang, B Li
Construction and Building Materials 225, 510-525 2019
Citations: 31

Experimental study of rate-dependent uniaxial compressive behaviors of two artificial frozen sandy clay soils
N Girgis, B Li, S Akhtar, B Courcelles
Cold Regions Science and Technology 180, 103166 2020
Citations: 30

Understanding the performance of hydraulically fractured wells in the laumontite-rich tight glutenite formation
B Chen, B Xu, B Li, M Kong, W Wang, H Chen
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 185, 106600 2020
Citations: 30

The application of geomechanical SAGD dilation startup in a Xinjiang oil field heavy-oil reservoir
X Sun, B Xu, G Qian, B Li
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 196, 107670 2021
Citations: 27

Numerical analysis of pipeline uplift resistance in frozen clay soil considering hybrid tensile-shear yield behaviors
S Akhtar, B Li
International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering 6 (4), 47 2020
Citations: 27

A modified Kozeny-Carman model for estimating anisotropic permeability of soft mudrocks
B Li, RCK Wong, S Heidari
Marine and petroleum geology 98, 356-368 2018
Citations: 26

Anisotropy in capillary invasion and fluid flow through induced sandstone and shale fractures
B Li, RCK Wong, T Milnes
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 65, 129-140 2014
Citations: 22

Experimental study on factors affecting the physical and mechanical properties of shell lime mortar
Z Zhang, J Liu, B Li, G Yu, L Li
Construction and Building Materials 228, 116726 2019
Citations: 20

Modelling equivalent elastic properties of imperfectly bonded soil-rock mixtures using an XFEM-based computational homogenization
E Norouzi, B Li, RE Erkmen
Computers and Geotechnics 144, 104638 2022
Citations: 17

Comprehensive stability analysis of an inclined wellbore embedded in Colorado shale formation for thermal recovery
B Li, RCK Wong, B Xu, B Yang
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 110, 168-176 2018
Citations: 16

Thermally induced deterioration behaviour of two dolomitic marbles under heating–cooling cycles
Z Zhang, J Liu, B Li, X Yang
Royal Society Open Science 5 (10), 180779 2018
Citations: 15

In Situ stress field in the Athabasca oil sands deposits: Field measurement, stress-field modeling, and engineering implications
JG Liu, B Xu, L Sun, B Li, GJ Wei
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 215, 110671 2022
Citations: 13

A thermodynamic-based model for modeling thermo-elastoplastic behaviors of saturated clayey soils considering bound water dehydration
M Sojoudi, B Li
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 15 (6), 1535-1546 2023
Citations: 12

Constitutive modeling of a laumontite-rich tight rock and the application to poromechanical analysis of deeply drilled wells
S Heidari, B Li, AB Jacquey, B Xu
Rock Mechanics Bulletin 2 (2), 100039 2023
Citations: 11

Vertical-well-assisted SAGD dilation process in heterogeneous super-heavy oil reservoirs: Numerical simulations
Z Yang, X Sun, C Luo, B Xu, B Yang, B Li
Underground Space 6 (6), 603-618 2021
Citations: 11

A thermo-poromechanical model for simulating freeze–thaw actions in unsaturated soils
B Li, E Norouzi, HH Zhu, B Wu
Advances in Water Resources 184, 104624 2024
Citations: 10