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Yixiang Gan

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BE&BBA(XJTU) ME(XJTU) Dr.-Ing.(KIT, with summa cum laude)
Post-doctoral Researcher
Centre for Geotechnical Research



School of Civil Engineering, Room 343
Phone: +61 2 9351 3721
Fax: +61 2 9351 3343
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Research Interests

  • Micro-mechanics of granular media
  • Effective properties of granular and porous materials
  • Computational mechanics

Selected Publications

  • Gan, Y.; Rognon, P.; Einav, I. (2012) Phase transitions and cyclic pseudotachylyte formations in simulated meltable fault gouges. Philosophical Magazine. (Accepted, DOI:10.1080/14786435.2012.669062).
  • Annabattula, R.; Gan, Y.; Kamlah, M. (2012) Mechanics of binary and polydisperse spherical pebble assembly. Fusion Engineering and Design. (Accepted, DOI:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2012.02.033).
  • Choi, I.; Gan, Y.; Kaufmann, D.; Kraft, O.; Schwaiger, R. (2012) Measurement of Young's modulus of anisotropic materials using micro-compression testing. Journal of Materials Research. (Accepte, DOI:10.1557/jmr.2012.18).
  • Zhao, S.; Gan, Y.; Kamlah, M. (2012) Spherical ceramic pebbles subjected to multiple non-concentrated surface loads. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 49: 658-671. (DOI:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.11.009).
  • Gan, Y.; Kamlah, M.; Riesch-Oppermann, H.; Rolli, R.; Liu, P. (2011) Crush probability analysis of ceramic breeder pebble beds under mechanical stresses. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 417: 706-709. (DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.12.131).
  • Gan, Y.; Kamlah, M.; Reimann, J. (2010) Computer simulation of packing structure in pebble beds. Fusion Engineering and Design. 85: 1782-1787. (DOI:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.05.042).
  • Gan, Y and Kamlah, M (2010) Discrete element modelling of pebble beds: With application to uniaxial compression tests of ceramic breeder pebble beds. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 58(2): 129-144.
  • Gan, Y and Kamlah, M (2010) Thermo-mechanical modelling of pebble bed-wall interfaces. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 85(1): 24-32.
  • Rupert, TJ, Gianola, DS, Gan, Y. and Hemker, KJ (2009) Experimental Observations of Stress-Driven Grain Boundary Migration. SCIENCE 326(5960): 1686-1690.
  • Gan, Y and Kamlah, M (2007) Identification of material parameters of a thermo-mechanical model for pebble beds in fusion blankets. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 82(2): 189-206.
  • Gan, Y. Chen, CP and Shen, YP (2005) Three-dimensional modeling of the mechanical property of linearly elastic open cell foams. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES 42(26): 6628-6642 Published: DEC 2005