Name (English):Xunjian Hu
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Date of Employment:2026-08-20
School/Department:School of Resources and Safety Engineering
Education Level:Postgraduate (Doctoral)
Sex:Male
Contact Information:xunjian.hu@polito.it huxunjian2021@zju.edu.cn
Degree:Double Degree
Status:报到中
Alma Mater:Zhejiang University/Politecnico di Torino
Teacher College:School of Resources and Safety Engineering
Personal Profile
Teacher homepageXunjian Hu, male, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Central South University, China. He is a native of Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China. His research focuses on fundamental problems in geological engineering and rock mechanics, including refined modeling of rock mesostructures and macro–mesoscopic failure mechanisms, thermo-mechanical coupling effects and key prediction of mechanical properties of deep rock masses under high-temperature and high-stress conditions, and creep damage evolution mechanisms of rocks.
To date, he has published 25 SCI/EI-indexed papers as the first or corresponding author in international and Chinese journals, including Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. His publications have received more than 1,000 citations, with the most-cited paper receiving 110 citations, and his Google Scholar H-index is 18.
He currently serves as a reviewer for several international journals, including Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Computers and Geotechnics, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Scientific Reports, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, and Petroleum Science and Technology.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-FDqxvQAAAAJ&hl=en
Publications
1. Xunjian Hu*, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Ni Xie, Pedro Marin Montanari, Xiaonan Gong. (2024). Tensile microcracking behavior of granites after high temperature treatment by considering the effect of grain size and mineralogical composition. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 57,10583-10609.
2. Xunjian Hu*, Yang Yu, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Xiaonan Gong. (2024). The influence of temperatures on the mechanical properties and fracture behavior of rocks under mixed mode I/II loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 309, 110399.
3. Xunjian Hu*, Dongdong Ma, Ni Xie, Qizhi Zhu, Haibo Hu, Xiaonan Gong. (2025). An improved damage constitutive model for pre-heated rocks under uniaxial compression considering the initial compaction effect and residual strength. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 34 (1), 52-80.
4. Xunjian Hu, Dong Liao*, Haibo Hu, Senlin Xie, Ni Xie, Xiaonan Gong. (2024). The influence of mechanical heterogeneity of grain boundary on mechanical and microcracking behavior of granite under mode I loading using a grain-based model. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 57, 3139-3169. (Essential Science Indicators Highly Cited Paper)
5. Xunjian Hu, Haibo Hu, Ni Xie, Yujie Huang*, Panpan Guo, Xiaonan Gong. (2023). The effect of grain size heterogeneity on mechanical and microcracking behavior of pre‑heated Lac du Bonnet granite using a grain‑based model. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 56, 5923-5954.
6. Xunjian Hu, Panpan Guo, Ni Xie, Haibo Hu*, Gang Lei, Junjie Ma, Xiaonan Gong. (2023). Creep behavior and associated acoustic characteristics of heterogeneous granite containing a single pre-existing flaw using a grain-based parallel-bonded stress corrosion model. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 56, 4799-4832.
7. Xunjian Hu, Junjie Shentu, Ni Xie, Yujie Huang*, Gang Lei, Haibo Hu, Panpan Guo, Xiaonan Gong. Predicting triaxial compressive strength of high-temperature treated rock using machine learning techniques. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2023, 15, 2072-2082. (Essential Science Indicators Highly Cited Paper)
8. Xunjian Hu*, Yongjie Qi, Haibo Hu, Gang Lei, Ni Xie, Xiaonan Gong. (2023). A micromechanical-based failure criterion for rocks after high-temperature treatment. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 284, 109275.
9. Xunjian Hu, Ni Xie*, Qizhi Zhu, Liang Chen, Pengcheng Li. (2020). Modeling damage evolution in heterogeneous granite using digital image-based grain-based model. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53, 4925-4945.
10. Xunjian Hu, Dong Liao*, Dongdong Ma, Senlin Xie, Ni Xie, Haibo Hu, Xiaonan Gong. (2023). Machine learning models for predicting rock fracture toughness at different temperature conditions. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 19, e02622.
11. Xunjian Hu*, Xiaonan Gong, Ni Xie, Qizhi Zhu, Panpan Guo, Haibo Hu, Junjie Ma. (2022). Modeling crack propagation in heterogeneous granite using grain-based phase field method. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 117, 103203.
12. Xunjian Hu*, Xiaonan Gong, Haibo Hu, Panpan Guo, Junjie Ma. (2022). Cracking behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of heterogeneous granite with double pre-existing filled flaws and a circular hole under uniaxial compression: Insights from grain-based discrete element method modeling. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 81, 162.
13. Xunjian Hu*, Xiaonan Gong, Junjie Ma, Panpan Guo, Haibo Hu. (2022). Numerical study on full-field stress evolution and acoustic emission characteristics of rocks containing three parallel pre-existing flaws under uniaxial compression. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 27(1), 51-71.
14. Xunjian Hu, Lina Luo*, Gang Lei, Xiaonan Gong, Panpan Guo, Haibo Hu, Junjie Ma. (2021). Cracking behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of rock containing a single pre-existing flaw. Shock and Vibration, 7117163.
15. Haibo Hu, Xunjian Hu*, Xiaonan Gong. (2024). Predicting the strut forces of the steel supporting structure of deep excavation considering various factors by machine learning methods. Underground Space, 18, 114-129.
16. Dong Liao, Xunjian Hu*, Shun Wan, Chao Zhou. (2024). Improvement of a hypoplastic model for sand under undrained loading conditions. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. (Online)
17. Hui Zhang, Yujie Huang*, Shilang Xu, Xunjian Hu*, Zhishan Zheng. (2023). 3D cohesive fracture of heterogeneous CA-UHPC: A mesoscale investigation. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 249, 108270.
18. Hui Zhang, Yujie Huang*, Xunjian Hu*, Shilang Xu. (2023). A quasi-brittle fracture investigation of concrete structures integrating random fields with the CSFEM-PFCZM. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 281, 109107.
19. Dongdong Ma, Yu Wu*, Xunjian Hu, Dengcheng Li, Haozhe Gen, Yang Hao. (2024). DEM simulation of injection-induced micro-cracks behaviors in the heterogeneous glutenite by fluid–solid coupling. Computational Particle Mechanics, 11(4), 1529-1545.
20. Yu Wu, Dongdong Ma*, Xunjian Hu, Yang Hao, Chunhui Liu, Haiyang Zhou. (2023). Numerical simulation on the mechanical and fracture behavior of bedding argillaceous sandstone containing two pre-existing flaws. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 127, 104047.
Educational Experience
Teacher homepage1
2023.10 - 2025.5Politecnico di Torino 一 Civil and Environmental Engineering 一 Postgraduate (Doctoral) 一 Doctoral degree
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2021.9 - 2025.6Zhejiang University 一 Geotechnical Engineering 一 Postgraduate (Doctoral) 一 Doctoral degree
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2018.9 - 2021.6Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Acad 一 Geotechnical Engineering 一 Postgraduate (Master's Degree) 一 Master's degree
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2014.9 - 2018.6China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) 一 Civil Engineering 一 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 一 Bachelor's Degree
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