Prof. Christopher Kin Ying LEUNG 梁堅凝

Christopher Kin Ying
LEUNG
梁堅凝

PhD in Civil Engineering
Professor
Research Area
Materials
Research Interests
Composites for construction
Construction materials
Fracture mechanics
Mechanics of fiber composites
Optical fiber sensors
Profile

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Teaching Activities

CIVL2810 - Construction Materials

CIVL4810 - Construction Materials Technology

CIVL5830 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials

Research Projects

Micromechanical Modeling of Constitutive Behavior and Crack Width vs Strain Relation of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC)

Development of  Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites as Repair Material for Concrete Structures with Significant Steel Loss

Condition and Health Monitoring of SHCC

Development of Cementitious Composites for Self-healing Leak-proof Basement

Durability Testing and Modeling of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) in Moist/Alkaline Environment

Selected Publications

Wu, H.L., Yu, J. Mishra, D. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Compressive Strength and Environmental Impact of Sustainable Blended Cement with High-Dosage Limestone and Calcined Clay (LC2)”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.278, Article Number 123616 (2021)

Das, A.K. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A Fundamental Method for Prediction of Failure of Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites without Prior Information”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.114, Article Number 103745 (2020)

Huang, B.T.*, Yu, J., Wu, J., Dai, J.G.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “High-Strength Seawater Sea-sand Engineered Cementitious Composites (SS-ECC): Mechanical Performance and Probabilistic Modeling”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.114, Article Number 103740 (2020)

Wei, J., Chen, Y., Wu, C. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Shear Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams with High Strength Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (HS-SHCC)”, Materials and Structures, Vol.53, Article Number 102 (2020)

Das, A.K. and Leung, C.K.Y. “ICD: A Real-time Onset Detector for Overlapped Acoustic Emission Waves”, Automation in Construction, Vol.109, Article Number 103341 (2020)

Huang, B.T.*, Yu, J., Wu, J., Dai, J.G.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “Seawater Sea-sand Engineered Cementitious Composites (SS-ECC) for Marine and Coastal Applications”, Composites Communications, Vol.20, Article Number: 100353 (2020)

Das, A.K. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A Strategy for In-situ Determination of Self-Healing State for Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites” Cement and Concrete Composites, Article Number 103641 (2020)

Chen, Y., Yu, J., Younas, H. and Leung C.K.Y. “Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Bond between Steel Rebar and High-Strength Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) under Direct Tension”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.112, Article Number: 103666 (2020)

Das, A.K., Lee, H.Y.*, Kohei, N.*, Mizuno, Y.*, Leung, C.K.Y. and Nakamura, K.* “Potential of Mechanically Induced, Cascaded Long-period Grating Structure for Reflectometric Pressure, Strain, and Temperature Sensing”, IEEE Sensors Journal, in press (2020)

Yu, J., Wu, H.-L. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Feasibility of Using Ultrahigh-Volume Limestone-Calcined Clay Blend to Develop Sustainable Medium-Strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC)”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.262, Article Number: 121343 (2020)

Yao, J., Leung, C.K.Y. “Scaling up Modeling of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites Based on Beam Theory: from Single Fiber to Composite”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.108, Article Number: UNSP 103534 (2020)

 u, J., Zhang, M.*, Li, G.Y.*, Meng, J.* and Leung, C.K.Y. Using Nano-Silica to Improve Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Fiber Reinforced High-Volume Fly Ash Cement Mortar”, Construction & Building Materials, Vol.239, Article Number 117853 (2020)

Lu, Z., Yao, J. and Leung, C,K.Y. “Using Graphene Oxide to Strengthen the Bond between PE Fiber and Matrix to Improve the Strain Hardening Behavior of SHCC” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.126, Article Number: UNSP 105899 (2019)

Chen, Y., Lu, Z., Yao, J. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Experimental Study on the Shrinkage Reduction of High Strength Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.104, Article Number: UNSP 103416 (2019)

Das, A.K. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Power Spectral Entropy of Acoustic Emission Signal as a Damage Indicator to Identify the Operating Regime of Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.104, Article Number: UNSP 103409 (2019)

Lu, Z., Yin, R., Yao, J. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Surface Modification of Polyethylene Fiber by Ozonation and Its Influence on the Mechanical Properties of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites”, Composites – Part B, Vol.177, paper number 107446 (2019)

Chen, E., Tang, S.W.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “Corrosion-induced Cracking in Reinforced Concrete due to Chloride Contamination and Ingress”, ACI Materials Journal, Vol.116, No.5, pp.99-111 (2019)

Das, A.K., Mishra, D.K., Leung, C.K.Y. and Yu, J. “Smart Self-Healing and Self-Sensing Cementitious Composites – Recent Developments, Challenges and Prospects”, Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, Vol.8, No.3, pp.554-578 (2019)

Das, A.K. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A New Power-based Method to Determine the First Arrival Information of an Acoustic Emission Wave”, Structural Health Monitoring, Vol.18, No.5-6, pp.1620-1632 (2019)

Yu, J., Chen, Y. and Leung C.K.Y. “Mechanical Performance of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) with Hybrid Polyvinyl Alcohol and Steel Fibers”, Composite Structures, Vol.226, paper 111198 (2019)

Yao, J., Wu. C., Chen, Y., Leung, C.K.Y. “A New Model for Calculating Inclined Single Fiber Bridging Stress in Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites Based on Beam Theory”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.103, pp.89-103 (2019)

Wang, Z.*, Yu, J., Li, G.*, Zhang, M.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “Corrosion Behavior of Steel Rebar Embedded in Hybrid CNTs-OH/Polyvinyl Alcohol Modified Concrete under Accelerated Chloride Attack”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.100, pp.120-129 (2019)

Lu, Z., Chen, B.*, Leung, C.K.Y., Li, Z.* and Sun, G.* “Aggregation Size Effect of Graphene Oxide on its Reinforcing Efficiency to Cement-based Materials”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.100, pp. 85-91 (2019)

Lu, Z., Lu, C., Leung, C.K.Y. and Li, Z.* “Graphene Oxide Modified Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites with Enhanced Mechanical and Thermal Properties by Incorporating Ultra-fine Phase Change Materials”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.98, pp.83-94 (2019)

Das, A.K., Suthar, D., Leung, C.K.Y. “Machine Learning based Crack Mode Classification from Unlabeled Acoustic Emission Waveform Features”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.121, pp.42-57 (2019)

Das, A.K., Lai, T.T., Chan, C.W. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A New Non-Linear Framework for Localization of Acoustic Sources”, Structural Health Monitoring, Vol.18, No.2, pp.590-601 (2019)

Yao. J., and Leung, C.K.Y. “A New Physical Model for Empirical Fiber Snubbing Effect in Cementitious Composites Based on Large Deflection Beam Theory”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.96, pp.238-251 (2019)

Li, Q.*, Zhao, X.*, Xu, S.*, Leung, C.K.Y. and Wang, B.* “Multiple Impact Resistance of Hybrid Fiber Ultra High Toughness Cementitious Composites with Different Degrees of Initial Damage”, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol.31, No.2 Article Number 04018368 (2019)

Chen, E. and Leung C.K.Y. “Mechanical aspects of simulating crack propagation in concrete under steel corrosion”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.191, pp.165-175 (2018)

Yu, J., Mishra, D., Wu, C. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Very High Volume Fly Ash Green Concrete for Applications in India”, Waste Management and Research, Vol.36, No.6, pp.520-526 (2018)

Yu, J., Chen, Y. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Micromechanical Modeling of Crack-Bridging Relations of Hybrid-Fiber Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites Considering Interaction between Different Fibers”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.182, pp.629-636 (2018)

Lin, X.Y.*, Yu, J., Li, H.D.*, Lam, J.Y.K.*, Shih, K.M.*, Sham, I.M.L.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “Recycling Polyethylene Terephthalate Wastes as Fibers in Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites”, Hazardous Materials, Vol.357, pp.40-42 (2018)

Yu, J., Lu, C., Chen, Y., and Leung, C.K.Y. “Experimental Determination of Crack-Bridging Constitutive Relations of Hybrid-Fiber Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites Using Digital Image Processing”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.173, pp.359-367 (2018)

Lu, C., Yu, J. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Tensile Performance and Impact Resistance of Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC) with Recycled Fibers”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.171, pp.566-576 (2018)

Pan, J.L.*, Cai, J.M.*, Ma, H.* and Leung C.K.Y. “Development of multi-scale fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composites with PVA fiber and CaCO3 whisker”, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol.30, No.6, Article Number 04018106 (2018)

Wu, C., Leung C.K.Y. and Li, V.C.* “Derivation of Crack Bridging Stresses in Engineered Cementitious Composites under Combined Opening and Shear Displacements”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.107, pp.253-263 (2018)

Zhu, H.G.*, Wan, K.T.*, Satekenova, E.*, Zhang, D.C.*, Leung, C.K.Y. and Kim, J.* “Development of Lightweight Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite for Structural Retrofit and Energy Efficient Improvement of Unreinforced Masonry Housings”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.167, pp.791-812 (2018)

Chen, Y., Yu, J. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Use of High Strength Strain-hardening Cementitious Composites for Flexural Repair of Concrete Structures With Significant Steel Corrosion”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.167, pp.325-337 (2018)

Wan, K.T.*, Zhu, H.G.*, Yuen, T.Y.P.*, Chen, B.*, Hu, C.*, Leung, C.K.Y. and Kuang, J.S. “Development of Low Drying Shrinkage Foamed Concrete and Hygro-mechanical Finite Element Model for Prefabricated Building Fasçade Applications”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.165, pp.939-957 (2018)

Xu, L.*, Pan, J.L.*, Leung, C.K.Y. and Yin, W.Y.* “Shaking Table Tests on Precast Reinforced Concrete and Engineered Cementitious Composite/Reinforced Concrete Composite Frames”, Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol.21, No.6, pp. 824-837.

Yu, J., Yao, J., Lin, X.Y.*, Li, H.D.*, Lam, J.Y.K.*, Leung, C.K.Y., Sham, I.K.L.* and Shih, K.M.* “Tensile Performance of Sustainable Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites with Hybrid PVA and Recycled PET Fibers”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.107, pp.110-123 (2018)

Lu, C., Li, V.C. and Leung, C.K.Y., “Flaw Characterization and Correlation with Cracking Strength in Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC)”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.107, pp.64-74 (2018)

Chen, E., Leung, C.K.Y., Tang, S.W.* and Lu, C. “Displacement Discontinuity Method for Cohesive Crack Propagation”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol.190, pp.319-330 (2018)

Yu, J., Li. G.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “Hydration and Physical Characteristics of Ultrahigh-Fly Ash – Cement Systems with Low Water/Binder Ratio”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.161, pp.509-518 (2018)

Li, W.W. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Effect of Shear Span-Depth Ratio on Mechanical Performance of RC Beams Strengthened in Shear with U-wrapping FRP Strips”, Composite Structures, Vol.177, pp.141-157 (2017)

Chen, E. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A Coupled Diffusion-Mechanical Model with Boundary Element Method to Predict Concrete Cover Cracking due to Steel Corrosion”, Corrosion Science, Vol.126, pp. 180-196 (2017)

Yu, J., Lu, C., Leung, C.K.Y. and Li, G.* “Mechanical Properties of Green Structural Concrete with Ultra-High-Volume Fly Ash”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.147, pp.510-518 (2017)

Yu, J. and Leung C.K.Y. “Strength Improvement of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCCs) with Ultra-High Volume Fly Ash”, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol.29, No.9, Article Number 05017003 (2017)

Shi, T. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Minimum Energy Based Method to Predict the Multiple Cracking Pattern in Quasi-brittle Beam”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.117, pp.1-13 (2017)

Lu, C. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Effect of Fiber Content Variation on the Strength of the Weakest Section in Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC)”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.141, pp.253-258 (2017)

Shi, T. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A New Discrete Model for Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites: Model and Concept”, Computers and Structures, Vol.185, No.6, pp.27-46 (2017)

Lu, C. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Theoretical Evaluation of Fiber Orientation and its Effects on Mechanical Properties in Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) with Various Thicknesses”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.95, pp.240-246 (2017)

Yu, J., Li, H.*, Leung, C.K.Y., Lin, X.*, Lam, J.Y.K.*, Sham, I.M.L.* and Shih, K.* “Matrix Optimal Design for Waterproof Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC)”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.139, pp.438-446 (2017)

Yuan F.*, Pan, J.L.* and Leung, C.K.Y. “Elastoplastic Time History Analysis of Reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composite or Engineered Cementitious Composite-Concrete Composite Frame under Earthquake Action”, Advances in Structural Engineering, Vol.20, No.4, pp.491-503 (2017)

Wu C., Pang, Z.F.*, Su, R.K.L.*, Leung, C.K.Y. and Meng, S.P.* “Seismic Behavior of Steel Reinforced ECC Columns under Constant Axial Loading and Reversed Cyclic Lateral Loading”, Materials and Structures, Vol.50, No.1, Paper No.78 (2017)

Lu, C., Leung, C.K.Y. and Li, V.C.* “Numerical Model on the Stress Field and Multiple Cracking Behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.133, pp.118-127 (2017)

Lu, C., Yu, J. and Leung, C.K.Y. “An Improved Image Processing Method for Assessing Multiple Cracking Development in Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC)”, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.74, pp.191-200 (2016)

Meng, L.S., Leung, C.K.Y. and Li, G.Y.* “Effect of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Mechanical Properties and Durability of Latex-Modified Cement Mortar”, Key Engineering Materials, Vol.711, pp.232-240 (2016)

Lu, C., Lu, Z., Li, Z. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Effect of Graphene Oxide on the Mechanical Behavior of Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites”, Construction and Building Materials, Vol.120, pp.457-464 (2016)

Li, W.W. and Leung, C.K.Y. “Shear Span/Depth Ratio Effect on Behavior of RC Beam Shear-Strengthened with Full-Wrapping FRP Strip”, ASCE Journal of Composites in Construction, Vol.20, No.3, Article 4015067 (2016)

Li, G.Y.*, Wang, Z.K.*, Leung, C.K.Y., Tang, S.W.*, Pan, J.*, Huang, W.S.* and Chen E. “Properties of Rubberized Concrete Modified by using Silane Coupling Agent and Carboxylated SBR”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.112, Part 1, pp.797-807 (2016)

Lu, C. and Leung, C.K.Y. “A New Model for the Cracking Process and Tensile Ductility of Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC)”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.79, pp.353-365 (2016)