Wei
WU
吳偉
DEng in Geotechnical Engineering
University of Karlsruhe, Germany 1991
Brief Biography
Dr. Wu received Dr.-Ing. from Karlsruhe University, Germany in 1991. Afterwards, he entered the cut-and-thrust world of engineering consulting. He entered Lahmeyer International Ltd in Frankfurt, Germany in 1991 and joined Electrowatt Infra Ltd in Zurich, Switzerland in 2002. During his time at Frankfurt and Zurich, Dr. Wu had worked on some major heavy civil projects of the world, e.g. high speed rail-link (Germany), Metro Athens (Greece) and Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland). In 2003, he was offered a chair professor at BOKU University, Vienna, Austria. Prof. Wu is the founding editor and editor-in-chief of Acta Geotechnica, an international journal for geotechnical engineering and the editor-in-chief of Springer Series for Geomechanics and Geoengineering. He has coordinated some large research projects funded by the European Commission.
Honors and Awards
Advanced Grant from the European Research Council 2024
Selected Publications
X Zou, S Wang, X Kang, BM Świtała, W Wu, Hypoplastic modeling and finite-element simulation of root-reinforced soils, Acta Geotechnica 1-19, 2026
A Saif, I Siad, E Soranzo, W Wu, Centrifuge testing of cross passages in shallow tunnels: challenges and lessons learned, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 1-20, 2026
Y Wang, X Guo, W Wu, H Zhou, Z Li, A state-and rate-dependent constitutive model for granular materials with interstitial fluid: solid-like, fluid-like behaviours and their transitions, Géotechnique 76, 72-86, 2026
X Guo, W Wu, X Kang, I Zaboev, Dual-stress origin of local stress minima in dense granular suspensions, Physics of Fluids 37, 121704, 2025
M Kaczvinszki, W Wu, Hadamard compatibility conditions for Rivlin–Ericksen tensors on weak singular surfaces, International Journal of Engineering Science 217, 104382, 2025
S Wani, RK Kandasami, W Wu, Hypoplastic model for gas hydrate-bearing sediments considering pore morphology, Computers and Geotechnics 181, 107115, 2025
M Cueva, X Kang, S Wang, E Soranzo, W Wu, Unveiling the role of saturation and displacement rate in the transition from slow movement to catastrophic failure in landslides, Engineering Geology 352, 108042, 2025
Y Wang, W Wu, Hypoplastic model for solid-like and fluid-like granular flows, Computers and Geotechnics 172, 106466, 2024
Z Su, S Wang, D Li, J Sheng, W Wu, SPH–DEM modeling overtopping failure of earthfill dams, Acta Geotechnica 19, 953-970, 2024
Y Wang, W Wu, A bond-level energy-based peridynamics for mixed-mode fracture in rocks, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 414, 116169, 2023
EB Masi, V Tofani, G Rossi, S Cuomo, W Wu, D Salciarini, E Caporali, F Catani, Effects of roots cohesion on regional distributed slope stability modelling, Catena 222, 106853, 2023
Y Wang, RI Borja, W Wu, Dynamic strain localization into a compaction band via a phase-field approach, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 173, 105228, 2023
C Zhu, C Peng, W Wu, Smoothed particle hydrodynamics modelling of particle-size segregation in granular flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 977, A47, 2023
C Guardiani, E Soranzo, W Wu, Time-dependent reliability analysis of unsaturated slopes under rapid drawdown with intelligent surrogate models, Acta Geotechnica 17, 1071-1096, 2022
A Martinez, J Dejong, I Akin, et al, Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges, Géotechnique 72, 687-705, 2022
C Zhu, C Peng, W Wu, C Wang, A multi-layer SPH method for generic water–soil dynamic coupling problems. Part I: Revisit, theory, and validation, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 396, 115106, 2022
JM Hill, D Bhattacharya, W Wu, Bagnold velocity profile for steady-state dense granular chute flow with base slip, Rheologica Acta 61, 207-214, 2022
C Peng, S Li, W Wu, H An, X Chen, C Ouyang, H Tang, On three-dimensional SPH modelling of large-scale landslides, Canadian Geotechnical Journal 59, 24-39, 2022
C Zhu, C Peng, W Wu, Applications of micropolar SPH in geomechanics, Acta Geotechnica 16, 2355-2369, 2021
S Li, C Peng, W Wu, S Wang, X Chen, J Chen, GGD Zhou, BK Chitneedi, Role of baffle shape on debris flow impact in step-pool channel: an SPH study, Landslides 17 (9), 2099-2111, 2020