Staff
Staff

Li Cheng

Position: Research Associate Professor

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Email: licheng@scut.edu.cn


Personal Profile

Li Cheng, Associate Research Professor, primarily engaged in research on offshore pile foundation sand soil-structure interaction, soil constitutive model development, and large deformation numerical simulations. In the past five years, he has published over 20 papers in SCI journals, including Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Computers and Geotechnics, and Ocean Engineering. In 2022, he was awarded the Editor’s Choice Excellent Paper Award by the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.


Research Interests

1.Numerical Method-Based Secondary Development of Soil Constitutive Models and Their Engineering Applications;

 

2.Study on the Mechanism and Numerical Simulation of Anchor-Soil Interaction Considering Large Deformation Effects;

 

3.Reliability Design and Optimization Methods for Offshore Pile Foundations Under Complex Environmental Loads.


Education and Research Experience

Jan. 2026 – Present, Associate Research Professor, School of Marine Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology

May 2024 – Dec. 2025, Postdoctoral Researcher (Geotechnical Engineering), School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Supervisor: Professor Yuxia Hu

Jul. 2022 – Jul. 2024, Postdoctoral Researcher (Geotechnical Engineering), School of Marine Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Supervisor: Professor Liang Cheng

Sep. 2018 – Jun. 2022, Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, South China University of Technology, Supervisor: Professor Yuanming Lai

Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2018, M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, South China University of Technology, Supervisor: Professor Xiaowen Zhou

Sep. 2012 – Jun. 2016, B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Hubei University of Technology

               


Research Project Experience

1. 2017.11-2020.11, Australia Discovery Project, Caisson anchors for deep water oil and gas developments in calcareous soils, Participated;

2. 2022.03-2024.03, CNOOC Project: Mechanism Study and Numerical Simulation Analysis of Pipe–Soil Interaction for Deepwater Risers on Complex Seabeds; Participated;

3. 2023.11-2025.12, Research on Scour Mechanisms of Offshore Wind Power Foundations and Submarine Cable Protection, and Demonstration of Mitigation Measures; Participated.


Representative Publications (Last Five Years)

[1] Cheng L, Ullah S.N, Hu Y., Bienen B, Staubach P, Lee F. H. Failure envelopes of helical anchors in sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2026, 152(4): 04026004. (JCR1)

[2] Cheng L., Hossain M.S., Han Y., Li C., Zhang M., Yu L. Numerical Investigation of Inclined Loading and Failure Envelopes of Helical Anchors in Clay over Sand. Ocean engineering, 2026, 354, 124948. (JCR1)

[3] Cheng, L., Yu, X., Li, J., Yu, W., Jiang, X., & Pan, X. (2026). Large Deformation Analysis of the Keying Process of Strip Plate Anchors in Clay. International Journal of Geomechanics, 26(6), 04026091. (JCR2)

[4] Han, Y., Li, L., Cheng, L.*, Yu, L., Yin, Y., Yang, Q. Large Deformation Strain-Softening Parameters for Marine Clay from Vane Shear Tests. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2026, 26(4), 04026026. (JCR1)

[5] Cheng, L., Hu Y., Han Y., Wang Q., Shen Z. Horizontal Rectangular Plate Anchors under Inclined Loading in Sand - 3D FE Analysis with Bounding Surface Model. Ocean Engineering, 2025, 329, 121131. (JCR1).

[6] Cheng, L., Wang Q., Han Y., Wu Y., Yu Long. Numerical investigation of horizontal circular plate anchors under inclined loading in sand. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2025, 25(11), 04025261 (JCR2).

[7] Cheng L., Hu Y., Han Y., Wang Q., Shen Z. Effect of Soil Remoulding on Loss of Embedment and Bearing Capacity of Square Plate Anchors in Clay. Applied Ocean Research, 2025, 156: 104470. (JCR1)

[8] Wang, Q., Hu, Y., Cheng, L.*.Soil behaviour of stiffened caissons installing in stiff-over-soft clay. Acta Geotechnica, 2025, 20(12), 6203-6220. (JCR1).

[9] Cheng, L., M.S. Hossain, Hu Y, Ullah S.N., Kim Y. Inclined Loading of Suction Caisson Anchors in Calcareous Sand with Particle Breakage. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 173, 106545. (JCR1)

[10]Cheng, L., Wang, Q, Han, Y, Wu, Y. Pullout Behaviour of Strip Plate Anchors in Clay Overlying Sand. Ocean Engineering, 2024, 306: 118110. (JCR1)

[11]Cheng, L., Niu, F., Hossain M.S., Wang, Q., Kim Y, Effect of Padeye Offset Ratio on Keying Behaviours and Capacity of Square Plate Anchors in Clay. Ocean Engineering, 2024, 304: 117902. (JCR1)

[12]Wang, Q., Hu, Y., Cheng, L.*.Penetration resistance of stiffened caissons in uniform and soft-over-stiffclays. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 167, 106041. (JCR1)

[13]Cai, H., Niu, F., Cheng, L.*, Zhou, M., Han, Y. Keying behaviors of strip plate anchors with padeye offset in uniform clay. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2024, 24(5): 04024077.(JCR2)

[14]Han, Y., Cheng, L.,Yu, L., Qin Y, Ren Y. Boundary effect on the soil strength estimation from T-bar penetration tests. Applied Ocean Research, 2024 150, 104107. (JCR1)

[15]Cheng, L., Han, Y, Wang, Q, Wu, Y. Effects of Soil Remoulding on Keying Behaviours of Strip Plate Anchors with Padeye Offset. Applied Ocean Research, 2023, 141: 103790. (JCR1)

[16]Cheng L., Ullah S, Hu Y, Zhou M, Jiang W. Numerical Analysis of Lateral-Moment Capacity of Bucket Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbine in Sand. Marine Structures, 2023, 87: 103337. (JCR1)

[17]Cheng L., Han Y, Wu Y, Kim Y. Numerical Investigation of Pullout Capacity for Inclined Strip Plate Anchors in Sand. Applied Ocean Research, 2023, 130: 103414. (JCR1)

[18]Cheng L., Hossain M.S., Hu Y, Kim Y, Ullah S N. A Simple Breakage Model for Calcareous Sand and Its FE Implementation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2022, 148(9): 04022065. (JCR1)

[19]Cheng L., Hossain M.S., Hu Y, Kim Y, Ullah S N. Failure Envelope of Suction Caisson Anchors Subjected to Combined Loadings in Sand. Applied Ocean Research, 2021, 114: 102801. (JCR1)