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Research
Latest papers
Hysteresis phenomenon within unsaturated granular assemblies: Capillary forces and matric suction.
Physical review. E · 2026
Quasistatic kinetic avalanches and self-organized criticality in deviatorically loaded granular media.
Physical review. E · 2021
The possible influence of osmotic poration on cell membrane water permeability.
Cryobiology · 2009 · senior author
Latest funding
- $200,000
A mechanistic computational framework for modelling a pandemic and socio-economic response against new virus variants
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $186,000
Micromechanics of unsaturated porous media across the saturation regimes: Applications to stability and resilience of geostructures under climate change
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $216,000
Development of Micromechanically-Based Models for Unsaturated Geomaterials
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Hysteresis phenomenon within unsaturated granular assemblies: Capillary forces and matric suction.
Younes N, Wautier A, Wan R, Millet O, Nicot F
Quasistatic kinetic avalanches and self-organized criticality in deviatorically loaded granular media.
Baró J, Pouragha M, Wan R, Davidsen J
The possible influence of osmotic poration on cell membrane water permeability.
Muldrew K, Schachar J, Cheng P, Rempel C, Liang S, Wan R
A mechanistic computational framework for modelling a pandemic and socio-economic response against new virus variants
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Keywords: Computational Mechanics; Epidemiology; Immunology and Virology; Indigeneous Health; Machine Learning; Complex Systems; Granular Mechanics; Big Data; Socio-Economics; Network Models
Micromechanics of unsaturated porous media across the saturation regimes: Applications to stability and resilience of geostructures under climate change
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Keywords: unsaturated soil mechanics; micromechanics; homogenization; wetting/drying; adsorption; capillarity; lattice boltzmann; material point methods; cemented soils; statistical mechanics
Development of Micromechanically-Based Models for Unsaturated Geomaterials
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Fracturing of shales via in-situ pore fluid pressurization by electromagnetic heating
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Development of micromechanically-based models for geomaterials with coupled multiphysics
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Development of micromechanically-based models for geomaterials with coupled multiphysics
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Development of a geomechanical model for shale and oil sand interactions with steam in heat stimulation processes
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Mathematical, experimental, and computational modelling of failure, instabilities, and degradation in geomaterials
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Ice growth in biological tissues and a computational tool for their cryo-treatment
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
Plane strain soil testing apparatus
Principal investigators: Wan, Richard
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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