Name 

Dongri SONG 

Professional  

Title 

Professor 

Address  

No. 9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, People’s Republic of China 

E-mail 

drsong@imde.ac.cn 

Professional  

Expertise 

 Geomechanics in landslides (debris flow and debris avalanche) ; Mechanisms of debris flow-structure interaction and the load model; Innovation and design of debris flow flexible barriers 

Education 

2013.01—2017.03, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, PhD 

2010.09—2013.06, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), MPhil 

2006.09—2010.06, China University of Mining and Technology, B.E. 

Employment Record (including international working experience) 

2020.07-Now, Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

2017.05—2020.07, Associate Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Running Projects 

National Natural Science Foundation of China: Debris Flows Impact Mechanisms Based on Effects of Solid-fluid Coupling (grant No. 51809261), 2019-2021.

National Natural Science Foundation of China: Novel debris flow flexible barrier based on bionics: mechanism, model, and verification (grant No. 51809261), 2021-2024.

Academic Society Activities 

Awards 

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPF) 

Ringo Yu Prize for Best PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Studies (HKIE, 2017) 

Publications  

1.   Song, D., Choi, C. E., Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, G. G. D., Kwan, J. S. H., Sze, H. Y., & Zheng, Y. (2019). Load-attenuation mechanisms of flexible barrier subjected to bouldery debris flow impact. Landslides. 16: 2321–2334.

2.    Song, D., Zhou, G. G. D., Xu, M., Choi, C. E., Li, S., & Zheng Y. (2019). Quantitative analysis of debris-flow flexible barrier capacity from momentum and energy perspectives. Engineering Geology. 251: 81–92. 

3.    Song, D., Zhou, G. G. D., Choi, C. E., & Zheng, Y. (2019). Debris flow impact on flexible barrier: effects of debris-barrier stiffness and flow aspect ratio. Journal of Mountain Science. 16(7): 1629-1645. 

4.   Song, D., Choi, C. E., Zhou, G. G. D., Kwan, J. S. H., & Sze, H. Y. (2018). Impulse Load Characteristics of Bouldery Debris Flow Impact. Géotechnique Letters. 8(2): 111–117. 

5.    Zhou, G. G. D., Song, D.*, Choi, C. E., Pasuto, A., Sun, Q. C., & Dai, D. F. (2018). Surge Impact Behaviour of Granular Flows: Effects of Water Content. Landslides. 15(4): 695–709. 

6.    Song, D., Choi, C. E., Ng, C. W. W., & Zhou, G. G. D. (2018). Geophysical Flows Impacting a Flexible Barrier: Effects of Solid-fluid Interaction. Landslides. 15(1): 99-110. 

7.    Song, D., Ng, C. W. W., Choi, C. E., Zhou, G. G. D., Kwan, J. S. H. & Koo, R. C. H. (2017). Influence of debris flow solid fraction on rigid barrier impact. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 54(10): 1421-1434. 

8.   Ng, C. W. W., Song, D.*, Choi, C. E., Kwan, J. S. H., Koo, R. C. H., & Pun, W. K. (2017). Impact mechanisms of granular and viscous flows on rigid and flexible barriers. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 54(2), 188-206. 

9.    Ng, C. W. W., Song, D.*, Choi, C. E., Koo, R. C. H., & Kwan, J. S. H. (2016). A novel flexible barrier for landslide impact in centrifuge. Géotechnique Letters, 6(3), 221-225.