Name  

Xinpo LI 

Professional   

Title  

Professor  

Address   

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

E-mail  

lixinpo@imde.ac.cn  

Professional   

Expertise  

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology 

Education  

2006 PhD: Institute of Mountain Hazards & Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences   

2003 M. E.: Department of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University  

2000 B. E.: Department of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University  

Employment Record (including international working experience )  

Since 2020, Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

12.2018 –12.2019, 02.2012 –02.2013, Visiting scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines 

07.2007 –11.2010, Assistant Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Running Projects  

1. Principal Investigator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41877291): Numerical and analytical methods for landslide-induced debris flows-structure interaction and quantitative risk analysis (0.61M RMB). Jan. 1, 2019– Dec. 31, 2022  

2. Principal Investigator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41472293): Study on the effects of dynamic fragmentation on the high mobility of Sturzstroms (0.95M RMB). Jan. 1, 2015– Dec. 31, 2018 

3. Principal Investigator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41472293): Study on the seismic displacement of slopes and displacement-based design of control structures (0.21M RMB). Jan. 1, 2011– Dec. 31, 2013 

Academic Society Activities  

 Editorial Member of the “Journal of Mountain Science” since 2010 

Awards  

Publications   

[1] Li Xinpo^*, Yan Qiwei, Zhao Shuxi, et al. Investigation of influence of baffles on landslide debris mobility by 3D material point method, Landslides, 2020, 17(5), 1129-1143.   

[2] Li Xinpo^*, Zhao Shuxi, He Siming, Yan Qiwei, Lei Xiaoqin. Seismic stability analysis of gravity retaining wall supporting c–φ soil with cracks. Soils and Foundations, 2019, 59(4):1103-1111.   

[3] Li Xinpo^*, Xie Yanfang, Gutierrez Marte. A soft–rigid contact model of MPM for granular flow impact on retaining structures. Computational Particle Mechanics, 2018, 5(4): 529-537.   

[4] Bi, Yuzhang, Du, Yanjun, He, Siming^*, Sun, Xinpo, Wang, Dongpo, Li, Xinpo, Liang, Heng, Wu, Yong. Numerical analysis of effect of baffle configuration on impact force exerted from rock avalanches. Landslides, 2018, 15:1029–1043.   

[5] Lei Xiaoqin, Yang Zongji, He Siming^*, Liu Enlong, Wong Henry, Li Xinpo. Numerical investigation of rainfall-induced fines migration and its influences on slope stability. Acta Geotechnica, 2017, 12(6): 1431–1446.  

[6] Li Xinpo^*, Wu Yong, He Siming, Su Lijun. (2016). Application of the material point method to simulate the post-failure runout processes of the Wangjiayan landslide. Engineering Geology 212: 1-9. 

[7] Liu Wei, He Siming^*, Li Xinpo, Xu Qiang. Two-dimensional landslide dynamic simulation based on a velocity-weakening friction law. Landslides, 2016, 13(5): 957-965. 

[8] Li Xinpo^*, Su Lijun, He Siming, Xu Jun. Limit equilibrium analysis of seismic stability of slopes reinforced with a row of piles. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2016; 40:1241–1250. 

[9] He Siming, Liu Wei^*, Li Xinpo. Prediction of impact force of debris flows based on distribution and size of particles. Environmental Earth Science, 2016, 75:298. 

[10] Li Xinpo^*, Pei Xiangjun, Gutierrez Marte, He Siming. Optimal location of piles in slope stabilization by limit analysis. Acta Geotechnica, 2012, 7(3): 253-259. 

[11] Li Xinpo, He Siming^*, Wu Yong. Limit analysis of the stability of slopes reinforced with anchors. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2012, 36(17): 1898–1908. 

[12] Li Xinpo, He Siming^*, Luo Yu, Wu Yong. Simulation of the sliding process of Donghekou landslide triggered by the Wenchuan earthquake using a distinct element method. Environmental Earth Science, 2012, 65(4): 1049-1054. 

[13] Li Xinpo, He Siming^* and Wu Yong. Seismic displacement of slopes reinforced with piles. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2010, 136(6): 880-884. 

[14] Li Xinpo, Wu Yong and He Siming^*. Seismic stability analysis of gravity retaining walls. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2010, 30: 875–878. 

[15] Li Xinpo, He Siming^*, Luo Yu, Wu Yong. Discrete element modeling of debris avalanche impact on retaining walls. Journal of Mountain Science, 2010, 7: 276–281. 

[16] Li Xinpo^*, He Siming. Seismically Induced Slope Instabilities and the Corresponding Treatments: the Case of a Road in the Wenchuan Earthquake Hit Region. Journal of Mountain Science, 2009, 6(1): 96-100.