[HTML][HTML] A review of bio-inspired geotechnics-perspectives from geomaterials, geo-components, and drilling & excavation strategies

W Zhang, J **ang, R Huang, H Liu - Biogeotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
As urbanization progresses, the demand for high-rise buildings and underground spaces is
growing, and the need for firm geotechnical construction materials, efficient excavation …

Technical progress in the utilization and exploitation of small celestial body resources

W Zhang, Q Cheng, J Li - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, small celestial bodies (SCBs) exploration missions have attracted extensive
attention. For the purposes of space resource exploitation and earth defense, revealing the …

SBOR: a minimalistic soft self-burrowing-out robot inspired by razor clams

JJ Tao, S Huang, Y Tang - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We observe that the Atlantic razor clam (Ensis directus) burrows out of sand rapidly by
simply extending and contracting its muscular foot. This is notably different from its well …

Penetration and Relaxation in Dry Granular Materials: Insights from Photoelasticity

S Huang, N Mahabadi, J Tao - Geo-Congress 2022, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Penetration is involved in many geotechnical engineering practices such as site
characterization and pile installation. In this study, we investigated the influence of pausing …