Nasser Khalili

BSc Teh., MSc Birm., PhD UNSW

Nasser Khalili

Professor
Associate Dean (Research)
Head of Geotechnical Engineering

Contact Details

Office Location:
Faculty of Engineering, Dean’s Unit (K17)
CE 512 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5466, +61 2 9385 5074
Fax: + 61 2 9385 6139
Email: n.khalili@unsw.edu.au

Teaching Areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Geomechanics
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Numerical Methods

Research Areas

  • Unsaturated soils
    Development of a general framework describing the behaviour of unsaturated soils.
  • Remediation of contaiminated soils
    Using upflow liquid/gas flow regimes to remove contaminants from soil matrix.
  • Flow and contaminant migration
    Numerical modelling of flow and contaminant migration in single and double porosity media.

Selected Publications

Khalili N., Uchaipichat A. and Javadi A.A., "Skeletal thermal expansion coefficient and thermo-hydro-mechanical constitutive relations for saturated porous media" Mechanics of Materials, 42(6), 593-598 (2010).

Khalili N. and S. Zargarbashi, "Influence of hydraulic hysteresis on effective stress in unsaturated soils" Geotechnique, 60(9), 729-739 (2010).

Khoshghalb A., and Khalili N., "A stable meshfree method for fully coupled flow-deformation analysis of saturated porous media", Computers and Geotechnics, 37 (2010) 789-795, (2010).

Uchaipichat A. and Khalili N., "Experimental investigation of thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of an unsaturated silt" Geotechnique, 59(4), 339-353 (2009).

Bagherieh A.R., Khalili N., Habibagahi G. and Ghahramani A., "Drying response and effective stress in a double porosity aggregated soil", Engineering Geology, 105, 44-50 (2009).

Lim S.S., and Khalili, N., "An improved rotating cylinder test design for laboratory measurement of ereosion in clay soils", Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 32(2), GTJ101448 (2009).

Masin, D. and Khalili, N., "A hypoplastic model for mechanical response of unsaturated soils", Int. J. Numer. Analy. Meth. Geomech, 32(15), pp. 1903-1926 (2008).

Khalili N., Habte, M., and Zargargashi, S. "A fully coupled flow deformation model for cyclic analysis of unsaturated soils including hydraulic and mechanical hystereses", computers and Geotechnics, 35 (6), pp. 872-889 (2008).

Khalili, N. and Liu M.D., "On generalization of constitutive models from two dimensions to three dimensions, Int. J. Numer. Analy. Meth. Geomech, 32(1y), pp. 2045-2065 (2008).

Khalili, N. "Two phase fluid flow through fractured porous media with deformable matrix", Water Resources Research, 44, Art. No. W00C04 (2008).

Russell AR, Khalili N., "A unified bounding surface plasticity model for unsaturated soils" Int. J. Num. Analy. Methods in Geomechanics, 30 (3): 181-212 (2006)

Russell, A.R. and Khalili, N., "On the problem of cavity expansion in unsaturated soils" Computational Mechanics, 37 (4): 311-330 (2006).

Khalili, N., Witt, R., Laloui, L., Vulliet, L. and Koliji, A. "Effective stress in double porous media with two immiscible fluids", Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 (15): Art. No. 15309, (2005).

Khalili N. Habte M. and Valliappan S., "A bonding surface plasticity model for cyclic analysis of sands", Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng, 63(14), 1939-1960, (2005).

Khalili N, Geiser F, Blight GE., "Effective stress in unsaturated soils: A critical review with new evidence", International Journal of Geomechanics. ASCE; 4(2), 115 126, (2004).

Russell, A.R. and Khalili, N., "A bonding surface plasticity for sands exhibiting particle crushing" Canadian Geotech J., 41, 1179-1192, (2004).

Khalili N., and Selvadurai A.P.S., "A fully coupled constitutive model for thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis in elastic media with double porosity", Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (24): Art. No. 2268, (2003).

Khalili N., "Coupling effects in double porosity media with deformable matrix", Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (22): Art. No. 2153, (2003).

Russell, A.R. and Khalili, N. " Drained cavity expansion in sands exhibiting particle crushing", Int. J. Numer. Analy. Meth. Geomech, 26, 323-340, (2002).

Loret, B. and Khalili, N., "An effective stress based elastic-plastic model for unsaturated porous media", Mechanics of Materials, 34, 97-116, (2002).

Khalili, N., and Loret, B., "An Elasto-Plastic Model for Non-Isothermal Analysis of Flow and Deformation in Unsaturated Porous Media: Formulation", Int. J. Solids and Structures, 38, 8305-8330, (2001).

Loret, B. and Khalili, N., " A three phase model for unsaturated soils", Int. J. Numer. Analy. Meth. Geomech, 24(11), 893-927, (2000).

Niven, R.K., Khalili, N. and Hibbert, D.B., "Mixed solid/dispersed phase particles in multiphase fluidised beds. Part I: Stability due to interfacial tension", Chemical Engineering Science, 55, 3013-3-32 (2000).

Niven, R.K. , Khalili, N. and Hibbert, D.B., "Mixed solid/dispersed phase particles in multiphase fluidised beds. Part II: Stability at laminar to turbulent flow scales", Chemical Engineering Science, 55, 3033-3051, (2000).

Khalili, N., Khabbaz, M.H., and Valliappan, S. "An effective stress based numerical model for flow and deformation in unsaturated soils", Computational Mechanics, 26(2), 174-184, (1999).

Khalili N., Valliappan S. and Yazdchi, M. "An axi-symmetric infinite element for transient flow problems", Int. J. Num. Analy. Methods in Geomechanics, 23, 801-813 (1999).

Khalili, N., Yazdchi, M. and Valliappan, S., "Wave propagation analysis of two phase saturated porous media using coupled finite-infinite element method", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 18(8), 533-553, (1999).

Yazdchi, M., Khalili, N. and Valliappan S., "Non-linear seismic behaviour of concrete gravity dams using coupled finite element-boundary element technique", Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng, 44, 101-130, (1999).

Khalili, N., Valliappan, S. and Wan C.F., "Consolidation of fissured clays", Geotechnique, 49(1), 75-90, (1999).

Niven R.K. and Khalili, N., "In situ gas-liquid-solid fluidisation for remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated sands", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 35(6), pp 938-960, (1998).

Khalili, N. and Khabbaz, M.H. "A unique relationship for for shear strength determination of unsaturated soils", Geotechnique, 48(5), 681-688, (1998).

Khalili, N. and Valliappan, S. "Unified theory of flow and deformation in double porous media", European J. Mech., A/Solids, 15(2), 321-336 (1996).