• JOURNAL ARTICLES (*corresponding author)

1. Luo, N., Agarwal, E. 2024. Seismic Stability and Failure Mechanisms of Gentle and Steep Slopes in Spatially Variable Soils, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 183, 108821.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2024.108821 

2. ​Luo, S., Arwade, S.R., DeGroot, D.J., Luo, N.*, 2023. Stochastic modeling for offshore risk assessment of pile refusal triggered by presence of boulders, Ocean Engineering.
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.115430

3. Izadifar, M.A., Luo, N., Abu-Farsakh, M.Y.*, 2023. Performance Evaluation of Design Methods for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments, Journal of Transportation Research Board. 
   https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231165994 

4. Luo, N.*, Luo, Z., 2022. Risk assessment of footings on slopes in spatially variable soils considering random field rotation, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 8(3): 04022028. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/AJRUA6.0001252 

5. Zadehmohamad, M., Luo, N., Abu-Farsakh, M.Y.,* 2022. Evaluating the long-term benefits of geosynthetics in flexible pavements by finite element and mechanistic empirical analyses, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 50(3): 455-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2022.01.004

6. Luo, N.*, Luo, Z. 2021. Reliability analysis of embedded strip footings in rotated anisotropic random fields, Computers and Geotechnics, 138: 104338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104338

7. Luo, N., Luo, Z.* 2021. Structural responses of statically indeterminate beams induced by soil spatial variability, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 25: 1778-1789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-021-0929-5

8. Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J.* 2018. Deterministic and random FEM analysis of full-scale unreinforced and reinforced embankments. Geosynthetics International, 25(2): 164-179.  https://doi.org/10.1680/jgein.17.00040

9. Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J.* 2017. Probabilistic analysis of reinforced slopes using RFEM and considering spatial variability of frictional soil properties due to compaction. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 12(2): 87-108.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2017.1362443

10. Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J.* 2017. Reliability bearing capacity analysis of footings on cohesive soil slopes using RFEM. Computers and Geotechnics, 89: 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.04.013

11. Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J.*, Javankhoshdel S. 2016. Probabilistic stability analysis of simple reinforced slopes by finite element method. Computers and Geotechnics, 77: 45-55.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.04.001

12. Javankhoshdel, S., Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J.*, 2017. Probabilistic analysis of simple slopes with cohesive soil strength using RLEM and RFEM. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazard, 11(3): 231-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/17499518.2016.1235712

13. Hu, M.*, Mu, Q., Luo, N., Li, G., Peng, N. 2013. Behavior of hollow balls containing granules bouncing repeatedly off the ground. Europhysics Letters, 103: 14003. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/103/14003

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• CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Agarwal, E., Zhang, X., Luo, N. 2025. Numerical Modeling of Pavements on Expansive Soil in Extreme Climates, Geotechnical Frontiers 2025, Louisville, KY.

2. Pei, T., Luo, N. 2025. Prediction of Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations Using Monotonically Constrained Neural Networks, Geotechnical Frontiers 2025, Louisville, KY.

3. Agarwal, E., Luo, N. 2024. Probabilistic three-dimensional finite element analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced pile-supported embankments, GeoShanghai, China.

4. Luo, N., 2024. Risk assessment of seismic slope stability considering soil spatial variability using subset simulation. GeoCongress, Vancouver, Canada.

5. Luo, Z., Luo, N, Das, B. 2022. Influence of site sampling plan on differential shallow foundation settlement prediction using conditional-random-field-based finite element method. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE), Sydney.

6. Luo, N., Arwade, S.R., DeGroot, D.J. 2020. Probabilistic analysis of offshore geotechnical site investigation in a homogeneous stiff clay deposit. North American Wind Energy Academy (NAWEA) Symposium and the International Conference on Future Technologies in Wind Energy (WindTech), Amherst, MA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1452/1/012037

7. Javankhoshdel, S., Bathurst, R.J., Luo, N. 2016. Effect of spatial variability and cross-correlation of soil properties on probability of failure of geosynthetic reinforced slopes using limit equilibrium method. The 3rd Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics, Miami, USA.

8. Javankhoshdel, S., Bathurst, R.J., Luo, N. 2016. Probabilistic analysis of cohesive slopes by considering 1D and 2D spatial variability of soil strength parameters using RLEM and RFEM approaches. The 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

9. Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J. 2016. Probabilistic bearing capacity analysis of smooth strip footings on unreinforced and reinforced layered soils by finite element method. The 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

10. Luo, N., Bathurst RJ, Javankhoshdel S, 2016. Influence of spatial variability and cross-correlation between soil strength parameters on reliability of reinforced slopes using random finite element method (RFEM). The 3rd Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics, Miami, USA.

11. Yu, Y., Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J. 2016. Soil statistical characteristics using numerically generated random fields for probability analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced soil foundations. The 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

12. Luo, N., Bathurst, R.J., Javankhoshdel, S. 2015. Probabilistic stability analysis of reinforced slopes by finite element method. The 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Quebec City, Canada.