Wen Zhang, Zhenfei Wang, Jia Wang*, Zihan Zhao, Qi Sun, Han Yin, Tengyue Li, Ping Wei. Thermal Infrared Response Evolution of Rock Mass Discontinuities: Insights from Large-Scale Physical Model. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. Volume 219, January 2026, 110199.

Wen Zhang, Guanglu Xu, Tengyue Li*, Danyang Wu, Huiyu Zhou, Long Chen, Xiaoxue Chen. Intelligent Recognition of Weak Discontinuities on  Outcrops of Hard Rock Masses. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2025. (Accepted for publication)

Xiaohan Zhao, Wen Zhang*, Junqi Chen,Yaoyao Wang, Qing Liu. Integrating UAV Photogrammetry and Thermal Infrared Entropy in Evaluating Rock Mass Characteristics. Journal of Earth Science. (2025)

Han Yin, Wen Zhang*, Changwei Lu, Xueliang Wang, Chen Cao, Jia Wang, Junqi Chen, Tengyue Li, Bo Han. Rapid characterization of high-steep slope rock mass integrity using fractal dimension of thermal infrared point cloud. Engineering Geology, 2025, 354:108161.

Tengyue Li, Wen Zhang*, Changwei Lu, Hongcheng Liu, Han Yin, Long Chen. Exposed Linear Discontinuity Recognition on a High Steep Slope Using UAV Multi-source Image Fusion. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-025-04652-z.

Jia Wang, Wen Zhang*, Han Yin, Yaoyao Wang, Jiali Han, Jungi chen. Stability analysis of a high-steep slope based on multi-scale structural geological model and 3D fracture connectivity. Landslides, 2025.

Han Yin, Wen Zhang*, Jia Wang, Junqi Chen, Chen Cao, Qi Sun, Tengyue Li, Bo Han. UAV-Based Thermal Infrared Imaging Technology: A Novel Approach for Rapid Investigation of High-Steep Slopes. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36:1327-1333.

Xiaohan Zhao, Wen Zhang*, Junqi Chen*, Zhengxuan Xu, Yingxu Zhang, Han Yin, Jia Wang, Tengyue Li, Bo Han. Automatic Identification of Concealed Dangerous Rock Blocks on High-Steep Slopes Considering Finite-Sized Discontinuity Intersections. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2025.

Wen Zhang, Han Yin, Jianping Chen*, Changwei Lu, Tengyue Li, Bo Han, Zihan Zhao, Jia Wang, Junqi Chen. Identification and thermal characteristics of linear discontinuities on a high-steep slope using UAV with thermal infrared imager[J]. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2025, 186: 106025.

Wen Zhang, Jiali Han, Changwei Lu, Hongcheng Liu, Junqi Chen, Jia Wang, Tengyue Li, Jianping Chen*. Geometric searching of 3D critical slip surface of a non-persistent fracture-dominated rock slope. Computers and Geotechnics, Volume 173, September 2024, 106493.

Shuonan Wang, Wen Zhang*, Xiaohan Zhao, Qi Sun, Wenchuan Dong. Automatic identification and interpretation of discontinuities of rock slope from a 3D point cloud based on UAV nap-of-the-object photogrammetry. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Volume 178, June 2024, 105774.

Junqi Chen, Wen Zhang*, Chen Cao, Han Yin, Jia Wang, Wankun Li, Yanhao Zheng. The effect of the check dam on the sediment transport and control in debris flow events. Engineering Geology, Volume 329, February 2024, 107397.

Wen Zhang, Ming Wei, Ying Zhang,  Tengyue Li*, Qing Wang, Chen Cao, Chun Zhu, Zhengwei Li, Zhenbang Nie, Shuonan Wang, Han Yin. Discontinuity development patterns and thechallenges for three-dimensional discrete fracture network modeling oncomplicated exposed rock surfaces. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2023.09.004

Shuo Zhang, Shengyuan Song*, Wen Zhang*, Jinmin Zhao, Dongfang Cao, Wenliang Ma, Zijian Chen, Ying Hu. Research on the inherent mechanism of rock mass deformation of oil shalein-situ mining under the condition of thermal-fluid-solid coupling. Energy, 2023: 128149.

Han Yin, Chun Tan,  Wen Zhang*, Chen Cao, Xinchuan Xu, Jia Wang, Junqi Chen. Rapid Compaction Monitoring and Quality Control of Embankment Dam Construction Based on UAV Photogrammetry Technology: A Case Study. Remote Sensing, 2023, 15(4), 1083.

Wen Zhang*, Junqi Chen, Junhua Ma, Chen Cao, Han Yin, Jia Wang, Bo Han. Evolution of sediment after a decade of the Wenchuan earthquake: a case study in a protected debris flow catchment in Wenchuan County, China. Acta Geotechnica, 2023: 1-22.

Wen Zhang*, Xiaohan Zhao, Xiaojuan Pan, Ming Wei, Jianhua Yan, Jianping Chen. Characterization of high and steep slopes and 3D rockfall statistical kinematic analysis for Kangyuqu area, China. Engineering Geology, 2022: 106807.

Wen Zhang*, Jia Wang, Jianping Chen, Mohamad Reza Soltanian, Zhenxue Dai, Giday WoldeGabriel. Mass‐Wasting‐Inferred Dramatic Variability of 130,000‐Year Indian Summer Monsoon Intensity From Deposits in the Southeast Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49.

Jia Wang, Wen Zhang*, Chun Tan, Zhenbang Nie, Wenliang Ma, Donghui Chen, Qi Sun. Multi-dimensional size effects and representative elements for non-persistent fractured rock masses: A perspective of geometric parameter distribution. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2022.

Dong Wenchuan, Zhang Wen* , Li Tengyue, Chen Junqi, Wang Jia, Li Wankun, Yin Han, Zhao Xiaohan, Lan Sheng, Pan Xiaojuan. Real-life model construction of high and steep rock slopes and automatic interpretation method and platform for rock mass structural planes. Earth Journal of Science and Environment, 2022, 44: 1066-1082.

Donghui Chen, Huie Chen, Wen Zhang*, Junqing Lou, Bo Shan. An Analytical Solution of the Equivalent Elastic Modulus Considering the Confining Stress and Its Variables Sensitivity Analysis for Fractured Rock Masses. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2021.

Chen Cao, Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Shengyuan Song, Jiewei Zhan. Quantitative estimation of debris flow source materials by integrating multi-source data: A case study. Engineering Geology, 2021, 291 : 106222.

Wenliang Ma, Huie Chen, Wen Zhang*, Chun Tan, Zhenbang Nie, Jia Wang, Qi Sun. Study on Representative Volume Elements Considering Inhomogeneity and Anisotropy of Rock Masses Characterised by Non-persistent Fractures. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2021, 54(9): 4617-4637.

Wen Zhang*, Jia Wang, Junqing Lou, Bo Shan, Jinfeng Liu, Fengyan Wang, Shengyuan Song. Simplified 3D modelling method and its uncertainty analysis for adit fractures collected within short sampling windows. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, (2021) 54 (4).

Sun Qi, Zhang Wen* , Zhao Yunpeng, Han Bo, Zhao Xiaohan. UAV close-up acquisition and roughness analysis of high and steep rock slope structural surfaces. Journal of Engineering Geology, 2021-0406.

Zhao Yunpeng, Zhang Wen* , Sun Qi, Han Bo, Zhao Xiaohan. Search for the most dangerous sliding surface of rock slopes based on Dijkstra algorithm. 2021 National Academic Annual Conference on Engineering Geology. College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, 2021.

Donghui Chen, Huie Chen, Wen Zhang*, Chen Cao, Kuanxing Zhu, Xiaoqing Yuan, Yanyan Du. Characteristics of the Residual Surface Deformation of Multiple Abandoned Mined-Out Areas Based on a Field Investigation and SBAS-InSAR: A Case Study in Jilin, China. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12(22): 3752-3752.

Wen Zhang*, Jia Wang, Peihua Xu, Junqing Lou, Bo Shan, Fengyan Wang, Chen Cao, Xiaoxue Chen, Jinsheng Que. Stability evaluation and potential failure process of rock slopes characterized by non-persistent fractures. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020, 20(11): 2921-2935.

Wen Zhang*, Zhiguang Lan, Zhifa Ma, Chun Tan, Jinsheng Que, Fengyan Wang, Chen Cao. Determination of statistical discontinuity persistence for a rock mass characterized by non-persistent fractures. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2020, 126: 104-177.

Wen Zhang*, Rui Fu, Chun Tan, Zhifa Ma, Ying Zhang, Shengyuan Song, Peihua Xu, Shuonan Wang, Yunpeng Zhao. Two-Dimensional Discrepancies in Fracture Geometric Factors and Connectivity Between Field-Collected and Stochastically Modeled DFNs: A Case Study of Sluice Foundation Rock Mass in Datengxia, China. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020, 53: 2399-2417.

Zhenbang Nie, Jianping Chen, Wen Zhang*, Chun Tan, Zhifa Ma, Fengyan Wang, Ying Zhang, Jinsheng Que. A New Method for Three-Dimensional Fracture Network Modelling for Trace Data Collected in a Large Sampling Window. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020, 53: 1145-1161.

Wen Zhang*, Shuonan Wang, Shengyuan Song, Chun Tan, Zhifa Ma, Bo Shan, Peihua Xu. Determination of representative volume element with consideration of linear anisotropy using geostatistics approach. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2020, 2783-2799.

Donghui Chen, Huie Chen, Wen Zhang*, Chun Tan, Zhifa Ma, Jianye Chen, Bo Shan. Buckling Failure Mechanism of a Rock Dam Foundation Fractured by Gentle Through-Going and Steep Structural Discontinuities. Sustainability, 2020,12(13): 5426.

Zhang Wen* , Han Bo, Sun Haolin, Chen Junqi, Wang Shuonan, Sun Qi, Yin Han. Research on non-contact acquisition technology of structural planes and three-dimensional fracture network simulation of high and steep rock slopes. Journal of Engineering Geology, 2020, 28(02): 221-231.

Xu Yang, Zhang Wen* , Fu Rui, Nie Zhenbang, Lan Zhiguang, Chen Huaiyu, Shan Bo. Advantage grouping method of rock mass structural planes based on hybrid clustering. World Geology, 2020, 39: 113-120.

Chen Cao, Jianping Chen, Wen Zhang*, Peihua Xu, Lianjing Zheng, Chun Zhu. Geospatial Analysis of Mass-Wasting Susceptibility of Four Small Catchments in Mountainous Area of Miyun County, Beijing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(15): 2801.

Chen Huaiyu, Zhang Wen* , Cheng Wu. Numerical simulation analysis of coal mine goaf deformation based on FLAC3D. Proceedings of the 2019 National Academic Annual Conference on Engineering Geology. College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, 2019

Wen Zhang*, Qihua Zhao, Runqiu Huang, Donghe Ma, Jianping Chen, Peihua Xu, Jinsheng Que. Determination of representative volume element considering the probability that a sample can represent the investigated rock mass at Baihetan Dam site, China. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2017, 50: 2817–2825.

Wen Zhang*, Qihua Zhao, Jianping Chen, Runqiu Huang, Xiaoqing Yuan. Determining the critical slip surface of a fractured rock slope considering preexisting fractures and statistical methodology. Landslides, 2017, 14: 1253-1263.

Huie Chen, Yaling Jiang, Wen Zhang*, Xiaohong He. Experimental study of the stabilization effect of cement on contaminated soil. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 2017, 50: 199-205.

Donghui Chen, Peihua Xu, Zhang Wen*, Jianping Chen, Shengyuan Song, Yindong Wang. Evaluation of Landslide Hazard Degree Based on the Normal Cloud Model. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 2017, 10: 88-94.

Xiaoxue Chen, Peihua Xu, Wen Zhang*, Fei Wang. Research of the Numerical Simulation Based on Granular Discrete Element Method of Rocky Slopes with Weak Interlayer’s Under Seismic Loads. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 2017,10: 577-584.

Wen Zhang*, Qihua Zhao, Runqiu Huang, Jianping Chen, Yiguo Xue, Peihua Xu. Identification of structural domains considering the size effect of rock mass discontinuities: A case study of an underground excavation in Baihetan Dam, China. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2016, 51: 75-83.

Qing Wang, Yuanyuan Kong, Wen Zhang*. Regional debris flow susceptibility analysis based on principal component analysis and self-organizing map: a case study in Southwest China. Arab J Geosci, 2016, 9: 718.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Qing Wang, Jiyu Yan, Shuai Guan, Xueying Chen, Feifei Wang. Velocity and runout determination of a debris flow based on energy conservation: the Dongwopu debris flow in Tianjin, China. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 2015, 48(2015) 5–14.

Wen Zhang*, Qing Wang, Jianping Chen, Huizhong Li, Jinsheng Que, Yuanyuan Kong.  Grain-Size Analysis of Debris Flow Alluvial Fans in Panxi Area along Jinsha River, China. Sustainability, 2015, 7, 15219-15242.

Cencen Niu, Qing Wang, Jianping Chen, Wen Zhang*, et al. Hazard Assessment of Debris Flows in the Reservoir Region of Wudongde Hydropower Station in China. Sustainability, 2015, 7, 15099-15118.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Chen Huie, Dezhi Xu, Yan Li. Determination of RVE in the Consideration of the Spatial Effect. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2013, 61: 154-160.

Wen Zhang*, Jian-ping Chen, Qing Wang, Yuke An, Xin Qian, Liangjun Xiang, Longxiang He. Susceptibility analysis of large-scale debris flows based on combination weighting and extension methods. Natural Hazards, 2013, 66, 1073-1100.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Zhongxing Cao, Ruiying Wang. Size effect of RQD and generalized representative volume elements: a case study on an underground excavation in Baihetan dam, Southwest China. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2013, 35: 89-98.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Xiaoqing Yuan, Peihua Xu, Chen Zhang. Analysis of RVE size based on three-dimensional fracture numerical network modeling and stochastic mathematics. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 2013, 46: 31-40.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Wu Zhang, Yan Lv, Yufei Ma, Hui Xiong. Determination of the critical slip surface of fractured rock slopes based on fracture orientation data. SCIENCE CHINA Technological Sciences, 2013,56(5): 1248-1256.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Qing Wang, Donghe Ma, Cencen Niu, Wu Zhang. Investigation of RQD variation with scanline length and the optimal threshold based on three-dimensional fracture network modeling. SCIENCE CHINA Technological Sciences, 2013, 56: 739-748.

Zhang Wen , Chen Jianping*, Niu Cencen, Bao Shuochao, Xu Dezhi. Research on the determination of RQD and the optimal number of measurement lines based on three-dimensional fracture network. Chinese Journal of Rock Engineering, 2013, 321-327.

Wen Zhang*, Qing Wang, Jianping Chen, Chun Tan, Xiaoqing Yuan, Fujun Zhou. Determination of the optimal threshold and length measurements for RQD calculations. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2012, 51: 1-12.

Wen Zhang*, Jianping Chen, Chang Liu, Rui Huang, Ming Li, Ying Zhang. Determination of geometrical and structural representative volume elements at the Baihetan Dam site. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2012, 45: 409-419.

Zhang Wen , Chen Jianping*, Wang Qing. Determination of the most dangerous sliding surface of fractured rock slopes based on fracture frequency. Proceedings of the 9th National Engineering Geology Conference. College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, 2012.

Zhang Wen , Chen Jianping*, Yuan Xiaoqing, Ma Junhua. Research on size effect and spatial effect of RQD based on three-dimensional fracture network. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering , 2012, 1437-1445.

Wen Zhang*, HuiZhong Li, Jianping Chen, Chen Zhang, Liming Xu, Weifeng Sang. Comprehensive hazard assessment and protection of debris flows along Jinsha River close to the Wudongde dam site in China. Natural Hazards, 2011, 58: 459-477.

Zhang Wen , Chen Jianping*, Liu Cunhe, Ma Jianquan, Zhang Chen. Research on the application of chi-square test in the classification of statistically homogeneous zones in fractured rock mass. Chinese Journal of Petroleum Engineering, 2011, 33: 1440-1446.

Zhang Wen , Chen Jianping*, Qin Shengwu, Zhang Chen, Li Ming, Ma Jianquan. Application of FCM method based on principal component analysis in debris flow classification. Journal of Jilin University - Earth Science Edition, 2010.