Leo Sun

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biography

Dr. Sun received his BEng from Sichuan University and PhD from Wuhan University. Now he is working at the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral fellow. He aims at developing a robust thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupling model based on the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM).

September 2020
September 2020

Joined

Joined as a Postdoctoral Researcher

July 2019
July 2019

Completed

Completed the PhD Exchange student program. 

October 2018
October 2018

Joined

Joined as a PhD Exchange student program. 

Publications

Abdelaziz, A., Ha, J., Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Sun, L., & Grasselli, G. (2023). Understanding hydraulic fracture mechanisms: From the laboratory to numerical modelling. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 7(1), 66–68.
Li, M., Magsipoc, E., Sun, L., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2022). High-resolution Mapping and Characterization of Shale Fractures Hydraulically Induced in the Laboratory. Presented at the 22nd Canadian Rock Mechanics Symposium, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Shao, Z., Sun, L., Aboayanah, K. R., Liu, Q., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Investigate the Mode I Fracture Characteristics of Granite After Heating/-LN2 Cooling Treatments. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
Sun, L., Liu, Q., Abdelaziz, A., Tang, X., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Simulating the entire progressive failure process of rock slopes using the combined finite-discrete element method. Computers and Geotechnics, 141, 104557.
Aboayanah, K. R., Popoola, A., Abdelaziz, A., Sun, L., Ossetchkina, E., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2022). Effect of pre-existing cracks on thermal cracking of granitic rocks under confinement. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 8(4).
Sun, L., Grasselli, G., Liu, Q., Tang, X., & Abdelaziz, A. (2022). The role of discontinuities in rock slope stability: Insights from a combined finite-discrete element simulation. Computers and Geotechnics, 147, 104788.
Sun, L., Liu, Q., Tao, S., & Grasselli, G. (2022). A novel low-temperature thermo-mechanical coupling model for frost cracking simulation using the finite-discrete element method. Computers and Geotechnics, 152.
Aboayanah, K. R., Popoola, A., Sun, L., Peterson, K., & Grasselli, G. (2021). Grain-Based Finite-Discrete Element Modeling of Thermal Cracking in Stanstead Granite (p. 7). Presented at the ARMA/DGS/SEG 2nd International Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
Sun, L., Liu, Q., Grasselli, G., & Tang, X. (2020). Simulation of thermal cracking in anisotropic shale formations using the combined finite-discrete element method. Computers and Geotechnics, 117, 103237.
Sun, L., Grasselli, G., Liu, Q., & Tang, X. (2019). Coupled hydro-mechanical analysis for grout penetration in fractured rocks using the finite-discrete element method. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 124, 104138.
Sun, L., Grasselli, G., Liu, Q., & Tang, X. (2019). Thermal cracking simulation of functionally graded materials using the combined finite–discrete element method. Computational Particle Mechanics, 7(5), 903–917.