Xinyan Peng is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at Sichuan University. She received a double Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Economics from Wuhan University in 2013, a Master's degree from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2016, and a Ph.D. from Kyushu University, Japan, in 2020. She served as a specially-appointed researcher at Sichuan University from 2020 to 2023 and has been an Associate Professor since 2023. She was selected for the Sichuan Province Tianfu Ember Program for outstanding young sci-tech talents. Her research focuses on the development of numerical simulation methods and the study of earthquake-induced slope disasters. She has led five research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and has published more than 50 papers, including 28 as first or corresponding author, with one ESI Hot Paper and four ESI Highly Cited Papers. She received the National Outstanding Self-Supported International Student Scholarship, the MEXT full scholarship of the Japanese Government, and the Class A entry of Railway Major Scientific and Technological Achievements. She holds academic positions including Deputy Secretary-General of the International Affairs Secretariat of the China Rock Mechanics and Engineering Society and member of the Committee on Practical Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology.
E-mail
pengxinyan@scu.edu.cn
Research achievements
[1] Bing Hu, Yingbin Zhang, Xinyan Peng(Co-Corresponding Author), Meijie Shi, Pengcheng Yu, Qiangshan Yu, Huan Zou, Can Sun. Development of a DDA-SPH Method for Hydromechanical Modeling of Rainfall-Induced Instability in Soil-Rock Mixture Slopes (2026). Computers and Geotechnics, 197: 108270.
[2] Xinyan Peng, Pengcheng Yu, Guangqi Chen, Zilong Song, Yingbin Zhang, Xiao Cheng, Changze Li. Development of a newly coupled DSPH-DDA technique for coupling problems in geotechnical hazards (2025). Computers and Geotechnics, 184: 107303.
[3] Xinyan Peng, Xuanmei Fan, Pengcheng Yu, Guangqi Chen, Mingyao Xia, Yingbin Zhang, Xiao Cheng, Chao Liang. Extension of three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis for solid block motions in predefined fluid field (2025). Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 172: 106124.
[4] Changze Li, Guangqi Chen, Longxiao Guo, Jingyao Gao, Xinyan Peng(Co-Corresponding Author), Pengcheng Yu. Dynamic modeling of block-in-matrix rock (bimrock) focusing on tensile behavior based on the modified 2D DDA-SPH method (2024). International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 173: 105611.
[5] Xinyan Peng, Pengcheng Yu, Hui Zhu, Xiao Cheng, Yingbin Zhang, Changze Li (2023). Proposal of a coupled DDA-SPH method incorporating a new contact algorithm for soil-structure interaction simulations in geotechnical hazards. Computers and Geotechnics, 164: 105849.
[6] Pengcheng Yu, Xinyan Peng(Co-Corresponding Author), Guangqi Chen, Haiying Fu, Yingbin Zhang, Zheng Han, Hong Zhang (2023). A new coupled depth-integrated model incorporating 3D DDA on debris flow with large boulders. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 170: 105496.
[7] Xinyan Peng, Jianfeng Liu, Xiao Cheng, Pengcheng Yu, Yingbin Zhang, Guangqi Chen. (2022). Dynamic modelling of soil-rock-mixture slopes using the coupled DDA-SPH method. Engineering Geology, 307: 106772.
[8] Xinyan Peng, Pengcheng Yu, Xiao Cheng, Guangqi Chen, Yingbin Zhang, Hong Zhang, Changze Li. (2022). Dynamic simulation of the water inrush process in tunnel construction using a three-dimensional coupled discontinuous deformation analysis and smoothed particle hydrodynamics method. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 127: 104612.
[9] Xinyan Peng, Yingbin Zhang, Pengcheng Yu, Xiao Cheng, Jinmei Wang. (2022). Simulation of tensile failure problems by improved three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis with multi-spring face-to-face contact model. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 160: 105223.
[10] Pengcheng Yu, Xinyan Peng(Corresponding Author), Bing Hu, Xiao Cheng, Yingbin Zhang, Dejian Li. (2022) Extension of 3-D coupled DDA-SPH method for dynamic analysis of soil-structure interaction problems. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 111: 436–453.
[11] Changze Li, Guangqi Chen, Longxiao Guo, Jingyao Gao, Xinyan Peng(Co-Corresponding Author), Pengcheng Yu. (2022). Slope stability and post-failure analysis of soil-rock-mixture using the modified 2D DDA-SPH method. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 157: 105170.
[12] Xinyan Peng, Guangqi Chen, Haiying Fu, Pengcheng Yu, Yingbin Zhang, Zhicheng Tang, Lu Zheng, Wei Wang. (2021). Development of coupled DDA-SPH method for dynamic modelling of interaction problems between rock structure and soil. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 146: 104890.
[13] Xinyan Peng, Pengcheng Yu, Yingbin Zhang, Guangqi Chen. (2018). Applying modified discontinuous deformation analysis to assess the dynamic response of sites containing discontinuities. Engineering Geology, 246: 349-360.
[14] Xinyan Peng, Pengcheng Yu, Guangqi Chen, Mingyao Xia, Yingbin Zhang. (2019). Development of a coupled DDA-SPH method and its application to dynamic simulation of landslides involving solid-fluid interaction. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53(1): 113-131.
[15] Xinyan Peng, Guangqi Chen, Pengcheng Yu, Yingbin Zhang, Longxiao Guo, Cungen Wang, Xiao Cheng, Hui Niu. (2019). Parallel computing of three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis based on OpenMP. Computers and Geotechnics, 106: 304-313.
[16] Xinyan Peng, Pengcheng Yu, Guangqi Chen, Mingyao Xia, Yingbin Zhang. (2020). CPU-accelerated explicit discontinuous deformation analysis and its application to landslide analysis. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 77: 216-234.
[17] Xinyan Peng, Guangqi Chen, Pengcheng Yu, Yingbin Zhang, Longxiao Guo. (2020). A full-stage parallel architecture of three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis using OpenMP. Computers and Geotechnics, 118: 103346.
[18] Xinyan Peng, Guangqi Chen, Pengcheng Yu, Yingbin Zhang, Jinmei Wang. (2019). Improvement of joint definition and determination in three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 110: 148-160.
[19] Pengcheng Yu, Guangqi Chen, Xinyan Peng(Corresponding Author), Longxiao Guo, Yingbin Zhang. (2019). Extension and application of Discontinuous Deformation Analysis with a damped contact spring model. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 123: 104123.
[20] Pengcheng Yu, Guangqi Chen, Xinyan Peng(Corresponding Author), Yingbin Zhang, Hong Zhang, Wei Wang. (2021). Verification and application of 2-D DDA-SPH method in solving fluid-structure interaction problems. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 102: 103252.
Awards & Honors
(1) 2024: Selected for the Sichuan Province Tianfu Ember Program for outstanding young sci-tech talents.
(2) 2024: Key technologies for stability evaluation and disaster prevention of transportation slopes in strong-earthquake mountainous areas of southwest China, National Railway Administration, Class A entry of Railway Major Scientific and Technological Achievements.
(3) 2020: National Outstanding Self-Supported International Student Scholarship.
(4) 2021: Overseas high-level talent of Sichuan Province.
(5) 2017-2020: Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship.
(6) 2018: Excellent Student Award of the Japanese Geotechnical Society.
Research projects
(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund (Category C), No. 52209142, Study on the strength evolution mechanism of cataclastic rock masses in active fault zones of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 2023-01 to 2025-12, CNY 0.30 million, completed, Principal Investigator.
(2) State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Open Fund Project, SKLGP2022K018, Study on the dam-forming mechanism of high-position landslides in the Three-River concurrent-flow region considering ejection speed and multi-phase coupling, 2022-01 to 2024-12, CNY 0.08 million, completed, Principal Investigator.
(3) Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation General Project, 2023NSFSC0284, Seismic stability of soil-rock mixture slopes in high-intensity areas based on strength degradation characteristics, 2023-01 to 2024-12, CNY 0.20 million, completed, Participant.
(4) Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation General Project, 2022NSFSC0421, Strength evolution mechanism of fractured rock masses of high and steep slopes under fault creep of active faults along the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, 2022-01 to 2023-12, CNY 0.20 million, completed, Principal Investigator.
(5) Sichuan University, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities - Introduced Talent Research Start-up Fund, YJ202112, Study on the generation mechanism of earthquake landslide disaster chains under fluid-solid coupling, 2021-01 to 2023-12, CNY 0.45 million, completed, Principal Investigator.
(6) NPR-DDA China Software Development Service, 2026-04 to 2027-04, CNY 0.15 million, ongoing, Principal Investigator.
Talent Development
Serving as a Master's Supervisor in Safety Science and Disaster Mitigation, she teaches graduate courses including Geological Hazards, Frontiers of Safety Science and Disaster Mitigation, Introduction to Comprehensive Disaster Science, and Disaster and Human Habitat, as well as undergraduate courses including Travelling with Geological Hazards, Geo-AI and Disaster Scenario Construction, and Safety Risk Theory and Emergency Skills Practice. She recruits Master's students with backgrounds in civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, mining engineering, geological engineering, safety engineering, mechanics, or computer science.
