Associate Professor Yixiang Gan

Associate Professor Yixiang Gan is a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Sydney. As an Associate Professor, he is affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering. His research interests and professional profile are detailed on his official page, which is accessible via the provided link. The information available highlights his academic position and affiliation, with further details on his research and contributions to the field being accessible through the university's profile page.

Yixiang Gan is a researcher at the University of Sydney with expertise in granular materials, capillarity, porous media, heat and mass transfer, and geomechanics. His work focuses on experimental and computational studies of mechanical behavior, surface interactions, and fluid dynamics in complex systems. Key areas include stress-driven grain boundary migration, contact mechanics of fractal surfaces, and the role of surface structure in normal contact stiffness. Gan also investigates the performance of thermal energy storage systems and the physical properties of geomaterials. His research integrates experimental observations, numerical modeling, and analytical methods to address challenges in geomechanics and porous media.