Younus Ahmed Khan, PhD
Professor
Environmental Geotechnology Teaching:Geotechnical EngineeringGeomechanics Slope Engineering Present research:Landslide warning and mitigation Model(in Malaysia)Rainfall and Plant root interaction in landslide (in Malaysia) Transient pore presure and landslides (in Malaysia) Future research:Extreme value statistics in Landslide studyLiquefaction and Earthquake hazard estimation Research Experience:Visiting Scientist in Malaysia (Univ. Sains Malaysia, until end of Sept. 2010)KOSEF Post-doctoral fellow in South Korea (Chungnam National Univ.) Research in Japan (Univ. of Tokushima) AwardsKOSEF Post-doctoral award-S. Korea-2006 UGC Scholarship (MSc level-1987) Agrani Bank Gold Medal (BSc(H) level-1986) Contact:younus(at)ru.ac.bdyounus.ru(at)gmail.com |
Major Research Publications:
Khan, Y. A., Lateh, H., Baten, M. A. and Kamil. A. A. 2011. Critical antecedent rainfall conditions for shallow landslides in Chittagong City of Bangladesh. Env. Earth Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1483-0 (link) Khan, Y. A. and Lateh, H. 2011. Failure Mechanism of a Shallow Landslide at Tun-Sardon Road Cut Section of Penang Island, Malaysia. Geotech. Geol. Engg. vol. 29, no.6, pp.1063-1072. DOI 10.1007/s10706-011-9437-6. (link) Lateh, H., Bakar, M. A., Khan, Y. A. ans Abustan, I. 2011. Influence of tensile force of agave and tea plants roots on experimental prototype slopes. International Journal of Physical Sciences, vol. 6(18), pp. 4435-4440.(download) Lateh, H., Jefriza.,Muhiyuddin, W. M., Taib, B. and Khan, Y. A.2010.Monitoring of hill-slope movement due to Rainfall at Gunung Pass of Cameron Highland District of Peninsular Malaysia. Int. J. of Earth Sciences and Engineering. vol.03,no.1(download) Mondol, M. A. M., Khan, Y. A. and Chowdhury, Q. 2009. Stability evaluation of the left bank protection embankment of the Ganges river at Shibgonj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh. Indian J. of Power and River valley development, vol. 59, no.5-6, pp.76-81.(download) Khan, Y. A. and Chang, C. 2008. Landslide hazard mapping of Chittagong City Area, Bangladesh. J. of Engineering Geology, Indian Society of Engg. Geol., vol.XXXV, no.1-4,pp.303-311.(download) Khan, Y. A. 2008. Safety evaluations of Rajshahi City Protection Embankment at several locations, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. J. of Engineering Geology, Indian Society of Engg. Geol., vol.XXXV, no.1-4,pp.371-377.(download) Khan, Y. A. 2006. Deformation Modulus and Strenght Parameters of Rock Mass of Madhyapara Granite Mine of Bangladesh using Geological Strength Index. Bangladesh Geoscience J., vol.12, pp. 47-58(download) Islam, M. S., Khan, Y. A., Chowdhury, Q. and Ahmed, M. 2006. Wedge instability calculation along the roadway tunnel inside Madhyapara hard rock mine in Bangladesh. Intl. J. Engg. Tech. vol.3, no. 1, pp.44-52. (Download) Khan, Y. A. and Chang, C. 2006. Landslide potentialities in low hills in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the Korean Society of Engineering Geology Conference, April 27-28, 2006, Daejeon, South Korea, pp.79-88.(link) Khan, Y. A. and Khatun, A. 2005. Properties of Rock Mass around Roadway Tunnel in Madhyapara Granite Mine of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Rajshahi Univ. Studies, part-B: J. of Science. vol. 33, pp.173-183.(download) Monir, M. M. U. and Khan, Y. A. 2004. Seasonal Potential Seepage Analysis Of Rajshahi City Protection Embankment, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on River Sedimentation October 18-21, 2004, Yichang, China, vol.II, pp.1659-1665. (download) Islam, D. A. and Khan, Y. A. 2004. Seasonal Deterioration of Rajshahi-Natore Highway and its Remedial Measures. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development. Saarela, J. et al. eds., Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, June 8-10, 2004, pp.482-486. (download) Khan, Y.A. 2003. Application of Secant Method in slope stability analysis using slices within limit equilibrium procedure. Proc. of Inter. Conf. on Slope Engineering, Lee, C. F. et al. eds., Hong Kong., vol.1, pp.580-585. Khan, Y. A., Yamagami, T. and Jing, J-C. 2002, Progressive failure analysis of slopes using non-vertical slices, Landslides- J. Japanese Landslides Society, vol.39. no.2, pp.203-211. (download) Khan, Y. A., Yamagami, T. and Jing, J-C.2002, Stability Evaluation of Rajshahi City Protection Embankment at Khojapur Area, Rajshahi, Bangladesh., Tech. J. River Res. Inst. vol.9, no.1, pp.57-64. (download) Yamagami, T., Jing, J-C, Yamabe, S. and Khan, Y. A. 1999. A promising approach for progressive failure analysis of reinforced slopes. Proc. of Inter. Symp. on Slope Stability Engineering: Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Aspects (IS-Shikoku '99, Japan), Yagi, N. et. al. eds., Rotterdam, Balkema, vol.2, pp.1043-1048. Yamagami, T., Khan, Y. A. and Jing, J-C. 1999. Progressive failure analysis based on a method of non-vertical slices. Proc. of Inter. Symp. on Slope Stability Engineering: Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Aspects (IS-Shikoku '99, Japan), Yagi, N. et al. eds., Rotterdam, Balkema,vol.1, pp.299-304. Rahman, M. H. and Khan, Y. A. 1995. Landslides and Stability of Coastal Cliffs of Cox's Bazar Area, Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, Kluwer Academic Publishers. vol.12, pp101-118. (download). |
Presented more than 10 papers in conferences in:
Japan, India, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Iran
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