Yatong Nie

Sydney, NSW Australia

As a digital engineering and timber structural specialist, I am focused on developing digital and sustainable solutions in civil and structural engineering. My interest spans multiple areas, including digital engineering, Open BIM, machine learning and timber structures. My ultimate goal is to address problems that have wide-ranging significance, develop methods that are both accessible and effective, and built intelligent systems that can improve human lives.

Previously: I received my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of New South Wales (UNSW Syndey). During my study, I colaborated with many well recognized researchers such as Prof Hamid Valipour at UNSW Sydney and Dr. Stefania Fortino at VTT Finland.

news

Aug 15, 2023	Digital Engineering in M1 project Black Hill to Tomago Package was received “Notable Practice” in project audit
Dec 23, 2022	Yatong Nie successfully got the “Bring your own project” funding from WSP Australia which is to develop the carbon assessment tool with input of IFC file schema.
Feb 2, 2022	Yatong Nie was awared the Doctor of Philosophy from UNSW! Congratulations to Dr. Nie!

selected publications

FFEMS

A simplified extreme method for determining double-K fracture parameters of concrete using experimental peak load

LB Qing, YT Nie, J Wang, and 1 more author

Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2017

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CompWood

Long-term finite element analysis of timber-steel composite joint

Y Nie, and H Valipour

CompWood, 2019
WSE

FEM simulation of moisture transport and evaluation of decay rating in untreated and thermally modified wood products

Stefania Fortino, Petr Hradil, Yatong Nie, and 2 more authors

In 16th Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering: Online, 2020

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Wooden products exposed to variable climates are strongly affected by the levels of moisture content (MC) in the material. Under favourable temperatures and MC close to the fibre saturation point (FSP) of wood, or higher, the decay is a serious risk for the durability of wooden components directly exposed to the rain. In this context, numerical models able to simulate the moisture transport in all locations of a wood component is important to assist the existing sensor-based techniques. Earlier studies have shown that the single-phase (or single-Fickian) finite element modelling (FEM) of moisture diffusion in untreated wood is an efficient tool to simulate the moisture transport in wooden components of buildings sheltered from rain (Fragiacomo et al. 2011). To model the effect of rain, single-phase models with assigned water content on the boundaries can be found in the recent literature (Niklewski and Fredriksson 2019). In addition, the decay models are found necessary for the service life prediction and performance classification of wooden components (Brischke and Meyer-Veltrup 2016). Coupling between moisture transport and decay models can be useful for the assessment of durability in wood products and timber structures.
CBM

Experimental behaviour and numerical modelling of timber-timber composite (TTC) joints

Yatong Nie, Amir Karimi-Nobandegani, and Hamid R Valipour

Construction and Building Materials, 2021

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CBM

Experimental and numerical study of long-term behaviour of timber-timber composite (TTC) connections

Y Nie, and HR Valipour

Construction and Building Materials, 2021

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CBM

Experimental and analytical study of timber-timber composite (TTC) beams subjected to long-term loads

Yatong Nie, and Hamid R Valipour

Construction and Building Materials, 2022

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