Dr Liu Yang
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Area of Expertise
- Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
- Multi-scale Material Modelling
- Aerogel composites
- Composites Recycling
- Composites Interface
- Reinforcement Fibres
- Surface Coating
- Mechanical Testing
- Polymer and Elastomer
- Thermomechanical Analysis
Prize And Awards
- Industry Fellow of Royal Academic of Engineering
- Recipient
- 2019
- Scottish Crucible Award
- Recipient
- 2017
Publications
- Thermoset droplet curing performance in the microbond test
- Bryce David, Thomason James L, Yang Liu
- Composite Interfaces (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09276440.2024.2337458
- Glass fibre composites recycling using the fluidised bed : a comparative study into the carbon footprint in the UK
- Pender Kyle, Yang Liu
- Sustainability Vol 16 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031016
- A general FSI framework for an effective stress analysis on composite wind turbine blades
- Deng ZhongSheng, Xiao Qing, Huang Yang, Yang Liu, Liu YuanChuan
- Ocean Engineering Vol 291 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.116412
- Development of polyimide aerogel stock shapes through polyimide aerogel particles
- Dayarian Shima, Yang Liu, Majedi Far Hojat
- Journal of Porous Materials Vol 30, pp. 2101-2112 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-023-01489-1
- Solutions for recycling emerging wind turbine blade waste in China are not yet effective
- Yang Juhua, Meng Fanran, Zhang Lixiao, McKechnie Jon, Chang Yuan, Ma Bingran, Hao Yan, Li Xiang, Pender Kyle, Yang Liu, Leeke Gary A, Cullen Jonathan M
- Communications Earth & Environment Vol 4 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01104-w
- Glass fibre composites recycling using the fluidised bed : a study into the economic viability in the UK
- Pender Kyle, Yang Liu
- Clean Technologies and Recycling Vol 3, pp. 221-240 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3934/ctr.2023014
Teaching
ME16232 Engineering Mechanics: Structural Mechanics
ME523 Polymer and Polymer Composites
Research Interests
Current research activities focus on
Composites recycling and reuse (This work includes the development of economically viable routes to recycling fibre reinforced composites and reusing recyclates in new industrial applications)
Composites interface (This work centres around fibre-matrix physicochemcial interactions through surface characterisation, coating development, and fibre-matrix adhesion engineering)
Aerogel composites (This work includes the design and development of ultralight, strong, superinsulating aerogel composites for energy saving applicaitons)
Self-healing elastomer (This work centres on the chemical design and material engineering of elastomer materials for improving wear resistance and damage self-mitigation)
Multi-scale material modelling (This work revolves around understanding and engineering of structure-property relationship through multi-scale material modelling)
Professional Activities
- Characterisation of validation of microscale testing of fibre matrix interphases
- Examiner
- 1/9/2023
- Frontiers in Materials (Journal)
- Associate Editor
- 2023
- Wind Power Research in Focus
- Invited speaker
- 2020
- RECOMP 2020 - Reuse and Recycling of FPR Composites
- Invited speaker
- 2020
- Energy Matters
- Contributor
- 2020
- Numerical Modelling of Interfacial behaviour of Carbon Fibre composites
- External Examiner
- 2020
Projects
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Thompson, Harry
- Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator) Thompson, Harry (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- KTP - RUA. Embed an understanding of polymer chemistry, rheology and process engineering for the in-house development of medical devices.
- Liggat, John (Principal Investigator) Cormack, Peter (Co-investigator) Oliveira, Monica (Co-investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2022 - 08-Jan-2024
- Products from Recycled Glass Fibre at Economic and Sustainable Scale (Progress)
- Yang, Liu (Principal Investigator) Bomphray, Iain (Co-investigator) Thomason, James (Co-investigator) Liu, Zhe (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Bionic Adaptive Stretchable Materials for WEC (BASM-WEC)
- Xiao, Qing (Principal Investigator) Bomphray, Iain (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Day, Sandy (Co-investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2025
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | McGurk, Michael
- Feng, Jinglang (Principal Investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator) McGurk, Michael (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025
- RSE COP 26 INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK GRANT
- Yang, Liu (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
Contact
Dr
Liu
Yang
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: l.yang@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2324