Dr Liu Yang

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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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

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Publications

Non-circular cross-section fibres for composite reinforcement—a review with a focus on flat glass fibres
Thomason James, Carlin Andrew, Yang Liu
Fibers Vol 12 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3390/fib12110098
Hyperelastic behaviour of elastomers for wave energy applications
Idarraga Guillermo, Yang Liu, Abad Farhad, Huang Yang, Dai Saishuai, Xiao Qing, Lotfian Saeid, Brennan Feargal
Ocean Engineering Vol 313 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119652
A review of natural fibres and biopolymer composites : progress, limitations, and enhancement strategies
McKay Innes, Vargas Johnattan, Yang Liu, Felfel Reda M
Materials Vol 17 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17194878
Thermoset droplet curing performance in the microbond test
Bryce David, Thomason James L, Yang Liu
Composite Interfaces Vol 31, pp. 1247-1268 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1080/09276440.2024.2337458
Investigation of fibre modified silica aerogel composites
Wang Kaibao, Yang Liu
International Journal of Materials Research Vol 115, pp. 687-699 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2023-0201
Numerical analysis of structured sheet material in flexible oscillating water column wave energy converter
Huang Yang, Idarraga Guillermo, Xiao Qing, Yang Liu, Dai Saishuai, Abad Farhad, Brennan Feargal, Lotfian Saeid
Proceedings of the ASME 2024 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2024) 43rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-121318

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Teaching

ME16232 Engineering Mechanics: Structural Mechanics

ME523 Polymer and Polymer Composites

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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

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Projects

Polyurethane material testing (1)
Comlekci, Tugrul (Principal Investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator)
12-May-2024 - 30-Aug-2024
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Kelly, Lewis
Minty, Ross (Principal Investigator) Yang, Liu (Academic) Liggat, John (Co-investigator) Kelly, Lewis (Research Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2023 - 01-Apr-2027
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Thompson, Harry
Buis, Arjan (Principal Investigator) Yang, Liu (Co-investigator) Thompson, Harry (Research Co-investigator)
01-Oct-2022 - 01-Oct-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-May-2022 - 08-Nov-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-Feb-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-Oct-2021 - 31-Jan-2025

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Contact

Dr Liu Yang
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Email: l.yang@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2324