Tao Liu

Contact

• workRoom B26 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work+44 (0) 1157484059
• fax+44 (0) 1159513898
• Tao.Liu@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Ultralight weight cellular materials/structures, small structures, multi-functional and smart materials/structures Micromechanics of cellular materials and composite materials Computer… read more

Selected Publications

• LU, T.J and LIU, T. , DENG, Z.C., 2008. Thermoelastic properties of pin-reinforced sandwich foam cores Science in China E. 51(12), 2059-2074
• LIU, T, DENG, Z.C and LU, T. J., 2008. Analytical modeling and finite element simulation of the plastic collapse of sandwich beams with pin-reinforced foam cores International Journal of Solids and Structures. 45(18-19), 5127-5151
• ZHOU, J.X, DENG, Z.C, LIU, T and HOU, X.H., 2009. Elastic structural response of prismatic metal sandwich tubes to moving pressure loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 46(11), 2354-2371
• RUSSELL, B.P, LIU, T. , DESHPANDE, V.S and FLECK, N.A., 2011. Quasi-static three-point bending of carbon fibre sandwich beams with square honeycomb cores ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics. 78(3), 031008

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Current Research

• Ultralight weight cellular materials/structures, small structures, multi-functional and smart materials/structures
• Micromechanics of cellular materials and composite materials
• Computer simulation of granular material impact and dynamic soil- structural interaction.
• Impact engineering
• Finite element analysis
• Design Optimization
• Cell Mechanics

• RUSSELL, B.P, LIU, T. , DESHPANDE, V.S and FLECK, N.A., 2011. Quasi-static three-point bending of carbon fibre sandwich beams with square honeycomb cores ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics. 78(3), 031008
• B.P. RUSSELL, T. LIU, N.A. FLECK, V.S. DESHPANDE, 2011. The soft impact of composite sandwich beams with a square-honeycomb core International Journal of Impact Engineering. (In Press.)
• ZHOU, J.X, DENG, Z.C, LIU, T and HOU, X.H., 2010. Optimal design of metallic sandwich tubes with prismatic cores to internal moving shock load Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 41(1), 133–15
• ZHOU, J.X, DENG, Z.C, LIU, T and HOU, X.H., 2009. Elastic structural response of prismatic metal sandwich tubes to moving pressure loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 46(11), 2354-2371
• LIU, T, DENG, Z.C and LU, T. J., 2008. Analytical modeling and finite element simulation of the plastic collapse of sandwich beams with pin-reinforced foam cores International Journal of Solids and Structures. 45(18-19), 5127-5151
• LU, T.J and LIU, T. , DENG, Z.C., 2008. Thermoelastic properties of pin-reinforced sandwich foam cores Science in China E. 51(12), 2059-2074
• LIU, T, DENG, Z.C and LU, T. J, 2007. Minimum weights of pressurized hollow sandwich cylinders with ultralight cellular cores International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(10), 3231-3266
• LIU, T, DENG, Z.C and LU, T. J, 2007. Structural modeling of sandwich structures with lightweight cellular cores Acta Mechanica Sinica. 23(5), 545-559
• LIU, T, DENG, Z.C and LU, T. J., 2007. Bi-functional optimization of actively cooled, pressurized hollow sandwich cylinders with prismatic cores. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 55(12), 2565-2602
• LIU, T and DENG, Z.C., 2006. Design optimization for truss structures under elasto-plastic loading condition ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA. 19(3), 264-274
• LIU, T, DENG, Z.C and LU, T. J., 2006. Design optimization of truss-cored sandwiches with homogenization International Journal of Solids and Structures. 43(25-26), 7891-7918 (TOP25)