Tao Liu

Contact

• workRoom B68 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work+44 (0) 1157484059
• fax+44 (0) 1159513898
• Tao.Liu@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Tao Liu is a member of the Centre for Structural Engineering & Informatics Research Group.

Teaching Summary

1. Structural Analysis 1 (CIVE1020)
2. Portfolio of Civil Engineering Studies 2 (CIVE1005 )
3. Advanced Structural Analysis (CIVE4097 )

Research Summary

• 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 & dynamic fracture
• Finite element analysis
• Design Optimization and bio-inspired designs
• Cell Mechanics
• Multiscale / multiphysical modeling

Full publication list : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=01cSuSEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Research facility : The research group has a single stage gas gun impact test rig ( 4 m long gun barrel ), Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar ( SHPB ), high speed camera and digital image correlation measurement system.

I currently have three funded PhD positions. Please feel free to contact with me for more information .

PhD 1- Mechanics and biomimicking of marine mussel plaque-substratum interactions

PhD 2 - The experimental characterisation and numerical modelling of mussel plaque-substratum

PhD 3 - Life Prediction of Power Plant Components with Welds under Flexible, Thermal-Mechanical Loadings and Operation Cycle Optimization

Funded research projects :

2020-23, Leverhulme Trust Research Grant, Mechanics and biomimicking of marine mussle plaques , £323,000.00 - PI Description of the project

2018-20, EU Horizon 2020 Clean Sky, LIFT-Lightweight Innovative Generator for Future Air Transportation, €600, 000.00 - CI

2018-19, International Collaboration Grant with UCSB, £ 3800.00 - PI

2017-20, Industry funding, Development of high performance graphene Lithium-sulphur battery, £ 1,170,000.00 - Principal Investigator (multiphysics modelling and integrated optimisation).

2016-17, EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Partnered Access Fund, £ 3500.00-PI

2016-18, Royal Society Research Grant, £ 12,500.00 - PI

2016-17, Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Ministry of Defense), £92,000.00 -PI

2014, Nottingham-Tsinghua Collaboration Fund, £ 5000.00 -PI

2012-14, Nottingham university, Early Career Research and Knowledge Transfer Awards, £35,000.00-PI

2012-15, EPSRC Doctor Training Grant, £45,000 - PI

2012, Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Ministry of Defense), Optimized armor systems for protection against soil impact: £30,000 -CI

Selected Publications

• T.LIU, N.A. FLECK, H.N.G. WADLEY and V.S. DESHPANDE, 2013. The impact of sand slugs against beams and plates: Coupled discrete particle/finite element simulations Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 61(8), 1798–1821
• T. LIU, 2014. A constitutive model for cytoskeletal contractility of smooth muscle cells Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A. 470, 2164
• T LIU, HNG WADLEY and VS DESHPANDE, 2014. Dynamic compression of foam supported plates impacted by high velocity soil International Journal of Impact Engineering. 63, 88-106
• RUSSELL, B.P., LIU, T., FLECK, N.A. and DESHPANDE, V.S., 2012. The soft impact of composite sandwich beams with a square-honeycomb core International Journal of Impact Engineering. 48(October), 65-81

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• Micromechanics and multiscale modeling of metallic materials and fiber reinforced composite materials .
• Mechanics and design of additively manufactured architectured structures and materials .
• Multifunctional design of metallic / composite sandwich structures - The project aims to develop high performance,lightweight sandwich structures to fulfill multifunctional requirements in engineering applications such as energy absorption, active cooling and acoustic noise reduction.
• Polymer Composites and composite sandwich panels under high velocity impact - This project includes numerical modelling of failure and damage of composite materials.
• Computational simulations of cell / tissue mechanics - The project aims to develop bio-chemo- mechanical computational modelling of cells under chemical or mechanical stimulation such as cell- substrate interaction. This is an interdisciplinary research that combines computational biology and computational mechanics. The outcome of the project will be used to (i) develop novel understanding on mechanical stimulation induced cellular behaviour as well as tissue behaviour,(ii) design novel experimental protocols and (iii) design of engineered tissues.
• Cellular concrete and cellular concrete based sandwich structures
• Structural impact
• Self-healing materials / structures

Scholarship information :http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/international-applicants/scholarships-fees-and-finance/scholarships/research-scholarships/research-scholarships.aspx

Please feel free to contact with me for more information .

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Ultralight weight materials/structures; micromechanics of composite materials; numerical simulations of materials behaviour under extreme environment; impact engineering; design optimisation of multifunctional materials/structures; modelling of live cells and cell mechanics.

• CAO, S. and LIU, T., 2021. Compressive response of self-healing polymer foams containing bilayered capsules: Coupled healing agents diffusion and stress simulations: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 149,
• RAHEEG RAGAB, JONATHAN PARKER, MING LI, TAO LIU and WEI SUN, 2021. Modelling of a Grade 91 power plant pressurised header weldment under ultra super-critical creep conditions International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. (In Press.)
• CAO, S., ZHU, W. and LIU, T., 2020. Bio-inspired self-healing polymer foams with bilayered capsule systems: Composites Science and Technology Composites Science and Technology. 195,
• ZHANG, Y., LIU, T. and XU, Z., 2019. Dynamic response of hybrid carbon fibre laminate beams under ballistic impact: Composite Structures Composite Structures. 210, 409-420
• ZHOU, H., GUO, R., LIU, R. and LIU, T., 2019. Simulations on dynamic responses of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite sandwich plates with square honeycomb cores subjected to water blast: Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica. 36(5), 1226-1234
• CAO, S., LIU, T., JONES, A. and TIZANI, W., 2019. Particle reinforced thermoplastic foams under quasi-static compression: Mechanics of Materials Mechanics of Materials. 136,
• A. GOEL, T. UTH, T.LIU, H.N.G. WADLEY and V.S. DESHPANDE, 2018. Coupled discrete/continuum simulations of the impact of granular slugs with clamped beams: Stand-off effects Mechanics of Materials. 116, 90-103
• PAUL TURNER, TAO LIU, XUESEN ZENG and KEVIN ANTHONY BROWN, 2018. Three-dimensional woven carbon fibre polymer composite beams and plates under ballistic impact Composite Structures. 185, 483-495
• ZHANG, Y., LIU, T., REN, H., MASKERY, I. and ASHCROFT, I., 2018. Dynamic compressive response of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy hierarchical honeycomb structures: Composite Structures Composite Structures. 195, 45-59
• ZHANG, Y., LIU, T. and TIZANI, W., 2018. Experimental and numerical analysis of dynamic compressive response of Nomex honeycombs: Composites Part B: Engineering Composites Part B: Engineering. 148, 27-39
• ZHOU, H., LIU, T., GUO, R., LIU, R. and SONG, P., 2018. Numerical Investigation on Water Blast Response of Freestanding Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Sandwich Plates with Square Honeycomb Cores: Applied Composite Materials Applied Composite Materials.
• TAO LIU and PAUL TURNER, 2017. Dynamic compressive response of wrapped carbon fibre composite corrugated cores Composite Structures. 165, 266–272
• TAO LIU, 2017. Simulation of cell-substrate traction force dynamics in response to soluble factors Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 16(4), 1255–1268
• LIU, T., TURNER, P. and ZENG, X., 2017. Simulation of orthogonal three-dimensional woven carbon plates under ballistic impact
• PAUL TURNER, TAO LIU and XUESEN ZENG, 2016. Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending Composite Structures. 142(5), 286-297
• QINGYUAN XU, ZUCAI XIAO, TAO LIU, PING LOU, XUMING SONG, 2015. Comparison of 2D and 3D prediction models for environmental vibration induced by underground railway with two types of tracks Computers and Geotechnics. 68, 169–183
• PAUL TURNER, TAO LIU AND XUESEN ZENG, 2015. Dynamic Response of Orthogonal 3D Woven Carbon Composites Under Soft Impact ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics (18 Pages). 82(12), 121008
• T LIU, HNG WADLEY and VS DESHPANDE, 2014. Dynamic compression of foam supported plates impacted by high velocity soil International Journal of Impact Engineering. 63, 88-106
• T. LIU, 2014. A constitutive model for cytoskeletal contractility of smooth muscle cells Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A. 470, 2164
• T.LIU, N.A. FLECK, H.N.G. WADLEY and V.S. DESHPANDE, 2013. The impact of sand slugs against beams and plates: Coupled discrete particle/finite element simulations Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 61(8), 1798–1821
• KP DHARMASENA, HNG WADLEY, T LIU and VS DESHPANDE, 2013. The dynamic response of edge clamped plates loaded by spherically expanding sand shells International Journal of Impact Engineering. 62, 182-196
• VIKRAM DESHPANDE and TAO LIU, 2013. Dynamic Compression of Buffer Plates Impact by a High Velocity Sand Spray Key Engineering Materials. 535-536, 8-11
• RUSSELL, B.P., LIU, T., FLECK, N.A. and DESHPANDE, V.S., 2012. The soft impact of composite sandwich beams with a square-honeycomb core International Journal of Impact Engineering. 48(October), 65-81
• RUSSELL, B.P., LIU, T., FLECK, N.A. and DESHPANDE, V.S., 2011. Quasi-static three-point bending of carbon fibre sandwich beams with square honeycomb cores Journal of Applied Mechanics. 78(3), 031008
• 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., DENG, Z., LIU, T. and HOU, X., 2009. Elastic structural response of prismatic metal sandwich tubes to moving pressure loading International Journal of Solids and Structures. 46(11-12), 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)