Dr Tao Liu
PhD, FHEA

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• Teaching
• Research
• Funding
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• Publications
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Publications

• Response of shear thickening fluids to high velocity ballistic impact
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2025.105248
• Phase-field finite element modelling of creep crack growth in martensitic steels
  Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.110491
• Ultra-soft cellular solids inspired by marine mussel plaques: scaling of the mechanical properties
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2024)
  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0257
• Elastic–plastic strain conversion of a thin-plate miniaturized tensile test based on crosshead measurement via an analytical method
  Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104532
• Quasi-static responses of marine mussel plaques detached from deformable wet substrates under directional tensions
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2024)
  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2023.0465
• Determining hyperelastic properties of the constituents of the mussel byssus system
  Soft Matter (2024)
  DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01677c
• Unveiling the deformability of mussel plaque core: the role of pore distribution and hierarchical structure
  Soft Matter (2024)
  DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00832d
• Creep Characterization of Inconel 718 Lattice Metamaterials Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  Advanced Engineering Materials (2023)
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300643
• Unravelling the effects of ratcheting and constraint on the cyclic behaviour of a martensitic steel under elevated temperature
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2023.104708
• Impact damage reduction of woven composites subject to pulse current
  Nature Communications (2023)
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40752-6
• Discovery of quasi-disordered truss metamaterials inspired by natural cellular materials
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105294
• Soft impact behavior of composite I-beams
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116477
• Data-driven design of high ductile metamaterials under uniaxial tension
  DOI: 10.1201/9781003348443-54
• Membrane stretching based creep damage analytical solutions for thin disc small punch problem
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104928
• Requirements for and challenges in developing improved creep ductility-based constitutive models for tempered martensitic CSEF steels
  Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.02.047
• Creep crack growth modelling of Grade 91 vessel weldments using a modified ductility based damage model
  European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104424
• Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with Mortar-Based Composites
  Fib Symposium
• Localization and coalescence of imperfect planar FCC truss lattice metamaterials under multiaxial loadings
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2021.103996
• Modelling of a Grade 91 power plant pressurised header weldment under ultra super-critical creep conditions
  International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2021.104389
• 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
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104314
• Bio-inspired self-healing polymer foams with bilayered capsule systems
  Composites Science and Technology
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108189
• Particle reinforced thermoplastic foams under quasi-static compression
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103081
• 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
  DOI: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20180814.001
• Dynamic response of hybrid carbon fibre laminate beams under ballistic impact
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.11.049
• Static and dynamic crushing of novel porous crochet-sintered metal and its filled composite tube
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.11.022
• Numerical Investigation on Water Blast Response of Freestanding Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Sandwich Plates with Square Honeycomb Cores
  Applied Composite Materials (2018)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10443-018-9737-6
• Experimental and numerical analysis of dynamic compressive response of Nomex honeycombs
  Composites Part B: Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.04.025
• Dynamic compressive response of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy hierarchical honeycomb structures
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.04.021
• Three-dimensional woven carbon fibre polymer composite beams and plates under ballistic impact
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.10.091
• Coupled discrete/continuum simulations of the impact of granular slugs with clamped beams: Stand-off effects
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2017.03.001
• Dynamic compressive response of wrapped carbon fibre composite corrugated cores
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.10.080
• Simulation of cell-substrate traction force dynamics in response to soluble factors
  Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (2017)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10237-017-0886-6
• Simulation of orthogonal three-dimensional woven carbon plates under ballistic impact
  Iccm International Conferences on Composite Materials
• Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.100
• Dynamic Response of Orthogonal Three-Dimensional Woven Carbon Composite Beams Under Soft Impact
  Journal of Applied Mechanics (2015)
  DOI: 10.1115/1.4031455
• Comparison of 2D and 3D prediction models for environmental vibration induced by underground railway with two types of tracks
  Computers and Geotechnics
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2015.04.011
• A constitutive model for cytoskeletal contractility of smooth muscle cells
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2014)
  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0771
• Bending characteristics of 3D woven carbon composites
  16th European Conference on Composite Materials Eccm 2014
• Dynamic compression of foam supported plates impacted by high velocity soil
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2013.08.004
• Numerical simulations on quasi-static three-point bending of carbon fibre sandwich beams with corrugated cores and square honeycomb cores
  Advanced Composites in Construction 2013 Acic 2013 Conference Proceedings
• The dynamic response of edge clamped plates loaded by spherically expanding sand shells
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2013.06.012
• The impact of sand slugs against beams and plates: Coupled discrete particle/finite element simulations
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.03.008
• Dynamic Compression of Buffer Plates Impact by a High Velocity Sand Spray
  Key Engineering Materials (2013)
  DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.535-536.8
• The soft impact of composite sandwich beams with a square-honeycomb core
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2011.04.007
• Quasi-Static Three-Point Bending of Carbon Fiber Sandwich Beams With Square Honeycomb Cores
  Journal of Applied Mechanics (2011)
  DOI: 10.1115/1.4003221
• Optimal design of metallic sandwich tubes with prismatic cores to internal moving shock load
  Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2009)
  DOI: 10.1007/s00158-009-0408-y
• Elastic structural response of prismatic metal sandwich tubes to internal moving pressure loading
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.01.017
• Thermoelastic properties of sandwich materials with pin-reinforced foam cores
  Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences (2008)
  DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0226-2
• Analytical modeling and finite element simulation of the plastic collapse of sandwich beams with pin-reinforced foam cores
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.05.028
• Bi-functional optimization of actively cooled, pressurized hollow sandwich cylinders with prismatic cores
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.04.007
• Structural modeling of sandwich structures with lightweight cellular cores
  Acta Mechanica Sinica (2007)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10409-007-0096-z
• Minimum weights of pressurized hollow sandwich cylinders with ultralight cellular cores
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.09.018
• Design optimization of truss-cored sandwiches with homogenization
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.04.010
• Design optimization for truss structures under elasto-plastic loading condition
  Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2006)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10338-006-0632-6
• Response of shear thickening fluids to high velocity ballistic impact
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2025.105248
• Phase-field finite element modelling of creep crack growth in martensitic steels
  Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.110491
• Ultra-soft cellular solids inspired by marine mussel plaques: scaling of the mechanical properties
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2024)
  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0257
• Elastic–plastic strain conversion of a thin-plate miniaturized tensile test based on crosshead measurement via an analytical method
  Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104532
• Quasi-static responses of marine mussel plaques detached from deformable wet substrates under directional tensions
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2024)
  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2023.0465
• Determining hyperelastic properties of the constituents of the mussel byssus system
  Soft Matter (2024)
  DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01677c
• Unveiling the deformability of mussel plaque core: the role of pore distribution and hierarchical structure
  Soft Matter (2024)
  DOI: 10.1039/d4sm00832d
• Creep Characterization of Inconel 718 Lattice Metamaterials Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  Advanced Engineering Materials (2023)
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300643
• Unravelling the effects of ratcheting and constraint on the cyclic behaviour of a martensitic steel under elevated temperature
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2023.104708
• Impact damage reduction of woven composites subject to pulse current
  Nature Communications (2023)
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40752-6
• Discovery of quasi-disordered truss metamaterials inspired by natural cellular materials
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105294
• Soft impact behavior of composite I-beams
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116477
• Data-driven design of high ductile metamaterials under uniaxial tension
  DOI: 10.1201/9781003348443-54
• Membrane stretching based creep damage analytical solutions for thin disc small punch problem
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104928
• Requirements for and challenges in developing improved creep ductility-based constitutive models for tempered martensitic CSEF steels
  Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.02.047
• Creep crack growth modelling of Grade 91 vessel weldments using a modified ductility based damage model
  European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2021.104424
• Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with Mortar-Based Composites
  Fib Symposium
• Localization and coalescence of imperfect planar FCC truss lattice metamaterials under multiaxial loadings
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2021.103996
• Modelling of a Grade 91 power plant pressurised header weldment under ultra super-critical creep conditions
  International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2021.104389
• 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
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104314
• Bio-inspired self-healing polymer foams with bilayered capsule systems
  Composites Science and Technology
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108189
• Particle reinforced thermoplastic foams under quasi-static compression
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2019.103081
• 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
  DOI: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20180814.001
• Dynamic response of hybrid carbon fibre laminate beams under ballistic impact
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.11.049
• Static and dynamic crushing of novel porous crochet-sintered metal and its filled composite tube
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.11.022
• Numerical Investigation on Water Blast Response of Freestanding Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Sandwich Plates with Square Honeycomb Cores
  Applied Composite Materials (2018)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10443-018-9737-6
• Experimental and numerical analysis of dynamic compressive response of Nomex honeycombs
  Composites Part B: Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.04.025
• Dynamic compressive response of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy hierarchical honeycomb structures
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.04.021
• Three-dimensional woven carbon fibre polymer composite beams and plates under ballistic impact
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.10.091
• Coupled discrete/continuum simulations of the impact of granular slugs with clamped beams: Stand-off effects
  Mechanics of Materials
  DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2017.03.001
• Dynamic compressive response of wrapped carbon fibre composite corrugated cores
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.10.080
• Simulation of cell-substrate traction force dynamics in response to soluble factors
  Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (2017)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10237-017-0886-6
• Simulation of orthogonal three-dimensional woven carbon plates under ballistic impact
  Iccm International Conferences on Composite Materials
• Collapse of 3D orthogonal woven carbon fibre composites under in-plane tension/compression and out-of-plane bending
  Composite Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.100
• Dynamic Response of Orthogonal Three-Dimensional Woven Carbon Composite Beams Under Soft Impact
  Journal of Applied Mechanics (2015)
  DOI: 10.1115/1.4031455
• Comparison of 2D and 3D prediction models for environmental vibration induced by underground railway with two types of tracks
  Computers and Geotechnics
  DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2015.04.011
• A constitutive model for cytoskeletal contractility of smooth muscle cells
  Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2014)
  DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0771
• Bending characteristics of 3D woven carbon composites
  16th European Conference on Composite Materials Eccm 2014
• Dynamic compression of foam supported plates impacted by high velocity soil
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2013.08.004
• Numerical simulations on quasi-static three-point bending of carbon fibre sandwich beams with corrugated cores and square honeycomb cores
  Advanced Composites in Construction 2013 Acic 2013 Conference Proceedings
• The dynamic response of edge clamped plates loaded by spherically expanding sand shells
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2013.06.012
• The impact of sand slugs against beams and plates: Coupled discrete particle/finite element simulations
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.03.008
• Dynamic Compression of Buffer Plates Impact by a High Velocity Sand Spray
  Key Engineering Materials (2013)
  DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.535-536.8
• The soft impact of composite sandwich beams with a square-honeycomb core
  International Journal of Impact Engineering
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2011.04.007
• Quasi-Static Three-Point Bending of Carbon Fiber Sandwich Beams With Square Honeycomb Cores
  Journal of Applied Mechanics (2011)
  DOI: 10.1115/1.4003221
• Optimal design of metallic sandwich tubes with prismatic cores to internal moving shock load
  Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2009)
  DOI: 10.1007/s00158-009-0408-y
• Elastic structural response of prismatic metal sandwich tubes to internal moving pressure loading
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.01.017
• Thermoelastic properties of sandwich materials with pin-reinforced foam cores
  Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences (2008)
  DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0226-2
• Analytical modeling and finite element simulation of the plastic collapse of sandwich beams with pin-reinforced foam cores
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.05.028
• Bi-functional optimization of actively cooled, pressurized hollow sandwich cylinders with prismatic cores
  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.04.007
• Structural modeling of sandwich structures with lightweight cellular cores
  Acta Mechanica Sinica (2007)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10409-007-0096-z
• Minimum weights of pressurized hollow sandwich cylinders with ultralight cellular cores
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.09.018
• Design optimization of truss-cored sandwiches with homogenization
  International Journal of Solids and Structures
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.04.010
• Design optimization for truss structures under elasto-plastic loading condition
  Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2006)
  DOI: 10.1007/s10338-006-0632-6