Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise & Capabilities
- 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
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)
Teaching Interests
ME16232 Engineering Mechanics: Structural Mechanics
ME523 Polymer and Polymer Composites
Industrial Relevance
Industrial Links
- PPG Industries (The Netherlands)
- 3B Fibreglass (Belgium)
- Blueshift International Materials (USA)
- BOSCH (Germany)
- Sain-Gobain (France)
- Weir Group PLC (UK)
- Composites Scaffolding Company (UK)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Award Date: 1 Jan 2011
Master in Science, University of Sheffield
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
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Products from Recycled Glass Fibre at Economic and Sustainable Scale (Progress)
Yang, L., Bomphray, I., Thomason, J. & Liu, Z.
1/02/22 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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A novel approach for wind turbine blade erosion characterization: an investigation using surface gloss measurement
Leishman, G., Nash, D., Yang, L. & Dyer, K., 30 Jun 2022, In: Coatings. 12, 7, 18 p., 928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the effect of silane coupling agent on glass fibre/thermoplastic interfacial adhesion
Akrami, R., Yang, L. & Thomason, J. L., 30 Jun 2022, p. 1-8. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data for: "Assessment of insulating package performance by mathematical modelling"
Kucharek, M. (Creator) & Yang, L. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 3 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.15129/b38d9692-1b2e-47f5-a4cd-d14e776028fd
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Data for: "Investigation of the effect of silica aerogel particle on thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy composite"
Kucharek, M. (Creator) & Yang, L. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 2 Sep 2020
DOI: 10.15129/8d96c441-f379-4176-b87d-a05d1c837c50
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Prizes
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Industry Fellow of Royal Academic of Engineering
Yang, Liu (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Activities
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Energy Matters
Liu Yang (Contributor)
2020Activity: Public Engagement and Other Activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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RECOMP 2020 - Reuse and Recycling of FPR Composites
Liu Yang (Invited speaker)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk