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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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics & Orthotics | Thompson, Harry
Buis, A., Yang, L. & Thompson, H.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/10/22 → 1/10/26
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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Hyperelastic modelling of elastomers for wave energy convertors
Idarraga, G., Yang, L., Abad, F., Huang, Y., Dai, D., Xiao, Q., Lotfian, S. & Brennan, F., 16 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the ASME 2023 42st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. New York, NY, 7 p. 100523Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
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The dependence of interfacial shear strength on temperature and matrix chemistry in glass fibre epoxy composites
Minty, R. F., Yang, L. & Thomason, J. L., 31 Jan 2023, In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 164, 10 p., 107303.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile8 Downloads (Pure)
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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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Numerical Modelling of Interfacial behaviour of Carbon Fibre composites
Liu Yang (External Examiner)
2020Activity: Examination types › Examination
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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