Dr Haibao Liu

Publications

Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering

2025

Effects of Z-Pin Areal Density and Layout on Mode I Fracture in Composite Laminates: An FEA-Based Investigation
Applied Composite Materials, Springer Nature vol. 33 (1) 

DOI 10.1007/s10443-025-10386-6

22-11-2025

Crashworthiness analysis of single CFRP, hybrid CFRP/Al and fiber metal laminate C-channels: Quasi-static crushing tests and numerical simulations
Mou H Chen Y Xie J Liu H
Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier vol. 213 

DOI 10.1016/j.tws.2025.113226

QMRO

01-08-2025

Experimental Study on the Effect of Impactor Hardness and Shape on the Impact Response of Composite Panels
Hall ZEC Yang Y Dear JP Liu J Brooks RA Ding Y Liu H Dear JP
Journal of Composites Science, Mdpi vol. 9 (5) 

DOI 10.3390/jcs9050230

QMRO

02-05-2025

The Impact and Compression‐After‐Impact Behaviour of CFRP After Double Impacts in Different Locations
Brooks RA Liu J Joesbury AM Harper LT Liu H Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Strain, Wiley vol. 61 (2) 

DOI 10.1111/str.70006

QMRO

01-04-2025

Correction: Drop-Weight Impact of Composite Laminates: Modelling the Effect of a Round-Nosed Versus a Flat-Ended Impactor
Ding Y Johnson MS Liu J Dear J Li J Liu H Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Applied Composite Materials, Springer Nature vol. 32 (3), 815-815.  

DOI 10.1007/s10443-025-10323-7

QMRO

18-03-2025

Enhanced Brittle Fracture Modeling in Heterogeneous Materials: A Variational Phase Field Approach Integrating XFEM and Level-Set Methods
Hachi BE Boudouh M Ramtani S Haboussi M Liu H
International Journal of Computational Methods, World Scientific Publishing vol. 22 (07) 

DOI 10.1142/s0219876225500033

QMRO

04-03-2025

Drop-Weight Impact of Composite Laminates: Modelling the Effect of a Round-Nosed Versus a Flat-Ended Impactor
Ding Y Johnson MS Liu J Dear J Li J Liu H Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Applied Composite Materials, Springer Nature vol. 32 (3), 791-814.  

DOI 10.1007/s10443-025-10315-7

QMRO

28-02-2025

Improving the impact resistance of basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composites via a biomimetic nacre structure
Huang X Xiang D Xie G Gong Y Harkin-Jones E Wang M Liu L Wu Y et al.
Composites Communications, Elsevier vol. 53 

DOI 10.1016/j.coco.2024.102233

QMRO

01-01-2025

2024

Tannic acid and aminopropyltriethoxysilane modified basalt fiber/epoxy resin composites with enhanced interfacial and mechanical properties
Xiang D Chen C Xie G Gong Y Harkin‐Jones E Liu H Wang M Liu L et al.
Polymer Composites, Wiley vol. 46 (8), 7076-7090.  

DOI 10.1002/pc.29414

QMRO

18-12-2024

Analytical vibration modelling and solution of bars with frictional clamps
Tüfekci M Sun Y Yuan J Maharaj C Liu H Dear JP Salles L
Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier vol. 577 

DOI 10.1016/j.jsv.2024.118307

QMRO

01-05-2024

Integrating convolutional neural network and constitutive model for rapid prediction of stress-strain curves in fibre reinforced polymers: A generalisable approach
Ding Z Attar HR Wang H Liu H Li N
Materials & Design, Elsevier vol. 241 

DOI 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112849

QMRO

01-05-2024

The Relationship Between the Extent of Indentation and Impact Damage in Carbon-Fibre Reinforced-Plastic Composites after a Low-Velocity Impact
Brooks RA Liu J Hall ZEC Joesbury AM Harper LT Liu H Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Applied Composite Materials, Springer Nature vol. 31 (6), 1869-1888.  

DOI 10.1007/s10443-024-10223-2

QMRO

03-04-2024

Damage and energy absorption behavior of CFRP/aluminum hybrid open-section thin-walled columns subjected to quasi-static loading
Mou H Chen Y Feng Z Liu H
Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier vol. 197 

DOI 10.1016/j.tws.2024.111593

QMRO

01-04-2024

Experimental characterisation and constitutive modelling of the intra-ply tensile and shear properties of unidirectional fibre reinforced thermoplastics (UD FRTPs) under solid-state stamp forming conditions
Wang H Ding Z Chen X Liu H Li N
Composites Part a Applied Science and Manufacturing, Elsevier vol. 179 

DOI 10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108034

QMRO

01-04-2024

Experimental and numerical studies on filled-hole compression of FRP laminates considering different countersunk hole configurations
Zhang D Zhang C Qi J Zhou J Zheng X Liu H
Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier vol. 417 

DOI 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135305

QMRO

01-02-2024

Nonlinear behaviour of epoxy and epoxy-based nanocomposites: an integrated experimental and computational analysis
Tüfekci M Baytak T Bulut O Pir İ Arat SA Özkal B Liu H Dear JP et al.
Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Taylor & Francis vol. 52 (9), 6858-6888.  

DOI 10.1080/15397734.2023.2293763

QMRO

05-01-2024

2023

Numerical investigation of the low-velocity impact damage resistance and tolerance of composite laminates with preloads
Zhang D Zhang W Zhou J Zheng X Wang J Liu H
Aerospace Science and Technology, Elsevier vol. 142 

DOI 10.1016/j.ast.2023.108650

QMRO

01-11-2023

Damage and energy absorption behaviour of composite laminates under impact loading using different impactor geometries
Ding Y Liu J Hall ZEC Brooks RA Liu H Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 321 

DOI 10.1016/j.compstruct.2023.117259

QMRO

01-10-2023

Damage mechanisms of composite laminates under impact loading including the effect of pre-load
Zhang W Zhang D Zhou J Qi J Zhao W Yang S Dear JP Liu H
Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier vol. 191 

DOI 10.1016/j.tws.2023.111068

QMRO

01-10-2023

Dynamic response and failure behaviour of thermoplastic fibre–metal​ laminates subjected to confined blast load
Kong X Zhou H Zheng C Zhu Z Wu W Guan Z Dear JP Liu H
Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier vol. 187, 110760-110760.  

DOI 10.1016/j.tws.2023.110760

QMRO

23-04-2023

Impact Testing on the Pristine and Repaired Composite Materials for Aerostructures
Hall ZEC Liu J Brooks RA Liu H Dear JP
Applied Mechanics, Mdpi vol. 4 (2), 421-444.  

DOI 10.3390/applmech4020024

QMRO

12-04-2023

Comparison of different quasi-static loading conditions of additively manufactured composite hexagonal and auxetic cellular structures
Zhou J Liu H Dear JP Falzon BG Kazancı Z
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier vol. 244 

DOI 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2022.108054

QMRO

01-04-2023

Strain-rate-dependent mechanics and impact performance of epoxy-based nanocomposites
Tüfekci M Özkal B Maharaj C Liu H Dear JP Salles L
Composites Science and Technology, Elsevier vol. 233 

DOI 10.1016/j.compscitech.2022.109870

QMRO

01-03-2023

Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates
Liu H Liu J Hall ZEC Brooks RA Crocker JWM Joesbury AM Harper LT Blackman BRK et al.
Composites Science and Technology, Elsevier vol. 233, 109917-109917.  

DOI 10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109917

QMRO

09-01-2023

2022

Effects of contact friction and ply blocking on the crush behaviour of thin-walled composite structures: A numerical study
Liu H Zhou J Zhang D Li S Giannopoulos I
Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier vol. 182, 110214-110214.  

DOI 10.1016/j.tws.2022.110214

QMRO

18-10-2022

Experimental and numerical investigations on the impact behaviour of pristine and patch-repaired composite laminates.
Liu H Brooks RA Hall ZEC Liu J Crocker JWM Joesbury AM Harper LT Blackman BRK et al.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 380 (2232), 20210340-20210340.  

DOI 10.1098/rsta.2021.0340

QMRO

19-09-2022

Effects of fiber orientation on tool wear evolution and wear mechanism when cutting carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Weizhou WU Shipeng LI Xuda QIN Wentao LIU Xin CUI Hao LI Mengrui SHI Haibao LIU
Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, Elsevier vol. 36 (5), 549-565.  

DOI 10.1016/j.cja.2022.09.003

QMRO

07-09-2022

Fracture behaviour of fibre-reinforced composite materials subjected to shear loading: An experimental and numerical study
Liu H Zhou J Kong X Li S
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, Elsevier vol. 6 (1), 108-116.  

DOI 10.1016/j.ijlmm.2022.07.006

QMRO

07-08-2022

The effectiveness of patch repairs to restore the impact properties of carbon-fibre reinforced-plastic composites
Hall ZEC Liu J Brooks RA Liu H Crocker JWM Joesbury AM Harper LT Blackman BRK et al.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Elsevier vol. 270, 108570-108570.  

DOI 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108570

QMRO

06-06-2022

Optimization of multi-tooth milling tool for interlaminar damage suppression in the milling of carbon fiber–reinforced polymers
Liu J Tang X Li S Qin X Li H Wu W Srijana Y Liu W et al.
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer vol. 121 (1-2), 1235-1251.  

DOI 10.1007/s00170-022-09369-9

QMRO

27-05-2022

A review on stamp forming of continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastics
Brooks RA Wang H Ding Z Xu J Song Q Liu H Dear JP Li N
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, Elsevier vol. 5 (3), 411-430.  

DOI 10.1016/j.ijlmm.2022.05.001

QMRO

10-05-2022

Effect of Braiding Architectures on the Mechanical and Failure Behavior of 3D Braided Composites: Experimental Investigation.
Zhang D Zheng X Zhou J Song X Jia P Liu H Liu X
Polymers, Mdpi vol. 14 (9) 

DOI 10.3390/polym14091916

QMRO

08-05-2022

A review of high‐velocity impact on fiber‐reinforced textile composites: Potential for aero engine applications
Li Y Chen X Zhou J Liu X Zhang D Du F He W Jia P et al.
International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, Wiley Open Access vol. 2 (1), 50-64.  

DOI 10.1002/msd2.12033

QMRO

02-04-2022

A Comparative Study on the Failure Criteria for Predicting the Damage Initiation in Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Zheng J Maharaj C Liu J Chai H Liu H Dear JP
Mechanics of Composite Materials, Springer vol. 58 (1), 125-140.  

DOI 10.1007/s11029-022-10016-3

QMRO

23-03-2022

2021

Modelling the quasi-static flexural behaviour of composite sandwich structures with uniform- and graded-density foam cores
Liu H Liu J Kaboglu C Zhou J Kong X Li S Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ et al.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Elsevier vol. 259, 108121-108121.  

DOI 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2021.108121

QMRO

20-11-2021

Experimental and constitutive modelling studies of semicrystalline thermoplastics under solid-state stamp forming conditions
Wang H Liu H Ding Z Li N
Polymer, Mdpi vol. 228, 123939-123939.  

DOI 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123939

QMRO

11-06-2021

Accurate and dynamic 3D shape measurement with digital image correlation-assisted phase shifting
Hu P Yang S Zheng F Yuan Y Wang T Li S Liu H Dear JP
Measurement Science and Technology, Iop Publishing vol. 32 (7) 

DOI 10.1088/1361-6501/abddf2

QMRO

30-04-2021

The Effect of a Coupling Agent on the Impact Behavior of Flax Fiber Composites
Kaboglu C Liu J Liu H Russo P Simeoli G Lopresto V Dear JP Maharaj C
Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Asme International vol. 143 (3) 

DOI 10.1115/1.4050637

QMRO

13-04-2021

High velocity projectile impact of a composite rubber/aluminium fluid-filled container
Zhang P Kong X Wang Z Zheng C Liu H Shi G Dear JP Wu W
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, Elsevier vol. 4 (1), 1-8.  

DOI 10.1016/j.ijlmm.2020.06.007

QMRO

01-03-2021

2020

Predicting the Deflection of Square Plates Subjected to Fully Confined Blast Loading
Zheng C Wang Y Kong X Zhou H Liu H Wu W
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Mdpi vol. 8 (12) 

DOI 10.3390/jmse8121031

QMRO

18-12-2020

Modelling the effect of projectile hardness on the impact response of a woven carbon-fibre reinforced thermoplastic-matrix composite
Liu H Liu J Ding Y Zheng J Luo L Kong X Zhou J Blackman BRK et al.
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, Elsevier vol. 3 (4), 403-415.  

DOI 10.1016/j.ijlmm.2020.05.005

QMRO

01-12-2020

A three-dimensional elastic-plastic damage model for predicting the impact behaviour of fibre-reinforced polymer-matrix composites
Liu H Liu J Ding Y Hall ZE Kong X Zhou J Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ et al.
Composites Part B Engineering, Elsevier vol. 201 

DOI 10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108389

QMRO

01-11-2020

The behaviour of thermoplastic and thermoset carbon fibre composites subjected to low-velocity and high-velocity impact
Liu H Liu J Ding Y Zheng J Kong X Zhou J Harper L Blackman BRK et al.
Journal of Materials Science, Springer Nature vol. 55 (33), 15741-15768.  

DOI 10.1007/s10853-020-05133-0

QMRO

01-09-2020

Effects of Impactor Geometry on the Low-Velocity Impact Behaviour of Fibre-Reinforced Composites: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation
Liu H Liu J Ding Y Zhou J Kong X Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ Falzon BG et al.
Applied Composite Materials, Springer Nature vol. 27 (5), 533-553.  

DOI 10.1007/s10443-020-09812-8

QMRO

17-06-2020

Bionic research on spikes based on the tractive characteristics of ostrich foot toenail
Zhang R Han D Yu G Wang H Liu H Yu H Li J
Simulation, Sage Publications vol. 96 (9), 713-723.  

DOI 10.1177/0037549720927080

QMRO

10-06-2020

Experimental investigations on the effects of projectile hardness on the impact response of fibre-reinforced composite laminates
Liu H Liu J Kaboglu C Chai H Kong X Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ Dear JP
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, Elsevier vol. 3 (2), 77-87.  

DOI 10.1016/j.ijlmm.2019.10.001

QMRO

01-06-2020

The design and performance evaluation of assisted chip removal system in helical milling of CFRP/Ti stacks
Liu Y Li S Li H Qin X Xing Y Liu H
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer Nature vol. 108 (5-6), 1297-1308.  

DOI 10.1007/s00170-020-05421-8

QMRO

01-05-2020

Impact response of laminated glass with varying interlayer materials
Zhang X Liu H Maharaj C Zheng M Mohagheghian I Zhang G Yan Y Dear JP
International Journal of Impact Engineering, Elsevier vol. 139 

DOI 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103505

QMRO

01-05-2020

The behaviour of fibre-reinforced composites subjected to a soft impact-loading: An experimental and numerical study
Liu H Liu J Kaboglu C Zhou J Kong X Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Engineering Failure Analysis. vol. 111 

DOI 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2020.104448

01-04-2020

Modelling damage in fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite laminates subjected to three-point bend loading
Liu H Liu J Ding Y Zhou J Kong X Harper LT Blackman BRK Falzon BG et al.
Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 236 

DOI 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.111889

QMRO

01-03-2020

Microstructure and tensile properties of injection molded thermoplastic polyurethane with different melt temperatures
Xiang N Zhang X Zheng M Ge Y Wang T Liu H Maharaj C Dear JP et al.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Wiley vol. 137 (29) 

DOI 10.1002/app.48891

QMRO

02-01-2020

2019

An experimental study on the mitigation effects of fine water mist on confined-blast loading and dynamic response of steel plates
Kong X Zhou H Zheng C Liu H Wu W Guan Z Dear JP
International Journal of Impact Engineering, Elsevier vol. 134 

DOI 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2019.103370

QMRO

01-12-2019

An experimental and numerical study on the crush behaviour of hybrid unidirectional/woven carbon-fibre reinforced composite laminates
Liu H Falzon BG Dear JP
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier vol. 164 

DOI 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2019.105160

QMRO

01-12-2019

The Impact Performance of Woven-Fabric Thermoplastic and Thermoset Composites Subjected to High-Velocity Soft- and Hard-Impact Loading
Liu J Liu H Kaboglu C Kong X Ding Y Chai H Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ et al.
Applied Composite Materials, Springer Nature vol. 26 (5-6), 1389-1410.  

DOI 10.1007/s10443-019-09786-2

QMRO

01-11-2019

Compressive failure of woven fabric reinforced thermoplastic composites with an open-hole: An experimental and numerical study
Liu H Falzon BG Li S Tan W Liu J Chai H Blackman BRK Dear JP
Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 213, 108-117.  

DOI 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.01.070

QMRO

01-04-2019

Experimental and numerical studies on the behaviour of fibre-reinforced composites subjected to soft impact loading
Liu H Liu J Kaboglu C Chai H Kong X Blackman BRK Kinloch AJ Dear JP
Procedia Structural Integrity. vol. 17, 992-1001.  

DOI 10.1016/j.prostr.2019.08.132

01-01-2019

2018

An experimental method to determine the intralaminar fracture toughness of high-strength carbon-fibre reinforced composite aerostructures
Liu H Falzon BG Catalanotti G Tan W
The Aeronautical Journal, Cambridge University Press (Cup) vol. 122 (1255), 1352-1370.  

DOI 10.1017/aer.2018.78

QMRO

30-07-2018

Blast resilience of composite sandwich panels with hybrid glass-fibre and carbon-fibre skins
Rolfe E Quinn R Sancho A Kaboglu C Johnson A Liu H Hooper PA Dear JP et al.
Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design, Springer Nature vol. 1 (3), 197-210.  

DOI 10.1007/s41939-018-0025-9

QMRO

18-07-2018

Experimental and numerical studies on the impact response of damage-tolerant hybrid unidirectional/woven carbon-fibre reinforced composite laminates
Liu H Falzon BG Tan W
Composites Part B Engineering, Elsevier vol. 136, 101-118.  

DOI 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.10.016

QMRO

01-03-2018

Predicting the Compression-After-Impact (CAI) strength of damage-tolerant hybrid unidirectional/woven carbon-fibre reinforced composite laminates
Liu H Falzon BG Tan W
Composites Part a Applied Science and Manufacturing, Elsevier vol. 105, 189-202.  

DOI 10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.11.021

QMRO

01-02-2018

2017

Comment on “A tensorial based progressive damage model for fibre reinforced polymers”
Falzon BG Liu H Tan W
Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 176, 877-882.  

DOI 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.06.011

QMRO

01-09-2017

2016

The role of material characterisation in the crush modelling of thermoplastic composite structures
Tan W Falzon BG Price M Liu H
Composite Structures, Elsevier vol. 153, 914-927.  

DOI 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.07.011

QMRO

01-10-2016

An experimental method to determine the longitudinal intralaminar fracture toughness of high tensile strength fibre-reinforced unidirectional composites
Liu H Falzon BG Tan W
Eccm 2016 Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials. 
01-01-2016

Grants

Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering

Understanding crack arrest mechanisms in natural resilient materials for efficient bionic design
Haibao Liu
£11,980 Royal Society
01-01-2025 - 31-12-2026

PANORAMIC: Physicochemical and mechanical studies of agricultural waste-based materials in South Africa and Zambia for sustainable packaging
Haibao Liu
£143,184 Royal Society
13-12-2024 - 12-12-2027

The Architecture of Photosynthesis
Haibao Liu
£13,846 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
01-05-2024 - 30-09-2026

Research Group

PhD Students

• Olabisi Okesola Ashimi
  Fabrication and Characterisation of Bioinspired Functional Composite Materials
• Carlos Beauregard Leon
  Understanding The Failure Mechanisms of Wind Turbine Blade C
• Yan Huang
  Development of Sustainable Packaging Materials From Agricultural Waste
• Yan Huang
  Development of Sustainable Packaging Materials From Agricultural Waste
• Haoming Sun
  Developing New Self-Sensing and Self-Healing Composite Materials For Offshore Infrastructures
• Cuba Vanderpuye
  Data-Driven Multiscale Optimisation of Resilient Composite Materials
• Yuancheng Yang
  Multiphysics Phase-Field Modelling of Fracture in Composite Materials

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