Dr Yang Liu

Ph.D

Pronouns

He / Him

Status

Research Fellow

+44 1865 615180

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ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-3833

Research groups

Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Address

Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Major / recent publications

Elephant trunk wrinkles: A mathematical model of function and form.

Yang Liu, Alain Goriely and L. Angela Mihai. Nonlinearity. 2025, 38(3), 035004.

Surface wrinkling of a hyperelastic half-space coated by a liquid crystal elastomer film.

Yang Liu, Qianqian Ji and Alain Goriely. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 2024, 299, 112895.

Reduced model and nonlinear analysis of localized instabilities of residually stressed cylinders under axial stretch.

Yang Liu, Xiang Yu and Luis Dorfmann. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. 2024, 29(9), 1879-1899.

Surface wrinkling of a film coated to a graded substrate.

Rui-Cheng Liu, Yang Liu and Alain Goriely. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2024, 186, 105603.

Higher order solution to the Euler buckling threshold for compressible hyperelastic bilayers.

Yang Liu. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 2023, 39(8), 422379.

A novel buckling pattern in periodically porous elastomers with applications to elastic wave regulations.

Yang Liu, Tian Liang, Yuxin Fu, Yu-Xin Xie and Yue-Sheng Wang. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2022, 54, 101781.

Influence of the growth gradient on surface wrinkling and pattern transition in growing tubular tissues.

Rui-Cheng Liu, Yang Liu and Zongxi Cai. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 2021, 477(2254), 20210441.

On a consistent finite-strain plate model of nematic liquid crystal elastomers.

Yang Liu, Wendi Ma and Hui-Hui Dai. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2020, 145, 104169.

Teaching

Tutorial teaching of Prelims Dynamics.

Research interests

Mathematical modelling of active solids.
Non-linear elasticity.
Instabilities and wave propagation in soft solids.
Liquid crystal elastomers.

Recent publications

Elephant trunk wrinkles: a mathematical model of function and form

Liu, Y Goriely, A Mihai, A Nonlinearity volume 38 (06 Feb 2025)

Reduced model and nonlinear analysis of localized instabilities of residually stressed cylinders under axial stretch

Liu, Y Yu, X Dorfmann, L Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids volume 29 issue 9 1879-1899 (25 Sep 2024)

Stretch-induced wrinkling of anisotropic hyperelastic thin films

Chai, P Liu, Y Wang, F Thin-Walled Structures volume 200 111961-111961 (Jul 2024)

The impact of Yibin Fu’s work: In recognition of his 60th birthday

Destrade, M Dorfmann, L Liu, Y Xie, Y International Journal of Solids and Structures volume 298 112879-112879 (Jul 2024)

Localized necking and bulging of finitely deformed residually stressed solid cylinder

Liu, Y Dorfmann, L Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids volume 29 issue 6 1153-1175 (13 Jun 2024)

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

MECMAT (Mechanics of Materials) Young Investigator Award 2024

Marie Słkodowska-Curie Fellowship 2023