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Professor Yang Xiang
Biography
Yang obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees from Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering in China, in 1982 and 1985 respectively. He studied at the University of Queensland in 1989 and was awarded a PhD degree in 1993. He joined UWS as a Lecturer in 1996 and contributed to the course development and coordination of the Civil Engineering program. He was appointed to the position of Associate Head of School (Engineering) in July 2007, was promoted to Professor in 2008 and then appointed to the position of Senior Associate Head of School in October 2009.
Yang is a member of Engineers Australia (IEAust) and a member of American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is also a member of the Stability Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE since 2004. He serves on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD) since 2003.
Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
85010 Structural Analysis
85006 Introduction to Structural Engineering
Yang has extensive research expertise in the areas of stability and vibration analyses of structures and development of computational methods for the analyses of solid and structural mechanics problems. His research on the buckling and vibration behaviour of thick plates has made a significant impact in this area with results being widely cited. He obtained exact solutions for buckling and vibration of plates and shells which provide important benchmark values for engineers and researchers in this field. He developed several effective computational methods for the analysis of thin-walled structures. His current research interests include non-local beam theory for the analysis of micro/nano rods; molecular dynamics analysis for nano structures; photogrammetry technique for stress and deformation measurement; DSC algorithm for the analysis of thin-walled structures; and analysis of plates and shells with surface cracks.
Grants/Current Projects
2006-2008 ARC Discovery grant, Development of a novel numerical method for the computations of thin-walled structures, $240,000.
2009 University Infrastructure Fund, $305,874, High Capacity Testing Machine for Prototype Structures, $305,874.
2010 University Research Grant Scheme, On Asymptotic Analysis for Large Amplitude Nonlinear Vibration of Laminated Piezoelectric/Functionally Graded Rectangular Plates, $16,301.
2010 ARC LIEF Project, Hybrid Testing Facility for Structures under Extreme Loads.
Publications
Liew KM, Wang CM, Xiang Y and Kitipornchai S. Vibration of Mindlin Plates - Programming the p-Version Ritz Method. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998.
Xiang Y, Lai S, Zhou L and Lim C. DSC-Ritz element method for vibration analysis of rectangular Mindlin plates with mixed edge supports. European Journal of Mechanics A – Solids. Volume: 29 Issue: 4 Pages: 619-628 Published 2010.
Wang C, Zhang Y, Xiang Y and Reddy J. Recent studies on buckling of carbon nanotubes. Applied Mechanics Reviews. Volume 63 Issue 3 Article Number 030804 Published 2010.
Xiang Y, Wang C, Kitipornchai S and Wang Q. Dynamic instability of nanorods/nanotubes subjected to an end follower force. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Volume 136 Issue 8 Pages 1054-1058 Published 2010.
Lai S and Xiang Y. DSC analysis for buckling and vibration of rectangular plates with elastically restrained edges and linearly varying in-plane loading. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics. Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 511-531 Published 2009.
Shen HS, Xiang Y. Buckling and postbuckling of anisotropic laminated cylindrical shells under combined axial compression and torsion. Composite Structures. Volume: 84 Issue: 4 Pages: 375-386 Published: Aug 2008.
Zhang L, Xiang Y. Exact solutions for vibration of stepped circular cylindrical shells. Journal of Sound and Vibration. Volume: 299 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 948-964 Published: Feb 6 2007.
Xiang Y, Wei GW. Exact solutions for buckling and vibration of stepped rectangular Mindlin plates. International Journal of Solids and Structures. Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Pages: 279-294 Published: Jan 2004.
Xiang Y. Exact solutions for buckling of multispan rectangular plates. Journal of Engineering Mechanics-ASCE. Volume: 129 Issue: 2 Pages: 181-187 Published: Feb 2003.
Wei GW, Zhao YB, Xiang Y. Discrete singular convolution and its application to the analysis of plates with internal supports. Part 1: Theory and algorithm. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Volume: 55 Issue: 8 Pages: 913-946 Published: Nov 20 2002.
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