Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University
Committee Member, Computational Mechanics Committee and Elasticity Committee, Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE
Email: liaom@cqu.edu.cn
Education
2011, Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2007, M.S., Tsinghua University
2004, B.S., Tsinghua University
Career Details
2012-Present, Chongqing University
Research interests
3D printed concrete structures
Structures for renewable energy harvesting
Structural analysis methods
Research Projects
1. Collapse analysis of I-35W bridge in Minnesota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge)
2. Fatigue and fracture-based design of unbonded concrete overlay pavements
3. Quadrature element method-based analyses of structural dynamics, postbuckling and cracking
Latest Publications
1. M Liao, Weak-form quadrature element method: A comparative review of different formulations and its comprehensive assessment, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 30(1): 317-329, 2023.
2. M Liao, Y Wu, Conceptual design and dynamic analysis of a novel passive floating offshore wind turbine structure, Ships and Offshore Structures, 16(10): 1040-1049, 2021.
3. M Liao, P Zhang, Multiple crack propagation and coalescence in finite elements with minimal local remeshing using the subregion generalized variational principle, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146(10): 04020111, 2020.
4. M Liao, G Xu, YB Yang, Geometrically nonlinear quadrature element analysis of spatial curved beams, Engineering Structures, 209: 110004, 2020.
5. M Liao, P Zhang, An improved approach for computation of stress intensity factors using the finite element method, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 101: 185-190, 2019.
6. M Liao, H Xu, Lifecycle simulation for unbonded concrete overlay design, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 144(1): 04017151, 2018.
7. M Liao, F Chen, Z Chen, YB Yang, A weak-form quadrature element formulation for 3D beam elements used in nonlinear and postbuckling analysis of space frames, Engineering Structures, 145: 34-43, 2017.
Awards
2011 Interdisciplinary Transportation Student Organization Paper Award, University of Minnesota
