Dr Xianfeng Liu
School of Engineering
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
Dr Xianfeng Liu completed his bachelor and master degrees in Southwest Jiaotong University (China) in 2005 and obtained a PhD in Geomechanics in 2010 from Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France). After a Postdoc position in ECN, he joined the University of Newcastle in 2011 where he now is Research Academic. His research spans from experimental unsaturated soils to rock mechanics and geoenvironmental engineering as well as soil dynamics.
Research Interest
Civil Geotechnical Engineering
Publications
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Carteret RD, Buzzi O, Fityus S, Liu X. Effect of naturally occurring salts on tensile and shear strength of sealed granular road pavements. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2013 Sep 13;26(6):04014010.
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Liu X, Buzzi O. Experimental Characterization of Shrinkage Behaviour of Australian Expansive Soils. Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications. 2012:333-8.
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Liu XF, Collin F, Buzzi O, Sloan S. Numerical modelling of ground temperature evolution and soil subsidence as a result of underground coal fire. Australian Geomechanics Journal. 2012;47(4):27-32.
