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D-Index
43
Citations
8455
World Ranking
1702
National Ranking
208

Overview

Xian-Fang Li is affiliated with Central South University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of engineering. Their research contributions span multiple specialized subfields, including mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, civil and structural engineering, geophysics, and mechanical engineering.

Their work covers diverse engineering topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Composite structure analysis and optimization
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Thermoelastic and magnetoelastic phenomena
  • Composite material mechanics
  • Structural load-bearing analysis
  • Vibration and dynamic analysis

Frequent publication venues for Xian-Fang Li include:

  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling

Representative recent papers authored by or involving Xian-Fang Li include:

  • "Lithium isotope behavior during magmatic differentiation and fluid exsolution in the Jiajika granite-pegmatite deposit, Sichuan, China" (2021, Ore Geology Reviews)
  • "Microstructures and mechanical properties of FeCoCrNi-Mo High entropy alloys prepared by spark plasma sintering and vacuum hot-pressed sintering" (2020, Materials Today Communications)
  • "Flexoelectric effects on the natural frequencies for free vibration of piezoelectric nanoplates" (2021, Journal of Applied Physics)
  • "Comparing the effects of highly aspherical lenslets versus defocus incorporated multiple segment spectacle lenses on myopia control" (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • "Synergistic effect of memory-size-microstructure on thermoelastic damping of a micro-plate" (2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer)

They have also contributed to book publications, including a title published by World Scientific: Mathematical Theory of Elasticity and Generalized Dynamics of Quasicrystals and Its Applications (2023).

In collaborative work, frequent coauthors are:

  • Xue-Yang Zhang
  • Ying Yang
  • Zhenliang Hu
  • W. F. Mader
  • Yawei Wang

Best Publications

  • A unified approach for analyzing static and dynamic behaviors of functionally graded Timoshenko and Euler–Bernoulli beams

    X.-F. Li

  • A new approach for free vibration of axially functionally graded beams with non-uniform cross-section

    Yong Huang;Xian-Fang Li

  • Performance of a piezoelectric bimorph for scavenging vibration energy

    Shunong Jiang;Xianfang Li;Shaohua Guo;Yuantai Hu

  • Dynamic analysis of a cracked magnetoelectroelastic medium under antiplane mechanical and inplane electric and magnetic impacts

    Xian-Fang Li;Xian-Fang Li

  • A higher-order theory for static and dynamic analyses of functionally graded beams

    Xian Fang Li;Xian Fang Li;Baolin Wang;Jiecai Han

  • Exact frequency equations of free vibration of exponentially functionally graded beams

    X.-F. Li;Y.-A. Kang;J.-X. Wu

  • Exact frequency equations of free vibration of exponentially non-uniform functionally graded Timoshenko beams

    A.-Y. Tang;J.-X. Wu;X.-F. Li;X.-F. Li;K.Y. Lee

  • Bending of functionally graded cantilever beam with power-law non-linearity subjected to an end force

    Ying-An Kang;Ying-An Kang;Xian-Fang Li

  • Thermal stress in rotating functionally graded hollow circular disks

    Xu-Long Peng;Xian-Fang Li

  • Buckling Analysis of Nonuniform and Axially Graded Columns with Varying Flexural Rigidity

    Y. Huang;X.-F. Li

  • Thermoelastic analysis of a cylindrical vessel of functionally graded materials

    X.L. Peng;X.F. Li

  • Interfacial shear horizontal (SH) waves propagating in a two-phase piezoelectric/piezomagnetic structure with an imperfect interface

    Y. Huang;X.-F. Li;K.Y. Lee

  • Bending and vibration of circular cylindrical beams with arbitrary radial nonhomogeneity

    Yong Huang;Xian-Fang Li

  • Transverse vibration of nanotube-based micro-mass sensor via nonlocal Timoshenko beam theory

    Zhi-Bin Shen;Xian-Fang Li;Li-Ping Sheng;Guo-Jin Tang

  • Vibrational modes of Timoshenko beams at small scales

    Xian-Fang Li;Bao-Lin Wang

  • Analytical closed-form solutions for size-dependent static pull-in behavior in electrostatic micro-actuators via Fredholm integral equation

    Hossein Rokni;Rudolf J. Seethaler;Abbas S. Milani;Shahrokh Hosseini-Hashemi

  • BUCKLING OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED CIRCULAR COLUMNS INCLUDING SHEAR DEFORMATION

    Y. Huang;X.-F. Li

  • Large Deflections of a Non-linear Cantilever Functionally Graded Beam

    Ying-An Kang;Xian-Fang Li

  • A moving mode-III crack at the interface between two dissimilar piezoelectric materials

    Xian-Fang Li;Xian-Fang Li;Tian-You Fan;Xiang-Fa Wu

  • Nonlocal Timoshenko beam theory for vibration of carbon nanotube-based biosensor

    Zhi-Bin Shen;Li-Ping Sheng;Xian-Fang Li;Guo-Jin Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kang Yong Lee
Kang Yong Lee Yonsei University
Baolin Wang
Baolin Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Jiashi Yang
Jiashi Yang University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Dou Zhang
Dou Zhang Central South University
Yiu-Wing Mai
Yiu-Wing Mai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jiecai Han
Jiecai Han Harbin Institute of Technology
Kechao Zhou
Kechao Zhou Central South University
Abbas S. Milani
Abbas S. Milani University of British Columbia
Shahrokh Hosseini-Hashemi
Shahrokh Hosseini-Hashemi Iran University of Science and Technology

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