2026 Xiaodong Huang: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	56	843	771	35	33	187	12285

Overview

Xiaodong Huang is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Their primary research contributions lie within the broad field of engineering, with a significant focus on civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of advanced engineering themes, including:

Topology Optimization in Engineering
Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Structural Analysis and Optimization
Composite Material Mechanics

Xiaodong Huang has published extensively, with recent papers highlighting various methodological and application-driven approaches in engineering and materials science. Selected recent publications include:

"Multi-strategy adaptable ant colony optimization algorithm and its application in robot path planning," 2024, Knowledge-Based Systems
"Modified adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm and its application for solving path planning of mobile robot," 2022, Expert Systems with Applications
"Additively manufactured fiber-reinforced composites: A review of mechanical behavior and opportunities," 2022, Journal of Material Science and Technology
"Hybrid anisotropic plasmonic metasurfaces with multiple resonances of focused light beams," 2021, Nano Letters
"Smooth topological design of structures using the floating projection," 2020, Engineering Structures

Frequent collaborative work has been documented with researchers Weibai Li, Bin Xu, Fei Meng, Baohua Jia, and Zunyi Duan. The extent of collaborations ranges from 7 to 19 joint publications with these coauthors.

Regarding publication venues, Xiaodong Huang has contributed multiple papers to several journals and conferences, including:

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (12 publications)
SSRN Electronic Journal (9 publications)
Engineering Structures (6 publications)
Advances in Engineering Software (4 publications)
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (3 publications)

Best Publications

Evolutionary Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures: Methods and Applications

X. Huang;Y. M. Xie

1010
Citations
Convergent and mesh-independent solutions for the bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization method

X. Huang;Y. M. Xie

977
Citations
Bi-directional evolutionary topology optimization of continuum structures with one or multiple materials

X. Huang;Y. M. Xie

634
Citations
A further review of ESO type methods for topology optimization

Xiaodong Huang;Yi-Min Xie

508
Citations
Bi-directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization on Advanced Structures and Materials: A Comprehensive Review

Liang Xia;Qi Xia;Xiaodong Huang;Yi Min Xie

423
Citations
Design of lattice structures with controlled anisotropy

Shanqing Xu;Jianhu Shen;Shiwei Zhou;Xiaodong Huang

350
Citations
Topological design of microstructures of cellular materials for maximum bulk or shear modulus

X. Huang;A. Radman;Y.M. Xie

328
Citations
Evolutionary topological optimization of vibrating continuum structures for natural frequencies

X. Huang;Z. H. Zuo;Y. M. Xie

321
Citations
Topology optimization of microstructures of cellular materials and composites for macrostructures

X. Huang;S.W. Zhou;Y.M. Xie;Q. Li

228
Citations
Optimal design of periodic structures using evolutionary topology optimization

X. Huang;Y. M. Xie

200
Citations
Shape optimization of metallic yielding devices for passive mitigation of seismic energy

Kazem Ghabraie;Ricky Chan;Xiaodong Huang;Yi Min Xie

194
Citations
Mechanical properties of luffa sponge.

Jianhu Shen;Yi Min Xie;Xiaodong Huang;Shiwei Zhou

192
Citations
Topology Optimization of Photonic and Phononic Crystals and Metamaterials: A Review

Weibai Li;Fei Meng;Yafeng Chen;Yang fan Li

192
Citations
Topology optimization of functionally graded cellular materials

A. Radman;X. Huang;Y. M. Xie

182
Citations
Concurrent topology optimization of structures and their composite microstructures

X. Yan;X. Huang;Y. Zha;Y. M. Xie

179
Citations
Topology optimization of nonlinear structures under displacement loading

X. Huang;Y.M. Xie

165
Citations
On the axial splitting and curling of circular metal tubes

Xiaodong Q. Huang;Guoxing Lu;Tong X. Yu

157
Citations
Evolutionary topology optimization of continuum structures with an additional displacement constraint

X. Huang;Y. M. Xie

154
Citations
Simple cubic three-dimensional auxetic metamaterials

Jianhu Shen;Shiwei Zhou;Xiaodong Huang;Yi Min Xie

153
Citations
Evolutionary topological design for phononic band gap crystals

Yang Fan Li;Xiaodong Huang;Fei Meng;Shiwei Zhou

145
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Min Xie RMIT University

Shiwei Zhou RMIT University

Guangyao Li Hunan University

Guangyong Sun Hunan University

Baohua Jia RMIT University

Guoxing Lu Zhejiang University

Dong Ruan Swinburne University of Technology

Tongxi Yu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Bernard Rolfe Deakin University

Junjia Cui Hunan University

External Links

Personal website of Xiaodong Huang Google Scholar page

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