PUBLICATIONS
Ruifeng Liang, December 2008
1. In Refereed Journals
Processing
Flow Behavior and Modeling of Polyethylene Melts
RUIFENG LIANG
Journal of Central South University of Technology, 14(s1) 178-182
(2007)
Rheological
and Mechanical Properties of ABS/PC Blends
Khan, M.M.K., LIANG, R.F., Gupta, R.K.,
and Agarwal, S.
Korea-Australia
Rheology Journal, 17(1)1-17 (2005)
Composites
Past, Present and Future: Opening Doors for Composite Infrastructure
RUIFENG LIANG, Hota
GangaRao
Composites Technology, April
2004, 6-7(2004)
The
Gas-Assisted Extrusion of Molten Polyethylene
RUIFENG LIANG, Malcolm Mackley
J. Rheology, 45(1) 211-226 (2001)
The Effect of Supercritical
Fluid on Morphology of Polystyrene in Gas-Assisted Injection Molding - Fountain
Flow Effect and Laminar Structure
Dongyan
Wang, Jin Wang, Xiaozhong Qu, RUIFENG LIANG, Zongneng Qi
Acta Polymerica Sinica, (1),
111-113(2000)
The Development of
Gas-Assisted Injection Molding Parts Technology
Xiaozhong
Qu, RUIFENG LIANG, Rong Chen, Dongyan Wang
Polymeric Materials Science
and Engineering, 16(2), 168-171(2000)
Computer Simulations on
Effect of Rheological Properties of Polypropylene in Gas Assisted Injection
Molding
Xiaozhong Qu, Dongyan Wang,
RUIFENG LIANG
Engineering Plastics
Application, 27(6), 12-15(1999)
Application of Gas-Assisted
Injection Molding Technology
Dongyan
Wang, RUIFENG LIANG
Engineering Plastics
Application, 27(1), 7-9(1999)
Application of Gas-Assisted
Injection Molding on Color TV Cabinet
Dongyan
Wang, Xiaozhong Qu, RUIFENG LIANG
Engineering Plastics
Application, 27(2), 12-15(1999)
The Experiment and Simulation
of Gas-Assisted Injection Molding
Rong
Chen, RUIFENG LIANG
Polymeric Materials Science
and Engineering, 15(3), 1-4(1999)
Flow Analysis of Injection
Molding of 2D Plate Part
Dongyan Wang, Yang Liu,
Xiaozhong Qu, RUIFENG LIANG
Plastics Industry, 27(3),
30-37(1999)
The Effect of Rheological
Properties of Polymer Melts on Gas-Assisted Injection Moulding
Xiaozhong
Qu, RUIFENG LIANG, Dongyan Wang
Chinese Plastics, 13(4),
39-44 (1999)
The Relationship of Discrete
Relaxation Spectrum and Melt Flow Index of Polyethylenes
Jing Wang, Shaofeng Guo,
RUIFENG LIANG
Acta Polymerica Sinica, (4),
422-430(1999)
Computer Simulation of Blow
Molding
Xiaoling
Wei, RUIFENG LIANG
Plastics Processing and
Application, 21(1), 9-13(1999)
The Development and
Application of Slow Crack Growth Test Machine
Rong
Chen, RUIFENG LIANG, Ying Ma, Qingguo Zhang, Kaisheng Zhao, Manluo Zhu
Structure and Properties of
BOPP Resin
Rong
Chen, RUIFENG LIANG, Yajiang Ren, Yuanzeng Hao
Plastics Processing and Application, 20(1), 1-11(1998)
Gas-Assisted Injection
Molding and Its Part Design Guidelines
Dongyan
Wang, RUIFENG LIANG
Modern Plastics Processing
and Application, 10(3), 29-32(1998)
The Structure and Properties
of Polypropylenes from Different Polymerization Catalysts
Rong
Chen, RUIFENG LIANG, Xiao Wang, Jiazhi Liao
Gas-Assisted Injection
Technology and Its Applications
Xiaozhong
Qu, RUIFENG LIANG
Plastics Processing and
Application, (3), 28-35(1997)
Advances in Gas-Assisted
Injection Molding Technology
RUIFENG
LIANG
Chemistry (
Gas-Assisted Injection
Molding- A New Technology with Innovation and Challenge
RUIFENG
LIANG
Polymer Bulletin, (12),
226-233(1996)
The Experimental Observation
and Numerical Prediction of Planar Entry Flow and Die Swell for Molten Polyethylenes,
R.Ahmed, RUIFENG LIANG, Malcolm R.Mackley
J.Non-Newt.Fluid Mechanics,
59, 129-153(1995)
Rheological Characterizarion
of The Time and Strain Dependence for Polyisobutylene
Solutions
RUIFENG
LIANG, Malcolm R.Mackley
J. Non-Newt.Fluid Mechanics, 52,
387-405(1994)
The Effect of Interface on
Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Filled PP
RUIFENG
LIANG, Yuanze Xu, Weizheng Cai, Renjie Wu
Acta Materiae Compositae
Sinica, 10(4), 77-84(1993)
Rheological Properties of PP
Melts Filled with Calcium Carbonate
RUIFENG
LIANG, Yuanze Xu
Polymeric Materials Science
and Engineering, 8(3), 38-44(1992)
Rheological Properties of
Concentrated Suspensions in Newtonian Media
RUIFENG
LIANG, Qizhong Zhang, Yuanze Xu
J. Chem. Industry &
Engineering (
Electrorheological Properties
of Semiconducting Polymer Based Suspensions (Best
Paper Award, PPLAS)
Yuanze
Xu, RUIFENG LIANG
Journal of Rheology, 35(7),
1355-1373(1991)
The Skin-Core Structure and
Mechanical Properties of Injection-Molded b-Form PP
RUIFENG
LIANG, Yuhua Wu
Acta Polymerica Sinica, (2), 190-195(1991)
2. In Conference
Proceedings
Three Dimensional
Characterization of Thermal Conductivity of GFRP and CFRP Composites
Ruifeng Liang and Hota Gangarao
International Thermal
Conductivity Conference (ITCC),
Thermo-Mechanical Properties
of Vinyl Ester/Nanoclay and CNT Nanocomposites
Hota GangaRao, P.V.Vijay, R. Gupta, R. LIANG, Eung
Cho, H. Rana, A.Shah, H. Sandilya
US Army Corps of Engineers
Conference on Composites Durability and Multi Functional Materials,
Development and Evaluation of
Load-Bearing FRP Composite Panel Systems:
Part II –Modeling and
Evaluation
RUIFENG (RAY) LIANG and Hota V.S. GangaRao
Proceedings of the
International Conference and Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics
(ICERP 2008 February 7-9,
2008,
Development and Evaluation of
Load-Bearing FRP Composite Panel Systems:
Part I – Process Development
and Manufacturing
RUIFENG (RAY) LIANG and Hota V.S. GangaRao
Proceedings of the
International Conference and Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics
(ICERP 2008, February 7-9,
2008,
Development and Evaluation of Composite
RUIFENG (RAY) LIANG and Hota
V.S. GangaRao
Defense Conference on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology for
Naval Applications
(Nov 14-15, 2007 at
Mechanical
Property Comparison of Pultruded GFRP and CFRP Sandwich Panels vs VARTM Panel
RUIFENG LIANG and Hota Gangarao
NSRP
PDMT Meeting, Jan 31-Feb 1, 2007, Beau Rivage Resort,
Comparison of Mechanical
Characteristics of Pultruded Glass and Carbon Composite
RUIFENG LIANG and Hota Gangarao
ShipTech 2007 -Shipbuilding Affordability-Working Together to Bring
Technology to the Fleet (Jan 30-31, 2007,
Thermal Conductivity Characterization of FRP
Composites: Experimental
Bhyrav Mutnuri, RUIFENG (RAY) LIANG and Hota GangaRao
SPE 64th ANTEC (May 7-11, 2006,
FRP - Balsa Composite
Hota V Gangarao, RUIFENG (RAY) LIANG and Thomas S. Wright
Defense
Advanced Materials Conference: Ship and Ground Vehicle Applications
(April 18-19, 2006,
Applications of Fiber
Reinforced Polymer Composites
RUIFENG LIANG and Hota
Gangarao (Plenary presentation by Dr Hota)
ICERP 2006: International Conference and Exhibition on
Reinforced Plastics,
Design and Test of Composite
RUIFENG (RAY) LIANG, Hota V Gangarao and Tom Wright
ShipTech 2006 -A Shipbuilding Technologies Information Exchange (Jan 24-25, 2006,
Processing
Flow Behavior and Modeling of Polyethylene Melts
RUIFENG LIANG
Advances in Rheology and its Applications (Proceedings of 4th
Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology
(PRCR4),
Performance of Polymer Concrete Wearing Surfaces on
Jerry Whitlock, RUIFENG
LIANG and Hota GangaRao
SAMPE 2005 (May 1-5,
Pultrusion and Mechanical
Characterization of GFRP Composite
RUIFENG LIANG, Bhyrav Mutnuri and Hota GangaRao
SPE 63th ANTEC (May
1-5, 2005,
Pultruded Composite
RUIFENG LIANG and Hota Gangarao
ShipTech 2005 -A Shipbuilding
Technologies Information Exchange (March 1-2, 2005,
Applications of Fiber
Reinforced Polymer Composites
RUIFENG LIANG, Hota
GangaRao
Polymer Composites III
2004 –Transportation Infrastructure, Defense and Novel Applications of
Composites (March 30-April 1, 2004,
Processing and
Characterization of Recycled PC/ABS Blends with High Recycle Content
RUIFENG LIANG and Rakesh Gupta
SPE 60th ANTEC (May 5-9, 2002,
Recycling Polymer and Polymer
Composite Materials: A Review.
RUIFENG LIANG
Polymer Composites II 2001
-Composites Applications in Infrastructure Renewal and Economic Development (November 14-16, 2001,
The Effect of Residual Impurities on the Rheological
and Mechanical Properties of Engineering Polymers Separated from Mixed Plastics
RUIFENG LIANG and Rakesh Gupta
SPE 59th ANTEC (May 6-10, 2001,
Gas-Assisted Full Slip
Extrusion
RUIFENG LIANG and Malcolm Mackley
Proc. of the 3rd Pacific
Rim Conference on Rheology (July
8-12, 2001,
Rheological and Mechanical
Behavior of Complex ABS/PC Blends
Masud Khan, RUIFENG LIANG, and Rakesh Gupta
Proc. of the 3rd Pacific
Rim Conference on Rheology (July
8-12, 2001,
Mechanical, Thermal, and
Flammability Properties of Virgin and Recycled Polymers
Masud Khan, Ed Smith, Carlos Hilado, RUIFENG LIANG,
and Rakesh Gupta
Proceedings of the 32nd
International Conference on Fire Safety
(January 8-10, 2001, White
Rheological
and Mechanical Properties of Recycled Polycarbonate
RUIFENG LIANG and Rakesh Gupta
SPE
58th ANTEC (May 7-11, 2000,
Rheological Properties of
Recycled Polycarbonate and ABS Melts
RUIFENG LIANG and Rakesh K. Gupta
Proc. XIII Int. Congress
on Rheology (August 20-25, 2000,
RUIFENG LIANG, Long Han, Deepak Doraiswamy and Rakesh
K. Gupta
Proc. XIII Int. Congress
on Rheology (August 20-25, 2000,
Studies on Butadiene –Styrene
Resin (K-Resin) and Its Emulsion
Dongyan Wang, Kunkun Guo,
Guangbi Gong, Xiaozhong Qu, RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society (May 9-14, 1999, Shanghai), pp.a77-78
Rheological Properties of
HNBR and Its Solutions
Dongyan Wang, Kunkun Guo,
Guangbi Gong, Xiaozhong Qu, RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society (May 9-14, 1999, Shanghai), pp.a79-80
Numerical
Simulation of Wire Coating Extrusion Process
Jin Wang, Shaofeng Guo,
RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society, (October 3-8, 1997, Hefei), pp.h30-31
Research and Application of
Gas-assisted Injection Molding
RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society, (October 3-8, 1997, Hefei), pp.h32-33
Filling Analysis of
Gas-assisted Injection Molding
Dongyan Wang, Hui Chen, RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society, (October 3-8, 1997, Hefei), pp.h34-35
The Development and
Application of Slow Crack Growth Test Machine
Rong
Chen, Ying Ma, RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society, (October 3-8, 1997, Hefei), pp.h36-37
The Development of
Gas-Assisted Injection Molding Parts
Xiaozhong
Qu, Dongyan Wang, Rong Chen, Nangang Chen, RUIFENG LIANG,
Proc. of National
Symposium on Polymers, Chinese
Chemical Society, (October 3-8, 1997, Hefei), pp.h38-39
Experimental Observation and Numerical
Simulation of Gas-assisted Injection Molding
RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. 2nd
Rheological
Characterization of the Structure Development in Filled Polypropylene Melts
RUIFENG LIANG and
M.R.Mackley
Proc. 2nd
The State of the Art of Gas
Assisted Injection Molding Technology and Equipment in
RUIFENG LIANG, Hefeng Xu
Proc. of National
Symposium on Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (March 23-26, 1997, Beijing, China), pp.23-31
Filling Analysis of Injection
Molding / Gas-assisted Injection Molding TV Cabinet by C-Mold Software
Dongyan Wang, Xiaozhong Qu,
Rong Chen, RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (March 23-26, 1997, Beijing, China), pp.54-67
Application of Gas-assisted
Injection Molding for Manufacturing of Plastics Furniture
Xiaozhong Qu, Dongyan Wang,
Rong Chen, RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of National
Symposium on Gas-Assisted Injection Molding (March 23-26, 1997, Beijing, China), pp.68-77
Progress in Constitutive
Equations of Polymeric Fluids (Keynote)
RUIFENG LIANG
Advances in Rheology, Vol.5 (Proc 5th National Symposium on
Rheology, November 27-30,1996, Beijing), R. Jin, ed.,
Chemical Industry Press,
Gas-Assisted Injection
Moulding Processing
Rong Chen, RUIFENG LIANG
Advances in Rheology, Vol.5 (Proc 5th National Symposium on
Rheology, November 27-30,1996, Beijing), R. Jin, ed.,
Chemical Industry Press,
Flow Visualization and
Numerical Simulation of Complex Flows of Polymer Melts (Keynote)
RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. National Symposium
on Polymers, Chinese Chemical Society
(December 4-8, 1995, Guangzhou), pp
Experimental Characterization
and Numerical Modeling of Polyethylene Melt Processing
RUIFENG LIANG
Proc. of International
Microsymposium on Polymer Physics
(August 25-28, 1995, Xi’an), 127
Some New Evidence on
Electro-rheological Mechanisms
RUIFENG LIANG, Yuanze Xu
Electrorheological Fluids:
Mechanisms, Properties, Technology, and Applications (Proc.4th Int. Conf. on ER Fluids, July
20-23, 1993, Feldkirch, Austria), R. Tao & G. D. Roy, ed., World
Scientific, Singapore (1994), pp.233-250
Design of High
Performance Dry Electrorheological Fluid
Electrorheological Fluids (Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conf. on ER Fluids, Oct.
15-16, 1991, Carbondale, Illinois), R. Tao, ed., World Scientific Publishing,
Singapore (1992), pp.129-141
On the Mechanism of
Electrorheology
Yuanze Xu, RUIFENG LIANG
Theoretical and Applied
Rheology: Proceedings of the XIth
International Congress on Rheology (August 17-21, 1992, Brussels, Belgium), pp
Effect of an Electric Field
on Rheological Properties of
Semiconducting Polymer-based Suspensions
RUIFENG LIANG,
Yuanze Xu
Proc. of China-UK
Bilateral Conference on Polymer Science (May
11-15, 1992, Beijing), 69
Rheological, Mechanical
and Interfacial Properties of Filled PP
RUIFENG LIANG, Yuanze Xu,
Weizheng Cai, Renjie Wu
Advances in Rheology, Vol.3 (Proc 3rd National Symposium on Rheology,
Electrorheological Effect II.
Mechanism
RUIFENG LIANG, Yuanze Xu,
Lianghe Shi
Advances in Rheology, Vol.3 (Proc 3rd National Symposium on Rheology,
Electrorheological Effect I:
Rheological Characterization
RUIFENG LIANG, Yuanze Xu, Lianghe Shi
Advances in Rheology, Vol.3 (Proc 3rd National Symposium on Rheology,
Rheological Properties of
Concentrated Suspensions II: Filled Polypropylene Melts
RUIFENG LIANG, Yuanze Xu
Advances in Rheology, Vol.2 (Proc 2nd National Symposium on Rheology,
Chendu), S. Han & D. Wu, ed.,
Rheological Properties of
Concentrated Suspensions I: Newtonian Media Suspensions
RUIFENG LIANG, Qizhong Zhang, Yuanze Xu
Advances in Rheology, Vol.2 (Proc 2nd National Symposium on Rheology,
Chendu), S. Han & D. Wu, ed.,
3. In Grant Reports
Fatigue Characterization of
Owens-Corning WindStrand Composite Material
Final Report of Task 2
Submitted to Lockheed Martin Corporation, December 22, 2008
Review of Materials,
Configuration, Process and Fabrication of Cold Water Pipes
Final Report of Task 1B
Submitted to Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, August 25, 2008
US-
Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of CFRP and GFRP Composite
Final Technical Report of
Grant Number: N00014-05-1-0096 Submitted to the following DOD agencies: ONR,
Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of Composite
Annual Technical Report of
Grant N00014-05-1-0096 Submitted to ONR/DOD, CFC-WVU, July 15, 2007
Blast Resistant Composite
Barriers
Quarterly
Research Progress Report to FHWA/DOT, CFC-WVU, 2007
Thermal Conductivity
Measurements of Composite Materials
Quarterly
Research Progress Report to FHWA/DOT, CFC-WVU, 2003-2007
Conducting Composites as Strain
Sensors for Joint Response Detection of FRP Composite Structures
Quarterly
Research Progress Report to FHWA/DOT, CFC-WVU, 2003-2007
Hard Body Armor Panel Test
Results - Including August 8 2006 Data by HP White
Supplemental Report Submitted
to Dr. James Q. Zheng,
Improving Body Armor
Composite Materials through 3-D Stitching of Fabric
Technical Report Submitted to
Dr. James Q. Zheng,
Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of Pultruded Composite
Annual Technical Report of
Grant N00014-05-1-0096 Submitted to ONR/DOD, CFC-WVU, July 15, 2006
Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of E-Glass/Vinylester Composite
Final Technical Report of
Grant N00014-04-1-0050 Submitted to the following DOD agencies: ONR,
Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of Composite
Annual Technical Report
Submitted to ONR/DOD, CFC-WVU, December 30, 2005
Cost Analysis of Fiberglass
Composites through Pultrusion and VARTM Process
Report Submitted to ONR/DOD,
CFC-WVU, November 1, 2005
Thermal Conductivity of FRP
Composites
Final Technical Report
Submitted to FHWA/DOT, CFC-WVU, July 27, 2005. pp.55
Development and Evaluation of
Conductive Composites Sensor
Final Technical Report
Submitted to FHWA/DOT, CFC-WVU, July 27, 2005. pp.83
Test Program on VARTM-made
and Pultruded Laminates and Composite Sandwich Panels
Test Protocol between
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (
Characterization of FRP
Composite
Technical Report Submitted to
ONR & NSWC/DOD, CFC-WVU, December 14, 2004
Fabrication and Mechanical
Characterization of Composite
Annual Technical Report
Submitted to ONR/DOD, CFC-WVU, September 17, 2004. pp.46
Performance of Polymer
Concrete Wearing Surfaces on FRP Decks
Final Technical Report
Submitted to FHWA/DOT, CFC-WVU, June 22, 2004. pp.82
Evaluation
of Long-Term Behavior of Polymer Concrete Wearing Surface on FRP Decks
Quarterly
Research Progress Reports to DOT/FHWA, CFC, 2002-2003
Mechanical and Thermal
Properties of Alloys at Elevated Temperatures
Quarterly and Final Reports
to DOE/NETL, CFC, 2000-2001
Characterization of Recycled
ESR and Other Plastics for Mechanical, Thermal and Rheological Properties
Monthly, Quarterly and Final
Reports to DOE/Teledyne Brown Engineering/NETL, NRCCE, 1999-2001
Experimental Studies and
Numerical Simulation of Entry Flow of Cellulose Solutions
Final Report to Courtaulds
Plc, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, December 1994
Flow Visualization and Numerical Simulation of Abrupt
Entry Flow and Die Swell of Polymer Melts
Final Report to
Rotational Rheometry of Curing Thermosets and Filled
PP Melts
Final Report to
4. Book Chapters
/ Edited Proceedings
Gas-Assisted
Injection Molding Principle and Technology
RUIFENG
LIANG and Dongyan Wang
Polymer
Processing Principle and Technology, Jingping Qu and Hanjie Hu, ed., Chemical Industry
Press,
Gas-Assisted
Injection: Technology, Equipment and Application (Proceedings of Symposium
on Gas-Assisted Injection Molding), RUIFENG LIANG and Dongyan Wang, ed.,
Experimental
and Applied Rheology, RUIFENG LIANG, ed., Chinese Society of Rheology, Beijing
(1997), 135pp.