Liang Meng

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 784 citations indexed

About

Liang Meng is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Meng has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 784 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 14 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 12 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Liang Meng's work include Cellular and Composite Structures (12 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (7 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (6 papers). Liang Meng is often cited by papers focused on Cellular and Composite Structures (12 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (7 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (6 papers). Liang Meng collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Australia. Liang Meng's co-authors include Piotr Breitkopf, Weihong Zhang, Yuliang Hou, Jihong Zhu, Tong Gao, Lei Tang, Dongliang Quan, Guanghui Shi, Balaji Raghavan and Gérard Mauvoisin and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Liang Meng

28 papers receiving 766 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. From Topology Optimization Design to Additive Manufacturing: Today’s Success and Tomorrow’s Roadmap
    2019 281 citations Liang Meng, Weihong Zhang et al. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liang Meng China 13 399 330 304 157 120 32 784
Yongcun Zhang China 18 354 0.9× 351 1.1× 264 0.9× 100 0.6× 159 1.3× 46 794
Emre Biyikli United States 9 258 0.6× 296 0.9× 205 0.7× 174 1.1× 58 0.5× 12 585
Fazıl O. Sonmez Türkiye 23 736 1.8× 367 1.1× 717 2.4× 151 1.0× 92 0.8× 39 1.2k
Xiaolei Yan China 17 578 1.4× 585 1.8× 394 1.3× 72 0.5× 129 1.1× 40 1.1k
Natasha Vermaak United States 15 363 0.9× 190 0.6× 233 0.8× 65 0.4× 57 0.5× 45 705
Yingjie Xu China 21 512 1.3× 475 1.4× 764 2.5× 72 0.5× 112 0.9× 69 1.3k
Fabian Wein Germany 10 269 0.7× 231 0.7× 183 0.6× 76 0.5× 130 1.1× 23 532
Steven Le Corre France 16 599 1.5× 156 0.5× 624 2.1× 99 0.6× 67 0.6× 58 1.0k
Brett W. Clark United States 10 352 0.9× 115 0.3× 174 0.6× 163 1.0× 100 0.8× 22 665
Jiadong Deng China 16 359 0.9× 323 1.0× 478 1.6× 103 0.7× 60 0.5× 42 916

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Meng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Meng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Meng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang Meng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang Meng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Liang Meng. Liang Meng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Zhidong, Daoyuan Yu, Osezua Ibhadode, et al.. (2025). TopADDPi: An Affordable and Sustainable Raspberry Pi Cluster for Parallel-Computing Topology Optimization. Processes. 13(3). 633–633.
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Hou, Yuliang, Zhi Huang, Bin Fan, et al.. (2025). Exploring the bending behavior of 3D star-shaped auxetic metamaterials for morphing airfoil applications. Defence Technology.
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2025). Characterization of Anisotropy in Additively Manufactured Materials through Instrumented Indentation Testing. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 38(1).
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Chen, Jia, Qingqing Sun, Yuliang Hou, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired Hyperboloid Mechanical Metamaterial for Shock Absorption and Strain Regulation in Cartilage Remodeling. Advanced Materials. 37(37). e2503183–e2503183. 2 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2024). Optimization-free design of stiffened thin-walled structures guided by data-rich buckling modes. Aerospace Science and Technology. 151. 109287–109287. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yulei, et al.. (2024). Optimization design of acoustic black hole structures by embedding disordered hyperuniform phononic crystals. Advances in Engineering Software. 199. 103818–103818. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Shibin, et al.. (2024). Automatic elimination of invalid impact-echo signals for detecting delamination in concrete bridge decks based on deep learning. Developments in the Built Environment. 19. 100521–100521. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Yuliang, et al.. (2024). Exploring the enhanced energy-absorption performance of hybrid polyurethane(PU)-foam-filled lattice metamaterials. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 193. 105058–105058. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Yutong, et al.. (2024). A multiscale strategy for exploring the mechanical behavior of 3D braided composite thin-walled cylinders. Thin-Walled Structures. 198. 111705–111705. 12 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2024). Fast-tracking method of inertial constant based on system identification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 79. 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Yuliang, et al.. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigation on the mechanical behavior of 3D star-shaped auxetic structure. Composite Structures. 354. 118803–118803. 8 indexed citations
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He, Qingguo, Yuliang Hou, Xiaomeng Li, Shuang Li, & Liang Meng. (2023). Investigation on the Compressive Behavior of Hybrid Polyurethane(PU)-Foam-Filled Hyperbolic Chiral Lattice Metamaterial. Polymers. 15(9). 2030–2030. 9 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, Jing Zhang, Yuliang Hou, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the Fibonacci spiral pattern for stiffening rib design. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 246. 108131–108131. 19 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2023). Links between material pair and energy absorbing capacity of lattice-cored sandwich: A comparison study. Advances in Engineering Software. 186. 103531–103531. 11 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang & Jing Zhang. (2023). Revisiting the Fibonacci spiral pattern for stiffening rib design. 5. 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, Weihong Zhang, Dongliang Quan, et al.. (2019). From Topology Optimization Design to Additive Manufacturing: Today’s Success and Tomorrow’s Roadmap. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. 27(3). 805–830. 281 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tang, Lei, et al.. (2019). Topology optimization of nonlinear heat conduction problems involving large temperature gradient. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 357. 112600–112600. 39 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2016). An insight into the identifiability of material properties by instrumented indentation test using manifold approach based on P-h curve and imprint shape. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 106-107. 13–26. 27 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2016). Identification of material parameters using indentation test —study of the intrinsic dimensionality of P-h curves and residual imprints. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 80. 10012–10012. 2 indexed citations

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