BIO

Education

l   PhD, Southwest Jiaotong University, Vehicle Operation Engineering (2015)

l   M.A., Southwest Jiaotong University, Vehicle Operation Engineering (2012)

l   B.S., Southwest Jiaotong University, Engineering Mechanics (2010)

Employment

Academic Appointments

l   Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2017-present)

l   Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2015-2017)

Research Interests

l   Vehicle–Track Coupled Dynamics

l   Railway Vehicle/Track Performance Measurement and Evaluation

l   Railway Vehicle Derailment mechanism and Safety control

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

[1]    Yunfan Yang, Liang Ling*, Tao Zhang, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai. An advanced anti-slip control algorithm for locomotives under complex friction conditions. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021, Online.

[2]    Yu Sun, Liang Ling*. An optimal tangential contact model for wheel-rail non-Hertzian contact analysis and its application in railway vehicle dynamics simulation. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2021, Online.

[3]    Ge, Xin, Ling, Liang*, Shiqian Chen, Chao Wang, Yichang Zhou, Binjie Xu, Wang, Kaiyun*. Countermeasures for preventing coupler jack-knifing of slave control locomotives in 20,000-tonne heavy-haul trains during cycle braking. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2021, Online.

[4]    Yunfan Yang, Xinru Guo, Yu Sun, Liang Ling*, Tao Zhang, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai. Non-Hertzian contact analysis of heavy-haul locomotive wheel/rail dynamic interactions under changeable friction conditions. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2021, Online.

[5]    Chao Chang Liang Ling*, Shiqian Chen, Wanming Zhai, Kaiyun Wang, Guidong Wang. Dynamic performance evaluation of an inspection wagon for urban railway tracks. Measurement, 2021. 170: 108704.

[6]    Liang Ling, Peibin Jiang, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai. Nonlinear stability of rail vehicles travelling on vibration-attenuating slab tracks. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020, 15(7):071005.

[7]    Liang Ling, Peibin Jiang, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai. Dynamic interaction between rail vehicles and vibration-attenuating slab tracks. Construction & Building Materials, 2020, 258: 119545.

[8]    Yunfan Yang, Liang Ling*, Pengfei Liu, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai. Experimental investigation of essential feature of polygonal wear of locomotive wheels. Measurement, 2020, 166: 108199.

[9]    Yunfan Yang, Liang Ling*, Chao Wang, Zhiqiang Liu, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai. Wheel/rail dynamic interaction induced by polygonal wear of locomotive wheels. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2020, Online.

[10]Xin Ge, Liang Ling*, Xuancheng Yuan, Kaiyun Wang*. Effect of distributed support of rail pad on vertical vehicle-track interactions. Construction & Building Materials, 2020, 262, 120607.

[11]Liang Ling, Manicka Dhanasekar*, Kaiyun Wang, Wanming Zhai, Bill Wilson. Collision derailments on bridges containing ballastless slab tracks. Engineering Failure Analysis, 2019, 105: 869-882.

[12]Liang Ling*, Qing Zhang, Xinbiao Xiao, Zefeng Wen, Xuesong Jin. Integration of car-body flexibility into train-track coupling system dynamics analysis. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2018; 56(4): 485-505.

[13]Liang Ling, Manicka Dhanasekar*, David P. Thambiratnam. Dynamic response of the train–track–bridge system subjected to derailment impacts. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2018; 56(4):638-657.

[14]Liang Ling, Manicka Dhanasekar*, David P. Thambiratnam. Frontal Collision of Trains onto Obliquely Stuck Road Trucks at Level Crossings: Derailment Mechanisms and Simulation. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2017; 100:154-165.

[15]Liang Ling, Qinghua Guan, Manicka Dhanasekar*, David P. Thambiratnam. Dynamic Simulation of Train-Truck Collision at Level Crossings. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2017; 55(1):1-22.

[16]Liang Ling, Jian Han, Xinbiao Xiao, Xuesong Jin*. Dynamic behavior of an embedded rail track coupled with a tram vehicle. Journal of Vibration and Control, 2017; 23(14):2355 - 2372.

[17]Liang Ling, Manicka Dhanasekar*, David P. Thambiratnam. A passive road-rail crossing design to minimise wheel-rail contact failure risk under frontal collision of trains onto stuck trucks. Engineering Failure Analysis, 2017; 80: 403-415.

[18]Liang Ling, Wei Li, Elbert Foo, Lei Wu, Zefeng Wen, Xuesong Jin*. Investigation into the Vibration of Metro Bogies Induced by Rail Corrugation. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2017; 30(1):93-102.

[19]Liang Ling, Manicka Dhanasekar*, David P. Thambiratnam, Yan Q. Sun. Minimising lateral impact derailment potential at level crossings through guard rails. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2016; 113:49-60.

[20]Liang Ling, Manicka Dhanasekar*, David P. Thambiratnam, Yan Q. Sun. Lateral impact derailment mechanisms, simulation and analysis. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2016; 94:36-49.  

Selected Awards and Honors

l   Second Prize of State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2019, ranking 10st)

l   Best Paper Award of SCI Journal “Acta Mechanica Sinica” (2017, ranking 1rd)

l   Special Award of Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology (2015)

Professional Activities

l   Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Rail Transportation (2021–)

l   Secretary, The Second International Conference on Rail Transportation (2019–)

l   Session Organizer,8th International Conference on Vibration Engineering (2020–)

l   Secretary, The TPL Professor Committee (2019–)

RESEARCH

Current Research

l   National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 52072317), Longitudinal train-track interaction and wheel-rail adhesion control on long steep grades of Sichuan-Tibet Railway

l   National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 51805452), Study on the derailment mechanism and the active safety control of high-speed trains under disaster environment

Research Group

l   Group name: Train and Track Research Institute

l   Group leader: Academician ZHAI Wanming

l   Group Members: Prof. CAI Chengbiao, Prof. WANG Kaiyun, Prof. ZHAO Chunfa, Prof. CHEN Zaigang, A/Prof. GAO Jianmin, A/Prof. SONG Xiaolin, A/Prof. ZHU Shengyang, A/Prof. LING Liang, A/Prof. CHEN Shiqian

l   Brief Introduction: The group came into being with the great development of China's railway modernization, which involves many disciplines, such as vehicle engineering, vehicle operation engineering, railway track engineering and bridge engineering, etc. In 2004 the group was selected as the first batch of innovation team of Ministry of Education, and in 2013 it was selected as the key field innovation team of Ministry of Science and Technology. This group focuses on areas of dynamics simulation, analysis and design, as well as vibration testing and evaluation, carrying out cutting-edge basic theory research and engineering application research. The group’s research is featured by taking the train, track, and bridge as a whole large system to comprehensively investigate the dynamic operation safety and stability of high (fast) speed train, heavy haul train and maglev train, as well as their dynamic effects on the infrastructure, so as to guide the practical engineering design, operation and maintenance.

TEACHING

Primary Teaching areas

l   Vehicle dynamics

l   Dynamic interaction between vehicle and railway

Current Courses

l   vehicle-track coupled dynamics

GRADUATE SUPERVISION

I am available for supervision. Over the past five years, I have supervised and cultivated more than 5 master students.