Yu-Fei Liu

Position:Associate Research Professor
Address:Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
Postal Code:100084
Tel:(8610) 62780397
E-mail:liuyufei@tsinghua.edu.cn

Education Background

2012.12 - 2014.01 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Visiting PhD student

2010.08 - 2015.07 Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, PhD

2008.08 - 2011.07 Tsinghua University, Computer Applications, Minor

2006.08 - 2010.07 Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Bachelor of Engineering

Work Experience

2015.07 – 2018.02 Engineer, Central Research Institute of Building and Construction CO., LTD. MCC.

2018.03 – 2020.12 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

2020.12 – now Associate Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Teaching Courses

Undergraduate "Structural Testing", "Concrete Structural Testing", "Experimental Mechanics"

Postgraduate "Structural Damage Detection and Health Monitoring"

Honors and Awards

2020, Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award (9/10)

Research Interests

Perception, detection, evaluation and prediction of engineering structural behavior, including:

[1] Intelligent detection and intelligent assessment of buildings and infrastructure

[2] Structure health monitoring of spatial structure and bridge

[3] Structural construction monitoring, condition prediction and control

[4] Temperature field and temperature effect of engineering structures

Professional Service

Deputy Director of Engineering Structure Laboratory

Director of the Structural Engineering Branch of China Civil Engineering Society

Director of the Traffic Intelligent Construction Branch of China Highway Society

Member of the expert group of the Steel Structure Quality and Safety Inspection and Appraisal Professional Committee of China Steel Structure Association

Member of the National Standards Working Group for Engineering Structure Monitoring of the National Intelligent Standardization Committee

Member of the Testing and Appraisal Branch of China Metal Structure Association

Director of the Youth Editorial Board of "Municipal Technology"

Research Projects

[1]National Natural Science Foundation of China, Major Project Subtasks, Theory and Method of Intelligent Identification of Structural Service Behavior, 2022-01 to 2026-12

[2]National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, Research on Quantitative Identification of Surface Cracks and Structural Damage Assessment Methods of Concrete Structures, 2020-01 to 2023-12

[3]Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China, general project, research on bending deformation monitoring and model correction methods of rods in large-span spatial grid structures, 2019-01 to 2021-12

[4]Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Areas R&D Plan Project Subtasks, Steel Shell Concrete Immersed Tube Tunnel Structural Stress Mechanism and Design Method, 2019-08 to 2022-12

[5]Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Areas R&D Plan Project Subtasks, Key Technologies and Equipment for Intelligent Pouring of Highly Robust Self-Leveling Concrete, 2019-08 to 2023-08

Representative Academic Achievements

[1]Yi-Fan Ding, Yu-Fei Liu*, Xiao-Gang Liu, Qing-Rui Yue, Jian-Guo Nie, Xuan Chen. FE model updating of grid structure considering deformation of crooked members. Structures. 2024, 62: 106182.

[2]Mu-Nan Xu, Li-Min Sun, Yu-Fei Liu*, Bao-Luo Li, Meng Zhou, Xuan Chen. Member Separation and Deformation Recognition of Spatial Grid Structures In-Service. Engineering Structures. 2024, 304(1): 117642.

[3]Xiao-Chen Wei, Han-Shuo Zhang, Yu-Fei Liu*. Thermal effect on dynamic characteristics of concrete girder bridges. Structures, 2024, 61: 105974.

[4]Jing-Lin Xiao, Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*, Bao-Luo Li, Jian-Guo Nie. Region of interest (ROI) extraction and crack detection for UAV-based bridge inspection using point cloud segmentation and 3D-to-2D projection. Automation in Construction, 2024, 158, 105226.

[5]Chu-Qiao Feng, Bao-Luo Li, Yu-Fei Liu*, Fu Zhang, Yan Yue, Jian-Sheng Fan. Crack assessment using multi-sensor fusion simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and image super-resolution for bridge inspection. Automation in Construction, 2023, 155, 105047.

[6]Jin-Tao Wang, Yu-Fei Liu*, Xiao-Gang Liu, Qing-Rui Yue, Jian-Guo Nie. Photogrammetry-based bending monitoring and load identification of steel truss structures. Advances in Structural Engineering. 2023, 26(13): 2543-2561.

[7]Bao-Luo Li, Yu Qi, Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*, Cheng Liu. A grid-based classification and box-based detection fusion model for asphalt pavement crack. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 2023, 38(16): 2279-2299.

[8]Jing-Lin Xiao, Xin Nie, Yu-Fei Liu*, Jian-Sheng Fan. Structural performance assessment of RC flexural members through crack-based fibre beam-column model updating. Computers and Structures. 2023, 281: 107029.

[9]Han-Shuo Zhang, Yu-Fei Liu*, Hong-Tao Li, Jian-Guo Nie, Jian-Sheng Fan, Cheng Liu. An Efficient Model for Solar Radiation Induced Top Displacement of Steel-concrete Composite Bridge Towers. Structures. 2023, 52: 1009-1019.

[10]Jin-Tao Wang, Yu-Fei Liu*, Meng Zhou, Jian-Guo Nie, Xuan Chen. Deformation prediction of large-span spatial structure considering adverse weather conditions. Structures. 2023, 50: 508-523.

[11]Han-Shuo Zhang, Yang Zhao, Jing Ruan, Xin Nie, Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*. Experiment study on temperature field and effect on steel-concrete composite bridge towers. Structures. 2023, 50: 937-953.

[12]Jian-Sheng Fan, Bao-Luo Li, Cheng Liu, Yu-Fei Liu*, An efficient model for simulation of temperature field of steel-concrete composite beam bridges. Structures. 2022, 43: 1868-1880.

[13]Xiao-Chen Wei, Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*, Jin-Xun Zhang, Xiao-Gang Liu, Si-Yu Kong. Automated inspection and monitoring of member deformation in grid structures. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 2022, 37(10): 1277-1297.

[14]Xiao-Chen Wei, Yu-Fei Liu*, Jian-Sheng Fan, Xiao-Gang Liu, Si-Yu Kong. Safety assessment of existing pin-jointed grid structures with crooked members using static model updating. Engineering Structures, 2021, 247: 113107.

[15]Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*, Cheng Liu. Experiment study and refined modeling of temperature field of steel-concrete composite beam bridges. Engineering Structures, 2021, 240(6): 112350.

[16]Si-Yu Kong, Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*, Xiao-Chen Wei, Xiao-Wei Ma. Automated crack assessment and quantitative growth monitoring, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 2021, 36(5): 656-674.

[17]Meng Zhou, Jian-Sheng Fan, Yu-Fei Liu*, Jin-Xun Zhang, Xian-Jun Duan, Su-Su Lei. Non-uniform temperature field and effect on construction of large-span steel structures, Automation in Construction. 2020, 119, 103339.

[18]Yu-Fei Liu*, Xin Nie, Jian-Sheng Fan. Xiao-Gang Liu. Image-based Crack Assessment of Bridge Piers using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and 3D Scene Reconstruction, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 2020, 35: 511-529.

[19]Yu-Fei Liu*, Xiao-Gang Liu, Jian-Sheng Fan, B.F. Spencer Jr, Xiao-Chen Wei, Si-Yu Kong, Xiao-Hua Guo. Refined safety assessment of steel grid structures with crooked tubular members, Automation in Construction, 2019, 99(1): 249-264.

[20]Yu-Fei Liu, Soojin Cho, Billie F. Spencer, Jr., Jian-Sheng Fan*, Concrete Crack Assessment Using Digital Image Processing and 3D Scene Reconstruction, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2016, 30(1): 04014124.

[21]Yu-Fei Liu, Soojin Cho*, Billie F. Spencer, Jr., Jian-Sheng Fan, Automated Assessment of Cracks on Concrete Surfaces Using Adaptive Digital Image Processing, Smart Structures and Systems, 2014, 14(4): 719-741.

[22]Ming Zheng, Xin Nie, Jiansheng Fan, Yufei Liu, Liangdong Zhuang*, Jinlong Ren, Muning Rong, Wei Zhai. Field test study for evaluation of vibration control capacity of cracked mass concrete layer. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023, 18: e02030.

[23]Ming Zheng, Liangdong Zhuang*, Jiansheng Fan, Yufei Liu, Jinlong Ren, Muning Rong, Wei Zhai. Field test study on the evaluation of the microvibration controlling capacity of a mass concrete layer. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12: 20245.

[24]Yi-Wei Gu, Xin Nie*, Ai-Guo Yan, Jia-Hua Zeng, Yu-Fei Liu, Yue-Xin Jiang. Experimental and numerical study on vibration and structure-borne noise of high-speed railway composite bridge. Applied Acoustics, 2022, 192:108757.

[25]Xiao-Chen Wei, Yu-Fei Liu, Shen-You Song, Jian-Sheng Fan*, Zong-Xian Su. Overall deformation of steel-concrete-steel immersed structures during construction stage considering temperature effect. Structures. 2022, 46:1055-1066.

[26]Jia-Ji Wang, Yu-Fei Liu, Xin Nie*, and Y. L. Mo. Deep convolutional neural networks for semantic segmentation of cracks. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2022, 29(1): e2850.

[27]Yi-Wei Gu, Xin Nie*, Yu-Fei Liu, Shu-Kun Duan, Jian-Sheng Fan. Experimental and numerical study of steel-to-concrete joint section in hybrid cable-stayed bridges. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2021(187): 106982.

[28]Xiao-Gang Liu, Jian-Sheng Fan*, Yu-Fei Liu, Ming-Zhao Zheng, Jian-Guo Nie. Theoretical research into cyclic web buckling and plastic overstrength of shear links, Thin-Walled Structures, 2020, 152:106644.

[29]Xiao-Gang Liu, Jian-Sheng Fan*, Yu-Fei Liu, Qing-Rui Yue, Jian-Guo Nie. Experimental research of replaceable Q345GJ steel shear links considering cyclic buckling and plastic overstrength, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2017, 134: 160-179.

[30]Xiao-Gang Liu*, Yu-Fei Liu. Cyclic behavior of Q345GJ steel used in energy dissipation shear links, International Journal of Steel Structures, 2016, 16(3): 697-704.