l January, 2020 ~ December, 2023: 项目负责人; 国家自然科学基金，面上项目, “长期环境荷载作用下砂中单桩水平承载性能的多尺度机理研究”.

l January, 2017 ~ December, 2019: 项目负责人；国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，“考虑堆石料级配和破碎效应的宏细观多尺度研究”.

l January, 2012 ~ December, 2015: 2015项目合作负责人，欧盟框架计划(FP7) Marie Curie ITN，“Multiscale Modelling of Landslides and Debris Flows”

l August, 2010 ~ July, 2012: Fellowship holder; Nottingham Advance Research Fellowship: “Micromechanical investigation of fluid flowand transfer in granular materials”.

l August, 2010 ~ July, 2011: 项目负责人，诺丁汉大学工学部青年科研与科技转让项目， “Quantification of internal structure of loadedgranular materials”.

P1.  Q. X. Wu, Zhong-XuanYang*, Xia Li. (2019) “Numericalsimulations of granular material behaviour under rotation of principalstresses: micromechanical observation and energy consideration”, Meccanica,(DOI: 10.1007/s11012-018-00939-4)

P2.  Zhao-Feng Li,Yu-Hsing Wang*, J.K. Chow, Z. Su and XiaLi. (2018) “3D pore network extraction in granular mediaby unifying the Delaunay tessellation and maximal ball methods”, Journal ofPetroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 167, 692-701. (DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2018.04.058)

P3.  Ji-Peng Wang*, Xia Li and Hai-Sui Yu. (2018) “Amicro-macro investigation of the capillary strengthening effect in wet granularmaterials”,Acta Geotechnica (Accepted). (DOI: 10.1007/s11440-017-0619-0)

P4.  Zhaofeng Li, Yu-HsingWang*, Xia Li and Quan Yuan. (2017)“Validation of discrete element method bysimulating a 2D assembly of randomly packed elliptical rods”, Acta Geomechanica,Vol. 12, 541-557. (DOI:10.1007/s11440-017-0542-4)

P5.  Ji-Peng Wang, Xia Li and Hai-Sui Yu*. (2017) “Stress-Force-Fabricrelationship for unsaturated granular materials in pendular states”, Journal ofEngineering Mechanics, ASCE. Vol. 143. No. 9, 04017068. (DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001283)

P6.  Xia Li*. (2017) “Internalstructure quantification for granular constitutive modelling”, Journal of EngineeringMechanics, ASCE, Vol. 143, No.4, C4016001. (Invited contribution) (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001118) (Invitedcontribution to the Special Issue “Horizons in Granular Mechanics: the Legacyof Dr. Masao Satake”, Guest editors are Takashi Matsushima, Anil Misra, AliDaouadji, and Matthew R Kuhn) Special Issue

P7.  Luming Chen, Xiaogang Yang*,Guang Li, Xia Li, Colin Snape.(2017) “Prediction of bubble fluidisation duringchemical looping combustion using CFD simulation”, Computers& Chemical Engineering, Vol. 99, No. 2, 82-95. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b03036)

P8.  Luming Chen, Xiaogang Yang*,Guang Li, Conghua Wen, Xia Li, Colin Snape.(2017) “An Improved Form of Shrinking Core Model forPrediction of the Conversion during Reduction Process in Chemical LoopingCombustion”, Energy & Fuels, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1993-2006.(DOI:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b03036)

P9.  Quan Yuan, Yu-HsingWang*, Pak-On Tam, Xia Li. (2016)“Experimental characterizations of contactmovement in two-dimensional rod assembly subjected to direct shearing”, InternationalJournal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 17, No. 1, 04016032. (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000685)

P10. Xia Li*, DunshunYang and Hai-Sui Yu. (2016) “Macro deformationand micro structure of 3D granular assemblies subjected to rotation ofprincipal stress axes”, Granular Matter, 18: 53. (DOI:10.1007/s10035-016-0632-2) Special Issue

P11. Lin-Tao Yang, Xia Li, Hai-Sui Yu and DariuszWanatowski*. (2016) “A laboratory studyof anisotropic geomaterials incorporating recent micromechanical understanding”,Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 1111-1129. (DOI: 10.1007/s11440-015-0423-7)

P12. Quan Yuan, Yu-Hsing Wang*, Pak On Tam, XiaLi and Yan Gao. (2016) “Making abiaxial testing system with the aid of 3D printing technique to examine thekinetic behaviour of particulate media”, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal.Vol. 39, No. 2, 2016, pp. 264-281, (DOI:10.1520/GTJ20150146).

P13. Hai-Sui Yu*, Lin-Tao Yang, Xia Li, andDariusz Wanatowski. (2016) “Experimentalinvestigation on the deformation characteristics of granular materials underdrained rotational shear”, Geomechanics and Geoengineering: AnInternational Journal, Volume 11, Issue 1, 47-63. (DOI: 10.1080/17486025.2015.1006267)

P14. Xia Li* andHai-Sui Yu. (2015) “Particle-scale insight into deformationnon-coaxiality of granular materials”. International Journal of Geomechanics, Volume15, Issue 4, 04014061. (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000338 )(Invited Contribution)

P15. Luming Chen, Xiaogang Yang*,Xia Li, Guang Li, Colin Snape.(2015) “Prediction of formation of gas-phase bubbles correlated byvortices in the fuel reactor of chemical looping combustion”, Fuel ProcessingTechnology, Volume 130, 235-244. (DOI:10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.10.029)

P16. Xia Li* andHai-Sui Yu. (2014) “Fabric, force and strength anisotropies ingranular materials: A micromechanical insight”. Acta Mechanica, Volume 225, 2345-2362. (DOI 10.1007/s00707-014-1120-6) Special Issue

P17. YanyanCai, Hai-Sui Yu, Dariusz Wanatowski* and Xia Li. (2013) “Non-coaxial behaviour of sand undervarious stress paths”, Journal of Geotechnical and GeoenvironmentalEngineering, ASCE,Volume 139, No. 8, 1381-1395. (DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000854)

P18. Xia Li* andHai-Sui Yu. (2013) “On the Stress-Force-Fabric relationship forgranular materials”. International Journal of Solids andStructures, Volume 50, 1285-1302. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2012.12.023)

P19. Xia Li*, Hai-Sui Yu and Xiang-Song Li. (2013) “A virtual experiment technique on the elementarybehaviour of granular materials with DEM”, International Journal forNumerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Volume 37, Issue 1, 75-96. (Doi: 10.1002/nag.1086)

P20. Xia Li* andHai-Sui Yu. (2011) “Tensorialcharacterisation of direction data in micromechanics”. InternationalJournal of Solids and Structures, Volume 48, Issue 14-15, 2167-2176. (DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.03.019)

P21. Xia Li* andHai-Sui Yu. (2011) “Applicability of Stress-Force-Fabric relationshipfor non-proportional loading”. Computers and Structures, Volume 89, Issue 11-12, 1094-1102.  (DOI:10.1016/j.compstruc.2010.12.004)Special Issue

P22. Xia Li* and Hai-Sui Yu. (2010) “Numerical investigation of granular materialbehaviour under rotational shear”. Geotechnique.Volume 60, Issue 5, 381–394. (DOI:10.1680/geot.2010.60.5.381)

P23. Xia Li*, Hai-Sui Yu and Xiang-Song Li. (2009) “Macro-micro relations in granular mechanics”. International Journal of Solids andStructures, Volume 46,Issues 25-26, 4331-4341. (DOI:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.08.018)

P24. Xia Li* andHai-Sui Yu. (2009) “Influence of loading direction on the behaviorof anisotropic granular materials”. InternationalJournal of Engineering Science, Volume 47, Issue 11-12, 1284-1296. (DOI:10.1016/j.ijengsci.2009.03.001)

P25. Xia Li and Xiang-SongLi*. (2009) “Micro–macro quantification of the internalstructure of granular materials.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE,Volume 135, Issue 7, 641-656. (DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:7(641))

P26. Dong Su*, Xia Li and Xiang Song Li (2006).“Numericalstudy on lateral soil-pile interaction by particle flow code.”Journal of Shenzhen University Science and Engineering, Volume 23, Issue 1, 42-47.