计算力学，模拟和仿真，有限元分析，振动和动力学分析，高频振动，板，复合材料等。

Chen XL, Zhang WW (2014). “Power Transfer Coefficients Between Two 3D Semi-Infinite Solids in EFEA Formulation”, Advanced Materials Research, 842:792-795.

Yang Y, Chen XL, Zhang WW (2014). “Development of Energy Finite Element Analysis in Vibration Analysis of Composite Laminate Plate Structures”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 470:1020-1023.

Yang Y, Chen H, Lv HZ, Chen XL (2013). “Structure and Size Optimization of Groove Flow System for Carbon Fiber”, Computer Aided Engineering, 22(1):21-24.

Lv HZ, Chen XL, Liang XC (2013). “Rheological Behaviour of Magneto Thixotropic Gel”, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 25(1): 129-132.

Yu LM, Chen XL, Yang Y (2012). “The Stamping Process Simulation of Plate Using CAE Technology”, Advanced Materials Research, 538-541:901-904.

Zhu MM, Chen XL, Du ZH, Ma J (2011). “Modeling of Multilayer Electrode Performance in Transverse Electro-optic Modulators”, AIP Advances, 1: 042163.

Lv HZ, Chen XL, Liang XC (2011). “Modeling and Analysis of High-efficiency Wedge-squeezing Model for Electromagneto-thixotropic Damping Devices”, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 312-319.

Chen XL, Zhao ZY and Liew KM (2008). “Stability of Piezoelectric FGM Rectangular Plates Subjected to Non-uniformly Distributed Load, Heat and Voltage”, Advances in Engineering Software, 39:121-131.

Chen XL and Liew KM (2004). “Buckling of Rectangular Functionally Graded Material Plates Subjected to Nonlinearly Distributed In-plane Edge Loads”, Smart Materials and Structures, 13:1430-1437.

Liew KM, Chen XL and Reddy JN (2004). “Mesh-free Radial Basis Function Method for Buckling Analysis of Non-uniformly Loaded Arbitrarily Shaped Shear Deformable Plates”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 193:205-224.

Liew KM and Chen XL (2004). “Buckling of Rectangular Mindlin Plates Subjected to Partial In-plane Edge Loads Using the Radial Point Interpolation Method”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 41:1677-1695.

Liew KM and Chen XL (2004). “Mesh-free Radial Point Interpolation Method for the Buckling Analysis of Mindlin Plates Subjected to In-plane Point Loads”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 60:1861-1877.

Dai KY, Liu GR, Lim KM and Chen XL (2004). “A Mesh-free Method for Static and Free Vibration Analysis of Shear Deformable Laminated Composite Plates”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 269(3-5):633-652.

Chen XL, Liu GR and Lim SP (2003). “An Element Free Galerkin Method for the Free Vibration Analysis of Composite Laminates of Complicated Shape”, Composite Structures, 59:279-289.

Liu GR, Chen XL and Reddy JN (2002). “Buckling of Symmetrically Laminated Composite Plates Using the Element-free Galerkin Method”, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 2(3):281-294.

Liu GR and Chen XL (2001). “A Mesh-free Method for Static and Free Vibration Analyses of Thin Plates of Complicated Shape”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 241(5):839-855.