教授、博士生导师。国际岩石力学学会中国国家小组成员、国际地下空间联合研究中心会员、美国岩石力学学会终身会员、中国岩石力学与工程学会破碎专业委员会委员。先后主持国家自然科学基金4项、参与国家十三五重大研发计划、国家973计划、国家自然基金重点项目等多项。合作出版学术专著2部，发表SCI收录论文48篇，EI收录论文100余篇。获得中国岩石力学与工程学会青年科技奖银奖、全国百篇优秀博士论文提名、国际岩石力学学会罗哈奖提名；并获中国岩石力学与工程学会技术进步奖一等奖1项、省部级二等奖4项。曾先后获得瑞士政府联邦奖学金、中瑞科技合作交流基金、澳大利亚奋进奖学金、中法徐光启项目、中德科学中心交流项目、中法蔡元培项目前往瑞士联邦理工学院、澳大利亚莫纳什大学、法国斯特拉斯堡大学等开展合作研究。

岩石断裂与损伤失稳、岩体时效变形与失稳、煤岩体渗流耦合作用

Tao Xu, G.L. Zhou, Michael J. Heap, W.C. Zhu, C.F. Chen, Patrick Baud. The influence of temperature on time-dependent deformation and failure in granite: A mesocale modeling approach. Rock Mechanics & Rock Engineering, 2017. DOI:10.1007/s00603-017-1228-9. Tao Xu, Shengqi Yang, Tianhong Yang, Chongfeng Chen, Penghai Zhang, Honglei Liu. Numerical investigation of damage evolution and localized fracturing of brittle rock in compression. ASCE-Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2017, 31(5). Yongchuan Zhao, Tianhong Yang, Tao Xu, Penghai Zhang, Wenhao Shi. Mechanical and energy release characteristics of different water-bearing sandstones under uniaxial compression. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 2017. doi.org/10.1177/1056789517697472 Xu Tao, Zhao Gaofeng, Zhu Wancheng, Chen Chongfeng, Yuan Lin. Mesoscale modeling of spallation failure in fiber reinforced concrete due to impact loading. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2016, 16(1): B4015001. 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000496, B4015001. (IF: 1.197) Michael Heap, Wadsworth FB, Xu Tao, Chen CF, Tang CA. The strength of heterogeneous volcanic rocks: A 2D approximation. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2016, 39: 1-11. Patrick Baud, Alexandra Rolland, Michael Heap, Tao Xu, Marion Nicolé, Thomas Ferrand, Thierry Reuschlé, Renaud Toussaint, Nathalie Conil. Impact of stylolites of the mechanical strength of limestone. Tectnophysics, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.03.004 (IF: 2.872) Wang Qingyuan, Zhu Wancheng, Xu Tao, Niu Leilei, Wei Jiong. Numerical simulation of creep behavior of rock with a damage-based constitutive law. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2016. 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000707, 04016044. Xu Tao, Ranjith P.G., Au S.K., Wasantha P.L.P., Yang T.H., Tang C.A., Liu H.L., Chen C.F. Numerical and experimental investigation of hydraulic fracturing in Kaolin clay. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2015. 10.1016/j.petrol.2015.08.003. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.416） Xu Tao, Zhao Gaofeng, Zhu Wancheng, Yuan Lin. Mesoscale Modeling of Spallation Failure in Fiber Reinforced Concrete due to Impact Loading. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2015, 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000496, B4015001-11. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.197） Xu Tao, He Zhujie, Tang Chun-an, Zhu Wancheng, P.G. Ranjith. Width effect in interface debonding of FRP plate bonded to concrete. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2015, 93: 30-41. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.017） Xu Tao, Yang Tianhong, Chen Chongfeng, Liu Honglei. Mining induced strata movement and roof behavior in underground coal mine. Geomech. Geophys. Geo-energ. Geo-resour., 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s40948-015-0010-2. Michael J. Heap, Tao Xu, Alexandra R. L. Kushnir, Ben M. Kennedy, Chong-feng Chen. Fracture of magma containing overpressurised pores. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2015, 301:180-190. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.515） Yang S.Q., Xu Tao, L. He, H.W. Jing, S. Wen, Q.L. Yu. Numerical study on failure behavior of brittle rock specimen containing pre-existing combined flaws under different confining. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.acme.2015.03.005 (SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.793) Liu Honglei, Yang Tianhong, Xu Tao, Yu Qinglei, Fu Xiang. A study of permeability enhancement with hydraulic fracturing in coal and rock mass. Geosciences Journal. 2015. DOI 10.1007/s12303-014-0056-0 （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 0.917） Yang Tianhong, Wang Peitao, Xu Tao, Yu Qinglei, Zhang Penghai, Shi Wenhao, Hu Gaojian. Anisotropic characteristics of jointed rock mass: a case study at Shirengou iron ore mine in China. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.tust.2015.03.005 （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.490） Zhang Peng-hai, Yang Tian-hong, Yu Qing-lei, Xu Tao, Liu Hong-lei, Zhou Jing-ren, Zhao Yong-chuan. Microseismicity induced by fault activation during the fracture process of a crown pillar. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2015, 48(4): 1673-1682（SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.420） Xu Tao, Xu Qiang, Deng Maolin, Ma Tianhui, Yang Tianhong, Tang Chun-an. A numerical analysis of rock creep induced slide: a case study of Wulong slope in Chongqing, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014, 72(6): 2111-2128. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.765） Xu Tao, Zhao Gaofeng, Tang Chun-an, Ranjith P.G. Modeling of transverse thermal cracking of FRP bars embedded in concrete. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2014， 39(4): 2621-2629. DOI: 10.1007/s13369-013-0927-0 （SCIE收录，2013 Impact factor: 0.367） Yang T.H., Xu Tao, Liu H.Y., Zhang C.M., Wang S.Y., Rui Y.Q., Shen L. Rheological characteristics of weak rock mass and effects on the long-term stability of slopes. Rock Mechanics & Rock Engineering, 2014, 47(6): 2253-2263. DOI: 10.1007/s00603-013-0527-z （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.420） Yang S.Q., Jing H.W., Xu T. Mechanical behavior and failure analysis of brittle sandstone specimens containing combined flaws under uniaxial compression. Journal of Central South University of Technology, 2014, 21(5): 2059-2073. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 0.520） Wasantha P.L.P., Ranjith P.G., Xu Tao, Yan Yueong. A new parameter to describe the persistency of non-persistent joints. Engineering Geology, 2014, 181: 71-77. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.744） Heap M, Xu Tao, Chen Chongfeng. The influence of vesicle/bubble size on the brittle strength of volcanic rocks and magmas. Bulletin of Volcanology, 2014, 76:856-871. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor:2.519） Xu Tao, Ranjith P.G., Wasantha P.L.P., Zhao J., Tang C.A., Zhu W.C. Influence of the geometry of partially-spanning joints on mechanical properties of brittle rock in uniaxial compression. Engineering Geology, 2013. 167: 134-147. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.744） Xu Tao, Xu Qiang, Chun-an Tang, Ranjith P.G. The evolution of rock failure with discontinuities due to shear creep. Acta Geotechnica, 2013, 8(6):567-581.（SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.493） Zuo Yujun, Jia Peng, Zhu Wancheng, Xu Tao. Numerical investigation on zonal disintegration mechanism around deep underground openings. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 2013, Article ID 908028, 21 pages, 2013.（SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 0.575） Zhu W.C., Wei C.H., Liu J., Xu Tao, Elsworth D. Impact of gas adsorption induced coal matrix damage on the evolution of coal permeability. Rock Mechanics & Rock Engineering, 2013, 46(6): 1353-1366.（SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.420） Wang Peitao, Yang Tianhong, Xu Tao, Yu Qinglei, Liu Honglei. A model of anisotropic property of seepage and stress for jointed rock mass. Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2013，Vol.2013, Article ID 420536, 1-19. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 0.720） Xu Tao, Tang CA, Zhao J., Li L.C., Heap M. Modeling of time-dependent rheological behavior in heterogeneous brittle rocks. Geophysical Journal International, 2012, 189(3):1781-1796. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.560） Xu Tao, Tang CA., Zhao J. Modeling of rheological deformation of inhomogeneous rock and associated time-dependent response of tunnels. International Journal of Geomechanics. 2012, 12(2):147-159. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.197） Zuo Yujun, Xu Tao, Zhang Yongbin, Zhang Yiping, Li Shucai, and Chen Chunchun. Numerical study of zonal disintegration within a rock mass around a deep excavated tunnel. International Journal of Geomechanics, 2012, 12(4):471-483. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor:1.197） Xu Tao, Zhang Yongbin, Liang Z.Z., Tang CA., Zhao J. Parallel computation for debonding process of externally FRP plated concrete. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 2011, 38(6):803-823. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 0.927） Yang T.H., Xu Tao, Shi B.M., Yu Q.X., Tang C.A. Stress-damage-flow coupling model and its application to pressure relief coal bed methane in deep coal seam. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2011, 86(4):357-366. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 3.381） Tang C.A., Liang Z.Z., Zhang Y.B., Chang X., Xu Tao, Wang D.G., Zhang J.X., Liu J.S., Zhu W.C., Elsworth D. Fracture spacing in layered materials: A new explanation based on two-dimensional failure process modeling. American Journal of Science, 2008, 308(1):49-72. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 3.607） Tang C.A., Zhang Y.B., Liang ZXu Tao, Tang CA, Yang T.H., Zhu W.C., Liu J. Numerical investigation of coal and gas outbursts in underground collieries. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2006, 43(6): 905-919. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 1.686） Tang C.A., Zhang Y.B., Liang Z.Z., Xu Tao, Tham L.G., Lindquist P.-A., Kou S. Q., and Liu H. Y. Fracture spacing in layered materials and pattern transition from parallel to polygonal fractures. Physical Review E, 2006, 73(5): 056120-056129. （SCIE收录，2014 Impact factor: 2.288）