博士，教授，博士研究生导师，辽宁省教学名师，宝钢教育奖优秀教师奖获得者，入选辽宁省“百千万人才工程”千人层次。先后于斯坦福大学、西澳大学及京都大学访问研究，主要从事岩土力学理论与数值方法研究工作，重点研究方向为岩土体应变局部化理论与数值模拟、颗粒材料的多尺度理论和数值研究，以及连续-非连续变形数值方法研究等，具体包括应变局部化分析的Cosserat连续体有限元方法、大变形分析的等几何（IGA）与粒子有限元（PFEM）方法、连续非连续变形的弱-强不连续（Cos-SDA）分析与断裂相场（PF）数值方法、以及FEM-DEM-CFD多尺度耦合数值方法等。先后主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目、国际合作交流项目、省部级自然基金等，以及参与完成国家973项目、国家自然科学基金重大重点项目、重点研发项目等二十余项纵向课题。出版学术专著1部，在相关领域的国际顶级及主流期刊JMPS,JRMGE,CG,EG,AG,JGGE,PT,CGJ,OE等国际期刊，以及《岩土工程学报》、《岩石力学与工程学报》、《岩土力学》、《水利学报》、《工程力学》等国内核心优秀期刊上发表70余篇论文，获Elsevier高被引论文与《岩石力学与工程学报》创刊30周年青年优秀学术论文。

  主讲本科生《土力学》、《基础工程》、《土力学实验》、《土木水利前沿实验》，研究生《高等土力学》、《岩土工程实验》等课程。负责国家虚拟仿真实验项目1项，主持完成教育部、辽宁省、大连理工大学教改项目10余项，发表教学研究论文10余篇，主编教材2部，参编教材2部，近几年获有关教学奖项10余项，包括国家教学成果二等奖、省教学成果一等奖、指导大学生岩土工程竞赛获一等奖、全国大学生优秀毕业设计2人次、校优秀硕士论文3人次、中国路桥奖教金、优秀班主任标兵、教学质量优良奖等。

近期发表的15篇代表性论文：

1.Hongxiang Tang, Weijian Liu, Feng Zhu, Hairui Zhu, Chendong Ye, Xiangji Ye. Cosserat-particle finite element method for contact and large deformation analysis of geotechnical engineering. Computers and Geotechnics, 2026, 190: 107728.

2.Wei W., Tang H.*, Song X., Ye X. A Cosserat elastoplastic finite element model incorporating structural properties of natural soil and the case study of the Saint-Alban embankment.  Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2025. DOI: 10.1061/JGGEFK/GTENG-13401.

3.Wencheng Wei, Hongxiang Tang,* Xiaoyu Song, Xiangji Ye. 3D slope stability analysis considering strength anisotropy by a micro-structure tensor enhanced elasto-plastic finite element method. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2025, 17(3): 1664-1684

4.Feng Zhu, Hongxiang Tang*, Degao Zou, Xue Zhang, Yonghui Li. A novel hybrid hydraulic fracturing phase-field model for porous media. Engineering Geology, 2025, 347: 107932.

5.Wencheng Wei, Hongxiang Tang, Yang Liu, Haolong Chen. Cosserat model incorporating anisotropy evolution and its application in numerical analysis of strain localization in clay. Acta Geotechnica, 2025, 20(1):365–385

6.Tang, H., Xu, B., Wei, W., Liu, L., Sun, F.  Finite element analysis of large deformation for progressive failure of soil based on Cosserat continuum theory. Computers and Geotechnics.  2025, 177: 106836

7.Feng Liu, Hongxiang Tang, Mohamed A. Shahin, Honghua Zhao, Ali Karrech, Feng Zhu, He Zhou. Multiscale simulation study for mechanical characteristics of coral sand influenced by particle breakage. Powder Technology, 2025, 449: 120387.

8.Yonghui Li, Hongxiang Tang* , Feng zhu, Zhiqiang Hu. An anisotropic elastoplastic strong discontinuity model for shear failure in anisotropic rock masses. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 176: 106762.

9.唐洪祥，崔家铭，张雪，张磊，刘乐天. 岩土体大变形分析的Cosserat-粒子有限元法. 岩土工程学报, 2023, 45(3): 495-502 .

10.Feng Zhu , Hongxiang Tang*, Degao Zhou , Yonghui Li. An efffcient adaptive multi-mesh phase-ffeld method for simulating rock fractures. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 163: 105765.

11.Hongxiang Tang, Yonghui Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Xiaoyu Song. Numerical simulation of strain localization through an integrated Cosserat continuum theory and strong discontinuity approach. Computers and Geotechnics, 2022, 151: 104951.

12.Hongxiang Tang, Wencheng Wei, Xiaoyu Song, Feng Liu. An anisotropic elastoplastic Cosserat continuum model for shear failure in stratified geomaterials. Engineering Geology, 2021, 293: 106304

13.Hongxiang Tang, Feng Zhu, Dixiong Yang, George Papazafeiropoulos. Numerical simulation of strain localization based on Cosserat continuum theory and isogeometric analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 2021, 129: 103874.

14.Hongxiang Tang, Wencheng Wei, Feng Liu, Guoqing Chen. Elastoplastic Cosserat continuum model considering strength anisotropy and its application to the analysis of slope stability. Computers and Geotechnics, 2020, 117, 103235.

15. Hongxiang Tang, Yan Dong, Ting Wang, Yifeng Dong. Simulation of strain localization with discrete element-Cosserat continuum finite element two scale method for granular materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2019, 122: 450–471.