Research

SMA-powered soft robots

Dynamic simulation of shape memory alloy-powered soft robots, for both on-land motion and underwater swimming.

Magnetic rods & robots

Magnetoelastic model for slender structures and the associated framework for the magnetic-powered soft robots.

Flagellar propulsion

Fluid-structure interaction model for a soft filament moving in a viscous fluid to mimic the bio-locomotion of bacterial flagella.

Bifurcation of elastic strips

Buckling, snapping, and bifurcation of an elastic strip subjected to different boundary conditions.

Foldable annular ribbons

Integration of in-plane kinks and out-of-plane creases to achieve a tunable folding in annular ribbons.

Mechanics of Gridshells

Nonlinear mechanics of multiple rod systems.

Space net capture system

Numerical simulation of a space net capture system.

Axisymmetric shell

Numerical modeling and nonlinear mechanics of axisymmetric shell structures.

3D shell

Isogeometric-based finite element analysis of 3D hyperelastic shells.

Complex bifurcation theory

Complex bifurcation behaviors and the tunable buckling in thin elastic structures.