Yan Chen
Profesor Chen Yan
Professor, PhD Supervisor
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar
PhD(Oxford, UK), CEng, FIMechE
Email: yan_chen@tju.edu.cn
Office: Room 328, Building 37
 
Academic Qualifications

2000.01-2004.01 University of Oxford, UK, D. Phill.
1997.08-1999.12 Jilin University of Technology, M. Eng.
1993.08-1997.07 Jilin University of Technology, B. Eng.
 
Academic Experiences

2012.12-present Professor, Tianjin University, China
2005.06-2012.06 Assistant Professor (Faculty Member), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2004.07-2005.03 Consulting Engineer, Kerridge Computer Co., Ltd., UK
2004.03-2004.05 PostDoctor/Research Assitant, University of Oxford, UK
 
Research Interests

Motion Structures, Reconfigurable Mechanism, Deployable Structures, Rigid Origami
 
 
Honor

  • 2018.10 Member of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, China
  • 2016.03 Youth Science and technology innovation leader, Ministry of Science and Technology, China
  • 2016.03 Tianjin Woman Pace-setter
  • 2015.12 Tianjin Youth Science and Technology Award
  • 2012.01 Selected as one of "The Ministry of Education in the New Century Excellent Talents"
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    Representative Works
     
    Monographs
  • You Z and Chen Y, Motion Structures: Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms, Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 978-0-415-55489-3, 2011.
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    Journal Papers
    1. Zhang Y#, Zhang X#, Li M, Chen Y*. The rigid and flat-foldable kirigami cubes. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 2024, 282: 109605.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.109605)
    2. Liu W, Song Y, Chen Y*, Zhang X*. Reconfigurable thick-panel structures based on a stacked origami tube. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2024, 16(12): 121005.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064836)
    3. Liu W, Cao S, Chen Y*. Mountain-valley crease reconfiguration of 4-crease origami vertices and tessellations. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024, 273, 109224.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2024.109224)
    4. Gu Y, Zhang X, Wei G*, Chen Y*. Sarrus-inspired deployable polyhedral mechanisms. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024, 193, 105564.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2023.105564)
    5. Gu Y, Zhang X, Wei G*, Chen Y*. Hamiltonian-path based constraint reduction for deployable polyhedral mechanisms. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024, 193, 105563.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2023.105563)
    6. Yang Y#, Zhang X#, Maiolino P, Chen Y*, You Z*. Linkage-based three-dimensional kinematic metamaterials with programmable constant Poisson’s ratio. Materials & Design, 2023, 233, 112249.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112249)
    7. Lv W#, Chen Y*, Zhang J. Thick-Panel Origami Tubes With Hexagonal Cross-Sections. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2023, 15, 051012.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056082)
    8. Wei Z#, Hu Z#, Zhu R*, Chen Y*, Hu G. A transformable anisotropic 3D penta-mode metamaterial. Materials & Design, 2023, 234, 112306.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112306)
    9. Xi K#, Chai S#, Ma J*, Chen Y*. Multi-Stability of the Extensible Origami Structures. Advanced Science, 2023, 10(29), 2303454.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202303454)
    10. Hu Z#, Wei Z#, Wang K, Chen Y*, Zhu R*, Huang G, Hu G. Engineering zero modes in transformable mechanical metamaterials. Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 1266.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36975-2)
    11. Gu Y, Chen Y*. Deployable origami polyhedrons with one-DOF radial motion. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2023, 184, 105393.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2023. 105293)
    12. Ouyang H#, Gu Y#, Gao Z*, Hu L, Zhang Z, Ren J, Li B, Sun J, Chen Y*, Ding X*. Kirigami-inspired thermal regulator. Physical Review Applied, 2023, 19(1): L011001.
      ( https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.L011001)
    13. Zang S#, Ma J#, You Z, Chen Y*. Deformation characteristics and mechanical properties tuning of a non-rigid square-twist origami structure with rotational symmetry. Thin-Walled Structures, 2022, 179: 109570.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2022.109570)
    14. Ma J#, Zang S#, Chen Y*, You Z*. The tessellation rule and properties programming of origami metasheets built with a mixture of rigid and non-rigid square-twist patterns. Engineering, 2022, 17: 82-92. ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2022.02.015)
    15. Sadiq A#, Gu Y#, Luo Y, Chen Y*, Ma K*. A gain-enhanced reconfigurable radiation array with mechanically driven system and directive elements. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2022, 17(4): 60. ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-022-0716-0)
    16. Fu L, Zhao W, Ma J, Yang M, Liu X, Zhang L*, Chen Y*. A Humidity-Powered Soft Robot with Fast Rolling Locomotion. Research, 2022, 2022: 9832901.
      ( https://doi.org/10.34133/2022/9832901)
    17. Ma J, Chai S, Chen Y*. Geometric design, deformation mode, and energy absorption of patterned thin-walled structures. Mechanics of Materials, 2022, 168: 104269.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104269)
    18. Zhang X, Ma J, Li M, You Z, Wang X, Luo Y, Ma K, Chen Y*. Kirigami-based metastructures with programmable multistability, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, 119(11): e2117649119.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117649119)
    19. Ma J#, Jiang X#, Chen Y*. A 3D modular meta-structure with continuous mechanism motion and bistability. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022, 51: 101584.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2021.101584)
    20. Yang F, Zhang M, Ma J, You Z, Yu Y, Chen Y*, Paulino G*. Design of single degree-of-freedom triangular Resch patterns with thick-panel origami, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022, 169: 104650.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.1046505)
    21. Liu W, Jiang H, Chen Y*. 3D programmable metamaterials based on reconfigurable mechanism modules. Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32(9): 2109865.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202109865)
    22. Zhang X#, Nie R#, Chen Y*, He B*. Deployable structures: structural design and static/dynamic analysis, Journal of Elasticity, 2021, 146: 199–235.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-021-09860-6)
    23. Ma J, Dai H, Chai S, Chen Y*. Energy absorption of sandwich structures with a kirigami-inspired pyramid foldcore under quasi-static compression and shear. Materials & Design, 2021, 206: 109808.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109808)
    24. Gu Y, Wei G*, Chen Y*. Thick-panel origami cube. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021, 164: 104411. 
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.104411)
    25. Ma J#, Zang S#, Feng H, Chen Y*, You Z. Theoretical characterization of a non-rigid-foldable square-twist origami for property programmability. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2021, 189: 105981.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105981)
    26. Gu Y, Chen Y*. Origami cubes with one-DOF rigid and flat foldability. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2020, 207, 250-261. 
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.09.008)
    27. Liu W, Chen Y*. A double spherical 6R linkage with spatial crank-rocker characteristics inspired by kirigami. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2020, 153: 103995.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2020.103995)
    28. Feng H, Peng R, Zang S, Ma J, Chen Y*. Rigid foldability and mountain-valley crease assignments of square-twist origami pattern. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2020, 152: 103947.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2020.103947)
    29. Feng H#, Lv W#, Ma J, Chang W, Chen Y*, Wang J. Helical structures with switchable and hierarchical chirality. Applied Physics Letters, 2020, 116(19): 194102.
      (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0005336)
    30. Ma J, Feng H, Chen Y*, Hou D, You Z*. Folding of Tubular Waterbomb. Research, 2020, 2020, 1735081.
      (https://doi.org/10.34133/2020/1735081)
    31. Mukhopadhyay T, Ma J, Feng H, Hou D, Gattas J, Chen Y*, You Z*. Programmable stiffness and shape modulation in origami materials: Emergence of a distant actuation feature. Applied Materials Today, 2020, 19, 100537.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2019.100537)
    32. Yang F, You Z, Chen Y*. Mobile assembly of two Bennett linkages and its application to transformation between cuboctahedron and octahedron. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2020, 145: 103698.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2019.103698)
    33. Yang F, You Z, Chen Y*. Foldable Hexagonal Structures based on Threefold-Symmetric Bricard Linkage. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2020, 12(1), 011012.
      (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045039)
    34. Chen Y, Lv W, Peng R, Wei G*. Mobile assemblies of four-spherical-4R-integrated linkages and the associated four-crease-integrated rigid origami patterns. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2019, 142, 103613.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2019.103613)
    35. Chen X, Feng H, Ma J, Chen Y*. A plane linkage and its tessellation for deployable structure. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2019, 142, 103605.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2019.103605)
    36. Zhang X, Chen Y*. Vertex-Splitting on a Diamond Origami Pattern. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2019,11(3), 031014.
      (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043214)
    37. Feng H, Yang M, Yao G, Chen Y*, Dai J. Origami robots. SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica. https://doi.org/10.1360/N092018-00213.
      (https://doi.org/10.1360/N092018-00213)
    38. Zhang X, Chen Y*. The diamond thick-panel origami and the corresponding mobile assemblies of plane-symmetric Bricard linkages. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2018, 130, 585-604.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2018.09.005)
    39. Feng H, Peng R, Ma J, Chen Y*. Rigid foldability of generalized triangle twist origami pattern and its derived 6R linkages. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2018, 10(5), 051003-051003-13.
      (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040439)
    40. Feng H, Ma J, Chen Y*, You Z. Twist of tubular mechanical metamaterials based on waterbomb origami. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1), 9522.
      (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27877-1)
    41. Peng R, Ma J, Chen Y*. The Effect of Mountain-Valley Folds on the Rigid Foldability of Double Corrugated Pattern. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2018, 128, 461-474.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2018.06.012)
    42. Yang M, Ma J, Li J, Chen Y*, Wang S. Thick-panel Origami Inspired Forceps for Minimally Invasive Surgery. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2018, 54(17): 36-45.
      (http://www.cjmenet.com.cn/Jwk_jxgcxb/CN/10.3901/JME.2018.17.036)
    43. Kang R, Yang C, Yang M, Chen Y*. Machines Which Can Think-Mechanical Intelligence (MI). Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2018, 54(13): 15-24
      (http://www.cjmenet.com.cn/Jwk_jxgcxb/CN/10.3901/JME.2018.13.015)
    44. Chen Y*, Yang F, You Z. Transformation of polyhedrons. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2018, 138, 193-204.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2018.01.012)
    45. Zhang X, Chen Y*. Mobile assemblies of Bennett linkages from four-crease origami patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science, 2018, 474(2210), 20170621.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0621)
    46. Ma J, Song J, Chen Y*. An Origami-inspired Structure with Graded Stiffness. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2018, 136, 134–142.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.12.026)
    47. Ma J, Hou D, Chen Y*, You Z. Peak stress relief of cross folding origami. Thin-Walled Structures, 2018, 123, 155-161.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2017.11.025)
    48. Yang F, Chen Y*. One-DOF Transformation between Tetrahedron and Truncated Tetrahedron. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2018, 121, 169-183.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.10.018)
    49. Shang H, Wei D, Kang R*, Chen Y*. Gait Analysis and Control of a Deployable Robot. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2018, 120, 107-119.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.09.020)
    50. Chen Y, Lv W, Li J, You Z*. An extended family of rigidly foldable origami tubes. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2017, 9(2), 021002.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4035559)
    51. Feng H, Chen Y*, Dai Jian S, Gogu G. Kinematic study of the general plane-symmetric Bricard linkage and its bifurcation variations. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2017, 116, 89–104.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.05.019)
    52. Gattas J M, Lv W, Chen Y*. Rigid-foldable tubular arches. Engineering Structures, 2017, 145, 246–253.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.04.037)
    53. Liu X, Gattas J M, Chen Y*. One-DOF Superimposed Rigid Origami with Multiple States. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 36883.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36883)
    54. Yang F, Chen Y*, Kang R, Ma J. Truss transformation method to obtain the non-overconstrained forms of 3D overconstrained linkages. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2016, 102, 149–166.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2016.04.005)
    55. Ma J, Hou D, Chen Y*, You Z. Quasi-static axial crushing of thin-walled tubes with a kite-shape rigid origami pattern: numerical simulation. Thin-Walled Structures, 2016, 100, 38-47.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2015.11.023)
    56. Liu S, Lv W, Chen Y*, Lu G X. Deployable prismatic structures with rigid origami patterns. Trans. ASME. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2015, 8(3), 031002.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4031953)
    57. Chen Y, Feng H, Ma J, Peng R, You Z*. Symmetric waterbomb origami. Proc. R. Soc. A , 2016, 472, 20150846.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2015.0846) (Journal cover paper)
    58. Chen Y, Peng R, You Z, Origami of thick panels, Science, 349 (2015) 396-400.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aab2870)
    59. Song C Y, Feng H, Chen Y*, Chen I-M, Kang R. Reconfigurable mechanism generated from the network of Bennett linkages. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2015, 88, 49-62.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2015.02.003)
    60. Song C Y, Chen Y*, Chen I-M. Kinematic Study of the Original and Revised General Line-symmetric Bricard 6R Linkages. Trans. ASME. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2014, 6(3), 031002.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4026339 )
    61. Song C Y, Chen Y*，Chen I-M. A 6R Linkage Reconfigurable between the Line-symmetric Bricard Linkage and the Bennett Linkage. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2013, 70, 278-292.
      ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2013.07.013 )
    62. Song J, Chen Y*, Lu G. Light-Weight Thin-Walled Structures with Patterned Windows under Axial Crushing. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2013, 66, 239-248.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2012.11.014 )
    63. Zhang Y, Chen Y*, Fan H. Spreading of giant liposomes on anisotropically patterned substrates. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2013, 419, 1–6.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.11.036 )
    64. Song C Y, Chen Y*. Multiple Linkage Forms and Bifurcation Behaviours of the Double-subtractive-Goldberg 6R Linkage. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2012, 57, 95–110.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2012.07.002 )
    65. Song J, Chen Y*, Lu G. Axial crushing of thin-walled structures with origami patterns. Thin-Walled Structures, 2012, 54, 65–71.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2012.02.007 )
    66. Song C Y, Chen Y*. A family of mixed double-Goldberg 6R linkages. Proceedings of the Royal Society A-Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2012, 468, 871-890. 
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2011.0345)
    67. Zhang Y, Chen Y*, Fan H. Giant liposome spreading on a silicon wall. Journal of Applied Physics, 2011, 110, 034904.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3614497 )
    68. Song C Y, Chen Y*. A spatial 6R linkage derived from subtractive Goldberg 5R linkages. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2011, 46(8), 1097-1106.
      ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2011.03.006 )
    69. Chen Y*, Chai W H. Bifurcation of a special line and plane symmetric Bricard linkage. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2011, 46(4), 515-533.
      ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2010.11.015 )
    70. Yan L, Chen I*, Yeo S, Chen Y*, Yang G. A high-dexterity low-degree-of-freedom hybrid manipulator structure for robotic lion dance. Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A, 2010, 11(4), 240-249.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A1000028 )
    71. Zhang Y, Fan H, Huang H, Chen Y*. Droplets atop a wrinkled substrate. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2010, 224(11), 2459-2467.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544062JMES2069 )
    72. Chai W H, Chen Y*. The line-symmetric octahedral Bricard linkage and its structural closure. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2010, 45, 772-779.
      ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2009.12.007  )
    73. Chen Y, You Z*. Two-fold Symmetrical 6R Foldable Frame and its Bifurcations. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2009, 46(25-26), 4504-4514.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.09.012 )
    74. Liu S Y, Chen Y*. Myard linkage and its mobile assemblies. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2009, 44(10), 1950-1963.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2009.05.001 )
    75. Chen Y, You Z*. An extended Myard linkage and its derived 6R linkage. Trans. ASME. Journal of Mechanical Design, 2008, 130(5).
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2885506 )
    76. Chen Y, You Z*. On mobile assemblies of Bennett linkages. Proceedings of the Royal Society A (Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences), 2008, 464(2093) 1275-1293.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2007.0188 )
    77. Chen Y, You Z*. Spatial 6R linkages based on the combination of two Goldberg 5R linkages. Mechanism and Machine Theory 2007, 42(11), 1484-1498.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2006.12.008 )
    78. Chen Y, You Z*. Square deployable frame for space application: Part II: Realization. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2007, 221(1), 37-45.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544100JAERO100)
    79. Chen Y, You Z*. Square deployable frame for space application: Part I: Theory. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2006, 220(4), 347–354.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544100JAERO68)
    80. Chen Y, You Z*. Mobile assemblies based on the Bennett linkage. Proceedings of the Royal Society A (Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences), 2005, 461, 1229 – 1245.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2004.1383)
    81. Chen Y, You Z, Tarnai T*. Threefold-symmetric Bricard linkages for Deployable Structures. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2005, 42 (8) 2287-2301.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2004.09.014 )
    82. Chen Y, Baker J E*. Using a Bennett linkage as a connector between other Bennett loops. Proceeding of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, 2005, 219 (2), 177-185.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/146441905X9935)
    83. Chen Y and Hu P, Section analysis with complex tools for numerical simulation of sheet forming, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 35 (5), 50-53, 1999.
    84. Wang C, Guo H*, Liu R, Deng Z, Chen Y, You Z*. Reconfigurable Origami-inspired Multistable Metamorphous Structures. Science Advances. 2024, 10(22), eadk8662.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk8662)
    85. Zhao C#, Li M#, Zhou X, Liu T, Xing J, Chen Y, Zhang X*. Deployable structure based on double-layer miura-ori pattern. Mechanics Research Communications, 2023, 131, 104152.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2023.104152)
    86. Zhang Y#, Gu Y#, Chen Y, Li M*, Zhang X*. One-DOF Rigid and Flat-Foldable Origami Polyhedrons with Slits. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2023, 36, 479–490.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s10338-023-00404-0)
    87. Li M, Zhou Z, Hao B, Yu C, Chen Y, Ma J*. Design and deformation analysis of an inflatable metallic cylinder based on the Kresling origami pattern. Thin-Walled Structures, 2023, 188: 110859.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2023.110859)
    88. Zhang X, Zhou X, Li M*, Liu T, Xing J, Lv W, Yang F, Chen Y. Three-dimensional mobile assemblies based on threefold-symmetric Bricard linkages. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2023, 16(4): 044501.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062131)
    89. Zhang Y#, Li M#, Chen Y, Peng R, Zhang X*. Thick-panel origami-based parabolic cylindrical antenna. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2023, 182: 105233.
      ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2023.105233)
    90. Yang J, Zhang X, Chen Y, You Z, Folding arrays of uniform-thickness panels to compact bundles with a single degree of freedom. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2022, 478: 20220043.
      ( http://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2022.0043)
    91. Wang S, Yang X, Chen Y, Ma J*. A theoretical design of a bellow-shaped statically balanced compliant mechanism. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021, 161(3): 104295.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.104295)
    92. Yuan L, Dai H, Song J, Ma J*, Chen Y. The behavior of a functionally graded origami structure subjected to quasi-static compression. Materials & Design, 2020, 189, 108494.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108494)
    93. Ma J, Dai H, Shi M, Yuan L*, Chen Y, You Z. Quasi-static axial crushing of hexagonal origami crash boxes as energy absorption devices. Mechanical Sciences, 2019, 10, 133-143.
      (https://www.mech-sci.net/10/133/2019/)
    94. Lee, T.U, Yang X, Ma J*, Chen Y, Gattas, J. Elastic buckling shape control of thin-walled cylinder using pre-embedded curved-crease origami patterns, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019, 151, 322-330.
      (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.11.005)
    95. Xie R, Chen Y, Gattas J M*. Parametrisation and application of cube and eggbox-type folded geometries. International Journal of Space Structures, 2015, 30(2), 99-110.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0266-3511.30.2.99)
    96. Liu S C, Lu G X*, Chen Y, Leong Y W. Deformation of the Miura-Ori Patterned Sheet. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2015, 99, 130-142.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2015.05.009)
    97. Fan H*, Chen Y, Sze K Y. Phenomenological modeling for pore opening, closure and rupture of the GUV membrane. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2009, 1(02), 327-338.
      (http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1758825109000149 )