Xiao Zhang
Zhang Xiao
Associate Research Fellow
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Email: xiao_zhang@tju.edu.cn
Room: Room 120A, Building 37
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Academic Experiences：

2023.05-Present

Tianjin University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Research Fellow

2020.07-2023.05

Tianjin University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Postdoc

2019.04-2020.06

University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, Postdoc

Academic Qualifications：

2015.09-2019.01

Tianjin University, Mechanical Engineering, PhD Student

2012.09-2015.06

Dalian University of Technology, Mechanical Manufacture and Automation, Master

2008.09-2012.07

Shandong University of Technology, Mechanical Manufacture and Automation, Bachelor

Research Interests：                                                           

Deployable Structures, Rigid Origami, Modular Metamaterials

Projects：                                                           

2022.01-2023.12, Research on Reducing the Degree of Overconstraint for Space Deployable Structure Based on the Kinematic Equivalence, funded by NSFC, project No. 52105032, principle investigator.

Publications：
  • Journal Papers
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    1. Zhang Y#, Zhang X#, Li M, Chen Y*. The rigid and flat-foldable kirigami cubes. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024, 282: 109605.
    2. Liu W, Song Y, Chen Y*, and Zhang X*. Reconfigurable thick-panel structures based on a stacked origami tube. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2024: 16(12): 121005.
    3. Yang Y#, Zhang X#, Maiolino P, Chen Y*, You Z*, Linkage-based three-dimensional kinematic metamaterials with programmable constant Poisson’s ratio, Materals Design, 2023, 223: 112249.
    4. 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: 105233.
    5. 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(4): 479–490.
    6. Zhang Y, Li M, Chen Y, Peng R, Zhang X*. Thick-panel origami-based parabolic cylindrical antenna. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2023, 182: 105233.
    7. Zhang X, Zhou X, Li M*, Liu T, Xing J, Lv W, Yang F, and Chen Y. Three-dimensional mobile assemblies based on threefold-symmetric Bricard linkages. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2023, 16(1): 014502.
    8. 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. (PNAS)
    9. Zhang X#, Nie R#, Chen Y*, He B*. Deployable structures: structural design and static/dynamic analysis, Journal of Elasticity, 2021, 146: 199–235.
    10. Zhang X, Li M, Cui Q, Chen X, Ma J, Chen Y*. Regularly hexagonal origami pattern inspired deployable structure with single degree of freedom, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2021, 57: 1-12.
    11. Zhang X, Chen Y*. Vertex-splitting on diamond origami pattern. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2019, 11(3): 031014.
    12. 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.
    13. 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.
    14. Gu Y, Zhang X, Wei G*, Chen Y*. Sarrus-inspired deployable polyhedral mechanisms. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024, 193: 105564.
    15. Gu Y, Zhang X, Wei G*, Chen Y*. Hamiltonian-path based constraint reduction for deployable polyhedral mechanisms. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024, 193: 105563.
    16. 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: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science, 2022, 478: 20220043.
    17. Li J, Zhang X, An S, Zhu Z, Deng Z, You Z. Kirigami-inspired foldable 3D cellular structures with a single degree of freedom. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022: 244-245.
     
  • Conference Papers
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    1. Zhang X*, Chen Y. Mobile assemblies of Bricard linkages inspired from waterbomb thick-panel origami. Proceeding of the 7th IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Springer, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15 December 2021.
    2. Zhang X*, Chen Y. Thick-panel origami and hinge-removing method based on kinematic equivalence of mechanisms, Proceeding of the 4th Deployable Space Structure Conference, December 2020, Harbin, China.
    3. Xu R, Zhang X, Ma J, Chen Y, Cao Y, You Z*, Folding a rigid flat surface around a square hub. Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME, Quebec, Canada, 26-29 August 2018.