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Overview

Zhan Kang is affiliated with Dalian University of Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a strong emphasis on several subfields including civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, and computational theory and mathematics.

The main topics of their research work cover diverse areas such as topology optimization in engineering, composite structure analysis and optimization, advanced materials and mechanics, structural analysis and optimization, advanced multi-objective optimization algorithms, acoustic wave phenomena research, and advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhan Kang are:

  • Topology optimization using material-field series expansion and Kriging-based algorithm: An effective non-gradient method (2020), published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Two-scale concurrent topology optimization of lattice structures with connectable microstructures (2020), published in Additive Manufacturing
  • Realization of full and directional band gap design by non-gradient topology optimization in acoustic metamaterials (2020), published in Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • A Super-Stretchable and Highly Sensitive Carbon Nanotube Capacitive Strain Sensor for Wearable Applications and Soft Robotics (2021), published in Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Programmable and multistable metamaterials made of precisely tailored bistable cells (2023), published in Materials & Design

Zhan Kang frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Yangjun Luo, Xiaopeng Zhang, Yaguang Wang, Pai Liu, and Junshan Liu. These collaborations reflect a network of co-authors with repeated joint publications.

Their research is disseminated across various publication venues where they have multiple contributions. These venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Materials & Design
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Best Publications

  • Multifunctional Epidermal Electronics Printed Directly Onto the Skin

    Woon Hong Yeo;Yun Soung Kim;Jongwoo Lee;Abid Ameen

  • Current and future trends in topology optimization for additive manufacturing

    Jikai Liu;Andrew T. Gaynor;Shikui Chen;Zhan Kang

  • Waterproof AlInGaP optoelectronics on stretchable substrates with applications in biomedicine and robotics

    Rak Hwan Kim;Dae Hyeong Kim;Jianliang Xiao;Jianliang Xiao;Bong Hoon Kim;Bong Hoon Kim

  • ROBUST DESIGN OF STRUCTURES USING OPTIMIZATION METHODS

    Ioannis Doltsinis;Zhan Kang

  • A multi-material level set-based topology and shape optimization method

    Yiqiang Wang;Zhen Luo;Zhan Kang;Nong Zhang

  • Continuum topology optimization with non-probabilistic reliability constraints based on multi-ellipsoid convex model

    Yangjun Luo;Zhan Kang;Zhen Luo;Alex Li

  • Non-probabilistic reliability-based topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures using convex models

    Zhan Kang;Yangjun Luo;Yangjun Luo

  • Mechanics of Epidermal Electronics

    Shuodao Wang;Ming Li;Ming Li;Jian Wu;Dae Hyeong Kim

  • Structural reliability assessment based on probability and convex set mixed model

    Yangjun Luo;Zhan Kang;Alex Li

  • Topological shape optimization of microstructural metamaterials using a level set method

    Yiqiang Wang;Yiqiang Wang;Zhen Luo;Nong Zhang;Zhan Kang

  • Thin, Flexible Sensors and Actuators as ‘Instrumented’ Surgical Sutures for Targeted Wound Monitoring and Therapy

    Dae Hyeong Kim;Shuodao Wang;Hohyun Keum;Roozbeh Ghaffari

  • On topology optimization of damping layer in shell structures under harmonic excitations

    Zhan Kang;Xiaopeng Zhang;Shigang Jiang;Gengdong Cheng

  • Multi-material topology optimization considering interface behavior via XFEM and level set method

    Pai Liu;Yangjun Luo;Zhan Kang

  • Structural topology optimization based on non-local Shepard interpolation of density field

    Zhan Kang;Yiqiang Wang

  • An enhanced aggregation method for topology optimization with local stress constraints

    Yangjun Luo;Yangjun Luo;Michael Yu Wang;Zhan Kang

  • On non-probabilistic reliability-based design optimization of structures with uncertain-but-bounded parameters

    Zhan Kang;Yangjun Luo;Alex Li

  • Topology optimization of continuum structures with Drucker-Prager yield stress constraints

    Yangjun Luo;Zhan Kang

  • A level set method for structural shape and topology optimization using radial basis functions

    Zhen Luo;Liyong Tong;Zhan Kang

  • Bi-material microstructural design of chiral auxetic metamaterials using topology optimization

    Huikai Zhang;Yangjun Luo;Zhan Kang

  • Reliability-based structural optimization with probability and convex set hybrid models

    Zhan Kang;Yangjun Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaopeng Zhang
Xiaopeng Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Zhen Luo
Zhen Luo University of Technology Sydney
Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Colorado Boulder
Dae-Hyeong Kim
Dae-Hyeong Kim Seoul National University
Bong Hoon Kim
Bong Hoon Kim Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Yun-Soung Kim
Yun-Soung Kim Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Liyong Tong
Liyong Tong University of Sydney
Ralph G. Nuzzo
Ralph G. Nuzzo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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