Zhan Kang

Professor   Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates   Supervisor of Master's Candidates

Main positions:Deputy Dean, Faculty of Vehicle Engineering and Mechanics

Other Post:Deputy Dean, Faculty of Vehicle Engineering and Mechanics

Gender:Male

Alma Mater:Stuttgart University, Germany

Degree:Doctoral Degree

School/Department:Department of Engineering Mechanics/ State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equimpment

Discipline:Engineering Mechanics. Computational Mechanics. Aerospace Mechanics and Engineering. Solid Mechanics

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Contact Information:zhankang#dlut.edu.cn 13190104312

E-Mail:zhankang@dlut.edu.cn


Paper Publications

Wrinkle-free design of thin membrane structures using stress-based topology optimization

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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2017-05-01

Journal:JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Included Journals:SCIE、EI

Volume:102

Page Number:277-293

ISSN No.:0022-5096

Key Words:Thin membrane; Wrinkle; Topology optimization; Principal stress criterion; Stress relaxation

Abstract:Thin membrane structures would experience wrinkling due to local buckling deformation when compressive stresses are induced in some regions. Using the stress criterion for membranes in wrinkled and taut states, this paper proposed a new stress-based topology optimization methodology to seek the optimal wrinkle-free design of macro-scale thin membrane structures under stretching. Based on the continuum model and linearly elastic assumption in the taut state, the optimization problem is defined as to maximize the structural stiffness under membrane area and principal stress constraints. In order to make the problem computationally tractable, the stress constraints are reformulated into equivalent ones and relaxed by a cosine-type relaxation scheme. The reformulated optimization problem is solved by a standard gradient-based algorithm with the adjoint-variable sensitivity analysis. Several examples with post-bulking simulations and experimental tests are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed optimization model for eliminating stress-related wrinkles in the novel design of thin membrane structures. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Pre One:Optimal topology design for stress-isolation of soft hyperelastic composite structures under imposed boundary displacements

Next One:Robust shape and topology optimization considering geometric uncertainties with stochastic level set perturbation

Profile

Dr. Zhan Kang is a Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor of Dalian University of Technology. He graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1992, received his MEng in mechanics from Dalian University of Technology in 1995 and his Dr. –Ing. degree from Stuttgart University, Germany in 2005. His current research involves issues such as topology optimization, structural optimization under uncertainties, design optimization of smart structures and nanomechanics. Dr. Kang has published over 100 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and one monograph. He has received 5500 citations and has an H-index of 39 (Google Scholar). Dr. Kang has been granted the Outstanding Youth Fund of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has been principal investigator of 8 NSFC projects and a Key Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development (973 Project). He has also conducted many consultancy projects.

 

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