Yin Research Group

Welcome

Welcome to the research group website of Professor Sha Yin at Beihang University. We are interested in lightweight and multifunctional composites by employing bioinspired architectural design strategies, that can be potentially used in advanced vehicles including aircraft and transportation industries.
Research Highlights
2020 CSTE
Interfacial behavior of structural battery
2020 JPS
Multiphysics modeling of structural anode
2020 CRPS
Voids toughening mechanism
2019 Compos B
Hollow honeytube
2018 & 2019 IJMS
Upper/lower strength bound
2017 Compos A
Programmed assembly
2017 Compos Struct
Honeytube
2014 Mater Design
Stretch-stretch-hybrid hierarchical lattice
2013 J Mater Sci
Flexible micro-lattice
Win JMS Cahn Prize Nominee
2013 Compos Struct
Stretch-bend-hybrid hierarchical lattice
2012 Compos B
Composite lattice with hybrid trusses
2011 Compos Struct
The first composite lattice with hollow trusses

Representative Publications

  1. Sha Yin*, Weihua Guo, Huitian Wang, Yao Huang, Ruiheng, Yang, Zihan Hu, Dianhao Chen, Jun Xu, Robert O. Ritchie*. Strong and Tough Bioinspired Additive-Manufactured Dual-Phase Mechanical Metamaterial Composites. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2021, 149, 104341 PDF DOI
  2. Sha Yin, Ruiheng, Yang, Yao Huang, Weihua Guo, Dianhao Chen, Wen Zhang, Mingwei Ren, Yujing Zhou, Jun Xu*. Toughening mechanism of coelacanth-fish-inspired double-helicoidal composites. Composites Science and Technology, 2021, 205, 108650 PDF DOI
  3. Zihan Hu#, Yu Fu#, Zhiguo Hong, Yao Huang, Weihua Guo, Ruiheng Yang, Jun Xu, Limin Zhou, Sha Yin*. Composite structural batteries with Co3O4/CNT modified carbon fibers as anode: computational insights on the interfacial behavior. Composites Science and Technology, 2021,201,108495 PDF DOI
  4. Sha Yin*, Haoyu Chen, Ruiheng, Yang, Qinghao He, Dianhao Chen, Lin Ye, Yiu-Wing Mai, Jun Xu*, Robert O. Ritchie*. Tough Nature-Inspired Helicoidal Composites with Printing-Induced Voids. Cell Reports Physical Science, 1, 100109 PDF DOI
  5. Sha Yin, Zhiguo Hong, Zihan Hu, Binghe Liu, Xiang Gao, Yunqi Li, Jun Xu*. Fabrication and multiphysics modeling of modified carbon fiber as structural anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 476, 228532 PDF DOI
  6. Sha Yin, Huitian Wang, Jianxing Hu, Yaobo Wu, Yongbin Wang, Shiqing Wu, Jun Xu*. Fabrication and anti-crushing performance of hollow honeytubes. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019, 179, 107522 PDF DOI
  7. Sha Yin, Diaohao Chen, Jun Xu*. Novel propagation behavior of impact stress wave in one-dimensional hollow spherical structures. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2019; 134,103368 PDF DOI
  8. Sha Yin, Haoyu Chen, Jiani Li, Tongxi Yu, Jun Xu*. Effects of architecture level on mechanical properties of hierarchical lattice materials. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019;157-158:282-92 PDF DOI
  9. Sha Yin, Jiani Li, Haoyu Chen, Robert O. Ritchie, Jun Xu*. Design and strengthening mechanisms in hierarchical architected materials processed using additive manufacturing. International Journal of Mechanical Science, 2018, 149, 150-163 PDF DOI
  10. Bo Xu, Sha Yin*, Yang Wang, Hongfu Li, Boming Zhang, Robert O. Ritchie. Long-fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite lattice structures: fabrication and compressive properties. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2017, 97: 41-50 PDF DOI
  11. Sha Yin*, Alan J. Jacobsen, Linzhi Wu, Steven Nutt. Inertial stabilization of flexible polymer micro-lattice structures. Journal of Materials Science, 2013, 48(19), 6558-6566 Nominated for JMS Cahn Prize PDF DOI
  12. Sha Yin, Linzhi Wu*, Steven Nutt. Stretch-bend-hybrid hierarchical composite pyramidal lattice cores. Composite Structures, 2013, 98, 153-9 Selected in Advances In Engineering PDF DOI
* is corresponding author.