Sha Yin Research Group

Lightweight⁺ Research Group

Welcome

Welcome to the Lightweight PLUS research group website at Beihang University. We are interested in advancing cross-displinary technologies for aerospace industry toward urban mobility, including lightweight and multifunctional composites with intelligient manufacturing, structural-power integrated design and safety evaluation.

Research Highlights

Representative Publications

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 the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2021, 149, 104341 PDF DOI
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
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
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, 2020, 1, 100109 PDF DOI
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.