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Sichuan University: Chengdu, CN

2021-09-01 to present
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Ning An

Education and qualifications (3)

Xi'an Jiaotong University: Xi'an, Shaanxi, CN

2014-09-01 to 2020-06-16 (School of Aerospace)
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Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2017-09-01 to 2019-09-01
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Ning An

Xi'an Jiaotong University: Xi'an, Shaanxi, CN

2010-09-01 to 2014-07-01 (School of Aerospace)
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Works (35)

Modeling viscoelasticity–viscoplasticity of high-strain composites for space deployable structures

International Journal of Solids and Structures
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.113154
Contributors: Xiaowei Yue; Ruiwen Guo; Ning An; Jinxiong Zhou
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Deployment analysis of composite thin-walled lenticular tubes with effect of storage time and temperature

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.CJA.2023.05.011
WOSUID: WOS:001165724200001
Contributors: Deng, Jinfeng; An, Ning; Jia, Qilong; Ma, Xiaofei
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Form finding of cable-membrane structures with flexible frames: Finite element implementation and application to surface accuracy analysis of umbrella-like rib-mesh reflectors

Advances in Engineering Software
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2024.103789
Contributors: Shiran Zhu; Ruiwen Guo; Xin Jin; Xiaofei Ma; Jinxiong Zhou; Ning An
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Robotic skins inspired by auxetic metamaterials for programmable bending of soft actuators

Materials & Design
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113334
Contributors: Yichen Pu; Shengwei Zheng; Xinjie Hu; Shan Tang; Ning An
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Extracting lamina parameters from response of laminates for inverse design of deployable structures

Modern Physics Letters B
2024-07-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984924504761
Contributors: Ruiwen Guo; Ning An; Xiaowei Yue; Xiaofei Ma; Qilong Jia; Jinxiong Zhou
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A mesoscale computational approach to predict ABD matrix of thin woven composites

Composite Structures
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118031
Contributors: Hao Jin; Ning An; Qilong Jia; Xiaofei Ma; Jinxiong Zhou
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Design, modeling, and manufacturing of high strain composites for space deployable structures

Communications Engineering
2024-06-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s44172-024-00223-2
Contributors: Xiaofei Ma; Ning An; Qiang Cong; Jiang-Bo Bai; Minger Wu; Yan Xu; Jinxiong Zhou; Dayu Zhang; Taotao Zhang; Ruiwen Guo et al.
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Optimizing deployment dynamics of composite tape-spring hinges

Thin-Walled Structures
2024-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2024.111738
Contributors: Hao Jin; Ning An; Qilong Jia; Ruiwen Guo; Xiaofei Ma; Jinxiong Zhou
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Maximizing buckling load of metabeams via combinatorial optimization of microstructures

Modern Physics Letters B
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1142/S021798492350077X
WOSUID: WOS:000995799000001
Contributors: Chen, Xiangjun; Li, Meie; An, Ning; Zhou, Jinxiong
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Modeling SEBM process of tantalum lattices

Rapid Prototyping Journal
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-05-2022-0152
WOSUID: WOS:000834187900001
Contributors: Yue, Mingkai; Li, Meie; An, Ning; Yang, Kun; Wang, Jian; Zhou, Jinxiong
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Folding, stowage, and deployment of composite thin-walled lenticular tubes

Acta Astronautica
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.09.034
Contributors: Ruiwen Guo; Xin Jin; Qilong Jia; Xiaofei Ma; Ning An; Jinxiong Zhou
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Calculating bandgaps of nonlinear mechanical metamaterials

Modern Physics Letters B
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984921506107
WOSUID: WOS:000820656400010
Contributors: Wang, Guoli; Sun, Shanwen; An, Ning; Li, Meie; Zhou, Jinxiong
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Designing Soft Mobile Machines Enabled by Dielectric Elastomer Minimum Energy Structures

Polymers
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/POLYM14071466
WOSUID: WOS:000780513100001
Contributors: Liu, Fan; An, Ning; Sun, Wenjie; Zhou, Jinxiong
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Finite Element Simulation of Temperature Field During SEBM Process of Pure Tungsten

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3788/CJL202249.0802006
WOSUID: WOS:000825335300007
Contributors: Jiang Jing; An Ning; Yang Guangyu; Wang Jian; Tang Huiping; Li Meie
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Multiscale modeling of viscoelastic behavior of unidirectional composite laminates and deployable structures

Materials & Design
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/J.MATDES.2022.110754
WOSUID: WOS:000830172200008
Contributors: An, Ning; Jia, Qilong; Jin, Hao; Ma, Xiaofei; Zhou, Jinxiong
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Surrogate Modeling Accelerated Shape Optimization of Deployable Composite Tape-Spring Hinges

AIAA Journal
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2514/1.J061668
Contributors: Hao Jin; Qilong Jia; Ning An; Guiping Zhao; Xiaofei Ma; Jinxiong Zhou
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A dynamic finite element procedure for bending collapse of composite thin-walled lenticular tubes

Composite Structures
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115364
Contributors: Qilong Jia; Ning An; Xiaofei Ma; Jinxiong Zhou
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Exploring the design space for nonlinear buckling of composite thin-walled lenticular tubes under pure bending

ArXiv
2021 | Journal article
WOSUID: PPRN:11862524
Contributors: Jia, Qilong; An, Ning; Ma, Xiaofei; Zhou, Jinxiong
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Enhancing standard finite element codes with POD for reduced order thermal analysis: Application to electron beam melting of pure tungsten

Materials Today Communications
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102796
Contributors: Xielin Zhao; Ning An; Guangyu Yang; Jian Wang; Huiping Tang; Meie Li; Jinxiong Zhou
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Exploring the design space for nonlinear buckling of composite thin-walled lenticular tubes under pure bending

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106661
Part of ISSN: 0020-7403
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Implementation of Abaqus user subroutines and plugin for thermal analysis of powder-bed electron-beam-melting additive manufacturing process

Materials Today Communications
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102307
Contributors: Ning An; Guangyu Yang; Kun Yang; Jian Wang; Meie Li; Jinxiong Zhou
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Folding-mediated soft elasticity and bandgap variation in mechanical metamaterials

Modern Physics Letters B
2021-05-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1142/s0217984921502390
Part of ISSN: 0217-9849
Part of ISSN: 1793-6640
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Achieving selective snapping-back and enhanced hysteresis in soft mechanical metamaterials via fiber reinforcement

Journal of Applied Physics
2021-01-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/5.0035481
Part of ISSN: 0021-8979
Part of ISSN: 1089-7550
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A predictive deep-learning approach for homogenization of auxetic kirigami metamaterials with randomly oriented cuts

Modern Physics Letters B
2021-01-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1142/s0217984921500330
Part of ISSN: 0217-9849
Part of ISSN: 1793-6640
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Modeling SMA-enabled soft deployable structures for kirigami/origami reflectors

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105753
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A Biomimetic 3D‐Self‐Forming Approach for Microvascular Scaffolds

Advanced Science
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903553
Part of ISSN: 2198-3844
Part of ISSN: 2198-3844
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Programmable Hierarchical Kirigami

Advanced Functional Materials
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201906711
Part of ISSN: 1616-301X
Part of ISSN: 1616-3028
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Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping

Soft Robotics
2020-02-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1089/soro.2019.0082
Part of ISSN: 2169-5172
Part of ISSN: 2169-5180
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Snap-back induced hysteresis in an elastic mechanical metamaterial under tension

Applied Physics Letters
2019-08-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/1.5119275
Part of ISSN: 0003-6951
Part of ISSN: 1077-3118
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Harnessing programmed holes in hydrogel bilayers to design soft self-folding machines

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
2018-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.03.011
Part of ISSN: 0020-7403
Contributors: Meie Li; Zongling Jiang; Ning An; Jinxiong Zhou
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Modeling and understanding locomotion of pneumatic soft robots

Soft Materials
2018-04-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1539445x.2018.1460379
Part of ISSN: 1539-445X
Contributors: Ning An; Meie Li; Jinxiong Zhou
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Predicting origami-inspired programmable self-folding of hydrogel trilayers

Smart Materials and Structures
2016-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/25/11/11lt02
Part of ISSN: 0964-1726
Contributors: Ning An; Meie Li; Jinxiong Zhou
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Instability of liquid crystal elastomers

Smart Materials and Structures
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/25/1/015016
Part of ISSN: 0964-1726
Contributors: Ning An; Meie Li; Jinxiong Zhou
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Photoactive Self-Shaping Hydrogels as Noncontact 3D Macro/Microscopic Photoprinting Platforms

Macromolecular Rapid Communications
2015-10-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201500390
Part of ISSN: 1022-1336
Contributors: Yue Liao; Ning An; Ning Wang; Yinyu Zhang; Junfei Song; Jinxiong Zhou; Wenguang Liu
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Tough Al-alginate/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel with Tunable LCST for Soft Robotics

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2015-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/am507339r
Part of ISSN: 1944-8244
Contributors: Wen Jiang Zheng; Ning An; Jian Hai Yang; Jinxiong Zhou; Yong Mei Chen
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Peer review (25 reviews for 12 publications/grants)

Review activity for Bioengineering. (3)
Review activity for Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. (5)
Review activity for Composite structures (1)
Review activity for International journal of modern physics B. (2)
Review activity for International journal of smart and nano materials. (2)
Review activity for Materials and design. (2)
Review activity for Modelling and simulation in materials science and engineering. (3)
Review activity for Physica scripta. (1)
Review activity for Polymers. (1)
Review activity for Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. (1)
Review activity for Smart materials and structures. (2)
Review activity for Structural and multidisciplinary optimization. (2)
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