Publications

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Preprints

Euler buckling on curved surfaces
Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas^*. arXiv:2503.04303 (2025) [arXiv link]

A model for boundary-driven tissue morphogenesis
Daniel S. Alber⁼, Shiheng Zhao⁼, Alexandre O. Jacinto, Eric F. Wieschaus, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman^*, Pierre A. Haas^*. arXiv:2503.03688 (2025) [arXiv link]

A Constrained Mechanical Metamaterial Towards Wave Polarization and Steering Control
Shiheng Zhao, Zhan Tian, Jiaji Chen, Heng Jiang, Zheng Chang^*, Guoliang Huang^*. arXiv:2410.17627 (2024) [arXiv link]

2025

Mechanics of poking a cyst
Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas^*. Physical Review Letters (Editors' Suggestion). [arXiv link]

Moth-wing-inspired metasurface for modulating sound amplitude and phase
Zhan Tian, Yan Meng, Shiheng Zhao, Yongkang Wang, Zheng Chang^*. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 223:111849 (2025) [Journal link]

2024

Tunable topological phase transition in soft Rayleigh beam system with imperfect interfaces
Tao Feng⁼, Letian Gan⁼, Shiheng Zhao, Zheng Chang, Weijian Zhou, Siyang Li, Yaoting Xue, Xuxu Yang, Tuck-Whye Wong, Tiefeng Li^*, Weiqiu Chen. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 265:108892 (2024) [Journal link]

2023

Tunable and light-weight phononic lattices inspired by spider capture silk
Chao Ma⁼, Shiheng Zhao⁼, Jianbo Zhang, Zheng Chang^*. Applied Physics A, 129(2):99 (2023) [Journal link]

Microstructure realization of a lattice-based polar solid for arbitrary elastic waveguiding
Shiheng Zhao, Jiaji Chen, Zheng Chang^*, Guoliang Huang^*. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 173:105226 (2023) [Journal link]

2022

Bloch wave propagation in finitely stretched soft lattice
Shiheng Zhao⁼, Tao Feng⁼, Han Zhang, Yang Gao, Zheng Chang^*. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 181:109487 (2022) [Journal link]

2021

Elastic wave velocities in finitely pre-stretched soft fibers
Shiheng Zhao, Zheng Chang^*. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 233:111208 (2021) [Journal link]

Shear-wave manipulation by embedded soft devices
Linli Chen, Chao Ma, Shiheng Zhao, Pingping Zheng, Qian Zhao, Zheng Chang^*. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 210:136–144 (2021) [Journal link]