Research record
Publications
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Preprints
2026
Stretching and bending of (really) thick elastic plates
Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas*. arXiv:2606.01889
2026
Nonlinear isotropic odd elasticity
Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas*. arXiv:2605.02476
2024
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
Peer-Reviewed Papers
2025
Euler buckling on curved surfaces
Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas*. Physical Review Letters, 135:247201
A model for boundary-driven tissue morphogenesis
Daniel S. Alber=, Shiheng Zhao=, Alexandre O. Jacinto, Eric F. Wieschaus, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman*, Pierre A. Haas*. PNAS, 122(38):e2505160122
Mechanics of poking a cyst
Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas*. Physical Review Letters, 134:228402
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
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
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
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
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
2021
Elastic wave velocities in finitely pre-stretched soft fibers
Shiheng Zhao, Zheng Chang*. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 233:111208
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