Education:

09/2008-12/2013：Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Geotechnical Engineering, Ph.D.

09/2004-06/2008：College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Civil Engineering, Bachelor

Working Experience：

01/2017- ：School of Mechanics and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Associate Professor

07/2014-06/2015：Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, USA, Visiting Scholar

01/2014-05/2016：Center for Mechanics and Materials, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Postdoc

Research interests：

1) Mechanics and design of soft materials and flexible structures.  Mainly focused on soft robotics/actuators and flexible/stretchable electronics in recent years.

2) Elastic theory of dislocation loops.  Including analytical treatment for the displacement/stress fields induced by an arbitrary single dislocation loop, and the interaction energy between two arbitary dislocation loops, with material anisotropy, interface/surface, and multifield coupling taken into consideration.

3) Structural dynamics.  Mainly focused on free vibrations of inhomogenous and nonuniform beam/plate structures.

Publications：

Direction #1 - Mechanics and design of soft materials and flexible structures:

A. As First authors/Corresponding authors:

[1] J.H. Yuan*, Z.Z. Mu, P. Feng, Y. Huang*, and X. Ling. Tuning the load-deflection curve of beams via densely distributed edge cracks: Analytic modeling and solutions. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (published online 2020.05.12).

[2] P. Feng^#, J.H. Yuan^#,*, Y. Huang, and X.Y. Li*. Analytical solutions for the lateral-torsional buckling of serpentine interconnects in stretchable electronics. Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, 2020.08, 87(8): 081005.

[3] Y. Huang, Z.Z. Mu, P. Feng, and J.H. Yuan*. Mechanics Design for Compatible Deformation of Fractal Serpentine Interconnects in High-Density Stretchable Electronics. Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, 2019.03, 86(3): 031011. 

[4] J.H. Yuan^#, C. Dagdeviren^#, Y. Shi, Y.J. Ma, X. Feng, J.A. Rogers*, and Y.G. Huang*. Computational models for the determination of depth-dependent mechanical properties of skin with a soft, flexible measurement device. Proceedings of the Royal Society A – Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2016.10, 472(2194): 20160225 (17 pages).

[5] J.H. Yuan*, M. Pharr, X. Feng, J.A. Rogers, and Y.G. Huang. Design of stretchable electronics against impact. Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, 2016,10; 83(10): 101009 (5 pages).

[6] J.H. Yuan^#, Y. Shi^#, M. Pharr, X. Feng, J.A. Rogers, and Y.G. Huang*. A mechanics model for sensors imperfectly bonded to the skin for determination of the Young’s moduli of epidermis and dermis. Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, 2016.08, 83(8): 084501 (3 pages).

B. As co-author:

[1] Y.F. Chen, G.Z. Kang*, J.H. Yuan, T.F. Li, and S.X. Xu. Experimental investigation on electro-mechanically coupled cyclic deformation of laterally constrained dielectric elastomer. Polymer Testing, 2020.01, 81: 106220.

[2] Y.F. Chen, G.Z. Kang*, J.H. Yuan, and T.F. Li. Experimental study on pure-shear like cyclic deformation of VHB 4910 dielectric elastomer. Journal of Polymer Research, 2019.08, 26(8): 186.

[3] Y.G. Xue, W.-K. Lee, J.H. Yuan, T.W. Odom*, and Y.G. Huang*. Mechanics Modeling of Hierarchical Wrinkle Structures from the Sequential Release of Pre-strain. Langmuir, 2018.12, 34(51): 15749-15753.

[4] Y.F. Chen, G.Z. Kang*, J.H. Yuan, and Y. Chao. Uniaxial Ratchetting of Filled Rubber: Experiments and Damage-Coupled Hyper-Viscoelastic-Plastic Constitutive Model. Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME, 2018.06, 85(6): 061013 (9 pages).

[5] X.G. Yu, H.L. Wang, X. Ning, R.J. Sun, H. Albadawi, M. Salomao, A.C. Silva, Y. Yu, L.M. Tian, A. Koh, C.M. Lee, A. Chempakasseril, P.L. Tian, M. Pharr, J.H. Yuan, Y.G. Huang*, R. Oklu*, and J.A. Rogers*. Needle-shaped ultrathin piezoelectric microsystem for guided tissue targeting via mechanical sensing. Nature biomedical engineering, 2018. 03, 2: 165-172.

[6] Y. Chen, J.H. Yuan, Y.C. Zhang, Y.G. Huang*, and X. Feng*. Experimental and theoretical analysis of integrated circuit (IC) chips on flexible substrates subjected to bending. Journal of Applied Physics, 2017.10, 122(13): 135310 (7 Pages).

[7] Y. Huang, J.H. Yuan, Y.C. Zhang, and X. Feng*. Interfacial delamination of inorganic films on viscoelastic substrates. Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, 2016.10, 83(10): 101005.

Direction #2 - Elastic theory of dislocation loops:

A. As first author/corresponding author:

[1] J.H. Yuan, Y. Huang, W.Q. Chen, E. Pan, and G.Z. Kang*. Theory of dislocation loops in multilayered anisotropic solids with magneto-electro-elastic couplings. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2019.04, 125: 440-471.

[2] J.H. Yuan^#,*, Y. Huang^#, W.Q. Chen, and E. Pan. Interaction energy of interface dislocation loops in piezoelectric bi-crystals. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters(力学快报), 2017, 7(2): 76-80.

[3] J.H. Yuan*, W.Q. Chen, and E. Pan. Elastic theory of dislocation loops in three-dimensional isotropic bi-materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2016.12, 100-101: 138-150.

[4] J.H. Yuan, W.Q. Chen, and E. Pan*. Line-integral representations for the extended displacements, stresses, and interaction energy of arbitrary dislocation loops in transversely isotropic magneto-electro-elastic bimaterials. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition, 2014.08, 35(8): 1005-1028.

[5] J.H. Yuan, E. Pan*, and W.Q. Chen. Line-integral representations for the elastic displacements, stresses and interaction energy of arbitrary dislocation loops in transversely isotropic bimaterials, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2013, 50: 3472-3489.

[6] J.H. Yuan, W.Q. Chen, and E. Pan*. Line-integral representations of the displacement and stress fields due to an arbitrary Volterra dislocation loop in a transversely isotropic elastic full space, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2013, 50: 160-175.

B. As co-author:

[1] R.F. Zheng, T.H. Wu, X.Y. Li, and J.H. Yuan. Mode I vertical elliptic crack problem of multiferroic composites. International Journal of Engineering Science, 2019.08, 141: 95-111.

[2] E. Pan, J.H. Yuan, W.Q. Chen, and W.A. Griffith. Elastic deformation due to polygonal dislocations in a transversely isotropic half-space. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2014.12, 104(6): 2698-2716.

Direction #3 - Structural dynamics:

A. First authors/Corresponding authors:

[1] J.H. Yuan*, Z.Z. Mu, and I. Elishakoff. Novel modification to the Timoshenko-Ehrenfest theory for inhomogeneous and nonuniform beams. AIAA Journal, 2020.02, 58(2): 939-948.

[2] J.H. Yuan, X.N. Wei, and Y. Huang*. Exact solutions for nonaxisymmetric vibrations of radially inhomogeneous circular Mindlin plates with variable thickness. Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, 2017.07, 84(7): 071003.

[3] J.H. Yuan*, and W.Q. Chen. Exact solutions for axisymmetric flexural free vibrations of inhomogeneous circular Mindlin plates with variable thickness. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition, 2017.04, 38(4): 505-526.

[4] J.H. Yuan*, Y.H. Pao, and W.Q. Chen, Exact solutions for free vibrations of axially inhomogeneous Timoshenko beams with variable cross section, Acta Mechanica, 2016, 227: 2625-2643.

B. As co-author:

[1] P.L. Pei, J.H. Yuan, X. Zhang, G.Z. Kang, P. Wang, and Q.H. Kan*. Forced vibration analysis of blade after selective laser shock processing based on Timoshenko's beam theory. Composite Structures, 2020.07, 243: 112249.