Zhanfeng Li (李展锋)

I am Zhanfeng Li (李展锋), an Assistant Researcher (Postdoctoral Fellow) at the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology (SCUT, 华南理工大学), working with Prof. Xiaohu Yao. I received my Ph.D. in Mechanics from SCUT in 2023 and was a visiting Ph.D. student at Swansea University (2021.11-2022.11), co-supervised by Prof. Mokarram Hossain.

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International Journal of Mechanical Sciences · 2026

Growth-based shape control of hyperelastic plates under body forces

Zhanfeng Li, Xiaohu Yao, Mokarram Hossain & Jiong Wang · International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 313, 111329.

This work derives explicit analytical relations between body forces, growth fields, and target geometry, and validates the resulting inverse-design framework with finite-element simulations and silicone-plate experiments.

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Research highlights

Stress-free shape programming

We establish analytical mappings between growth tensors and target geometries, enabling conformal mappings and general shape transformations in thin hyperelastic structures.

Multiphysics computational modelling

Mixed finite-element frameworks and ABAQUS subroutines support simulations of electro-mechanical and magneto-mechanical growth, from surface patterns to biological morphogenesis.