Fang Daining is a Professor in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structure, at Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (1989-1993).
In his research career, Fang established original experimental methods, measurement technologies and scientific instruments that enabled multi-axial loading and testing under coupled electric/magnetic/thermal multi-field conditions, or mechanical testing under ultra-high temperature (up to 1800°C). These experimental/instrumental developments allowed him to carry out very challenging experiments, leading to original experimental findings and advancing theoretical developments. In particular, Fang was the first to report experimental findings of fatigue crack growth in ferroelectric ceramics driven by alternating electric fields, from which he developed a general predictive model of fatigue crack growth that shares the similar structure as the classical Paris Law. Based on experimental observations of the domain switching behavior, Fang developed micromechanics models of the domain evolution in ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials, which allow accurate predictions of their nonlinear electric/magnetic-mechanical responses. For mechanical measurements under 1000-1800°C, Fang pioneered the development of a predictive fracture strength model of ultra-high temperature ceramics. With use of mechanics models Fang developed for lightweight structures, he created a comprehensive set of mechanics-driven design concepts and manufacture approaches for lightweight multi-functional structures capable of offering unique capabilities, including planar lattices with both programmable thermal expansion coefficient and high specific stiffness, the first reported C/SiC sandwich structure with lattice cores capable of both heat protection and load bearing, and soft mechanical metamaterials with the largest magnitude of isotropic or anisotropic negative swelling ratios, et al.
Fang is the Founding President of the International Association of Applied Mechanics. He has served as President of the Chinese Society of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (2019-2023) and Vice-President of Chinese Society for Composite Materials (2016-2022). He also served as the Editor-in-Chief of Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (2015-2020), Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME (2011-2017), Experimental Mechanics (2008-2011) and Science China Technological Sciences (2019-2022), Editorial Board Member of Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2014-2019), et al.
Mechanics of materials and structures under ultra-high temperature and other extreme conditions;
Mechanics of lightweight multi-functional structures;
Mechanics of electromagnetic materials, microelectronic devices and batteries;
Mechanics of advanced manufacturing including 3D & 4D printing;
Micromechanics and physics-based continuum models across different length scales.
[1] Fang DN, Zhang Y and Cui X, “Mechanics and Multifunctional Design of Light-weight Lattice Materials”(In Chinese), Science Press, Beijing, 2009.
[2] Fang DN and Pei Y, “Deformation and Fracture of Ferromagnetic Solids”(In Chinese),Science Press, Beijing, 2011.
[3]Fang DN and Liu JX, "Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Solids", THU-Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2012.
[4] Fang DN and Liu B, “Elecromechanical Coupling Computational Methods of Physical Mechanics”(In Chinese), Higher Education Press, Beijing, 2012.
[5] Fang DN and Li W, “Mechanics of Materials in Ultra High Temperatures”(In Chinese), Science Press, Beijing, 2022.
[6] Lu W, Fang DN, Li CQ, and Hwang KC, "Nonlinear electric-mechanical behavior and micromechanics modelling of ferroelectric domain evolution", Acta Materialia, v 47, p 2913-2926, 1999.
[7] Wan YP, Fang DN, and Hwang KC, "Non-linear constitutive relations for magnetostrictive materials", International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, v 38, p 1053-1065, 2003.
[8] Fang DN, Liu B, and Sun CT, "Fatigue crack growth in ferroelectric ceramics driven by alternating electric fields", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, v87, p840-846, 2004.
[9]Zhou H, Pei YM, Huang H, Zhao HW, Li FX, and Fang DN, "Multi-field nanoindentation apparatus for measuring local mechanical properties of materials in external magnetic and electric fields", Review of Scientific Instruments, v 84, No.063906, 2013.
[10] Wei K, Chen H, Pei Y, and Fang DN, "Planar lattices with tailorable coefficient of thermal expansion and high stiffness based on dual-material triangle unit", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v 86, p 173-191, 2016.
[11] Wang RZ, Li WG, Ji BH, and Fang DN, "Fracture strength of the particulate-reinforced ultra-high temperature ceramics based on a temperature dependent fracture toughness model", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v 107, p 365-378, 2017.
[12] Zhang H, Guo XG, Wu J, Fang DN, and Zhang YH, "Soft mechanical metamaterials with unusual swelling behavior and tunable stress-strain curves", Science Advances, v 4, No.eaar8535, 2018.
[13] Wu D, Huang Y, Zhang Q, Wang P, Pei Y, Zhao Z, Fang DN, Initiation of surface wrinkling during photopolymerization, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v162, 104838, 2022.
[14] He X, Dong H, Ren Z, Zhao S, Wang K, Hu Y, Xiang P, Li Y, Chen M, Fang DN, Inverse-designed single-phase elastic metasurfaces for underwater acoustic vortex beams, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v174, 105247, 2023.
[15] Zhu R, Niu G, Qu Z, Wang P, Zhang R, Fang DN, In-Situ Quantitative Tracking of Micro-Crack Evolution Behavior Inside CMCs Under Load at High Temperature: A Deep Learning Method, Acta Materialia, v255, 119073, 2023.
[16] Luo S, Huang R, Bai H, Jiang P, Qu Z, Fang DN, Interfacial failure behavior of Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) at high temperatures: An in-situ indentation study based on X-ray imaging, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v187, 105647, 2024.
International Member, National Academy of Engineering (USA), 2022
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020
Fellow, International Association of Applied Mechanics, 2020
Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013
International Computational Method Medal, International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM), 2019
Zhou Peiyuan Mechanics Award, The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2019
Science and Technology Advancement Awards, Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, China, 2016
Xu Zhilun Mechanics Award (1st class), Xu Zhilun Education Foundation, 2011
National Natural Science Prize of China (2nd class), 2010, 2005
Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars Program, Ministry of Education, China, 2002
The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2000
