Chen Yanfei is a member of the Youth Work Committee of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was selected for the 7th "Youth Talent Support Project" by the China Association for Science and Technology. He received the second prize of the 2023 China Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics Science and Technology Award (ranked first). He is also a recipient of the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Guangdong Society of Mechanics and was recognized as an "Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher" at Beijing Institute of Technology.

In 2018, he obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering from the Department of Mechanics at South China University of Technology. His advisor was Professor Fang Daining, and he participated in joint training at Peking University. From 2019 to 2021, he conducted his postdoctoral research at Beijing Institute of Technology. Since February 2021, he has been working at the Institute of Advanced Structure Technology of Beijing Institute of Technology.

His main research areas include the constitutive theory and simulation analysis of advanced composite materials. He also focuses on high-temperature mechanical properties testing of materials, multifunctional thermal protection materials and structures, and thermal control and management technologies.

In the past five years, he has published over 30 papers in international journals indexed by SCI in the fields of mechanics and materials. He has led various research projects, including general and youth projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, general and youth projects of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation.

Research on mechanics theory and numerical simulation analysis based on machine learning and data-driven approaches

Mechanics constitutive relations and failure criteria theory, analysis of thermo-mechanical/thermo-chemical coupling behavior

Testing and analysis of high-temperature mechanical properties of materials

Development of new thermal protection structures and integrated stealth structures with thermal insulation capabilities

Thermal control and thermal management technologies

[1] R. Huang, Y. Zheng, S. Luo, H. Bai, P. Wang, Y. Chen, Z. Qu, Characterization on fracture toughness of cermet coating coupling instrumented indentation and X‑Ray computed tomography, Experimental Mechanics 64(7) (2024) 1037-1051.

[2] J. Chen, L. Hu, J. Wu, Z. Yan, Y. Chen, C. He, S. Ai, Bilayer lattice structure integrated with phase change material for innovative thermal protection system design, Aerospace Science and Technology 141 (2023) 108576.

[3] Y. Chen, S. Ai, P. Wang, D. Fang, A physically based thermo‐elastoplastic constitutive model for braided CMCs‐SiC at ultra‐high temperature, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 105(3) (2022) 2196-2208.

[4] Y. Chen, L. Zhang, C. He, R. He, B. Xu, Y. Li, Thermal insulation performance and heat transfer mechanism of C/SiC corrugated lattice core sandwich panel, Aerospace Science and Technology 111 (2021) 106539.

[5] S. Ai, W. Song, Y. Chen, Stress field and damage evolution in C/SiC woven composites: Image-based finite element analysis and in situ X-ray computed tomography tests, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 41(4) (2021) 2323-2334.

[6] S. Ai, Y. Chen, R. He, Effects of stitching parameters on the mechanical properties of stitched sandwich panel structures, Ceramics International 47(4) (2021) 5249-5255.

[7] Y. Chen, Y. Zhao, S. Ai, C. He, Y. Tao, Y. Yang, D. Fang, A constitutive model for elastoplastic-damage coupling effect of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 130 (2020) 105736.

[8] L. Zhang, D. Yin, R. He, Z. Yu, K. Zhang, Y. Chen, X. Bai, Y. Yang, D. Fang, Lightweight C/SiC ceramic matrix composite structures with high loading capacity, Advanced Engineering Materials (2019) 1801246.

[9] L. Zhang, Y. Chen, R. He, X. Bai, K. Zhang, S. Ai, Y. Yang, D. Fang, Bending behavior of lightweight C/SiC pyramidal lattice core sandwich panels, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2019) 105409.

[10] Y. Li, L. Zhang, R. He, Y. Ma, K. Zhang, X. Bai, B. Xu, Y. Chen, Integrated thermal protection system based on C/SiC composite corrugated core sandwich plane structure, Aerospace Science and Technology 91 (2019) 607-616.

[11] Y. Chen, Y. Zhao, D. Liu, R. Tao, T. Cheng, S. Ai, B. Xu, Y. Yang, D. Fang, Fabrication and ultra-high-temperature properties of lightweight carbon-bonded carbon fiber composites, Ceramics International 45(17) (2019) 22249-22252.

[12] Y. Chen, Y. Zhao, C. He, S. Ai, H. Lei, L. Tang, D. Fang, Yield and failure theory for unidirectional polymer-matrix composites, Composites Part B: Engineering 164 (2019) 612-619.

[13] Y. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Zhao, R. He, S. Ai, L. Tang, D. Fang, Mechanical behaviors of C/SiC pyramidal lattice core sandwich panel under in-plane compression, Composite Structures 214 (2019) 103-113.

[14] Y. Chen, Y. Tao, B. Xu, S. Ai, D. Fang, Assessment of thermal-mechanical performance with structural efficiency concept on design of lattice-core thermal protection system, Applied Thermal Engineering 143 (2018) 200-208.

[15] C. Yanfei, A. Shigang, T. Jingda, P. Yongmao, T. Liqun, F. Daining, Characterizing the viscoelastic properties of hydrogel thin films by bulge test, Journal of Applied Mechanics 84(6) (2017) 061005.

[16] Y. Chen, S. Ai, R. He, K. Wei, D. Fang, A Study on the compressive performance of C/SiC lattice sandwich panel at high temperature, International Journal of Applied Mechanics 9(08) (2017) 1750120.

[17] Y. Li, X. Ren, X. Zhang, Y. Chen, T. Zhao, D. Fang, Deformation and failure modes of aluminum foam-cored sandwich plates under air-blast loading, Composite Structures 258 113317.

Second Prize for Technological Invention from the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (ranked first)