Mingchao Liu
@mingchaoliu.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor @ University of Birmingham
๐ New paper (JMPS, OA): Midveins control how drying leaves curl/fold. Soft lamina shrinks; stiff vein resists โ stress โ 3D shapes. Nonlinear, non-Euclidean mechanicsโand bioinspiration for morphable materials. ๐
doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
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Glad to be part of this exciting project!
add a skeleton here at some point
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๐ Our tutorial on simulating nonlinear behaviors of flexible structures with the Discrete Differential Geometry (DDG) method is out in Applied Mechanics Reviews (ASME)! ๐
doi.org/10.1115/1.40...
๐ ๏ธ Code & demos:
www.ddgflexsim.com
๐ฐ UoB news:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/co...
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A tutorial on simulating nonlinear behaviors of flexible structures with the discrete differential geometry (DDG) method
Abstract. Flexible elastic structures, such as beams, rods, ribbons, plates, and shells, exhibit complex nonlinear dynamical behaviors that are central to a wide range of engineering and scientific ap...
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4069025
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It was a great honour to receive the ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐-๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ at the
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Grateful for all the support from everyone!
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๐ New in JMPS! Real-time navigation control of magnetic soft continuum robots (MSCRs) in confined lumens! ๐งฒ๐ฉบ โ Hard-magnetic elastic rod + DDG + contact โ Real-time inverse design of magnetic fields A step closer to clinical translation! ๐
doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
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Grateful to have wrapped up an amazing week in Changsha last week โ reconnecting with old friends, mentors, and making new ones. Honored to receive the
#ICCES_Outstanding_Young_Researcher_Award
! Thanks for all the memories and inspiring conversations โ onward! ๐
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Honoured to be Highly Commended for
#Outstanding_Impact_by_an_Early_Career_Researcher
at the
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Research Impact Awards 2025! Grateful for the support of my collaborators and students. Excited to keep pushing the boundaries of mechanics & robotic metamaterials.
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reposted by
Mingchao Liu
Mathematical Observatory
6 months ago
Buckling normally happens when you compress something slender, but 'tug' on a piece of crumpled paper at two points and it also buckles. Read more about how this "localized-TUG folding" occurs in many systems at:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2423439122
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Published this week in
@pnas.org
: A thin sheet folds deeply from a small, localized pull. No patterning, no compression โ just geometry. We call it
#TUG_Folding
โ a new instability with ฮฑ โ ฮตยณโโด. ๐https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2423439122
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