Research areas and projects

Research Interests:

The research interests of the VANC lab are in the broad area of nonlinear dynamics and vibration engineering as well as design and analysis of engineering structures. His current research involves the following main research themes:

• Nonlinear dynamics and oscillations

• Passive and active vibration & noise control

• Inerter-based vibration suppression systems

• Vibration and acoustics of advanced composite structures

• Vibration power flow analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems

• Aeroelasticity & Morphing adaptive wing structures

• Structural static / dynamic analysis; Smart structures

• Design and analysis of engineering structures

Funded research projects:

Vibration suppression and energy flow tailoring with inerter-based metamaterial structures, Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality, 2022.09-2024.08 (Prof. Yang as a PI)

Acoustics metamaterial and vibration power flow based analysis of railway track with periodic absorbers, National Key Laboratory research project, 2022.01-2023.12 (Prof. Yang as a PI)

Vibration power flow analysis and performance evaluation of jointed structures with non-smooth interfaces, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022-2025 (Prof. Yang as a PI)

Energy flow channelling and vibration suppression of laminated cylindrical shells with dynamic absorbers, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 2022-2024 (Prof. Yang as a PI)

Vibration power flow analysis of fiber-reinforced composite cylindrical shells, Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality, 2019-2021 (Prof. Yang as a PI)

Investigations of power flow characteristics of nonlinear vibration isolation systems, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2017-2019 (Prof. Yang as a PI)

Investigations of power flow analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems, Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality, 2015-2017 (Prof. Yang as a PI)