Chao Gao
About
My research interests focus on the mechanics of materials, bioinspired engineering and additive manufacturing. Much of my works has been on improving the understanding of design principles of natural materials. Innovative architectured materials, mechanical metamaterials and biological materials are designed analytically, numerically and experimentally.
Research interests
- Additive manufacturing
- Bioinspired structures
- Architectured materials
- Strucutral instability
- Deep learning networks
Education:
- Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, University of New Hampshire, USA
- M.S. in mechanical engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, Tongji Univerisity, China
Service to Professional Organizations
Editorial Board:
- Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology
- Frontiers in Metals and Alloys
- Forces in Mechanics
- Material Design & Processing Communications
Guest Editor:
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics (Special issue: Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures)
- Sustainability (Special issue call for submission: Sustainable Bioinspired Functional Materials)
Publications
2024
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Duda, Szymon;
Smolnicki, Michal;
Stabla, Pawel;
Zielonka, Pawel;
Osiecki, Tomasz;
Gao, Chao.
(2024)
Experimental characterization and modeling of cylindrical CFRP structures under quasi-static multiaxial loading conditions.
Thin-walled structures
Academic article
2023
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Marsavina, Liviu;
Moreira, Pedro;
Berto, Filippo;
Gao, Chao;
Razavi, Nima.
(2023)
Editorial VSI Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Editorial
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Errico, Vito;
Posa, Paolo;
Liang, Li;
Maurizi, Marco;
Wan, Di;
Angelastro, Andrea.
(2023)
Layer-level AISI 316L-18Ni (300) Maraging multi-material fabrication via Laser-Powder Bed Fusion.
Materials Science & Engineering: A
Academic article
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Hamaied, Ranim;
Gao, Chao;
Spagnoli, Andrea;
Berto, Filippo;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2023)
Wrinkling of soft bilayers created with additive manufacturing: Experimental tests, finite element modelling and analytical validation.
Procedia Structural Integrity
Academic article
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Ogut, Ozge;
Herrmann, Ole Emil;
Gao, Chao;
Tzortzi, Nerantzia Julia;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2023)
Experimental setup for testing climatic stress component in vegetation via AM: challenges and new opportunities.
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
Academic article
2022
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Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary results on the optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads activation range.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wang, Qingbo;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Data-driven approach to design fatigue-resistant notched structures.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS)
Academic article
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Passive-Reactive Sensors Using 4D-Printing and Shape-Memory Biopolymers.
Sustainability
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Inverse design of truss lattice materials with superior buckling resistance.
npj Computational Materials
Academic article
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads' activation range.
Procedia Structural Integrity
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Predicting stress, strain and deformation fields in materials and structures with graph neural networks.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Edwards, Bryce;
Gao, Chao;
Greer, Julia R;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Fracture resistance of 3D nano-architected lattice materials.
Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML)
Academic article
2021
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Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2021)
Interlocking mechanism design based on deep-learning methods.
Applications in Engineering Science
Academic article
-
Gao, Chao;
Federico, Franchini.
(2021)
Numerical analyses and experimental tests to investigate the strength behaviour of 3D-printed PLA notched specimens.
University of Padova
Masters thesis
-
Gao, Chao;
Piovan, Daniele.
(2021)
DATA-DRIVEN FATIGUELESS DESIGN OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED NOTCHED COMPONENTS.
NTNU
Masters thesis
-
Gao, Chao;
Nisja, Georg Aarnes.
(2021)
Discrete Element Modeling of FDM
Printed Specimens.
NTNU
Masters thesis
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Raghavendra, Sunil;
Molinari, Alberto;
Cao, Anni;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Zappini, Gianluca.
(2021)
Quasi-static compression and compression–compression fatigue behavior of regular and irregular cellular biomaterials.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS)
Academic article
-
Zhao, Weidong;
Leira, Bernt Johan;
Feng, Guoqing;
Gao, Chao;
Cui, Ting.
(2021)
A reliability approach to fatigue crack propagation analysis of ship structures in polar regions.
Marine Structures
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Duda, Szymon;
Smolnicki, Michal;
Stabla, Pawel;
Zielonka, Pawel;
Osiecki, Tomasz;
Gao, Chao.
(2024)
Experimental characterization and modeling of cylindrical CFRP structures under quasi-static multiaxial loading conditions.
Thin-walled structures
Academic article
-
Marsavina, Liviu;
Moreira, Pedro;
Berto, Filippo;
Gao, Chao;
Razavi, Nima.
(2023)
Editorial VSI Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Editorial
-
Errico, Vito;
Posa, Paolo;
Liang, Li;
Maurizi, Marco;
Wan, Di;
Angelastro, Andrea.
(2023)
Layer-level AISI 316L-18Ni (300) Maraging multi-material fabrication via Laser-Powder Bed Fusion.
Materials Science & Engineering: A
Academic article
-
Hamaied, Ranim;
Gao, Chao;
Spagnoli, Andrea;
Berto, Filippo;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2023)
Wrinkling of soft bilayers created with additive manufacturing: Experimental tests, finite element modelling and analytical validation.
Procedia Structural Integrity
Academic article
-
Ogut, Ozge;
Herrmann, Ole Emil;
Gao, Chao;
Tzortzi, Nerantzia Julia;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2023)
Experimental setup for testing climatic stress component in vegetation via AM: challenges and new opportunities.
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Wang, Qingbo;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Data-driven approach to design fatigue-resistant notched structures.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS)
Academic article
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Passive-Reactive Sensors Using 4D-Printing and Shape-Memory Biopolymers.
Sustainability
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Inverse design of truss lattice materials with superior buckling resistance.
npj Computational Materials
Academic article
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads' activation range.
Procedia Structural Integrity
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Predicting stress, strain and deformation fields in materials and structures with graph neural networks.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Edwards, Bryce;
Gao, Chao;
Greer, Julia R;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Fracture resistance of 3D nano-architected lattice materials.
Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML)
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2021)
Interlocking mechanism design based on deep-learning methods.
Applications in Engineering Science
Academic article
-
Raghavendra, Sunil;
Molinari, Alberto;
Cao, Anni;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Zappini, Gianluca.
(2021)
Quasi-static compression and compression–compression fatigue behavior of regular and irregular cellular biomaterials.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS)
Academic article
-
Zhao, Weidong;
Leira, Bernt Johan;
Feng, Guoqing;
Gao, Chao;
Cui, Ting.
(2021)
A reliability approach to fatigue crack propagation analysis of ship structures in polar regions.
Marine Structures
Academic article
Part of book/report
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary results on the optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads activation range.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Gao, Chao;
Federico, Franchini.
(2021)
Numerical analyses and experimental tests to investigate the strength behaviour of 3D-printed PLA notched specimens.
University of Padova
Masters thesis
-
Gao, Chao;
Piovan, Daniele.
(2021)
DATA-DRIVEN FATIGUELESS DESIGN OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED NOTCHED COMPONENTS.
NTNU
Masters thesis
-
Gao, Chao;
Nisja, Georg Aarnes.
(2021)
Discrete Element Modeling of FDM
Printed Specimens.
NTNU
Masters thesis
Teaching
Courses
- TPK4440 - Machining and Additive Manufacturing
- TPK4540 - Manufacturing Technology, Specialization Project
- MAST2009 - 3D Computer Modeling and Simulation
- TMM4167 - Nondestructive Techniques and Structural Health Monitoring
- TMM4960 - Engineering Design and Materials, Master's Thesis
- TMM4199 - Bioinspired design
- TMM4540 - Industrial ICT Engineering Design and Materials, Specialization Project
- TPK4940 - Manufacturing Technology, Master's Thesis
- TMM4560 - Engineering Design and Materials, Specialization Project
- TMM4935 - Industrial ICT, Master's Thesis
Media
2022
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Academic lectureOgut, Ozge; Herrmann, O.E.; Tzortzi, Nerantzia Julia; Gao, Chao; Bertolin, Chiara. (2022) Testing climatic stress component in vegetation via AM: challenges and new opportunities. SIRAMM Project No. 857124 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials - RdAMM22 , Online 2022-10-04 - 2022-10-06
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LectureMaurizi, Marco; Gao, Chao; Berto, Filippo. (2022) Deep-learning-based design of buckling-resistant lattices. ESMC ESMC 2022: 11th European solid mechanics conference , Galway, Ireland 2022-07-04 - 2022-07-08
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LectureWang, Qingbo; Gao, Chao; Berto, Filippo. (2022) Fatigue-resistant notches design based on data-driven approach for addtive manufacturing. SIRAMM 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials - RdAMM22 , Belgrade, Serbia 2022-10-04 - 2022-10-06
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LectureLiang, Li; Berto, Filippo; Gao, Chao. (2022) Bio-inspired core-shell architectured filament with tunable damage tolerance. SIRAMM 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials - RdAMM22 , Belgrade, Serbia 2022-10-04 - 2022-10-06
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LectureKiendl, Josef; Gao, Chao. (2022) Impact of the mesostructural layout on strength and toughness of FFF-printed materials. ESMC ESMC 2022: 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference , Galway, Ireland 2022-07-04 - 2022-07-08