Dr. Cai Kun
College of Water Resources and Architecture Engineering
Northwest Agricultural & Forestry University
23. Wei Hui Road,
Yangling, Shaanxi Province,
P.R. China
Post: 712100
Phone: 029-87082902(office)
E-mail: kuicansj@sohu.com
 
General Information:
CAI Kun: male, was born in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, in Aug, 1978. He is an associate professor and a doctoral student supervisor in the College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering. He graduated from Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University and gained B.Sc. in Solid Mechanics in 1999. In July, 2008, he obtained a Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics from Dalian University of Technology. From July 2012 to July 2013, he worked at School of Engineering, the Australian National University, Australia, as a visiting fellow. 
Dr. CAI has several professional affiliations such as an Individual Member of International Society of Bionic Engineering, Member of the Youth Committee of Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, Member of the Council of Shaanxi Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He got an honor of Shaanxi Youth Science and Technology Star in 2010.
  
 
Research Interests: 
Nanodevice design
Topology optimization of continuums
Optimization of hydraulic structures
Mechanics of Lightweighted composites
Experimental mechanics of solids

Teaching: 
Theoretical Mechanics (for undergraduates)
The Finite Element Methd (for undergraduates) 
Mesomechanics of Materials (for graduates) 
The principle and methods of Structural Optimization (for graduates) 
 
Academic Achievements:  
He has successfully accomplished several projects from National Science Foundation of China, Shaanxi Province and State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipments and finished about ten military/civilian programs. Achievement Awards including: 
● Shaanxi Provincial Youth Sci-Tech Star, 2010.
● Excellent Young Researcher of Northwest A&F University Award, 2009.
● Qian Lingxi Prize, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 2006-2007. 
 
Publications:  
About 60 scientific articles are published. In recent five years (from 2010), the major publications (index by SCI) are as follows:
1       K. Cai, J. Shi. A bionics approach of topology optimization for tension-only or compression-only design. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 2010, 7(4):397-404.
2       K. Cai. A simple approach to find optimal topology of a continuum with tension-only or compression-only material. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2011, 43(6):827-835.
3       K. Cai, Z.L. Gao. Effects of local volume constraints on optimal topologies of continuums, Przeglad Elektrotechniczny, 2012, 88(9b)133-136.
4       K. Cai, Z.L. Gao, J. Shi. Compliance optimization of a continuum with bimodulus material under multiple load cases. Computer-Aided Design, 2013, 45:195-203.
5       K. Cai, Q.H. Qin, Z. Luo, A.J. Zhang. Robust topology optimisation of bi-modulus structures, Computer-Aided Design, 2013, 45(10):1159-1169.
6       K. Cai, J. Shi, A.J. Zhang. Stiffness design of a continuum under ill-loading cases by fractional-norm objective method. Optimization and Engineering, 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s11081-013-9239-1.
7       K. Cai, Z.L. Gao, J. Shi. Topology optimization of continuum structures with bi-modulus materials. Engineering Optimization, 2014, 46(2): 244-260.
8       K. Cai, D.Y. Gao, Q.H. Qin. Post-buckling solutions of hyper-elastic beam by canonical dual finite element method, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2014, 19(6):659-671.
9       K. Cai, Y. Li, H. Yin, Q.H. Qin. Length difference effect on dynamic behaviors of double-walled carbon nanotubes. Mechanics & Industry, Accepted 2 Aug., 2014, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/meca/2014069.
10    K. Cai, D.Y. Gao, Q.H. Qin. Postbuckling analysis of a nonlinear beam with axial functionally graded material. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2014, 88:121–136.
11    K. Cai, Z. Luo, Q.H. Qin. Topology optimization of bi-modulus structures using the concept of bone remodeling. Engineering Computation, 2014, 31(7):1361-1378.
12    J. Cao, K. Cai*, Q. Wang. Multiple materials layout optimization in a layered structure. Mechanics & Industry, Accepted in 31 Dec., 2014.
13    K. Cai, H. Yin, Y. Li, Q.H. Qin. Self-excited oscillating of double-walled carbon nanotubes. Nano Letters, 2014, 14(4):2558-2562. (IF="12.940)
14    K. Cai, Y. Li, H. Yin, Q.H. Qin. Gradientless temperature-driven rotating motor from a double-walled carbon nanotube. Nanotechnology, 2014, 25:505701-6. (IF="3.672)
15    K. Cai, Hang Yin, N. Wei, Z. Chen, J. Shi. A stable high speed rotational transmission system based on nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 106(2): 021909. Accepted in 28 Dec., 2014.(IF="3.515)