Publications

Journal Publications

(Authors affiliated with the FSML are underlined; *equal contribution)

  1. Kazemipour, S., Ohanian, O.J., Porfiri, M., Zhang, P., 2024: “Photochromic webbing structures for monitoring UV-induced mechanical strength degradation”, Smart Materials and Structures, 33, 105001.
  2. Zhang, P., 2024: “Large deformation of trees in a strong wind”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 131, 381-402.
  3. Ulbricht, N., Boldini, A., Zhang, P., Porfiri, M., 2024: “Three-dimensional analytical solution of free vibrations of a simply supported composite plate in contact with a fluid”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 572, 118139.
  4. Zhang, P., Guo, Y., Porfiri, M., 2024: “An experimental methodology to study impulsive hydrodynamic loading of air-backed composite plates”, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 26(2), 244-259.
  5. Zhang, P., Ulbricht, N., Boldini, A., Ohanian, O., Porfiri, M., 2023: “Multifunctional nylon filaments for simultaneous ultra-violet light and strain sensing”, The European Physical Journal D, 77(3), 44.
  6. Zhang, P., Peterson, S., Porfiri, M., 2023: “Dipole- and vortex sheet-based models of fish swimming”, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 556, 111313.
  7. Zhang, P., Ohanian, O.J., Porfiri, M., 2022: “Spiropyran-functionalized photochromic nylon webbings for long-term ultraviolet light sensing”, Journal of Applied Physics, 132(6), 064504. (Featured on the cover of the issue)
  8. Porfiri, M., Zhang, P., Peterson, S., 2022: “Hydrodynamic model of fish orientation in a channel flow”, eLife, 11, e75225.
  9. Zhang, P., Porfiri, M., 2022: “Modeling the actuation of curved ionic polymer metal composites”, Smart Materials and Structures, 31, 035013.
  10. Carrillo Segura, S.*, Zhang, P.*, Porfiri, M., 2022: “Three-dimensional exact solution of free vibrations of a simply supported rectangular plate in contact with a fluid”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 534, 117007.
  11. Zhang, P., Carrillo Segura, S., Boldini, A., Di Trolio, P., Ohanian, O.J., Porfiri, M., 2021: “A photochromic nylon webbing for ultra-violet light sensing”, Smart Materials and Structures, 30, 085015.
  12. Zhang, P., Vo, A.-V., Laefer, D., Porfiri, M., 2021: “Integrated evolutionary algorithms/computational fluid dynamics for drag reduction in highway design”, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 27(3), 04021025.
  13. Zhang, P., Carretto, A., Porfiri, M., 2020: “Simultaneous digital image correlation/particle image velocimetry to unfold fluid-structure interaction during air-backed impact”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 95, 102980.
  14. Lee, A., Zhang, P., Jung, S., Xu, Y., 2020: “Radiation pressure-induced nonlinearity in a micro-droplet”, Optics Express, 28(9), 12675-12687.
  15. Zhang, P., Krasner, E., Peterson, S., Porfiri, M., 2019: “An information-theoretic study of fish swimming in the wake of a pitching airfoil”, Physica D, 396, 35-46.
  16. Zhang, P., Porfiri, M., 2019: “A combined digital image correlation/particle image velocimetry study of water-backed impact”, Composite Structures, 224, 111010.
  17. Zhang, P., Peterson, S., Porfiri, M., 2019: “Combined particle image velocimetry/digital image correlation for load estimation”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 100, 207-221.
  18. Zhang, P., Rosen, M., Peterson, S., Porfiri, M., 2018: “An information-theoretic approach to study fluid-structure interactions”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 848, 968-986.
  19. Porfiri, M., Sharghi, H., Zhang, P., 2018: “Modeling back-relaxation in ionic polymer metal composites: the role of steric effects and composite layers”, Journal of Applied Physics, 123(1), 014901.
  20. Mwaffo, V.*, Zhang, P.*, Romero Cruz, S., Porfiri, M., 2017: “Zebrafish swimming in the flow: a particle image velocimetry study”, PeerJ, 5, e4041.
  21. Zhang, P., Mines, J., Lee, S., Jung, S., 2016: “Particle-bubble interaction inside a Hele-Shaw cell”, Physical Review E, 94(2), 023112.
  22. Zhang, P., Jung, S., Lee, A., Xu, Y., 2016: “Comparative analysis of nonlinear optofluidic processes in microdroplets”, Physical Review E, 93(6), 063119.
  23. Zhang, P., Jung, S., Lee, A., Xu, Y., 2015: “Radiation-pressure-induced nonlinearity in microdroplets”, Physical Review E, 92(6), 063033.
  24. Zhang, P., Jana, S., Giarra, M., Vlachos, P., Jung, S., 2015: “Paramecia swimming in viscous flow”, The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 224(17), 3199-3210.
  25. Xu, Y., Zhang, P., Jung, S., Lee, A., 2014: “Analysis of radiation pressure induced nonlinear optofluidics”, Optics Express, 22(23), 28875-28889.