Xin Kang This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.^1,2, Ding-Guo Zhang¹ and Ming Jiang³

¹Department of Applied Mechanics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P.R. China
²Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 95616, US
³Department of Engineering Mechanics, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215011, P.R. China

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