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Researcher · Sun Yat-sen University · China

Peng-Nan Sun

Peng-Nan Sun publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-8886-6260 OpenAlex
World rank
#81,386
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#6,724
of 978,568
Works
123
Citations
4.4k
Citations per work
35.9
h-index
34
i10-index 67Top 4.6% in Computational Mechanics
Peng-Nan Sun

What does Peng-Nan Sun research?

Peng-Nan Sun's work is mostly in Engineering (84%), Materials Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 108 works · 87.5% of their workEngineering: 103 works · 83.9% of their workComputational Mechanics: 79 works · 64.5% of their workOcean Engineering: 11 works · 8.7% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 3.8% of their workMechanics of Materials: 4 works · 3.6% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 works · 3.3% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 3.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 12.5% of their workTHEIR WORKPeng-Nan Sun123works
Physical Sciences88%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering10383.9%
    2. Materials Science43.6%
  2. Everything else1512.5%
  1. 1Computational Mechanics64% of their works
  2. 2Ocean Engineering9% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peng-Nan Sun's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fluid-Structure Interaction, Numerical Simulation, Multiphase Flow, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH Method, Drop Impact, Surface Tension and Immersed Boundary Method.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Fluid-Structure Interaction1653 topics
  2. Numerical Simulation1162 topics
  3. Multiphase Flow1102 topics
  4. SPH Method1051 topic
  5. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics1051 topic
  6. Drop Impact611 topic
  7. Surface Tension611 topic
  8. Immersed Boundary Method491 topic
  9. Lattice Boltzmann Method491 topic
  10. CFD Simulations201 topic
  11. Ship Maneuvering201 topic
  12. Flow Control111 topic
  13. Vortex-Induced Vibrations111 topic
  14. Fracture101 topic
  15. Meshless Methods101 topic
  16. Aerodynamics81 topic
  17. Flight Dynamics81 topic
  18. Renewable Energy81 topic
  19. Wave Energy81 topic

Where does Peng-Nan Sun work?

Peng-Nan Sun's main affiliation in the publication record is Sun Yat-sen University, China.

How many publications and citations does Peng-Nan Sun have?

OpenAlex counts 123 works and 4,416 citations for Peng-Nan Sun, an h-index of 34, ranking #81,386 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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