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Researcher · Transportation Safety Institute · United States

Wing T. Lai

Wing T. Lai publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Tribology and Lubrication Engineering and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows.

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World rank
#3,494,625
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#977,981
of 1,627,098
Works
41
Citations
404
Citations per work
9.9
h-index
11
i10-index 12Top 45% in Computational Mechanics
Wing T. Lai

What does Wing T. Lai research?

Wing T. Lai's work is mostly in Engineering (60%), Environmental Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 27 works · 66.1% of their workEngineering: 25 works · 60.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 10 works · 25.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 13.2% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 9.4% of their workOcean Engineering: 3 works · 6.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 works · 5.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 5.7% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 works · 5.7% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 33.9% of their workTHEIR WORKWing T. Lai41works
Physical Sciences66%

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. Engineering2560.4%
    2. Environmental Science25.7%
  2. Everything else1433.9%
  1. 1Computational Mechanics26% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Ocean Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wing T. Lai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Turbulent Flows, Vortex Dynamics, Turbulent Flow, Multiphase Flow, CFD Simulation and Flow Control.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Large-Eddy Simulation243 topics
  2. Heat Transfer182 topics
  3. Turbulent Flows151 topic
  4. Vortex Dynamics151 topic
  5. Turbulent Flow123 topics
  6. Multiphase Flow92 topics
  7. CFD Simulation82 topics
  8. Flow Control72 topics
  9. Laser Surface Texturing61 topic
  10. Particles61 topic
  11. Tribological Performance61 topic
  12. Turbulence61 topic
  13. Air Quality51 topic
  14. Urban Microclimate51 topic
  15. Acoustic Sources41 topic
  16. Jet Noise41 topic
  17. Aerodynamics31 topic
  18. Cyclone Separator31 topic
  19. Cylinder Wake31 topic
  20. High-Speed Trains31 topic
  21. Particle Flow31 topic
  22. Vortex-Induced Vibrations31 topic

Where does Wing T. Lai work?

Wing T. Lai's main affiliation in the publication record is Transportation Safety Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Wing T. Lai have?

OpenAlex counts 41 works and 404 citations for Wing T. Lai, an h-index of 11, ranking #3,494,625 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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