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Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control

Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in morphing aircraft technology, including the use of smart structures, piezoelectric materials, and bistable structures to achieve aerodynamic shape adaptation, aeroelasticity control, and active vibration damping. The research encompasses finite element modeling, structural dynamics, and innovative wing design for improved aircraft performance.

  • Morphing Aircraft
  • Smart Structures
  • Piezoelectric Materials
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Vibration Control
  • Finite Element Modeling
  • Structural Dynamics
  • Active Vibration Control
  • Bistable Structures
  • Aircraft Wing Design
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+43%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control

Which countries lead Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 408 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 408 works
  3. 3 India 234 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 135 works
  5. 5 Germany 110 works
  6. 6 Italy 98 works
  7. 7 Iran 79 works
  8. 8 France 77 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 73 works
  10. 10 Japan 70 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 50.9%United States: 15.6%India: 8.9%United Kingdom: 5.2%6 others listed: 19.4%51%largest
China1,333 · 50.9%United States408 · 15.6%India234 · 8.9%United Kingdom135 · 5.2%6 others listed507 · 19.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control research?

By volume in 2022-now, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 92 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 66 works
  3. 3 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 66 works
  4. 4 Beihang UniversityChina 63 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34 works
  6. 6 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 33 works
  7. 7 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 30 works
  8. 8 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 27 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  10. 10 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control include Xiaogang Wang, Hao Chen and Jonathan D. G. Jones.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Hao Chen China 118k citations
  3. 3 Jonathan D. G. Jones United Kingdom 109k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control?

The most cited paper in Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control is "Use of piezoelectric actuators as elements of intelligent structures" (Edward F. Crawley, Javier Luis, 1987), with 2,601 citations. Next come "Damping of structural vibrations with piezoelectric materials and passive electrical networks" (1,703) and "A Review of Morphing Aircraft" (1,434).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Use of piezoelectric actuators as elements of intelligent structures Edward F. Crawley, Javier Luis · AIAA Journal Oct 1987 2,601
2 Damping of structural vibrations with piezoelectric materials and passive electrical networks Nesbitt W. Hagood, Andy von Flotow · Journal of Sound and Vibration Apr 1991 1,703
3 A Review of Morphing Aircraft Silvestro Barbarino, Onur Bilgen, Rafic M. Ajaj et al. · Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Jun 2011 1,434
4 Distributed piezoelectric-polymer active vibration control of a cantilever beam Thomas Lee Bailey, James E. Hubbard · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics Sep 1985 1,338
5 A review of recent research on mechanics of multifunctional composite materials and structures Ronald F. Gibson · Composite Structures 11 May 2010 1,144
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control research done?

The largest centres of Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mianyang, Delft and Bristol.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 240 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 133 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 120 works
  4. 4 HarbinChina 92 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 84 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 45 works
  7. 7 ShenyangChina 43 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 40 works
  9. 9 DalianChina 40 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MianyangCN · 22.6 works13×
  2. DelftNL · 30.7 works12×
  3. BristolGB · 29.7 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control than the world average.

See Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control on the map

Where is the best place to study Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Beijing University of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.87%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Guangxi UniversityBeijing University o…Harbin Institute of …Northwestern Polytec…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.616.7%14.2×66 +156.1%
2Beijing University of TechnologyChina 63.830.6%9.4×19 +91.8%
3Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 57.511.8%20.2×66 +19.9%
4Guangxi UniversityChina 57.437.1%6.3×11 -
5Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 57.07.5%36.2×92 +52.6%
6Northeastern UniversityChina 56.125.1%6.8×18 +193.0%
7Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 54.820.9%12.8×19 +71.8%
8Beihang UniversityChina 54.28.4%20.0×63 +53.8%
9Politecnico di TorinoItaly 50.819.9%11.1×14 +50.8%
10Dalian University of TechnologyChina 50.210.7%12.1×33 +148.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control, country by country

Is Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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