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Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization

Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 43k 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 modeling and analysis of functionally graded plates, particularly in the context of composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes. The papers cover topics such as finite element method, vibration and buckling behavior, thermal effects, multilayered structures, and shear deformation theory. They also explore the mechanical properties and potential applications of functionally graded materials.

  • Functionally Graded Materials
  • Finite Element Method
  • Composite Plates
  • Carbon Nanotube Reinforcement
  • Vibration Analysis
  • Buckling Behavior
  • Thermal Environments
  • Multilayered Structures
  • Shear Deformation Theory
  • Mechanical Properties
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization

Which countries lead Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.4k and 752 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.4k works
  2. 2 India 752 works
  3. 3 Iran 458 works
  4. 4 United States 359 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 294 works
  6. 6 Vietnam 276 works
  7. 7 Italy 237 works
  8. 8 Germany 196 works
  9. 9 Russia 195 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 146 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: 45.6%India: 14.1%Iran: 8.6%United States: 6.7%6 others listed: 25.1%46%largest
China2,437 · 45.6%India752 · 14.1%Iran458 · 8.6%United States359 · 6.7%6 others listed1,343 · 25.1%

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

Which institutions lead Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Dalian University of Technology publishes the most Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 103 works
  2. 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 79 works
  3. 3 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 77 works
  4. 4 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 66 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 54 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 53 works
  7. 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 52 works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 51 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 49 works
  10. 10 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization include Yi Ping Cui, Lei Jiang and Seeram Ramakrishna.

  1. 1 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  2. 2 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  3. 3 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k citations
  6. 6 Masayuki P. Yamamoto Japan 162k citations
  7. 7 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  8. 8 Hao Chen China 118k 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 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization?

The most cited paper in Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization is "A variational approach to the theory of the elastic behaviour of multiphase materials" (Zvi Hashin, S. Shtrikman, 1963), with 5,867 citations. Next come "Influence of Rotatory Inertia and Shear on Flexural Motions of Isotropic, Elastic Plates" (5,072) and "A Simple Higher-Order Theory for Laminated Composite Plates" (4,150).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A variational approach to the theory of the elastic behaviour of multiphase materials Zvi Hashin, S. Shtrikman · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Mar 1963 5,867
2 Influence of Rotatory Inertia and Shear on Flexural Motions of Isotropic, Elastic Plates R. D. Mindlin · Journal of Applied Mechanics Mar 1951 5,072
3 A Simple Higher-Order Theory for Laminated Composite Plates Junuthula Narasimha Reddy · Journal of Applied Mechanics Dec 1984 4,150
4 Micro-structure in linear elasticity R. D. Mindlin · Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 1964 3,998
5 Mechanics of Composite Materials Robert Morris Jones, C. W. Bert · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Sep 1975 3,214
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Where is Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization research done?

The largest centres of Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kāshān, Shahr-e Kord and Qazvin.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 333 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 164 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 162 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 159 works
  5. 5 HanoiVietnam 150 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 150 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 137 works
  8. 8 DalianChina 121 works
  9. 9 HarbinChina 108 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 107 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KāshānIR · 29.8 works39×
  2. Shahr-e KordIR · 23.6 works31×
  3. QazvinIR · 20.8 works23×
  4. KarabükTR · 23.7 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization?

Among universities, judged by research, Karabük University, Dalian University of Technology and Le Quy Don Technical 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%60%mean 26.48%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Karabük UniversityNortheastern Univers…Le Quy Don Technical…Dalian University of…
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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
1Karabük UniversityTürkiye 74.055.2%22.1×24 +794.5%
2Dalian University of TechnologyChina 59.810.2%17.1×104 +15.3%
3Le Quy Don Technical UniversityVietnam 59.127.6%83.3×30 +64.4%
4Northeastern UniversityChina 57.328.4%7.5×43 +11.2%
5RMIT UniversityAustralia 56.530.9%6.3×15 +2.6%
6HUTECH University 56.136.8%78.0×8 +58.6%
7Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 55.319.0%10.9×30 +194.7%
8Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 54.918.6%4.5×52 +31.2%
9Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 54.810.5%13.6×77 +22.9%
10Beijing University of TechnologyChina 53.527.6%8.6×38 +8.8%

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 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization, country by country

Is Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization 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%Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization9.8% 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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