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Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 41k 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 explores the phenomenon of vortex-induced vibrations in fluid flow, focusing on the interaction between flow patterns and cylindrical structures. It covers topics such as flow control, cylinder wake dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, bluff body flows, numerical simulation techniques, passive control methods, aerodynamic characteristics, turbulent flow behavior, and heat transfer effects.

  • Vortex-Induced Vibrations
  • Flow Control
  • Cylinder Wake
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Bluff Body Flows
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Passive Control
  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Heat Transfer
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Which countries lead Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 795 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.1k works
  2. 2 United States 795 works
  3. 3 India 641 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 335 works
  5. 5 Japan 244 works
  6. 6 France 233 works
  7. 7 Germany 218 works
  8. 8 Italy 209 works
  9. 9 Canada 204 works
  10. 10 Iran 183 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: 50.3%United States: 12.9%India: 10.4%United Kingdom: 5.4%6 others listed: 21.0%50%largest
China3,096 · 50.3%United States795 · 12.9%India641 · 10.4%United Kingdom335 · 5.4%6 others listed1,290 · 21.0%

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

Which institutions lead Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis research, followed by Southwest Jiaotong University and Harbin Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 113 works
  2. 2 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 104 works
  3. 3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 88 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 82 works
  5. 5 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 81 works
  6. 6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 73 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 71 works
  8. 8 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 70 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 68 works
  10. 10 Tongji UniversityChina 66 works

Who are the leading researchers in Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis include Kai You Wang, Frede Blaabjerg and Kalyanmoy Deb.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  3. 3 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k citations
  4. 4 Jacob Cohen Israel 170k citations
  5. 5 John H. Seinfeld United States 140k citations
  6. 6 Ronald W. Davis United States 138k citations
  7. 7 Tasawar Hayat Pakistan 135k 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 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis?

The most cited paper in Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis is "System identification—Theory for the user" (Naresh K. Sinha, 1989), with 9,234 citations. Next come "Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. I. Low-Frequency Range" (8,176) and "LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD FOR FLUID FLOWS" (7,339).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 System identification—Theory for the user Naresh K. Sinha · Automatica May 1989 9,234
2 Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. I. Low-Frequency Range M. A. Biot · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Mar 1956 8,176
3 LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD FOR FLUID FLOWS Shiyi Chen, Gary D. Doolen · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics Review 1998 7,339
4 On the identification of a vortex Jinhee Jeong, Fazle Hussain · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 25 Feb 1995 6,485
5 Dynamic mode decomposition of numerical and experimental data Peter J. Schmid · Journal of Fluid Mechanics Open access Jul 2010 5,995
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Where is Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Harbin (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Stavanger and Delft.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 467 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 330 works
  3. 3 HarbinChina 175 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 168 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 162 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 151 works
  7. 7 ChangshaChina 137 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 123 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 110 works
  10. 10 DalianChina 104 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. StavangerNO · 20.9 works14×
  2. DelftNL · 61.1 works9.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Plymouth and Harbin Institute of Technology 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 21.77%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of PlymouthHong Kong Polytechni…Dalian University of…Harbin Institute 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
1Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 72.132.2%6.9×42 +162.5%
2University of PlymouthUnited Kingdom 66.141.5%10.8×9 +43.6%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 65.517.5%7.6×88 +46.7%
4Dalian University of TechnologyChina 64.117.6%12.0×81 +23.4%
5Central South UniversityChina 63.518.9%5.0×68 +99.7%
6Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 63.212.6%18.9×104 +76.2%
7Shanghai UniversityChina 62.532.6%6.4×33 +76.1%
8Chongqing UniversityChina 61.917.1%8.2×63 +98.1%
9Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 60.014.7%9.0×73 +22.6%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 58.813.0%5.5×113 +6.5%

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 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, country by country

Is Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis.

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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 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis0.029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis 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%Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis9.8% 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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