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Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques

Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 6.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the modeling, analysis, and experimental investigation of the laser forming process for metal plates. It includes research on finite element modeling, prediction of bending angles, deformation analysis, neural network modeling, temperature field analysis, process optimization, and the study of mechanical and microstructural properties.

  • Laser Forming
  • Finite Element Modeling
  • Bending Angle Prediction
  • Metal Plate Deformation
  • Neural Network Modeling
  • Temperature Field Analysis
  • Sheet Metal Bending
  • Process Optimization
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microstructural Investigation
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
988
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-21%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (668 and 161 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 668 works
  2. 2 India 161 works
  3. 3 Germany 108 works
  4. 4 United States 101 works
  5. 5 Japan 94 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 70 works
  7. 7 Russia 52 works
  8. 8 South Korea 43 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 40 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 37 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: 48.6%India: 11.7%Germany: 7.9%United States: 7.3%6 others listed: 24.5%49%largest
China668 · 48.6%India161 · 11.7%Germany108 · 7.9%United States101 · 7.3%6 others listed337 · 24.5%

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

Which institutions lead Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research, followed by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 18 works
  2. 2 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 16 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 14 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 14 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 13 works
  6. 6 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 13 works
  7. 7 Yanshan UniversityChina 11 works
  8. 8 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 10 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 9 works
  10. 10 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques include J. Eckert.

  1. 1 J. Eckert Germany 2.7k citations

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

Where is Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dalian.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 100 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 53 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 46 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 38 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 35 works
  6. 6 Harbin China 27 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 27 works
  8. 8 Shenyang China 23 works
  9. 9 Dalian China 22 works
  10. 10 Changsha China 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DalianCN · 21.9 works4.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Technology - Iraq 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%10%20%mean 12.29%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 16, 15.0%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 18, 16.8%University of Technology - Iraq: 8, 4.0%Dalian University of Technology: 13, 13.7%Huazhong University of Science and Technology: 14, 15.2%Yanshan University: 11, 8.3%Wuhan University of Technology: 13, 6.3%RWTH Aachen University: 10, 4.6%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 9, 16.5%Zhejiang University: 8, 22.5%Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Nanjing University o…Dalian University of…University of Techno…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 60.615.0%9.7×16 -74.8%
2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 54.616.8%4.5×18 -54.0%
3 University of Technology - IraqIraq 47.84.0%19.7×8 +82.3%
4 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 47.713.7%7.4×13 -60.8%
5 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 45.515.2%4.9×14 -41.0%
6 Yanshan UniversityChina 42.58.3%18.6×11 -68.9%
7 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 41.56.3%8.9×13 -47.1%
8 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 39.44.6%7.4×10 -3.1%
9 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 39.116.5%6.3×9 -78.1%
10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 38.422.5%2.3×8 -72.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.

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.