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Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis

Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 5.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in mechanical engineering and optimization techniques, including simulation, analysis of mechanical properties, vibration analysis, finite element method, thermal analysis, robotics, and heat transfer. The papers explore various experimental determinations and applications of optimization algorithms in mechanical systems.

  • Optimization
  • Simulation
  • Analysis
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Experimental Determination
  • Vibration Analysis
  • Finite Element Method
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Robotics
  • Heat Transfer
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
758
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research?

By volume, Russia and Poland publish the most (239 and 228 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 239 works
  2. 2 Poland 228 works
  3. 3 China 110 works
  4. 4 United States 82 works
  5. 5 Ukraine 80 works
  6. 6 Slovakia 77 works
  7. 7 Czechia 55 works
  8. 8 Romania 51 works
  9. 9 Germany 45 works
  10. 10 India 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.

Russia: 23.8%Poland: 22.7%China: 11.0%United States: 8.2%6 others listed: 34.3%24%largest
Russia239 · 23.8%Poland228 · 22.7%China110 · 11.0%United States82 · 8.2%6 others listed345 · 34.3%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Technical University of Košice publishes the most Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research, followed by University of Žilina and Silesian University of Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Technical University of Košice Slovakia 28 works
  2. 2 University of Žilina Slovakia 24 works
  3. 3 Silesian University of Technology Poland 22 works
  4. 4 AGH University of Krakow Poland 20 works
  5. 5 Poznań University of Technology Poland 20 works
  6. 6 Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies Russia 17 works
  7. 7 VSB - Technical University of Ostrava Czechia 11 works
  8. 8 Rzeszów University of Technology Poland 10 works
  9. 9 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovakia 10 works
  10. 10 Wrocław University of Science and Technology Poland 10 works

Where is Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Warsaw (Poland), Košice (Slovakia) and Krakow (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Žilina, Košice and Gliwice.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 68 works
  2. 2 Warsaw Poland 34 works
  3. 3 Košice Slovakia 29 works
  4. 4 Krakow Poland 26 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 25 works
  6. 6 Voronezh Russia 24 works
  7. 7 Žilina Slovakia 24 works
  8. 8 Poznań Poland 24 works
  9. 9 Gliwice Poland 23 works
  10. 10 Kyiv Ukraine 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ŽilinaSK · 23.9 works151×
  2. KošiceSK · 29.1 works80×
  3. GliwicePL · 23.3 works61×
  4. VoronezhRU · 24.2 works47×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Žilina, Warsaw University of Technology and Technical University of Košice 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%2.5%5%7.5%mean 3.07%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Žilina: 24, 4.9%Warsaw University of Technology: 10, 6.1%Technical University of Košice: 28, 3.2%AGH University of Krakow: 20, 3.1%Silesian University of Technology: 22, 3.0%Poznań University of Technology: 20, 2.0%Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies: 17, 2.0%Wrocław University of Science and Technology: 10, 2.8%Moscow Aviation Institute: 8, 2.0%Rzeszów University of Technology: 10, 1.6%Warsaw University of…University of ŽilinaTechnical University…AGH University of Kr…
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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
1University of Žilina Slovakia 56.14.9%153.8×24 +126.6%
2Warsaw University of Technology Poland 42.56.1%28.6×10 +61.3%
3Technical University of Košice Slovakia 40.33.2%141.8×28 -8.4%
4AGH University of Krakow Poland 39.83.1%38.0×20 +49.5%
5Silesian University of Technology Poland 38.53.0%65.0×22 +24.3%
6Poznań University of Technology Poland 36.42.0%95.9×20 +109.3%
7Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies Russia 27.62.0%110.8×17 —
8Wrocław University of Science and Technology Poland 27.62.8%44.9×10 +53.8%
9Moscow Aviation Institute Russia 25.82.0%39.9×8 +387.5%
10Rzeszów University of Technology Poland 25.21.6%84.4×10 +138.4%

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 Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis.

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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.