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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. 10.0% 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%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis

Which countries lead Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research?

By volume, Russia and Poland publish the most (248 and 237 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 248 works
  2. 2 Poland 237 works
  3. 3 China 118 works
  4. 4 Slovakia 86 works
  5. 5 Ukraine 85 works
  6. 6 United States 85 works
  7. 7 Czechia 57 works
  8. 8 Romania 54 works
  9. 9 Germany 47 works
  10. 10 India 38 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: 23.5%Poland: 22.5%China: 11.2%Slovakia: 8.1%6 others listed: 34.7%23%largest
Russia248 · 23.5%Poland237 · 22.5%China118 · 11.2%Slovakia86 · 8.1%6 others listed366 · 34.7%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, 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-now

  1. 1 Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 30 works
  2. 2 University of ŽilinaSlovakia 28 works
  3. 3 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 22 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 22 works
  5. 5 AGH University of KrakowPoland 21 works
  6. 6 Poznań University of TechnologyPoland 20 works
  7. 7 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 17 works
  8. 8 VSB - Technical University of OstravaCzechia 13 works
  9. 9 Slovak University of Technology in BratislavaSlovakia 11 works
  10. 10 Rzeszów University of TechnologyPoland 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis include A. Olszewski.

  1. 1 A. Olszewski United States 121k 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 Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis?

The most cited paper in Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis is "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials" (Richard W. Hertzberg, Frank E. Hauser, 1977), with 3,670 citations. Next come "Micromechanics: Overall Properties of Heterogeneous Materials" (2,215) and "Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering" (2,082).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials Richard W. Hertzberg, Frank E. Hauser · Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology Open access 1977 3,670
2 Micromechanics: Overall Properties of Heterogeneous Materials Sia Nemat‐Nasser, M. Lori, S. K. Datta · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Jun 1996 2,215
3 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering John Argyris · Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sep 1990 2,082
4 Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites Bhagwan D. Agarwal, L. J. Broutman, C. W. Bert · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Mar 1981 1,865
5 Boundary Elements: An Introductory Course C. A. Brebbia, José Domínguez Abascal, John L. Tassoulas · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Sep 1991 1,751
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Warsaw (Poland), Košice (Slovakia) and Žilina (Slovakia). 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-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 71 works
  2. 2 WarsawPoland 35 works
  3. 3 KošiceSlovakia 31 works
  4. 4 ŽilinaSlovakia 28 works
  5. 5 KrakowPoland 27 works
  6. 6 Saint PetersburgRussia 26 works
  7. 7 VoronezhRussia 25 works
  8. 8 PoznańPoland 25 works
  9. 9 GliwicePoland 24 works
  10. 10 KyivUkraine 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ŽilinaSK · 28.4 works173×
  2. KošiceSK · 30.9 works82×
  3. GliwicePL · 24.1 works63×
  4. VoronezhRU · 24.6 works48×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis than the world average.

See Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis on the map

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

Among universities, judged by research, Poznań University of Technology, Technical University of Košice and University of Žilina 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%30%mean 15.6%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Poznań University of…Technical University…Silesian University …University of Žilina
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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
1Poznań University of TechnologyPoland 64.924.9%107.7×20 -67.8%
2Technical University of KošiceSlovakia 60.313.9%163.4×30 -61.3%
3University of ŽilinaSlovakia 58.57.4%197.8×28 -72.7%
4Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 53.212.6%72.0×22 -58.3%
5AGH University of KrakowPoland 53.117.6%42.5×20 -63.4%
6VSB - Technical University of OstravaCzechia 51.125.9%79.4×13 -61.0%
7Rzeszów University of TechnologyPoland 38.819.0%94.1×11 -61.5%
8Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland 32.514.5%51.1×11 -67.0%
9Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 29.316.7%32.0×10 -71.0%
10Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 27.23.5%122.6×17 +427.5%

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 Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis, country by country

Is Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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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 Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Mechanical and Thermal Properties 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%Mechanical and Thermal Properties Analysis10.9% 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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