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Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research

Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 8.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the modelling, analysis, and optimization of composite springs, particularly for vehicle suspension systems. It includes topics such as finite element analysis, fatigue life prediction, mechanical behavior, helical springs, cam design, leaf springs, and the application of genetic algorithms in optimal design.

  • Composite Springs
  • Vehicle Suspension
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Optimization
  • Fatigue Life Prediction
  • Mechanical Behavior
  • Helical Springs
  • Cam Design
  • Leaf Springs
  • Genetic Algorithms
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
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Which countries lead Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.8k and 853 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 India 853 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 590 works
  4. 4 United States 351 works
  5. 5 Germany 218 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 200 works
  7. 7 Japan 169 works
  8. 8 Italy 160 works
  9. 9 Russia 150 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 118 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: 39.5%India: 18.4%Indonesia: 12.7%United States: 7.6%6 others listed: 21.9%39%largest
China1,832 · 39.5%India853 · 18.4%Indonesia590 · 12.7%United States351 · 7.6%6 others listed1,015 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research, followed by Chongqing University and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Where is Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karawang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 258 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 124 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 118 works
  4. 4 Chennai India 112 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 100 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 94 works
  7. 7 Chongqing China 90 works
  8. 8 Jakarta Indonesia 69 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 66 works
  10. 10 Pune India 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KarawangID · 29.8 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Chongqing University and Vinh Long University of Technology Education 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 17.64%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Saveetha University: 27, 34.2%Chongqing University: 48, 17.7%Vinh Long University of Technology Education: 10, 22.3%Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇: 15, 10.5%Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 50, 5.7%Thai Nguyen University: 9, 21.4%Northeastern University: 22, 26.1%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 27, 15.0%University of Siegen: 9, 7.5%Politecnico di Torino: 19, 16.0%Saveetha UniversityVinh Long University…Chongqing UniversityBursa Uludağ Üni̇ver…
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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 Saveetha UniversityIndia 64.034.2%4.6×27
2 Chongqing UniversityChina 58.817.7%7.2×48 +3.3%
3 Vinh Long University of Technology EducationVietnam 57.122.3%105.7×10
4 Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇Türkiye 56.810.5%9.5×15 +246.7%
5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 55.85.7%9.1×50 +48.6%
6 Thai Nguyen UniversityVietnam 55.621.4%23.2×9
7 Northeastern UniversityChina 53.826.1%4.2×22 +95.0%
8 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 53.115.0%4.4×27 +352.9%
9 University of SiegenGermany 51.87.5%11.0×9 +217.0%
10 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 51.616.0%6.7×19 +52.2%

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 Engineering and Vibrations Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research.

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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.