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Structural Load-Bearing Analysis

Structural Load-Bearing Analysis is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 47k 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 focuses on the developments and advanced applications of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures, including the behavior of CFST members under various loading conditions, use of high-strength materials, finite element modelling, and the performance of composite columns. It also covers topics such as stainless steel in construction, axial compression, buckling behavior, and the use of shear connectors in CFST structures.

  • Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes
  • Structural Engineering
  • High-Strength Materials
  • Finite Element Modelling
  • Composite Columns
  • Stainless Steel
  • Axial Compression
  • Buckling Behavior
  • Shear Connectors
  • Cold-Formed Steel
Research works
47k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
58% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Structural Load-Bearing Analysis

Which countries lead Structural Load-Bearing Analysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.1k and 697 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.1k works
  2. 2 India 697 works
  3. 3 United States 402 works
  4. 4 Japan 324 works
  5. 5 Iran 308 works
  6. 6 Iraq 275 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 264 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 259 works
  9. 9 Italy 234 works
  10. 10 Germany 230 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: 57.7%India: 9.9%United States: 5.7%Japan: 4.6%6 others listed: 22.2%58%largest
China4,084 · 57.7%India697 · 9.9%United States402 · 5.7%Japan324 · 4.6%6 others listed1,570 · 22.2%

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

Which institutions lead Structural Load-Bearing Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tongji University publishes the most Structural Load-Bearing Analysis research, followed by Chongqing University and Southeast University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tongji UniversityChina 171 works
  2. 2 Chongqing UniversityChina 134 works
  3. 3 Southeast UniversityChina 119 works
  4. 4 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 108 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 101 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 90 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 90 works
  8. 8 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 82 works
  9. 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 74 works
  10. 10 Chang'an UniversityChina 74 works

Who are the leading researchers in Structural Load-Bearing Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Structural Load-Bearing Analysis include Wei Huang, Kai You Wang and Lei Jiang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  4. 4 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis?

The most cited paper in Structural Load-Bearing Analysis is "Yielding of steel sheets containing slits" (D.S. Dugdale, 1960), with 7,746 citations. Next come "A Simple Higher-Order Theory for Laminated Composite Plates" (4,150) and "Stress Singularities Resulting From Various Boundary Conditions in Angular Corners of Plates in Extension" (2,504).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Yielding of steel sheets containing slits D.S. Dugdale · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids May 1960 7,746
2 A Simple Higher-Order Theory for Laminated Composite Plates Junuthula Narasimha Reddy · Journal of Applied Mechanics Dec 1984 4,150
3 Stress Singularities Resulting From Various Boundary Conditions in Angular Corners of Plates in Extension Malcolm L. Williams · Journal of Applied Mechanics Dec 1952 2,504
4 Flexural Members with Confined Concrete Dudley Charles Kent, Robert Park · Journal of the Structural Division Jul 1971 1,980
5 A CRITICAL PLANE APPROACH TO MULTIAXIAL FATIGUE DAMAGE INCLUDING OUT‐OF‐PHASE LOADING Ali Fatemi, Darrell F. SOCIE · Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures Mar 1988 1,892
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Where is Structural Load-Bearing Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Structural Load-Bearing Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 592 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 318 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 268 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 265 works
  5. 5 ChongqingChina 194 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 171 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 141 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 133 works
  9. 9 HarbinChina 133 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 120 works
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Where is the best place to study Structural Load-Bearing Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanyang Technological University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Chongqing University 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 27.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanyang Technologica…Kafrelsheikh Univers…Hong Kong Polytechni…Chongqing University
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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
1Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 79.246.3%5.4×37 +45.6%
2Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 77.525.7%11.0×82 +54.3%
3Chongqing UniversityChina 69.421.1%14.3×134 +111.6%
4Kafrelsheikh UniversityEgypt 68.634.2%13.4×13 +148.4%
5Tsinghua UniversityChina 66.724.5%4.5×90 +31.6%
6Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 66.534.7%7.2×28 +100.1%
7Southeast UniversityChina 66.217.6%9.3×119 +25.6%
8Tongji UniversityChina 64.413.0%12.9×171 +32.1%
9Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.224.1%6.4×90 +48.4%
10Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 61.732.6%4.2×20 +26.9%

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 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, country by country

Is Structural Load-Bearing Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Structural Load-Bearing 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 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.046% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Structural Load-Bearing Analysis0.042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Structural Load-Bearing 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%Structural Load-Bearing 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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