C. T. Sun

13.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
236 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

C. T. Sun is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Building and Construction and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. T. Sun has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 60 papers in Building and Construction and 58 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. T. Sun's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (78 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (39 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (35 papers). C. T. Sun is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (78 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (39 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (35 papers). C. T. Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. C. T. Sun's co-authors include Hsin-Haou Huang, Guoliang Huang, Rajesh S. Vaidya, J.L. Chen, Arun Subramaniyan, James M. Whitney, Xiaoning Liu, Haitao Zhang, Guoliang Huang and Yunsong Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, The Science of The Total Environment and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

C. T. Sun

224 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Prediction of composite properties from a representative volume element

1996 695 citations C. T. Sun et al. profile →
On the negative effective mass density in acoustic metamaterials

2009 647 citations C. T. Sun et al. profile →
A chiral elastic metamaterial beam for broadband vibration suppression

2014 410 citations C. T. Sun et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. T. Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. T. Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. T. Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. T. Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. T. Sun. C. T. Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluating the adaptation potential and retrofitting effectiveness of existing residential buildings in severe cold regions of China under climate change 2025 ·Building and Environment ·Dayang Wang, Qi Dong, C. T. Sun	3
2	A fracture mechanics approach to investigating the crunchy texture of konjac glucomannan gels through imitative chewing tests 2025 ·Food Hydrocolloids ·Zhenjun Liu, C. T. Sun, (unknown), Guohua Zhao, Yun Zhou	0
3	A mass-flux-vector-based design for self-angled slot arrangements enhancing leading edge showerhead cooling 2025 ·International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer ·Lin Ye, (unknown), C. T. Sun, (unknown), Cunliang Liu, Ce Shi	0
4	Role of elevated temperature and acetyl distribution in gelation of konjac glucomannan: Molecular dynamics insights into chain entanglement and aggregation 2025 ·Food Hydrocolloids ·C. T. Sun, Yaqin Wang, Xiaoxuan Chen, Guohua Zhao, Yun Zhou	0
5	Summer cooling island effects of blue-green spaces in severe cold regions: A case study of harbin, China 2024 ·Building and Environment ·Qixin Liu, Qi Dong, (unknown), C. T. Sun	29
6	Research on Safety Evaluation of Stadium Reconstruction Construction Based on Combination Weighting Extension Model 2024 ·Applied Sciences ·Lixin Jia, C. T. Sun, (unknown), Wenlong Li	0
7	Optimized design research on daylighting performance of cold land buildings based on improved neural network 2024 ·Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences ·Lei Liu, C. T. Sun, (unknown), Hong Leng, Yang Yang	1
8	Exploring impacts of thermal and lighting conditions on office workers’ subjective evaluations, cognitive performance and EEG features in multi-person offices 2024 ·Journal of Building Engineering ·(unknown), Shuangyu Xu, Yunsong Han, Dian Zhuang, (unknown), C. T. Sun	4
9	Investigation of influential variations among variables in daylighting glare metrics using machine learning and SHAP 2024 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), C. T. Sun, Qi Dong, (unknown), Xinting Gao	13
10	Multi-objective optimization of buildings in urban scale for early stage planning and parametric design 2024 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·Yubo Wang, Jiwei Guo, Yiqiang Jiang, C. T. Sun	7
11	An indoor thermal comfort model for group thermal comfort prediction based on K-means++ algorithm 2024 ·Energy and Buildings ·Ying Liu, Xiangru Li, C. T. Sun, Qi Dong, Qing Yin, (unknown)	9
12	The synergistic effect of multiple design factors on building energy consumption of office blocks: A case study of Wuhan, China 2024 ·Journal of Building Engineering ·(unknown), C. T. Sun, (unknown), Shuqin Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Xu Shen	14
13	Modeling of pedestrian turning behavior and prediction of pedestrian density distribution 2023 ·Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications ·C. T. Sun, (unknown), (unknown), Xun Zhu, Ying Liu	3
14	Developing a parametric morphable annual daylight prediction model with improved generalization capability for the early stages of office building design 2021 ·Building and Environment ·Yunsong Han, (unknown), C. T. Sun	48
15	The study of heat control on PVT modules with a new leaf-like heat exchanger 2021 ·Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy ·Yingbo Zhang, Chao Shen, Chunxiao Zhang, Guoquan Lv, C. T. Sun, D. Chwieduk	15
16	Assessing Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) as an Alternative Material for Mid-Rise Residential Buildings in Cold Regions in China—A Life-Cycle Assessment Approach 2016 ·Sustainability ·Ying Liu, Haibo Guo, C. T. Sun, Wen‐Shao Chang	103
17	Convergence of local atomistic stress based on periodic lattice 2014 ·International Journal of Solids and Structures ·(unknown), C. T. Sun	5
18	A comparison of cohesive zone modeling and classical fracture mechanics based on near tip stress field 2005 ·International Journal of Solids and Structures ·Z.‐H. Jin, C. T. Sun	29
19	System identification of large flexible structures by using simple continuum models 1983 ·The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences ·Jer-Nan Juang, C. T. Sun	13
20	TIME-HARMONIC TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL MOTIONS OF A LAMINATED PLATE. 1969 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·C. T. Sun, J. D. Achenbach	1

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