Chia‐Shun Yih

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Chia‐Shun Yih is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Oceanography and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chia‐Shun Yih has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Computational Mechanics, 25 papers in Oceanography and 11 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Chia‐Shun Yih's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (32 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (14 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (12 papers). Chia‐Shun Yih is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (32 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (14 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (12 papers). Chia‐Shun Yih collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Chia‐Shun Yih's co-authors include Y. C. Fung, Hunter Rouse, Harold W. Humphreys, Chandan Guha, L. Landweber, Song‐Ping Zhu, John S. McNown, Robert R. Long, Wenze Yang and Emmett M. Laursen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Chia‐Shun Yih

92 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Stability of Liquid Flow down an Inclined Plane

1963 796 citations Chia‐Shun Yih The Physics of Fluids profile →
Instability due to viscosity stratification

1967 593 citations Chia‐Shun Yih Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →
Peristaltic Transport

1968 446 citations Chia‐Shun Yih et al. profile →

Peers

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R. L. Sani United States

Philip Gresho United States

F. T. Smith United Kingdom

P. D. Weidman United States

Murray Rudman Australia

Élisabeth Guazzelli France

D. J. Tritton United Kingdom

Frank M. White United States

Stéphane Popinet France

Donald A. Drew United States

R. L. Sani United States

Chia‐Shun Yih

2.5k ×0.9

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840 ×0.8

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203 ×0.3

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505 ×1.2

ME

85 ×0.2

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Citations per year, relative to Chia‐Shun Yih Chia‐Shun Yih (= 1×) peers R. L. Sani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chia‐Shun Yih

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chia‐Shun Yih

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chia‐Shun Yih. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chia‐Shun Yih 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 Chia‐Shun Yih. Chia‐Shun Yih is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Yih, Chia‐Shun, et al.. (2018). Laminar heat convection in pipes and ducts. Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University).

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Yih, Chia‐Shun & Song‐Ping Zhu. (1996). Selective withdrawal from stratified streams. The Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society Series B Applied Mathematics. 38(1). 26–40. 4 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1987). Convective instability of a spherical fluid inclusion. The Physics of Fluids. 30(1). 36–44. 5 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1981). Similarity Solutions for Turbulent Jets and Plumes. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 107(3). 455–478. 4 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1977). Turbulent buoyant plumes. The Physics of Fluids. 20(8). 1234–1237. 25 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1975). Vortices and Vortex Rings of Stratified Fluids. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 28(4). 899–912. 5 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1969). Fluid mechanics : a concise introduction to the theory. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 51 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1966). On the Earnshaw Conjecture. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 46(7). 471–472. 3 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1965). Dynamics of nonhomogeneous fluids. Macmillan eBooks. 216 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1965). On large-amplitude magnetohydrodynamics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 23(2). 261–271. 4 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1965). Gravitational instability of a viscous fluid in a magnetic field. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 22(3). 579–586. 3 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1964). A Transformation for Free-Surface Flow in Porous Media. The Physics of Fluids. 7(1). 20–24. 3 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1960). Instability of a rotating liquid film with a free surface. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 258(1292). 63–89. 41 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1960). Finite two-dimensional cavities. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 258(1292). 90–100. 1 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1960). Exact solutions for steady two-dimensional flow of a stratified fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 9(2). 161–174. 64 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1960). Corrections to the paper: Thermal instability of viscous fluids. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 18(3). 300–301. 2 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1959). Thermal instability of viscous fluids. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 17(1). 25–42. 63 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1959). Ring vortices generated electromagnetically. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 5(3). 436–444. 15 indexed citations

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Yih, Chia‐Shun. (1955). Maximum acceleration in two-dimensional steady flows of an ideal fluid. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 13(2). 202–203.

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Rouse, Hunter, Chia‐Shun Yih, & Harold W. Humphreys. (1952). Gravitational Convection from a Boundary Source Hunter Rouse. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 4(3). 201–210. 317 indexed citations

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