Chien H. Thai

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Chien H. Thai is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chien H. Thai has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 46 papers in Materials Chemistry and 26 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Chien H. Thai's work include Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (98 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (73 papers) and Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (45 papers). Chien H. Thai is often cited by papers focused on Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (98 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (73 papers) and Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (45 papers). Chien H. Thai collaborates with scholars based in Vietnam, South Korea and Portugal. Chien H. Thai's co-authors include H. Nguyen‐Xuan, P. Phung‐Van, A.J.M. Ferreira, T. Nguyen‐Thoi, Magd Abdel Wahab, Timon Rabczuk, Loc V. Tran, Stéphane Bordas, P.T. Hung and Dung T. Tran and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Chien H. Thai

101 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Isogeometric analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates using a new inverse trigonometric shear deformation theory

2013 279 citations Chien H. Thai, A.J.M. Ferreira et al. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids profile →
Static, free vibration, and buckling analysis of laminated composite Reissner–Mindlin plates using NURBS‐based isogeometric approach

2012 276 citations Chien H. Thai, H. Nguyen‐Xuan et al. profile →
Generalized shear deformation theory for functionally graded isotropic and sandwich plates based on isogeometric approach

2014 233 citations Chien H. Thai, H. Nguyen‐Xuan et al. Computers & Structures profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chien H. Thai Vietnam	50	6.0k	2.3k	2.3k	1.4k	1.2k	105	6.7k
P. Phung‐Van Vietnam	43	4.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	774 0.5×	649 0.5×	88	4.6k
Nicholas Fantuzzi Italy	53	7.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	4.2k 1.8×	626 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	236	8.6k
Rossana Dimitri Italy	42	4.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	412 0.3×	786 0.7×	141	5.1k
Sundararajan Natarajan India	43	5.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	258	6.7k
P. Malekzadeh Iran	52	7.0k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	3.7k 1.6×	463 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	207	7.9k
Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla Algeria	52	4.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	271 0.2×	958 0.8×	107	5.7k
Erasmo Viola Italy	52	7.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	4.5k 2.0×	554 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	144	8.1k
P. Areias Portugal	40	5.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	115	6.5k
Reza Kolahchi Iran	45	3.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	274 0.2×	738 0.6×	177	4.8k
C.M.C. Roque Portugal	36	4.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	3.0k 1.3×	386 0.3×	652 0.6×	65	4.9k

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Thai, Chien H., P.T. Hung, Timon Rabczuk, H. Nguyen‐Xuan, & P. Phung‐Van. (2025). A Chebyshev shear deformation model for laminated composite plates. Composite Structures. 360. 119045–119045. 7 indexed citations

Hung, P.T., Magd Abdel Wahab, P. Phung‐Van, & Chien H. Thai. (2025). A refined size-dependent modified strain gradient analysis of graphene platelet-reinforced functionally graded triply periodic minimal surface microplates using isogeometric analysis. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 180. 106442–106442.

Nguyen, Lieu B., P.T. Hung, H. Nguyen‐Xuan, P. Phung‐Van, & Chien H. Thai. (2025). A nonlocal meshfree approach for functionally graded triply periodic minimal surface plates at the nanoscale. Structures. 72. 108212–108212. 1 indexed citations

Hung, P.T., Chien H. Thai, & P. Phung‐Van. (2025). A moving Kriging meshfree vibration analysis of functionally graded porous magneto-electro-elastic plates reinforced with graphene platelets. Advances in Engineering Software. 203. 103885–103885. 6 indexed citations

Hung, P.T., Chien H. Thai, & P. Phung‐Van. (2024). Isogeometric free vibration of honeycomb sandwich microplates with the graphene nanoplatelets reinforcement face sheets. Engineering Structures. 305. 117670–117670. 14 indexed citations

Phung‐Van, P., H. Nguyen‐Xuan, P.T. Hung, Magd Abdel Wahab, & Chien H. Thai. (2024). Nonlocal strain gradient analysis of honeycomb sandwich nanoscale plates. Thin-Walled Structures. 198. 111746–111746. 19 indexed citations

Phung‐Van, P., P.T. Hung, & Chien H. Thai. (2024). Small-dependent nonlinear analysis of functionally graded triply periodic minimal surface nanoplates. Composite Structures. 335. 117986–117986. 24 indexed citations

Nguyen, Nam V., Kim Q. Tran, Dieu T.T., et al.. (2024). An isogeometric analysis of solar panels with a bio-inspired substrate. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 166. 105854–105854. 16 indexed citations

Hung, P.T., Chien H. Thai, & P. Phung‐Van. (2023). Isogeometric bending and free vibration analyses of carbon nanotube-reinforced magneto-electric-elastic microplates using a four variable refined plate theory. Computers & Structures. 287. 107121–107121. 38 indexed citations

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Thai, Chien H., P.T. Hung, H. Nguyen‐Xuan, & P. Phung‐Van. (2023). A size-dependent meshfree approach for magneto-electro-elastic functionally graded nanoplates based on nonlocal strain gradient theory. Engineering Structures. 292. 116521–116521. 45 indexed citations

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Thai, Chien H., et al.. (2023). A nonlocal strain gradient isogeometric model for free vibration analysis of magneto-electro-elastic functionally graded nanoplates. Composite Structures. 316. 117005–117005. 56 indexed citations

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Nguyen‐Xuan, H., Kim Q. Tran, Chien H. Thai, & Jaehong Lee. (2023). Modelling of functionally graded triply periodic minimal surface (FG-TPMS) plates. Composite Structures. 315. 116981–116981. 76 indexed citations

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Thai, Chien H., Lieu B. Nguyen, H. Nguyen‐Xuan, & P. Phung‐Van. (2021). Size-dependent nonlocal strain gradient modeling of hexagonal beryllium crystal nanoplates. International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design. 17(4). 931–945. 13 indexed citations

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Phung‐Van, P., A.J.M. Ferreira, & Chien H. Thai. (2020). Computational optimization for porosity-dependent isogeometric analysis of functionally graded sandwich nanoplates. Composite Structures. 239. 112029–112029. 62 indexed citations

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Phung‐Van, P., Chien H. Thai, H. Nguyen‐Xuan, & Magd Abdel Wahab. (2019). An isogeometric approach of static and free vibration analyses for porous FG nanoplates. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 78. 103851–103851. 126 indexed citations

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Phung‐Van, P., Chien H. Thai, H. Nguyen‐Xuan, & Magd Abdel Wahab. (2018). Porosity-dependent nonlinear transient responses of functionally graded nanoplates using isogeometric analysis. Composites Part B Engineering. 164. 215–225. 161 indexed citations

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Thai, Chien H. & H. Nguyen‐Xuan. (2018). A Moving Kriging Interpolation Meshfree Method Based on Naturally Stabilized Nodal Integration Scheme for Plate Analysis. International Journal of Computational Methods. 16(4). 1850100–1850100. 12 indexed citations

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Do, Vuong Nguyen Van, et al.. (2017). Dynamic responses of Euler–Bernoulli beam subjected to moving vehicles using isogeometric approach. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 51. 405–428. 24 indexed citations

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Thai, Chien H., A.J.M. Ferreira, Magd Abdel Wahab, & H. Nguyen‐Xuan. (2016). A generalized layerwise higher-order shear deformation theory for laminated composite and sandwich plates based on isogeometric analysis. Acta Mechanica. 227(5). 1225–1250. 109 indexed citations

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Phung‐Van, P., et al.. (2014). A cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS-FEM-DSG3) using layerwise deformation theory for dynamic response of composite plates resting on viscoelastic foundation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 272. 138–159. 47 indexed citations

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