Chris C. K. Lai

506 total citations
15 papers, 390 citations indexed

About

Chris C. K. Lai is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris C. K. Lai has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 390 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computational Mechanics, 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chris C. K. Lai's work include Fluid Dynamics and Mixing (7 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (7 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (6 papers). Chris C. K. Lai is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Mixing (7 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (7 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (6 papers). Chris C. K. Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Chris C. K. Lai's co-authors include Scott A. Socolofsky, Joseph H.W. Lee, Bruño Fraga, Thorsten Stoesser, Binbin Wang, Joseph H. W. Lee, E. Eric Adams, Michel C. Boufadel, K. W. Choi and Michael Dodd and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Marine Pollution Bulletin and Physics of Fluids.

In The Last Decade

Chris C. K. Lai

15 papers receiving 380 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris C. K. Lai United States 10 192 124 101 100 71 15 390
Bruño Fraga United Kingdom 10 179 0.9× 43 0.3× 94 0.9× 83 0.8× 74 1.0× 23 397
T. K. Fanneløp Switzerland 13 196 1.0× 142 1.1× 103 1.0× 74 0.7× 132 1.9× 35 602
Bernardo Figueroa‐Espinoza Mexico 13 170 0.9× 49 0.4× 105 1.0× 179 1.8× 39 0.5× 32 510
Yonguk Ryu South Korea 8 225 1.2× 48 0.4× 77 0.8× 31 0.3× 20 0.3× 30 448
Ryuichi Nagaosa Japan 13 400 2.1× 57 0.5× 158 1.6× 76 0.8× 176 2.5× 27 725
Lars Bergdahl Sweden 17 363 1.9× 77 0.6× 507 5.0× 40 0.4× 62 0.9× 56 766
Pietro Scandura Italy 16 222 1.2× 26 0.2× 90 0.9× 29 0.3× 67 0.9× 47 723
Zhiwei Li China 10 164 0.9× 134 1.1× 25 0.2× 10 0.1× 67 0.9× 28 393
Steven C. Wilhelms United States 10 82 0.4× 23 0.2× 36 0.4× 136 1.4× 90 1.3× 24 452
Lars Erik Holmedal Norway 16 278 1.4× 103 0.8× 49 0.5× 27 0.3× 147 2.1× 60 727

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris C. K. Lai

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Fraga, Bruño, et al.. (2022). The role of breakup and coalescence in fine-scale bubble-induced turbulence. II. Kinematics. Physics of Fluids. 34(8). 5 indexed citations
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Fraga, Bruño, et al.. (2022). The role of breakup and coalescence in fine-scale bubble-induced turbulence. I. Dynamics. Physics of Fluids. 34(8). 10 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K., et al.. (2020). Turbulence statistics in a negatively buoyant multiphase plume. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 896. 8 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K. & Scott A. Socolofsky. (2019). The turbulent kinetic energy budget in a bubble plume. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 865. 993–1041. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Binbin, Chris C. K. Lai, & Scott A. Socolofsky. (2019). Mean velocity, spreading and entrainment characteristics of weak bubble plumes in unstratified and stationary water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 874. 102–130. 33 indexed citations
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Fraga, Bruño, et al.. (2018). Energy cascade in a homogeneous swarm of bubbles rising in a vertical channel. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 9 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K., John Charonko, & Kathy Prestridge. (2018). A Kármán–Howarth–Monin equation for variable-density turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 843. 382–418. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Binbin, Scott A. Socolofsky, Chris C. K. Lai, E. Eric Adams, & Michel C. Boufadel. (2018). Behavior and dynamics of bubble breakup in gas pipeline leaks and accidental subsea oil well blowouts. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 131(Pt A). 72–86. 40 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K. & Scott A. Socolofsky. (2018). Budgets of turbulent kinetic energy, Reynolds stresses, and dissipation in a turbulent round jet discharged into a stagnant ambient. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 19(2). 349–377. 17 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K. & Scott A. Socolofsky. (2017). Evaluation of linear autoregressive models for estimation of energy spectra in gappy turbulent velocity data. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 16(1). 1–21. 2 indexed citations
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Fraga, Bruño, Thorsten Stoesser, Chris C. K. Lai, & Scott A. Socolofsky. (2015). A LES-based Eulerian–Lagrangian approach to predict the dynamics of bubble plumes. Ocean Modelling. 97. 27–36. 80 indexed citations
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Choi, K. W., Chris C. K. Lai, & Joseph H.W. Lee. (2015). Mixing in the Intermediate Field of Dense Jets in Cross Currents. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 142(1). 21 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K. & Joseph H. W. Lee. (2013). Initial mixing of inclined dense jet in perpendicular crossflow. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 14(1). 25–49. 27 indexed citations
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Lai, Chris C. K. & Joseph H.W. Lee. (2011). Mixing of inclined dense jets in stationary ambient. Journal of Hydro-environment Research. 6(1). 9–28. 91 indexed citations

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