Cian Desmond

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Cian Desmond is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cian Desmond has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ocean Engineering, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 11 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Cian Desmond's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (14 papers), Wave and Wind Energy Systems (12 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (10 papers). Cian Desmond is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (14 papers), Wave and Wind Energy Systems (12 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (10 papers). Cian Desmond collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Cian Desmond's co-authors include Jimmy Murphy, Jerry D. Murphy, Shane McDonagh, Vikram Pakrashi, Amy Robertson, Alessandro Singlitico, Simon Watson, Eirini Politi, Fiona Cawkwell and Sandrine Aubrun and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy and Energies.

In The Last Decade

Cian Desmond

30 papers receiving 769 citations

Hit Papers

A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wi... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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.

  1. A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines
    2021 151 citations Jimmy Murphy, Vikram Pakrashi et al. Wind Energy profile →

Peers

Cian Desmond
Milad Shadman Brazil
Gouri Bhuyan Canada
Robert N. Farrugia Malta
Tonio Sant Malta
Lin Cui China
Tor Anders Nygaard Norway
Valeria Castellucci Sweden
Rezvan Alamian Iran
Luofeng Huang United Kingdom
Nagi Abdussamie Australia
Milad Shadman Brazil
Cian Desmond
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cian Desmond

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2025). Calibrating hydrodynamic viscous damping in engineering models of floating wind platform utilising simplified CFD models. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology. 24(6). 497–510. 1 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2024). Wave basin investigation of floating wind turbine model using underwater particle image velocimetry: investigating hydrodynamic wake structures. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology. 24(6). 452–463. 1 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2024). Towing Analysis and Validation of a Fully Assembled Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Based on an Experimental Study. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(4). 689–689. 5 indexed citations
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Hao, Guangbo, et al.. (2023). Cost‐benefit assessment framework for robotics‐driven inspection of floating offshore wind farms. Wind Energy. 27(2). 152–164. 5 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2023). A study of the towing characteristics of a semi-submersible floating offshore wind platform. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2626(1). 12043–12043. 2 indexed citations
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Conan, Boris, et al.. (2022). Far-Wake Meandering of a Wind Turbine Model with Imposed Motions: An Experimental S-PIV Analysis. Energies. 15(20). 7757–7757. 16 indexed citations
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Hao, Guangbo, et al.. (2022). Applications of robotics in floating offshore wind farm operations and maintenance: Literature review and trends. Wind Energy. 25(11). 1880–1899. 21 indexed citations
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Murphy, Jimmy, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Platform Hydrodynamics Using Underwater SPIV: A Review. Energies. 15(13). 4641–4641. 4 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2022). Floating wind turbines: marine operations challenges and opportunities. Wind energy science. 7(2). 903–924. 38 indexed citations
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Singlitico, Alessandro, et al.. (2022). Dedicated large-scale floating offshore wind to hydrogen: Assessing design variables in proposed typologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 160. 112310–112310. 126 indexed citations
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Murphy, Jimmy, et al.. (2021). A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines. Wind Energy. 25(5). 831–857. 151 indexed citations breakdown →
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McDonagh, Shane, et al.. (2020). Hydrogen from offshore wind: Investor perspective on the profitability of a hybrid system including for curtailment. Applied Energy. 265. 114732–114732. 137 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2019). A tool to simulate decommissioning offshore wind farms. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1356(1). 12021–12021. 8 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2018). Modelling Uncertainty in t-RANS Simulations of Thermally Stratified Forest Canopy Flows for Wind Energy Studies. Energies. 11(7). 1703–1703. 3 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Deirdre, Jimmy Murphy, Cian Desmond, Vesna Jaksic, & Vikram Pakrashi. (2017). Tuned Liquid Column Damper based Reduction of Dynamic Responses of Scaled Offshore Platforms in Different Ocean Wave Basins. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 842. 12043–12043. 10 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2017). Modelling the wind energy resource in complex terrain and atmospheres. Numerical simulation and wind tunnel investigation of non-neutral forest canopy flow. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 166. 48–60. 17 indexed citations
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Desmond, Cian & Simon Watson. (2014). A study of stability effects in forested terrain. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 555. 12027–12027. 9 indexed citations

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