Dixia Fan

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Dixia Fan is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dixia Fan has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Computational Mechanics, 29 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 25 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dixia Fan's work include Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (42 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (23 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (23 papers). Dixia Fan is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (42 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (23 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (23 papers). Dixia Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Dixia Fan's co-authors include Michael S. Triantafyllou, Jiasong Wang, George Em Karniadakis, Zhicheng Wang, Ke Lin, Liu Yang, Michael Triantafyllou, Mingming Ge, Guangjian Zhang and Chuanyu Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Dixia Fan

73 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Reinforcement learning for bluff body active flow control in experiments and simulations

2020 175 citations Dixia Fan, Michael S. Triantafyllou et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dixia Fan China	18	852	479	435	323	150	88	1.2k
Marianna Braza France	22	2.1k 2.5×	241 0.5×	790 1.8×	956 3.0×	195 1.3×	61	2.3k
Yahya Modarres‐Sadeghi United States	25	1.5k 1.8×	1.2k 2.5×	637 1.5×	365 1.1×	38 0.3×	92	2.0k
Hee-Chang Lim South Korea	21	912 1.1×	73 0.2×	549 1.3×	705 2.2×	179 1.2×	89	1.6k
P. Queutey France	17	962 1.1×	198 0.4×	381 0.9×	365 1.1×	27 0.2×	48	1.2k
Honglei Bai China	16	905 1.1×	153 0.3×	554 1.3×	731 2.3×	28 0.2×	45	1.2k
Celso P. Pesce Brazil	20	569 0.7×	627 1.3×	224 0.5×	100 0.3×	74 0.5×	120	1.2k
Kyung‐Soo Yang South Korea	20	1.5k 1.8×	248 0.5×	627 1.4×	601 1.9×	23 0.2×	75	1.6k
Yingjie Wei China	25	1.2k 1.5×	381 0.8×	196 0.5×	740 2.3×	59 0.4×	169	2.2k
L. M. González Spain	19	841 1.0×	196 0.4×	133 0.3×	200 0.6×	24 0.2×	65	985

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fan, Dixia, et al.. (2025). Generalizing morphologies in dam break simulations using transformer model. Physics of Fluids. 37(1). 1 indexed citations

Gong, Jianming, et al.. (2025). A low cost strategy on energy harvesting of flapping foil with time-warping optimization. Energy. 337. 138554–138554.

Fan, Dixia, et al.. (2025). Deep learning vortex-induced vibrations: Time-space forecasting with transformers. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 137. 104337–104337.

Li, Weikun, et al.. (2025). A large manta ray-inspired bio-robotic platform for deep-sea exploration from laboratory to 2000-m depths. Ocean Engineering. 347. 123772–123772.

Fan, Dixia, et al.. (2024). A new strategy optimisation method for underwater flapping foil propulsion based on Twin-Delayed Deep Deterministic and Gaussian process regression. Ocean Engineering. 311. 118813–118813.

Rudy, Samuel, et al.. (2024). Improving predictions of vortex induced vibrations via generalizable hydrodynamic databases across several current incidence angles. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 126. 104086–104086.

Fan, Dixia, et al.. (2024). Variational autoencoders and transformers for multivariate time-series generative modeling and forecasting: Applications to vortex-induced vibrations. Ocean Engineering. 310. 118639–118639. 6 indexed citations

Ge, Mingming, et al.. (2024). Force decomposition of vortex–plate interaction via dynamic mode decomposition. Ocean Engineering. 315. 119757–119757. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Hao, et al.. (2024). Unified scheme design and control optimization of flapping wing for next-generation manta ray robot. Ocean Engineering. 309. 118487–118487. 6 indexed citations

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Fan, Dixia, et al.. (2024). Architected materials for artificial reefs to increase storm energy dissipation. PNAS Nexus. 3(3). pgae101–pgae101. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Xi, et al.. (2024). Learn to flap: foil non-parametric path planning via deep reinforcement learning. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 984. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Lihua, Jiasong Wang, Michael S. Triantafyllou, & Dixia Fan. (2023). Predictions of multi-scale vortex-induced vibrations based on a multi-fidelity data assimilation method. Marine Structures. 93. 103539–103539.

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Bao, Yan, et al.. (2023). Deep reinforcement learning for propulsive performance of a flapping foil. Physics of Fluids. 35(10). 5 indexed citations

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Fan, Dixia, Benjamin Jenett, Filippos Tourlomousis, et al.. (2023). Modular Morphing Lattices for Large-Scale Underwater Continuum Robotic Structures. Soft Robotics. 10(4). 724–736. 19 indexed citations

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Rudy, Samuel, et al.. (2022). Optimized parametric hydrodynamic databases provide accurate response predictions and describe the physics of vortex-induced vibrations. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 112. 103607–103607. 4 indexed citations

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Rudy, Samuel, et al.. (2021). Learning Optimal Parametric Hydrodynamic Database for Vortex-Induced Crossflow Vibration Prediction of Both Freely-Mounted Rigid and Flexible Cylinders. 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Dixia, Liu Yang, Zhicheng Wang, Michael S. Triantafyllou, & George Em Karniadakis. (2020). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Bluff Body Active Flow Control in Experiments and Simulations. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Dixia, et al.. (2017). Numerical Study of Oscillatory Dual Cylinders in Tandem Arrangement. The 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Dixia & Michael S. Triantafyllou. (2017). Vortex Induced Vibration of Riser with Low Span to Diameter Ratio Buoyancy Modules. The 27th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. 14 indexed citations

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Fan, Dixia, Honglin Du, & Michael Triantafyllou. (2016). Optical Tracking Measurement on Vortex Induced Vibration of Flexible Riser with Short-Length Buoyance Module. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 6 indexed citations

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