Duan Zhang

963 total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 758 citations indexed

About

Duan Zhang is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Duan Zhang has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 758 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Computational Mechanics, 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Duan Zhang's work include Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (19 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (11 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (10 papers). Duan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (19 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (11 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (10 papers). Duan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Duan Zhang's co-authors include W. B. VanderHeyden, Xia Ma, P. T. Giguere, Qisu Zou, Min Wang, Balaji Jayaraman, S. Balachandar, Yunchao Yang, Dali Yang and Cheng Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Scientific Reports and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Duan Zhang

40 papers receiving 733 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.

Study on the degradation mechanism of mechanical properties of red sandstone under static and dynamic loading after different high temperatures

2025 18 citations Weidong Liu, Duan Zhang et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Duan Zhang United States	14	603	240	199	113	100	43	758
Grunde Løvoll Norway	11	341 0.6×	243 1.0×	536 2.7×	123 1.1×	53 0.5×	17	922
Kit Windows‐Yule United Kingdom	18	657 1.1×	45 0.2×	212 1.1×	146 1.3×	141 1.4×	79	912
F. M. Auzerais United States	10	186 0.3×	106 0.4×	225 1.1×	67 0.6×	53 0.5×	16	592
A. Medina Mexico	12	304 0.5×	47 0.2×	91 0.5×	62 0.5×	124 1.2×	60	486
Jean-Claude Charmet France	13	290 0.5×	226 0.9×	57 0.3×	114 1.0×	60 0.6×	22	685
A. K. Didwania United States	9	319 0.5×	55 0.2×	173 0.9×	36 0.3×	157 1.6×	22	424
Chi Thành Nguyên France	14	311 0.5×	365 1.5×	29 0.1×	97 0.9×	52 0.5×	40	689
Clara Salueña Spain	10	309 0.5×	35 0.1×	85 0.4×	68 0.6×	67 0.7×	30	418
Marijan Babić United States	9	300 0.5×	58 0.2×	131 0.7×	89 0.8×	45 0.5×	16	399
A. Calvo Argentina	14	332 0.6×	40 0.2×	73 0.4×	68 0.6×	75 0.8×	33	454

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Giraldo-Londoño, Oliver, et al.. (2025). Toward engineering lattice structures with the material point method (MPM). Engineering With Computers. 41(3). 1637–1655.

Liu, Weidong, et al.. (2025). Study on the degradation mechanism of mechanical properties of red sandstone under static and dynamic loading after different high temperatures. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 11611–11611. 18 indexed citations breakdown →

Espy, Michelle, et al.. (2024). Material point methods applied to granular compaction. AIP conference proceedings. 3066. 550001–550001.

Zhang, Duan, et al.. (2023). Nodal force error and its reduction for material point methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 498. 112681–112681. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Duan, Min Wang, & S. Balachandar. (2023). Evolution of the age-included nearest pair distribution in disperse multiphase flows. Physics of Fluids. 35(6). 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Duan. (2021). Stress from Long-Range Interactions in Particulate Systems. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. 19(2). 1066–1082. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Duan, et al.. (2021). Periodic boundary conditions for arbitrary deformations in molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Computational Physics. 435. 110238–110238. 34 indexed citations

Zhang, Duan, et al.. (2021). Coalescence and splashing threshold for head-on collisions of liquid metal nanodroplets. Physics of Fluids. 33(6). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Duan, et al.. (2017). Diffusion in random networks. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 92. 70–81. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan, et al.. (2016). Material point methods applied to one-dimensional shock waves and dual domain material point method with sub-points. Journal of Computational Physics. 325. 301–313. 16 indexed citations

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Mao, Shaolin, et al.. (2012). Scale-bridging schemes based on the material point method. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan, Xia Ma, & P. T. Giguere. (2011). Material point method enhanced by modified gradient of shape function. Journal of Computational Physics. 230(16). 6379–6398. 142 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan. (2009). Ensemble phase averaged equations for multiphase flows in porous media. Part 2: A general theory. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 35(7). 640–649. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan. (2008). Ensemble Phase Averaged Equations for Multiphase Flows in Porous Media. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 61. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan, et al.. (2006). Centrifugal Contactors: Separation of an Aqueous and an Organic Stream in the Rotor Zone (LA‐UR‐05‐7800). Separation Science and Technology. 41(6). 1001–1023. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan. (2005). Evolution of enduring contacts and stress relaxation in a dense granular medium. Physical Review E. 71(4). 41303–41303. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan, Cheng Liu, & Francis H. Harlow. (2002). Effects of nonuniform segment deformation on the constitutive relation of polymeric solids. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(5). 51806–51806. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan & W. B. VanderHeyden. (2002). The effects of mesoscale structures on the macroscopic momentum equations for two-phase flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 28(5). 805–822. 203 indexed citations

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Xie, Yi Min, et al.. (1996). <title>Vibration measurement of railway bridge with seismic low-frequency transducer based on signal reconstruction technique</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2719. 201–208. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Duan. (1994). Ensemble phase averaged equations for multiphase flows. PhDT. 2 indexed citations

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