Fangda Xu

565 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 393 citations indexed

About

Fangda Xu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fangda Xu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 393 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fangda Xu's work include Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (8 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (7 papers) and Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (4 papers). Fangda Xu is often cited by papers focused on Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (8 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (7 papers) and Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (4 papers). Fangda Xu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Singapore. Fangda Xu's co-authors include Ou Zhao, Wenkang Zuo, Siwei Liu, Man-Tai Chen, Vimal Dhokia, Stephen T. Newman, Siân Evans, Jie Wang, Andi Su and Yun Xiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Engineering Structures, Journal of Structural Engineering and The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

In The Last Decade

Fangda Xu

17 papers receiving 361 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.

Behavior of wire arc additively manufactured 316L austenitic stainless steel single shear bolted connections

2024 58 citations Wenkang Zuo, Man-Tai Chen et al. Thin-Walled Structures profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fangda Xu United Kingdom	9	269	127	89	53	43	19	393
Ruizhi Zhang China	12	303 1.1×	141 1.1×	148 1.7×	95 1.8×	85 2.0×	30	485
Tomáš Kroupa Czechia	7	252 0.9×	170 1.3×	41 0.5×	14 0.3×	92 2.1×	26	338
Radim Halama Czechia	12	321 1.2×	110 0.9×	67 0.8×	38 0.7×	220 5.1×	53	428
Vegard Brøtan Norway	9	287 1.1×	194 1.5×	15 0.2×	16 0.3×	33 0.8×	21	347
Mohammad Dabiri Finland	8	323 1.2×	147 1.2×	55 0.6×	8 0.2×	100 2.3×	14	373
Filippo Nalli Italy	10	288 1.1×	95 0.7×	28 0.3×	10 0.2×	129 3.0×	19	346
Emmanuel Rodriguez United States	8	340 1.3×	258 2.0×	26 0.3×	11 0.2×	40 0.9×	11	413
Gabriele Piscopo Italy	11	498 1.9×	292 2.3×	14 0.2×	11 0.2×	31 0.7×	21	539
Marina Franulović Croatia	11	280 1.0×	34 0.3×	54 0.6×	23 0.4×	211 4.9×	43	355
Eider Aldalur Spain	14	676 2.5×	404 3.2×	15 0.2×	15 0.3×	37 0.9×	22	703

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19 of 19 papers shown

Chen, Xi, et al.. (2025). Cross-Sectional Capacity of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel Channel Section Stub Columns. Journal of Structural Engineering. 151(6). 14 indexed citations

Xu, Fangda, et al.. (2025). Influence of laser power on microstructure and performance of Ti6Al4V fabricated through coaxial wire-laser directed energy deposition using six laser beams. Optics & Laser Technology. 192. 113901–113901.

Xu, Fangda, et al.. (2025). Thermophysical properties and rapid solidification mechanism of highly undercooled liquid Fe-Nd-Y-B alloy under electrostatic levitation condition. Acta Physica Sinica. 74(19). 197102–197102.

Ye, Long, Li Chen, Y. Zhou, et al.. (2025). Review of online quality control for laser directed energy deposition (LDED) additive manufacturing. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. 7(6). 62005–62005. 2 indexed citations

Evans, Siân, et al.. (2024). Experimental study of wire arc additively manufactured steel sections stiffened by sinusoidal waves. Structures. 65. 106641–106641. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Man-Tai, Yangyu Chen, Wenkang Zuo, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation on the tensile behavior of wire arc additively manufactured duplex stainless steel plates. Engineering Structures. 321. 118764–118764. 56 indexed citations

Zuo, Wenkang, Man-Tai Chen, Ou Zhao, et al.. (2024). Behavior of wire arc additively manufactured 316L austenitic stainless steel single shear bolted connections. Thin-Walled Structures. 202. 112075–112075. 58 indexed citations breakdown →

Zuo, Wenkang, Man-Tai Chen, Ou Zhao, et al.. (2024). Structural performance of wire arc additively manufactured duplex stainless steel single-lap shear bolted connections. Engineering Structures. 319. 118706–118706. 45 indexed citations

Meng, Xin, et al.. (2024). Novel hybrid sleeve connections between 3D printed and conventional tubular steel elements. Engineering Structures. 302. 117269–117269. 18 indexed citations

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Evans, Siân, Fangda Xu, & Jie Wang. (2024). Experiments on the material and stability performance of slender WAAM plated structures. Thin-Walled Structures. 202. 112136–112136. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhongxing, Yuhang Hou, & Fangda Xu. (2023). Experimental investigation on cyclic behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured carbon steel. ce/papers. 6(3-4). 714–719. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Siân, Fangda Xu, & Jie Wang. (2023). Experimental Study on the Local Buckling Response of WAAM Stainless Steel Square Hollow Sections. ce/papers. 6(3-4). 684–689. 5 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Chloe, et al.. (2023). The state-of-the-art of wire arc directed energy deposition (WA-DED) as an additive manufacturing process for large metallic component manufacture. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 36(3). 469–510. 57 indexed citations

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Evans, Siân, Fangda Xu, & Jie Wang. (2023). Material properties and local stability of WAAM stainless steel equal angle sections. Engineering Structures. 287. 116160–116160. 34 indexed citations

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Xu, Fangda, et al.. (2022). Numerical analysis of direct-current (DC) plasma processing for high-efficient steel surface modification. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 124(7-8). 2215–2228. 6 indexed citations

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Bennett, Adam, et al.. (2022). Thermal Analysis and Digital Design for Non-transferred Plasma Processing. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Nan, et al.. (2021). Power Dissipation of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Torch under E Mode Dominated Regime. Micromachines. 12(7). 834–834. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Fangda, Vimal Dhokia, Paul A. Colegrove, et al.. (2018). Realisation of a multi-sensor framework for process monitoring of the wire arc additive manufacturing in producing Ti-6Al-4V parts. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 31(8). 785–798. 64 indexed citations

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Du, Kai, Yongjian Tang, Junjie Zhang, et al.. (2013). Velocity-dependent Nanoscratching of Amorphous Polystyrene. Current Nanoscience. 9(1). 153–158. 3 indexed citations

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