Hai Sun

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Hai Sun is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Control and Systems Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hai Sun has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Computational Mechanics, 34 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 18 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hai Sun's work include Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (37 papers), Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (34 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers). Hai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (37 papers), Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (34 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers). Hai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Hai Sun's co-authors include Michael M. Bernitsas, Eun Soo Kim, Chunhui Ma, Wanhai Xu, Wenjun Ding, Chunning Ji, Liping Sun, Qingguo Chi, Tiandong Zhang and Changhai Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Chemical Engineering Journal and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Hai Sun

44 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.

Recent progress in polymer dielectric energy storage: From film fabrication and modification to capacitor performance and application

2023 127 citations Tiandong Zhang, Hai Sun et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hai Sun China	20	994	818	443	236	231	47	1.2k
Xiaodong Wu China	9	449 0.5×	345 0.4×	219 0.5×	95 0.4×	59 0.3×	21	654
K. Arul Prakash India	17	582 0.6×	58 0.1×	135 0.3×	299 1.3×	252 1.1×	56	792
Arman Hemmati Canada	14	404 0.4×	48 0.1×	139 0.3×	138 0.6×	347 1.5×	71	763
Adnan Munir Pakistan	11	243 0.2×	141 0.2×	117 0.3×	59 0.3×	162 0.7×	47	441
Yunfei Wang China	16	166 0.2×	62 0.1×	58 0.1×	373 1.6×	194 0.8×	71	687
Liangjie Mao China	17	234 0.2×	137 0.2×	68 0.2×	317 1.3×	67 0.3×	62	867
H. Beer Germany	18	639 0.6×	43 0.1×	89 0.2×	839 3.6×	170 0.7×	89	1.3k
Santanu Mitra India	13	286 0.3×	60 0.1×	57 0.1×	130 0.6×	164 0.7×	35	500
Paweł Niegodajew Poland	15	272 0.3×	31 0.0×	108 0.2×	186 0.8×	99 0.4×	51	631
Dong-Ho Jung South Korea	10	154 0.2×	124 0.2×	58 0.1×	105 0.4×	48 0.2×	72	462

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Hai, et al.. (2026). Integrated Enhancement of Mechanical and Energy Storage Properties of PP Films by Incorporating Ethylene Chain Segments and Crystallization Modulation. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 8(3). 1626–1636.

Chen, Ying, Tiandong Zhang, Hai Sun, et al.. (2025). Enhanced high-temperature energy storage performance of blend polymer-based composites films by doping core-shell structured inorganic fillers. Ceramics International. 51(21). 33028–33037. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Hai, Tiandong Zhang, Chao Yin, et al.. (2025). Exceptional high-temperature capacitive performance of PEI dielectric films via intermolecular forces from trifluoromethyl and hydroxyl. Chemical Engineering Journal. 523. 168305–168305.

Sun, Hai, Tiandong Zhang, Chao Yin, et al.. (2024). Improved the high-temperature energy storage performance of PEI films via loading core-shell structured Al2O3@BaSrTiO3 nanofillers. Ceramics International. 50(21). 43811–43818. 9 indexed citations

Luo, Yongqing, et al.. (2024). Energy Harnessing Performance of Oscillating Foil Submerged in the Wake of a Fixed Cylinder. Energies. 17(8). 1793–1793. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Hai, Tiandong Zhang, Chao Yin, et al.. (2024). Significantly enhanced high-temperature energy storage performance for polymer composite films with gradient distribution of organic fillers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154546–154546. 20 indexed citations

Zhang, Tiandong, Hai Sun, Chao Yin, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in polymer dielectric energy storage: From film fabrication and modification to capacitor performance and application. Progress in Materials Science. 140. 101207–101207. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

Sun, Hai, Tiandong Zhang, Changhai Zhang, & Qingguo Chi. (2023). High-Temperature Dielectric Energy Storage Performance of MgO/PEI Nanocomposites. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Hai, et al.. (2023). Experimental and numerical study of the shielding effect of two tandem rough cylinders in flow-induce oscillation. Marine Structures. 89. 103374–103374. 9 indexed citations

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Bai, Xu, et al.. (2022). Numerical study on ocean current energy converter by tandem cylinder with different diameter using flow-induced vibration. Ocean Engineering. 257. 111539–111539. 20 indexed citations

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Ding, Wenjun, Hai Sun, Wanhai Xu, & Michael M. Bernitsas. (2021). Experimental and computational investigation of interactive flow induced oscillations of two tandem rough cylinders at 3×104≤Re≤1.2×105. Ocean Engineering. 223. 108641–108641. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dahai, et al.. (2020). Vortex-Induced Vibration Characteristics of a PTC Cylinder with a Free Surface Effect. Energies. 13(4). 907–907. 2 indexed citations

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Yuan, Wenyong, Hai Sun, Hui Li, & Michael M. Bernitsas. (2020). Flow-induced oscillation patterns for two tandem cylinders with turbulence stimulation and variable stiffness and damping. Ocean Engineering. 218. 108237–108237. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Hai, Chunhui Ma, & Michael M. Bernitsas. (2018). Hydrokinetic power conversion using Flow Induced Vibrations with cubic restoring force. Energy. 153. 490–508. 27 indexed citations

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Ji, Chunning, Wanhai Xu, Hai Sun, et al.. (2018). Interactive Flow-Induced Vibrations of Two Staggered, Low Mass-Ratio Cylinders in the TrSL3 Flow Regime (2.5 × 104 < Re < 1.2 × 105): Smooth Cylinders. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. 140(4). 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Chunhui, et al.. (2017). Nonlinear Piecewise Restoring Force in Hydrokinetic Power Conversion Using Flow Induced Motions of Two Tandem Cylinders. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Hai, et al.. (2017). Hydrokinetic energy conversion by two rough tandem-cylinders in flow induced motions: Effect of spacing and stiffness. Renewable Energy. 107. 61–80. 92 indexed citations

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Ma, Chunhui, et al.. (2017). Nonlinear Piecewise Restoring Force in Hydrokinetic Power Conversion Using Flow-Induced Vibrations of Two Tandem Cylinders. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. 140(4). 12 indexed citations

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Kınacı, Ömer Kemal, et al.. (2016). Computational and Experimental Assessment of Turbulence Stimulation on Flow Induced Motion of a Circular Cylinder. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. 138(4). 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Hai, et al.. (2011). Effect of Blade Numbers on Pressure Drop of Axial Cyclone Separators by CFD. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 55-57. 343–347. 13 indexed citations

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