John C. Chai

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

John C. Chai is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Chai has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Computational Mechanics, 43 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 34 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John C. Chai's work include Radiative Heat Transfer Studies (25 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (19 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (16 papers). John C. Chai is often cited by papers focused on Radiative Heat Transfer Studies (25 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (19 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (16 papers). John C. Chai collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and China. John C. Chai's co-authors include Suhas V. Patankar, K.C. Toh, Yee Cheong Lam, Yap Yit Fatt, Liwen Jin, Chun Yang, Teck Neng Wong, Gongyue Tang, K.C. Leong and Hongren Gong and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Langmuir and Nanoscale.

In The Last Decade

John C. Chai

132 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Finite volume method for radiation heat transfer

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Research on the filtration and deposition characteristics of mixed particles in nonwoven fiber filter media 2025 ·Separation and Purification Technology ·Hao Jin, (unknown), John C. Chai, Zhenyu Wu, Hui Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), Shihang Li	0
2	Review of simulation methods for co-axial ground heat exchangers: Simplified models, predictions, and comparisons 2025 ·Geothermics ·Zongyuan Ma, John C. Chai, (unknown), Min Zhang, Guosheng Jia, Liwen Jin	0
3	Node transfer with graph contrastive learning for class-imbalanced node classification 2025 ·Neural Networks ·Yangding Li, Xiaoyang Zhao, Yangyang Zeng, (unknown), John C. Chai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
4	Simulation of pressure drop in pleated filter media during dust loading using an improved CFD porous media model 2025 ·Powder Technology ·Shihang Li, (unknown), (unknown), Hao Jin, (unknown), John C. Chai, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaodong She, Wei Liu	0
5	GNN-transformer contrastive learning explores homophily 2025 ·Information Processing & Management ·Yangding Li, Yangyang Zeng, Xiaoyang Zhao, John C. Chai, Hao Feng, (unknown), Ye Cui, (unknown)	2
6	Light disentangled graph learning for social recommendation 2025 ·World Wide Web ·Yangding Li, (unknown), Yangyang Zeng, Xiaoyang Zhao, John C. Chai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
7	Influence of slug flow on sand dune transport in a 3.6° upward inclined pipeline 2024 ·Energy Science & Engineering ·Afshin Goharzadeh, (unknown), Peter Rodgers, John C. Chai	1
8	A finite-volume method for full-scale simulations of coaxial borehole heat exchangers with different structural parameters, geological and operating conditions 2021 ·Renewable Energy ·Guosheng Jia, Zongyuan Ma, (unknown), Y.P. Zhang, (unknown), John C. Chai, Liwen Jin	28
9	A New Analytical Model for the Estimation of Three-phase Rock-soil Thermal Conductivity for Geothermal Utilization 2019 ·IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ·Guosheng Jia, (unknown), Xiangzhao Meng, (unknown), John C. Chai, Liwen Jin	5
10	Characterizing Asphaltene Deposition in the Presence of Chemical Dispersants in Porous Media Micromodels 2017 ·Energy & Fuels ·Yu‐Jiun Lin, Peng He, Mohammad Tavakkoli, Nevin Mathew, Yap Yit Fatt, John C. Chai, Afshin Goharzadeh, Francisco M. Vargas, Sibani Lisa Biswal	59
11	Computation of multiphase flows using the level-set method 2016 ·University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield) ·Yap Yit Fatt, Afshin Goharzadeh, John C. Chai	1
12	Formation and breakup of compound pendant drops at the tip of a capillary and its effect on upstream velocity fluctuations 2011 ·International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·Zhizhao Che, Teck Neng Wong, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, John C. Chai	4
13	Two-dimensional model analysis for the pulse tube of rotating pulse tube refrigerator 2006 ·Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics ·John C. Chai, (unknown), (unknown)	1
14	Joule heating effect on electroosmotic flow and mass species transport in a microcapillary 2003 ·International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·Gongyue Tang, Chun Yang, John C. Chai, Hongren Gong	164
15	Modelling of pressure-driven liquid flows in conjugate rectangular microchannel with electric double layer effects 2002 ·E. Y. K. Ng, (unknown), John C. Chai	1
16	Ignition Transient Investigation of Rocket Motor 2000 ·Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers ·(unknown), S. M. Han, John C. Chai	0
17	Spatial-Multiblock Procedure for Radiation Heat Transfer 1996 ·John C. Chai, Jeffrey P. Moder	2
18	Laminar Heat Transfer of a Radiating Fluid in a Backward Facing Step Flow 1993 ·John C. Chai, (unknown), Suhas V. Patankar	4
19	Recent Developments in the Solution of Radiation Heat Transfer Using the Discrete Ordinates Method 1993 ·(unknown), John C. Chai, Suhas V. Patankar	1
20	Radiation heat transfer calculations using a control-angle, control-volume-based discrete ordinates method 1993 ·John C. Chai, (unknown), Suhas V. Patankar	2

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