K. T. Tan

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

K. T. Tan is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. T. Tan has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. T. Tan's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (36 papers), Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (15 papers) and Cellular and Composite Structures (15 papers). K. T. Tan is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (36 papers), Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (15 papers) and Cellular and Composite Structures (15 papers). K. T. Tan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Singapore. K. T. Tan's co-authors include Yutaka Iwahori, Naoyuki Watanabe, Bing Li, S. A. Meguid, Aarash Y. N. Sofla, Woo-Jong Yeo, Chao Zhang, C. T. Sun, Mohammed Elamin and Takashi Ishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

K. T. Tan

87 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Shape morphing of aircraft wing: Status and challenges

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. T. Tan United States	28	1.2k	1.0k	763	704	477	87	2.8k
Fei Han China	29	1.4k 1.2×	773 0.8×	470 0.6×	778 1.1×	434 0.9×	151	2.9k
Bing Li China	30	597 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	731 1.0×	262 0.5×	166	2.9k
Pengfei He China	25	754 0.6×	802 0.8×	443 0.6×	323 0.5×	362 0.8×	161	2.5k
Tao Liu China	27	715 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	605 0.8×	439 0.6×	139 0.3×	163	2.6k
Kai Wei China	37	1.0k 0.8×	2.4k 2.4×	656 0.9×	792 1.1×	259 0.5×	126	3.8k
Sridhar Idapalapati Singapore	35	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.8×	326 0.4×	496 0.7×	182 0.4×	118	3.1k
Scott W. Case United States	33	1.4k 1.1×	950 0.9×	452 0.6×	597 0.8×	180 0.4×	144	3.3k
Xiaohu Yao China	32	1.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	610 0.8×	468 0.7×	683 1.4×	182	3.6k
Weinong Chen United States	28	1.8k 1.5×	835 0.8×	590 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	231 0.5×	87	3.6k
Darren J. Hartl United States	25	438 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	734 1.0×	901 1.3×	505 1.1×	182	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. T. Tan

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Inoue, Ryo, et al.. (2025). Damage Behavior in Unidirectional CFRP Laminates with Ply Discontinuity. Applied Composite Materials. 32(4). 1481–1499. 2 indexed citations

Tan, K. T., et al.. (2024). Study of equi-energetic effects on the low-velocity impact and compression after impact response of carbon fiber composite tube structures. Composites Part B Engineering. 291. 112056–112056. 6 indexed citations

Tan, K. T., et al.. (2024). Post impact flexural behavior investigation of hybrid foam-core sandwich composites at extreme Arctic temperature. Composites Science and Technology. 258. 110897–110897. 5 indexed citations

Tan, K. T., et al.. (2024). Hybridization of face sheet in sandwich composites to mitigate low temperature and low velocity impact damage. Composite Structures. 338. 118101–118101. 6 indexed citations

Hirano, Yoshiyasu, et al.. (2023). Bio-inspired study of stiffener arrangement in composite stiffened panels using a Voronoi diagram as an indicator. Composite Structures. 327. 117640–117640. 7 indexed citations

Li, Bing, Chao Zhang, Fang Peng, et al.. (2020). 4D printed shape memory metamaterial for vibration bandgap switching and active elastic-wave guiding. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(4). 1164–1173. 56 indexed citations

Kennedy, Emily B., et al.. (2019). Bioinspirational understanding of flexural performance in hedgehog spines. Acta Biomaterialia. 94. 553–564. 14 indexed citations

Li, Bing, et al.. (2018). Impact load wave transmission in elastic metamaterials. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 118. 50–59. 45 indexed citations

Li, Bing, Sagr Alamri, & K. T. Tan. (2017). A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6226–6226. 30 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Emily B., et al.. (2017). Static flexural properties of hedgehog spines conditioned in coupled temperature and relative humidity environments. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 75. 413–422. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Bing, Yongquan Liu, & K. T. Tan. (2017). A novel meta-lattice sandwich structure for dynamic load mitigation. Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials. 21(6). 1880–1905. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Bing & K. T. Tan. (2016). Asymmetric wave transmission in a diatomic acoustic/elastic metamaterial. Journal of Applied Physics. 120(7). 25 indexed citations

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Hsiung, Bor‐Kai, et al.. (2016). Dynamic impact testing of hedgehog spines using a dual-arm crash pendulum. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 61. 271–282. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Bing, et al.. (2016). Numerical investigation of band gaps in 3D printed cantilever-in-mass metamaterials. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28314–28314. 59 indexed citations

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Tan, K. T., et al.. (2010). Tumour Necrosis Factor-α Expression Is Associated with Increased Severity of Periprosthetic Breast Capsular Contracture. European Surgical Research. 45(3-4). 327–332. 30 indexed citations

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Abdelfattah, Mohamed A. O., et al.. (2010). Influence of cellular imperfections on mechanical response of metallic foams. International Journal of Crashworthiness. 15(4). 357–367. 14 indexed citations

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Tan, K. T., Naoyuki Watanabe, M. Sano, et al.. (2009). MATERIAL SELECTION OF Z-FIBRE IN STITCHED COMPOSITES - EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL COMPARISON APPROACH. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4 indexed citations

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Chia, Sin Eng, et al.. (1991). Monitoring of exposure to cyclohexanone through the analysis of breath and urine.. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 17(6). 430–435. 6 indexed citations

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Ong, Choon Nam, et al.. (1991). Determination of Cyclohexanol in Urine and Its Use in Environmental Monitoring of Cyclohexanone Exposure. Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 15(1). 13–16. 18 indexed citations

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Ong, Choon Nam, et al.. (1991). Environmental and biological monitoring of methyl ethyl ketone (MEK). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 19(1-3). 401–411. 7 indexed citations

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