Kun Xu

15.4k citations
509 papers · 11.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

    • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
    • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
    • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Papers in

    • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory 215
    • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics 195
    • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows 91
    • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies 58

Kun Xu

474 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows IV: Full Boltzmann and model equations 2016 · 173 citations
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Peers

Kun Xu
Comparison fields: 5 of 157
  • Applied Mathematics 5.5k
  • Computational Mechanics 6.9k
  • Aerospace Engineering 1.8k
  • Ocean Engineering 748
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2.1k
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Kun Xu, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
A Gas-Kinetic BGK Scheme for the Navier–Stokes Equations and Its Connection with Artificial Dissipation and Godunov Method
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2001534
2
A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows
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2010483
3
Discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for all Knudsen number flows: Low-speed isothermal case
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2013351
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Discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for all Knudsen number flows. II. Thermal compressible case
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2015227
5 2018219
6 1993179
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A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows IV: Full Boltzmann and model equations
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2016173
8 2009155
9 2004154
10 2012144
11 2012121
12 2008120
13 2012118
14 2015118
15 2012115
16 2002114
17 1995113
18 2004112
19 1994112
20 2016105

About Kun Xu

Kun Xu is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Ocean Engineering, having authored 509 papers that have together received 11.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (215 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (195 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (91 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (64 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (58 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (55 papers), Optical Network Technologies (46 papers) and Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Mathematics (5.5k citations), Computational Mechanics (6.9k citations), Aerospace Engineering (1.8k citations), Ocean Engineering (748 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.1k citations). Kun Xu has collaborated with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Frequent co-authors include Zhaoli Guo, Juan-Chen Huang, Chang Liu, Yajun Zhu, K. H. Prendergast, Liang Pan, Chengwen Zhong, Ruijie Wang, Qibing Li and Pubing Yu. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Physics of Fluids, Optics Express, Communications in Computational Physics and Computers & Fluids.

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