Man-Tai Chen

3.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
81 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Man-Tai Chen is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Man-Tai Chen has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 49 papers in Building and Construction and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Man-Tai Chen's work include Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (55 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (44 papers) and Fire effects on concrete materials (24 papers). Man-Tai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (55 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (44 papers) and Fire effects on concrete materials (24 papers). Man-Tai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Man-Tai Chen's co-authors include Ben Young, Wenkang Zuo, Ou Zhao, Yangyu Chen, Madhup Pandey, André Dias Martins, Pedro Borges Dinis, Dinar Camotim, Tianyi Zhang and Zhichao Gong and has published in prestigious journals such as Materials Science and Engineering A, Materials and Engineering Structures.

In The Last Decade

Man-Tai Chen

71 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics ... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 25 50 75 100
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of wire arc additively manufactured high-strength steels
    2023 101 citations Man-Tai Chen, Tianyi Zhang et al. Engineering Structures profile →
  2. Mechanical properties of high strength steels and weld metals at arctic low temperatures
    2023 87 citations Man-Tai Chen, Chen Shen et al. Thin-Walled Structures profile →
  3. Additive manufacturing oriented parametric topology optimization design and numerical analysis of steel joints in gridshell structures
    2023 83 citations Wenkang Zuo, Man-Tai Chen et al. Thin-Walled Structures profile →
  4. 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 →
  5. Testing of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Double-Lap Shear Bolted Connections
    2024 54 citations Wenkang Zuo, Man-Tai Chen et al. profile →
  6. Experimental investigation on double-lap shear behavior of 3D printed austenitic stainless steel bolted connections
    2024 54 citations Wenkang Zuo, Man-Tai Chen et al. Engineering Structures profile →
  7. Material properties of wire arc additively manufactured austenitic stainless steels after exposure to elevated temperatures
    2025 24 citations Zhichao Gong, Ou Zhao et al. Thin-Walled Structures profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Man-Tai Chen China 38 2.0k 1.5k 779 322 287 81 2.8k
Pinelopi Kyvelou United Kingdom 21 717 0.4× 612 0.4× 958 1.2× 169 0.5× 570 2.0× 46 1.7k
Michele Palermo Italy 24 795 0.4× 391 0.3× 794 1.0× 60 0.2× 551 1.9× 87 1.7k
E. Real Spain 31 2.5k 1.2× 2.0k 1.4× 317 0.4× 409 1.3× 58 0.2× 86 2.7k
Giada Gasparini Italy 20 719 0.4× 344 0.2× 549 0.7× 48 0.1× 447 1.6× 87 1.4k
Lip H. Teh Australia 25 1.5k 0.7× 637 0.4× 480 0.6× 596 1.9× 56 0.2× 97 1.7k
Huiyong Ban China 27 2.1k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 611 0.8× 585 1.8× 23 0.1× 104 2.5k
Vittoria Laghi Italy 20 247 0.1× 377 0.3× 745 1.0× 52 0.2× 668 2.3× 43 1.2k
Katherine A. Cashell United Kingdom 20 1.5k 0.7× 954 0.7× 213 0.3× 108 0.3× 54 0.2× 86 1.7k
Zhongxing Wang China 17 545 0.3× 329 0.2× 344 0.4× 158 0.5× 80 0.3× 42 869
Yongjiu Shi China 29 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 910 1.2× 934 2.9× 10 0.0× 116 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Man-Tai Chen

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All Works

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Wang, Yunhe, et al.. (2025). Cyclic response of tapered recycled aggregate concrete-filled high-strength double-skin steel tube column. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 236. 109948–109948.
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Wu, Xiangdong, et al.. (2025). Bending behaviour of raw coal gangue concrete-filled steel tubes. Structures. 76. 108989–108989. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Xiaoliang, Shuai Li, Jin Li, Man-Tai Chen, & Ou Zhao. (2025). Tensile behaviour of joints composed of dissimilar metallic plates fabricated by wire arc additive manufacturing. Engineering Structures. 346. 121627–121627. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jin, Ke Jiang, Man-Tai Chen, Ou Zhao, & Leroy Gardner. (2025). Post-fire behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured ER70S-6 steel. Engineering Structures. 334. 120192–120192. 13 indexed citations
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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
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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 →
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Chen, Man-Tai, Zhichao Gong, Huan Cao, et al.. (2024). Residual mechanical properties of corroded ultra-high-strength steels and weld metals. Thin-Walled Structures. 205. 112397–112397. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Shuai, Yating Liang, Man-Tai Chen, & Ou Zhao. (2024). Flexural buckling of cold-formed austenitic stainless steel flat-oval hollow section columns: Testing, modelling and design. Thin-Walled Structures. 199. 111795–111795. 10 indexed citations
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Zuo, Wenkang, Man-Tai Chen, Siwei Liu, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation on double-lap shear behavior of 3D printed austenitic stainless steel bolted connections. Engineering Structures. 317. 118501–118501. 54 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Chen, Yuhan Ding, Lin Wang, et al.. (2024). Revealing the evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties with deposition energy and shielding gas to achieve phase-balanced directed energy deposition of 2205 duplex stainless steel. Materials Science and Engineering A. 915. 147197–147197. 1 indexed citations
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Ding, Xinyu, Liang Xu, Man-Tai Chen, & Lili Hu. (2024). Study on CFRP-Strengthened Welded Steel Plates with Inclined Welds Considering Welding Residual Stress. Materials. 17(8). 1804–1804. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, Yuhan Ding, Lin Wang, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the microstructure and tensile properties of directed energy deposition-arc buildup 2209 duplex stainless steel by variable polarity energy arrangement. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 127. 433–445. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Shuai, Andi Su, Man-Tai Chen, & Ou Zhao. (2024). Structural behaviour and design of cold-formed austenitic stainless steel flat-oval hollow section beam-columns. Engineering Structures. 316. 118525–118525. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Shuai, Ke Jiang, Man-Tai Chen, et al.. (2024). Cross-section behaviour and capacity of cold-formed austenitic stainless steel flat-oval hollow sections under combined compression and bending. Thin-Walled Structures. 199. 111877–111877. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Man-Tai, Tianyi Zhang, Zhichao Gong, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties and microstructure characteristics of wire arc additively manufactured high-strength steels. Engineering Structures. 300. 117092–117092. 101 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Man-Tai, et al.. (2023). Parametric topology optimization design and analysis of additively manufactured joints in spatial grid structures. Engineering Structures. 300. 117123–117123. 78 indexed citations
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Zuo, Wenkang, Man-Tai Chen, & Ben Young. (2023). Structural behaviour of cold-formed steel elliptical hollow section stub columns after exposure to ISO-834 fire curve. Thin-Walled Structures. 197. 111309–111309. 49 indexed citations
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Chen, Man-Tai, Tianyi Zhang, & Ben Young. (2023). Behavior of concrete-filled cold-formed steel built-up section stub columns. Thin-Walled Structures. 187. 110692–110692. 45 indexed citations
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Chen, Man-Tai, Yangyu Chen, & Ben Young. (2023). Static strengths of cold-formed steel elliptical hollow section X-joints. Thin-Walled Structures. 191. 110997–110997. 24 indexed citations

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