Ming‐Chih Lai

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ming‐Chih Lai is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming‐Chih Lai has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Computational Mechanics, 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ming‐Chih Lai's work include Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (36 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (21 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (13 papers). Ming‐Chih Lai is often cited by papers focused on Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (36 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (21 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (13 papers). Ming‐Chih Lai collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and South Korea. Ming‐Chih Lai's co-authors include Charles S. Peskin, Zhilin Li, Yongsam Kim, Wei-Fan Hu, Chao‐An Lin, Wei‐Cheng Wang, Yu-Hau Tseng, J. Thomas Beale, Huaxiong Huang and Kazufumi Ito and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Ming‐Chih Lai

74 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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An Immersed Boundary Method with Formal Second-Order Accuracy and Reduced Numerical Viscosity

2000 703 citations Ming‐Chih Lai et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming‐Chih Lai Taiwan	26	2.1k	431	281	207	198	74	2.7k
Anna‐Karin Tornberg Sweden	24	1.1k 0.5×	364 0.8×	275 1.0×	83 0.4×	50 0.3×	54	1.8k
Michael L. Minion United States	22	1.9k 0.9×	407 0.9×	135 0.5×	162 0.8×	34 0.2×	44	2.4k
Luca Heltai Italy	20	1.0k 0.5×	246 0.6×	450 1.6×	93 0.4×	34 0.2×	67	1.8k
Martin Kronbichler Germany	26	1.5k 0.7×	402 0.9×	441 1.6×	124 0.6×	22 0.1×	85	2.5k
Tobias M. Schneider Germany	34	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 2.6×	125 0.4×	149 0.7×	52 0.3×	118	3.9k
Harald Garcke Germany	33	2.1k 1.0×	101 0.2×	416 1.5×	620 3.0×	41 0.2×	156	4.4k
Georges‐Henri Cottet France	25	1.6k 0.7×	122 0.3×	131 0.5×	373 1.8×	60 0.3×	67	2.0k
Jacques Rappaz Switzerland	28	1.4k 0.7×	327 0.8×	695 2.5×	203 1.0×	36 0.2×	105	2.7k
Frédéric Hecht France	11	1.2k 0.6×	268 0.6×	542 1.9×	106 0.5×	18 0.1×	33	2.5k
Gerhard Dziuk Germany	24	1.7k 0.8×	112 0.3×	400 1.4×	51 0.2×	31 0.2×	48	2.4k

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Hu, Wei-Fan, et al.. (2023). A shallow physics-informed neural network for solving partial differential equations on static and evolving surfaces. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 418. 116486–116486. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Chenxi, et al.. (2023). An improved phase-field algorithm for simulating the impact of a drop on a substrate in the presence of surfactants. Journal of Computational Physics. 499. 112722–112722. 6 indexed citations

Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2023). The tension determination problem for an inextensible interface in 2D Stokes flow. Research in the Mathematical Sciences. 10(4). 1 indexed citations

Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2022). An immersed boundary projection method for solving the fluid-rigid body interaction problems. Journal of Computational Physics. 466. 111367–111367. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2021). An energy stable finite difference method for anisotropic surface diffusion on closed curves. Applied Mathematics Letters. 127. 107848–107848. 3 indexed citations

Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2019). A coupled grid based particle and implicit boundary integral method for two-phase flows with insoluble surfactant. Journal of Computational Physics. 395. 747–764. 6 indexed citations

Tseng, Yu-Hau, et al.. (2018). An immersed boundary method for simulating Newtonian vesicles in viscoelastic fluid. Journal of Computational Physics. 376. 1009–1027. 7 indexed citations

Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2016). A short note on Navier–Stokes flows with an incompressible interface and its approximations. Applied Mathematics Letters. 65. 1–6. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Wei-Fan, et al.. (2016). An immersed boundary method for simulating vesicle dynamics in three dimensions. Journal of Computational Physics. 322. 125–141. 29 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2014). An Unconditionally Energy Stable Penalty Immersed Boundary Method for Simulating the Dynamics of an Inextensible Interface Interacting with a Solid Particle. Journal of Scientific Computing. 64(2). 289–316. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Kuan‐Yu & Ming‐Chih Lai. (2013). A conservative scheme for solving coupled surface-bulk convection–diffusion equations with an application to interfacial flows with soluble surfactant. Journal of Computational Physics. 257. 1–18. 31 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming‐Chih, Yuh‐Chen Kuo, & Hann‐Chorng Kuo. (2012). Intravesical hyaluronic acid for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome: A comparative randomized assessment of different regimens. International Journal of Urology. 20(2). 203–207. 45 indexed citations

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Kim, Yongsam & Ming‐Chih Lai. (2012). Numerical study of viscosity and inertial effects on tank-treading and tumbling motions of vesicles under shear flow. Physical Review E. 86(6). 66321–66321. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2011). Adaptive mesh refinement for elliptic interface problems using the non-conforming immersed finite element method. 8(3). 466–483. 16 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming‐Chih, et al.. (2011). SIMULATING THE AXISYMMETRIC INTERFACIAL FLOWS WITH INSOLUBLE SURFACTANT BY IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD. 8(1). 105–117. 17 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming‐Chih. (2010). Numerical Simulation of Moving Contact Lines with Surfactant by Immersed Boundary Method. Communications in Computational Physics. 8(4). 735–757. 48 indexed citations

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Chueh, Shih‐Chieh, et al.. (2008). Balloon occlusion and hypothermic perfusion of the renal artery in laparoscopic partial nephectomy. International Journal of Urology. 15(11). 967–970. 8 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming‐Chih, Zhilin Li, & Xiao-Biao Lin. (2005). Fast solvers for 3D Poisson equations involving interfaces in a finite or the infinite domain. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 191(1). 106–125. 14 indexed citations

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Chiam, Keng‐Hwee, Ming‐Chih Lai, & Henry Greenside. (2003). Efficient algorithm on a nonstaggered mesh for simulating Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a box. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(2). 26705–26705. 3 indexed citations

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Lai, Ming‐Chih & Zhilin Li. (2001). A remark on jump conditions for the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations involving an immersed moving membrane. Applied Mathematics Letters. 14(2). 149–154. 68 indexed citations

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