Naiwei Lu

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 968 citations indexed

About

Naiwei Lu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Naiwei Lu has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 968 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Naiwei Lu's work include Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (30 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (27 papers) and Concrete Corrosion and Durability (19 papers). Naiwei Lu is often cited by papers focused on Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (30 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (27 papers) and Concrete Corrosion and Durability (19 papers). Naiwei Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Naiwei Lu's co-authors include Yuan Luo, Mohammad Noori, Ming Yuan, Yang Liu, Fanghuai Chen, Michael Beer, Yang Deng, Yang Liu, Xinhui Xiao and Yang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors, Engineering Structures and Reliability Engineering & System Safety.

In The Last Decade

Naiwei Lu

51 papers receiving 937 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Assessment of fatigue crack propagation and lifetime of double-sided U-rib welds considering welding residual stress relaxation
    2025 24 citations Fanghuai Chen, Haiping Zhang et al. Ocean Engineering profile →
  2. Coupling effect of cracks and pore defects on fatigue performance of U-rib welds
    2025 18 citations Yuan Luo, Xiao Fan Liu et al. 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
Naiwei Lu China 18 590 387 361 104 99 66 968
Alphose Zingoni South Africa 24 829 1.4× 409 1.1× 428 1.2× 189 1.8× 159 1.6× 69 1.3k
Dong‐Hui Yang China 20 1.0k 1.7× 299 0.8× 209 0.6× 67 0.6× 111 1.1× 64 1.2k
Kai A. James United States 17 687 1.2× 146 0.4× 480 1.3× 96 0.9× 56 0.6× 72 940
Rajamohan Ganesan Canada 19 476 0.8× 328 0.8× 652 1.8× 275 2.6× 60 0.6× 80 1.0k
Liyang Xie China 13 173 0.3× 220 0.6× 262 0.7× 77 0.7× 86 0.9× 60 570
Nian-Zhong Chen China 21 434 0.7× 442 1.1× 554 1.5× 78 0.8× 60 0.6× 77 1.1k
Jörg F. Unger Germany 14 486 0.8× 99 0.3× 587 1.6× 98 0.9× 142 1.4× 47 1.0k
Joo‐Won Kang South Korea 21 1.2k 2.0× 258 0.7× 529 1.5× 153 1.5× 322 3.3× 121 1.7k
Xiaoming Wang China 14 793 1.3× 128 0.3× 432 1.2× 57 0.5× 120 1.2× 47 958
H. Alicia Kim United States 16 777 1.3× 138 0.4× 541 1.5× 36 0.3× 100 1.0× 39 994

Countries citing papers authored by Naiwei Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Naiwei Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Naiwei Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Naiwei Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Naiwei Lu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Naiwei Lu. Naiwei Lu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chen, Fanghuai, et al.. (2025). Assessment of fatigue crack propagation and lifetime of double-sided U-rib welds considering welding residual stress relaxation. Ocean Engineering. 332. 121400–121400. 24 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luo, Yuan, Jiangwei Wang, Haiping Zhang, et al.. (2025). SFW-YOLO: A lightweight multi-scale dynamic attention network for weld defect detection in steel bridge inspection. Measurement. 253. 117608–117608. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Naiwei, et al.. (2025). An Advanced Computer Vision Method for Noncontact Vibration Measurement of Cables in Cable‐Stayed Bridges. Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 2025(1). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haiping, Hao Long, Fanghuai Chen, et al.. (2025). An efficient method for predicting temperature field of PC beams with CSWs using thermocouple numerical analysis and random forest algorithm. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 74. 106913–106913.
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Lu, Naiwei, et al.. (2025). Damage detection of a cable-stayed bridge specimen based on unsupervised subdomain adaptation transfer learning. Engineering Structures. 346. 121660–121660.
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Zhang, Haiping, Hao Long, Fanghuai Chen, et al.. (2025). Temperature gradient model of PC beams with corrugated steel webs in China using random forest algorithm and 50 years meteorological monitoring data. Structures. 80. 109781–109781. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Naiwei, Kai Wang, Honghao Wang, Xiao Fan Liu, & Yuan Luo. (2025). Real-time fatigue crack detection and prediction in steel structures based on an automated digital twin-driven framework. Thin-Walled Structures. 218. 114099–114099. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haiping, Fanghuai Chen, Yuan Luo, et al.. (2025). Fatigue life prediction for orthotropic steel bridge decks welds using a Gaussian variational bayes network and small sample experimental data. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 264. 111406–111406. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haiping, Hao Long, Fanghuai Chen, et al.. (2024). Temperature field prediction for a PC beam bridge with corrugated steel webs using BP neural network and measured data. Structures. 68. 107232–107232. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Jing, et al.. (2024). Fatigue Reliability Assessment for Orthotropic Steel Decks: Considering Multicrack Coupling Effects. Metals. 14(3). 272–272. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Liang, et al.. (2024). Research and Simulation of Partial Discharge Phenomenon Sensing Technology for Substation Inspection Robots. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2774(1). 12033–12033.
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Lu, Naiwei, et al.. (2024). Structural damage diagnosis of a cable-stayed bridge based on VGG-19 networks and Markov transition field: numerical and experimental study. Smart Materials and Structures. 34(2). 25006–25006. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xinhui, Haiping Zhang, Yuan Luo, et al.. (2024). A Novel Method of Bridge Deflection Prediction Using Probabilistic Deep Learning and Measured Data. Sensors. 24(21). 6863–6863.
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Lu, Naiwei, Kai Wang, Honghao Wang, et al.. (2020). Dynamic Reliability of Continuous Rigid-Frame Bridges under Stochastic Moving Vehicle Loads. Shock and Vibration. 2020. 1–13. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Naiwei. (2012). Research on time-varying reliability of long-span continuous rigid frame bridge during construction period based on adaptive MC method.
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Lu, Naiwei. (2011). Calculation of System Reliability Index of CFST Continuous Rigid Frame Bridge with High-rise Piers. Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development. 1 indexed citations

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