Shigeru Sunada

1.2k total citations
68 papers, 949 citations indexed

About

Shigeru Sunada is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeru Sunada has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 949 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 20 papers in Computational Mechanics and 14 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shigeru Sunada's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (30 papers), Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (16 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (12 papers). Shigeru Sunada is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (30 papers), Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (16 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (12 papers). Shigeru Sunada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and China. Shigeru Sunada's co-authors include Keiji Kawachi, Anders Hedenström, Kunio Yasuda, Lijiang Zeng, Akira Azuma, Isao Watanabe, T. Yasuda, Tomohiro Hattori, C. P. Ellington and Koichi Yonezawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Experimental Biology, AIAA Journal and Journal of Theoretical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Shigeru Sunada

60 papers receiving 873 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shigeru Sunada Japan 14 741 392 189 133 76 68 949
Roeland de Kat United Kingdom 19 755 1.0× 789 2.0× 113 0.6× 68 0.5× 72 0.9× 39 1.2k
Sridhar Ravi Australia 20 642 0.9× 346 0.9× 77 0.4× 272 2.0× 109 1.4× 61 1.0k
Kristin L. Bishop United States 10 351 0.5× 156 0.4× 133 0.7× 118 0.9× 113 1.5× 11 648
Per Henningsson Sweden 15 584 0.8× 206 0.5× 347 1.8× 308 2.3× 138 1.8× 26 966
Dmitry Kolomenskiy France 21 744 1.0× 615 1.6× 107 0.6× 109 0.8× 114 1.5× 58 1.2k
Toshiyuki Nakata Japan 22 1.3k 1.8× 660 1.7× 149 0.8× 184 1.4× 209 2.8× 63 1.9k
Akira Azuma Japan 17 1.3k 1.8× 619 1.6× 179 0.9× 155 1.2× 232 3.1× 43 1.7k
F. E. Fish United States 7 673 0.9× 331 0.8× 260 1.4× 97 0.7× 157 2.1× 8 1.0k
Tatjana Y. Hubel United Kingdom 16 540 0.7× 157 0.4× 425 2.2× 440 3.3× 129 1.7× 32 1.2k
Bo Cheng United States 22 1.3k 1.8× 477 1.2× 124 0.7× 210 1.6× 194 2.6× 97 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Shigeru Sunada

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shigeru Sunada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shigeru Sunada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shigeru Sunada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shigeru Sunada 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 Shigeru Sunada. Shigeru Sunada is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sugawara, Hideaki, et al.. (2024). Rotor Design of an Urban Air Mobility for Compromising Aerodynamic Performance and Noise. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 72(3). 94–102. 1 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Rotorcraft CG Offset on Aerodynamic Stability Aiming to Obtain Vibration Reduction. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 71(3). 105–111. 1 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Rotorcraft Vibration Reduction Using a Center-of-Gravity Offset. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 66(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Shun, et al.. (2021). Proposal of a Crosswind-Tolerant Small Airplane with All Inherent Subsiding Modes by Adjusting Dihedral Angle and Vertical Tail Volume. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 69(1). 24–34. 2 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2020). A Note on Maximum Flight Range and Maximum Flight Duration of Airplanes. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 68(3). 123–127.
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2019). Note on a Method for Simulating Rotor Motion when Accelerating During Descent. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. 17(5). 577–581. 2 indexed citations
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Aoyama, Takashi, et al.. (2018). Multiple Rotors Hovering Near an Upper or a Side Wall. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics. 30(3). 344–353. 17 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2017). Modeling of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Drone and Improvement to Gust Response. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2017(0). 1P1–R04. 1 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2016). Enhanced agility of Mini-Surveyor with pitch control driven by two motors. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2016(0). 1A2–10a5. 1 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2015). An Investigation on Battery Charging with a Propeller. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 63(1). 8–12. 3 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2015). A study of autorotating plant seeds. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 386. 55–61. 4 indexed citations
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Yonezawa, Koichi, Shigeru Sunada, Nobuaki Sakai, et al.. (2014). An Investigation of Airfoils for Development of a Propeller of Mars Exploration Airplane. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 62(1). 24–30. 1 indexed citations
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Yonezawa, Koichi, et al.. (2014). Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Three-Dimensional Flows around Propellers in Low-Reynolds Number Flows. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. 12(ists29). Pk_65–Pk_70. 1 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Makoto, et al.. (2010). Flight Stability Analysis of a Centimeter-Sized Airplane. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 58(683). 331–339. 1 indexed citations
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Okada, Shuichi, et al.. (2008). Experimental Study on Autonomous Lifting-body Type Airplane in Osaka Prefecture University. 한국항공우주학회 학술발표회 논문집. 608–613. 4 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2008). Guidance and Control of a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Autonomous Flight Experiments. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 56(649). 57–64. 6 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2008). An Analysis on Feathering Motion Passively Generated by Flapping Motion. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 56(648). 41–46. 2 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Makoto, et al.. (2008). Stability analysis of gliding flight of a swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 257(2). 191–202. 13 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2006). A Study on a Bell Type Stabilizer Bar of a Small Coaxial Helicopter. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 54(629). 272–275. 1 indexed citations
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Sunada, Shigeru, et al.. (2005). Autonomous Hovering Flight of a Small Helicopter. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES. 53(619). 376–378. 2 indexed citations

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