V.A.F. Costa

2.8k total citations
109 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

V.A.F. Costa is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, V.A.F. Costa has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 29 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in V.A.F. Costa's work include Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (28 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (26 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (15 papers). V.A.F. Costa is often cited by papers focused on Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (28 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (26 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (15 papers). V.A.F. Costa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Canada and Iran. V.A.F. Costa's co-authors include António M. Raimundo, António C.M. Sousa, A.M.G. Lopes, J.J. Costa, Adélio Rodrigues Gaspar, Marco S. Fernandes, F. P. Brito, Luís Adriano Freitas Oliveira, Mónica S. A. Oliveira and B. R. Baliga and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

V.A.F. Costa

104 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V.A.F. Costa Portugal 26 1.3k 983 863 265 160 109 2.2k
Liang-Bi Wang China 32 2.0k 1.5× 749 0.8× 713 0.8× 354 1.3× 135 0.8× 141 2.5k
Ghanbar Ali Sheikhzadeh Iran 26 1.7k 1.3× 1.8k 1.8× 908 1.1× 303 1.1× 119 0.7× 111 2.4k
Moghtada Mobedi Türkiye 25 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 970 1.1× 312 1.2× 91 0.6× 75 2.2k
Xiande Fang China 31 1.7k 1.3× 733 0.7× 767 0.9× 214 0.8× 260 1.6× 115 2.9k
Xiaohong Han China 24 1.9k 1.4× 661 0.7× 328 0.4× 152 0.6× 143 0.9× 106 2.6k
Cathy Castelain France 30 1.4k 1.1× 656 0.7× 714 0.8× 661 2.5× 308 1.9× 72 2.6k
Kashif Nawaz United States 22 1.5k 1.1× 538 0.5× 531 0.6× 294 1.1× 203 1.3× 131 2.1k
Donald Giddings United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.9× 588 0.6× 443 0.5× 562 2.1× 142 0.9× 56 1.8k
Zi‐Tao Yu China 27 1.7k 1.3× 615 0.6× 453 0.5× 803 3.0× 224 1.4× 100 2.5k
A.L.N. Moreira Portugal 29 1.2k 0.9× 635 0.6× 1.8k 2.1× 171 0.6× 474 3.0× 136 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by V.A.F. Costa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V.A.F. Costa

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

All Works

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Costa, V.A.F., et al.. (2025). A novel heat transfer modeling methodology for regenerative cooling in liquid propellant rocket engines. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 73. 106623–106623. 1 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F., et al.. (2025). SAÚDE MENTAL NO TRABALHO: DESAFIOS E INTERVENÇÕES. Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences. 7(2). 1338–1348.
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Santos, T., João S. Amaral, V. S. Amaral, & V.A.F. Costa. (2024). In-plane thermal anisotropy of natural cork and its variability. Measurement. 242. 116062–116062. 1 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F.. (2024). Looking at Economics through the Eyes of Thermodynamics. Energies. 17(11). 2478–2478. 2 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F.. (2024). A Four Laws Structure for Looking at Economics through the Eyes of Thermodynamics. Energies. 17(17). 4223–4223. 1 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F., et al.. (2023). Hydrogen-Based Energy Systems: Current Technology Development Status, Opportunities and Challenges. Energies. 17(1). 180–180. 98 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F.. (2020). Stability of the numerical solution of unsteady heat conduction: A mechanical approach. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals. 77(6). 431–440. 1 indexed citations
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Lopes, A.M.G. & V.A.F. Costa. (2019). Improved Radial Plane Fins Heat Sink for Light-Emitting Diode Lamps Cooling. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. 12(4). 8 indexed citations
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Li, Zhixiong, et al.. (2019). Thermodynamic modeling of a novel solar powered quad generation system to meet electrical and thermal loads of residential building and syngas production. Energy Conversion and Management. 199. 111982–111982. 29 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Marco S., et al.. (2018). Optimization of a thermal energy storage system provided with an adsorption module – A GenOpt application in a TRNSYS/MATLAB model. Energy Conversion and Management. 162. 90–97. 14 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Marco S., et al.. (2016). A thermal energy storage system provided with an adsorption module – Dynamic modeling and viability study. Energy Conversion and Management. 126. 548–560. 20 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F.. (2006). Bejan’s Heatlines and Masslines for Convection Visualization and Analysis. Applied Mechanics Reviews. 59(3). 126–145. 123 indexed citations
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Lopes, A.M.G., et al.. (2005). Optimization of a sanitary discharge valve using a numerical approach. 373–378. 1 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F.. (2005). Momentum functions and momentum lines for fluid flow visualization and analysis. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 48(10). 2064–2078. 5 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F., Luís Adriano Freitas Oliveira, B. R. Baliga, & António C.M. Sousa. (2004). SIMULATION OF COUPLED FLOWS IN ADJACENT POROUS AND OPEN DOMAINS USING ACONTROL-VOLUME FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications. 45(7). 675–697. 69 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F.. (2004). Double-diffusive natural convection in parallelogrammic enclosures filled with fluid-saturated porous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 47(12-13). 2699–2714. 60 indexed citations
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Costa, V.A.F., Mónica S. A. Oliveira, & António C.M. Sousa. (2004). Numerical simulation of non-Darcian flows through spaces partially filled with a porous medium. Computers & Structures. 82(17-19). 1535–1541. 16 indexed citations

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