Wai Sun Don

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Wai Sun Don is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wai Sun Don has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Computational Mechanics, 32 papers in Applied Mathematics and 13 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wai Sun Don's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (62 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (49 papers) and Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (31 papers). Wai Sun Don is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (62 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (49 papers) and Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (31 papers). Wai Sun Don collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Wai Sun Don's co-authors include Rafael Brandão de Rezende Borges, Bruno Costa, Bruno Costa, Marcos A. Castro, David Gottlieb, Oleg Schilling, Zhen Gao, Alex Solomonoff, Marco Latini and Gustaaf B. Jacobs and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Wai Sun Don

70 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

An improved weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws

2008 1.0k citations Rafael Brandão de Rezende Borges, Wai Sun Don et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
High order weighted essentially non-oscillatory WENO-Z schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws

2010 414 citations Marcos A. Castro, Bruno Costa et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

Peers

Wai Sun Don

David A. Kopriva United States

Rémi Abgrall France

Jan Nordström Sweden

Mikhail Shashkov United States

С. К. Годунов Russia

Mark H. Carpenter United States

William J. Rider United States

Dinshaw S. Balsara United States

Xiangxiong Zhang United States

В. А. Титарев Russia

David A. Kopriva United States

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Citations per year, relative to Wai Sun Don Wai Sun Don (= 1×) peers David A. Kopriva

Countries citing papers authored by Wai Sun Don

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wai Sun Don

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wai Sun Don

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Don, Wai Sun, et al.. (2025). Improved Sixth-Order WENO Finite Difference Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. 17(6). 1591–1624.

Guo, Cong, et al.. (2025). A family of bound-preserving velocity-consistent schemes for two-medium γ-based model with stiffened gas. Journal of Computational Physics. 538. 114149–114149.

Liu, Chenguang, Jie Sun, Hao Tian, Wai Sun Don, & Lili Ju. (2024). A high-order multi-time-step scheme for bond-based peridynamics. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 449. 115968–115968. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Baoshan, Wai Sun Don, & Peng Li. (2023). Fifth-order well-balanced positivity-preserving finite difference AWENO scheme with hydrostatic reconstruction for hyperbolic chemotaxis models. Applied Numerical Mathematics. 186. 41–56. 2 indexed citations

Don, Wai Sun, et al.. (2023). High order WENO finite difference scheme with adaptive dual order ideal weights for hyperbolic conservation laws. Applied Numerical Mathematics. 187. 50–70. 4 indexed citations

Gao, Zhen, Lili Fang, Baoshan Wang, Yinghua Wang, & Wai Sun Don. (2020). Seventh and ninth orders characteristic-wise alternative WENO finite difference schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws. Computers & Fluids. 202. 104519–104519. 23 indexed citations

Don, Wai Sun, et al.. (2020). An Edge Detector Based on Artificial Neural Network with Application to Hybrid Compact-WENO Finite Difference Scheme. Journal of Scientific Computing. 83(3). 14 indexed citations

Gao, Zhen, et al.. (2017). Enhanced Robustness of the Hybrid Compact-WENO Finite Difference Scheme for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws with Multi-resolution Analysis and Tukey’s Boxplot Method. Journal of Scientific Computing. 73(2-3). 736–752. 8 indexed citations

Don, Wai Sun & Rafael Brandão de Rezende Borges. (2013). Accuracy of the weighted essentially non-oscillatory conservative finite difference schemes. Journal of Computational Physics. 250. 347–372. 164 indexed citations

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Solomonoff, Alex & Wai Sun Don. (2010). Reduction of Linear Systems of ODEs with Optimal Replacement Variables. Communications in Computational Physics. 9(3). 756–779.

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Castro, Marcos A., Bruno Costa, & Wai Sun Don. (2010). High order weighted essentially non-oscillatory WENO-Z schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws. Journal of Computational Physics. 230(5). 1766–1792. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Don, Wai Sun, et al.. (2010). High-order resolution Eulerian–Lagrangian simulations of particle dispersion in the accelerated flow behind a moving shock. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 26(1-4). 37–50. 43 indexed citations

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Don, Wai Sun, David Gottlieb, & Jae Hun Jung. (2009). A weighted multi-domain spectral penalty method with inhomogeneous grid for supersonic injective cavity flows. 5(5). 986–1011. 2 indexed citations

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Schilling, Oleg, Marco Latini, & Wai Sun Don. (2007). Physics of reshock and mixing in single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Physical Review E. 76(2). 26319–26319. 83 indexed citations

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Costa, Bruno & Wai Sun Don. (2006). High order Hybrid central—WENO finite difference scheme for conservation laws. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 204(2). 209–218. 74 indexed citations

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Costa, Bruno, et al.. (2006). Two-Dimensional Multi-Domain Hybrid Spectral-WENO Methods for Conservation Laws. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 16 indexed citations

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Shu, Chi‐Wang, Wai Sun Don, David Gottlieb, Oleg Schilling, & Leland Jameson. (2005). Numerical Convergence Study of Nearly Incompressible, Inviscid Taylor–Green Vortex Flow. Journal of Scientific Computing. 24(1). 1–27. 105 indexed citations

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Don, Wai Sun & Alex Solomonoff. (1997). Accuracy Enhancement for Higher Derivatives using Chebyshev Collocation and a Mapping Technique. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 18(4). 1040–1055. 49 indexed citations

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Don, Wai Sun & David Gottlieb. (1994). The Chebyshev–Legendre Method: Implementing Legendre Methods on Chebyshev Points. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 31(6). 1519–1534. 63 indexed citations

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Don, Wai Sun & David Gottlieb. (1990). Spectral simulations of an unsteady compressible flow past a circular cylinder. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 80(1-3). 39–58. 20 indexed citations

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