Wenda Tan

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Wenda Tan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenda Tan has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 14 papers in Automotive Engineering and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wenda Tan's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (30 papers), Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (22 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (14 papers). Wenda Tan is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (30 papers), Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (22 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (14 papers). Wenda Tan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Wenda Tan's co-authors include Yung C. Shin, Xuxiao Li, Neil S. Bailey, Tao Sun, Cang Zhao, Anthony D. Rollett, Niranjan D. Parab, John E. Barnes, Peeyush Nandwana and Fangzhou Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Science of The Total Environment and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Wenda Tan

48 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Binder jet 3D printing—Process parameters, materials, properties, modeling, and challenges

2020 699 citations Wenda Tan et al. profile →
Critical instability at moving keyhole tip generates porosity in laser melting

2020 487 citations Cang Zhao, Niranjan D. Parab et al. Science profile →

Peers

Wenda Tan

Paul Gradl United States

Guangyi Ma China

Chen‐Nan Sun Singapore

Chinnapat Panwisawas United Kingdom

C. P. Paul India

Chunlei Qiu United Kingdom

Vanessa Seyda Germany

Andrew J. Pinkerton United Kingdom

Elena López Germany

Aref Yadollahi United States

Paul Gradl United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Wenda Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenda Tan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Yanfei, et al.. (2025). In-situ observation of plastic material flow and interfacial condition in friction stir-based processes via particle image velocimetry. Manufacturing Letters. 43. 79–83. 1 indexed citations

Bitharas, Ioannis, et al.. (2025). Effects of gas composition and pressure level on powder spattering and denudation in laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia. 299. 121443–121443.

Rinker, Teresa J., et al.. (2025). Laser keyhole welding of dissimilar metals with spiral contours: Metal mixing, microstructure, and mechanical strength. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 141. 1020–1030. 3 indexed citations

Lv, Duchao, Weisheng Cao, Shuanglin Chen, et al.. (2024). An integrated modeling framework with open architecture for phase field simulation of multi-component alloys. Calphad. 86. 102723–102723. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Wenkang, David C. Deisenroth, Sergey Mekhontsev, & Wenda Tan. (2023). Correlation between keyhole geometry and reflected laser light distribution in laser-based manufacturing. Manufacturing Letters. 38. 56–59. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Wayne, et al.. (2023). A novel integrated process-performance model for laser welding of multi-layer battery foils and tabs. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 320. 118121–118121. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, Wei Fan, Zihao Yang, et al.. (2022). Mechanism comparisons of transport-deposition-reentrainment between microplastics and natural mineral particles in porous media: A theoretical and experimental study. The Science of The Total Environment. 850. 157998–157998. 24 indexed citations

Li, Xuxiao, et al.. (2022). Multi-physics modeling of grain growth during solidification in electron beam additive manufacturing of Inconel 718. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 31(1). 15002–15002. 6 indexed citations

Yeung, Ho, et al.. (2021). Effect of spiral scan strategy on microstructure for additively manufactured stainless steel 17–4. Manufacturing Letters. 29. 1–4. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Tao, Wenda Tan, Lianyi Chen, & Anthony D. Rollett. (2020). In situ/operandosynchrotron x-ray studies of metal additive manufacturing. MRS Bulletin. 45(11). 927–933. 30 indexed citations

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Zhao, Cang, Niranjan D. Parab, Xuxiao Li, et al.. (2020). Critical instability at moving keyhole tip generates porosity in laser melting. Science. 370(6520). 1080–1086. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tetik, Halil, Guang Yang, Wenda Tan, et al.. (2020). High Speed In-situ X-ray Imaging of 3D Freeze Printing of Aerogels. Additive manufacturing. 36. 101513–101513. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Xuxiao & Wenda Tan. (2020). Numerical Modeling of Powder Gas Interaction for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xuxiao & Wenda Tan. (2020). Numerical Modeling of Powder Gas Interaction Relative to Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 143(5). 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Wenkang, et al.. (2020). Energy-Coupling Mechanisms Revealed through Simultaneous Keyhole Depth and Absorptance Measurements during Laser-Metal Processing. Physical Review Applied. 13(6). 72 indexed citations

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Li, Xuxiao, Nadia Kouraytem, Vahid Tari, et al.. (2018). A multi-scale, multi-physics modeling framework to predict spatial variation of properties in additive-manufactured metals. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 27(2). 25009–25009. 53 indexed citations

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Li, Xuxiao & Wenda Tan. (2018). Numerical investigation of effects of nucleation mechanisms on grain structure in metal additive manufacturing. Computational Materials Science. 153. 159–169. 125 indexed citations

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Shin, Yung C., Neil S. Bailey, Christopher Katinas, & Wenda Tan. (2018). Predictive modeling capabilities from incident powder and laser to mechanical properties for laser directed energy deposition. Computational Mechanics. 61(5). 617–636. 46 indexed citations

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Tan, Wenda & Yung C. Shin. (2014). Analysis of multi-phase interaction and its effects on keyhole dynamics with a multi-physics numerical model. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 47(34). 345501–345501. 99 indexed citations

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Tan, Wenda, Neil S. Bailey, & Yung C. Shin. (2012). Numerical Modeling of Transport Phenomena and Dendritic Growth in Laser Spot Conduction Welding of 304 Stainless Steel. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 134(4). 36 indexed citations

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