Yu Rao

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yu Rao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Rao has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 75 papers in Computational Mechanics and 46 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yu Rao's work include Heat Transfer Mechanisms (90 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (58 papers) and Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization (35 papers). Yu Rao is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer Mechanisms (90 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (58 papers) and Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization (35 papers). Yu Rao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Yu Rao's co-authors include Chaoyi Wan, Kirttayoth Yeranee, Li Yang, Yamin Xu, Bernhard Weigand, Yuyang Liu, Yan Feng, Shusheng Zang, Peng Zhang and Ce Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy and Applied Thermal Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Yu Rao

100 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Review of Recent Investigations on Flow and Heat Transf... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
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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. A Review of Recent Investigations on Flow and Heat Transfer Enhancement in Cooling Channels Embedded with Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS)
    2022 115 citations Kirttayoth Yeranee, Yu Rao Energies profile →

Peers

Yu Rao
Terrence W. Simon United States
Pega Hrnjak United States
Yinhai Zhu China
Gherhardt Ribatski Brazil
Jin Taek Chung South Korea
Chirag R. Kharangate United States
Marcia Mantelli Brazil
Masanori Monde Japan
Dipankar Chatterjee India
Terrence W. Simon United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Rao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Rao

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

All Works

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Yeranee, Kirttayoth, et al.. (2025). Conjugate Heat Transfer and Flow Analysis of Double-Wall Cooling with Printable Gyroid-Type TPMS-Based Effusion. Aerospace. 12(9). 854–854. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Experimental and numerical study on enhanced cooling effectiveness for gas turbine blade leading edge with internal ridged swirl chamber and TPMS effusion holes. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 116. 109977–109977. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Chao, et al.. (2025). Experimental and numerical studies of turbulent flow and heat transfer enhancement over oblong-dimple patterned surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 115. 109863–109863. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Jianian, Yu Rao, & Chao Xu. (2025). Experimental and numerical study of the turbulent flow and heat transfer in a rectangular channel with detached pin-fin under rotating conditions. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 248. 127209–127209. 1 indexed citations
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Yeranee, Kirttayoth, Chao Xu, Yuli Cheng, & Yu Rao. (2025). Conjugate Heat Transfer and Thermal Stress Analysis of a Gas Turbine Double-Wall Cooling System with a Diamond-Type TPMS Effusion. Energies. 18(23). 6322–6322.
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Xiong, Yongliang, et al.. (2025). Jet impingement heat transfer over surfaces with transverse high ribs at low Reynolds numbers pertinent to aeroengine ACC system. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 214. 109922–109922.
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Xu, Chao, Yu Rao, & Kirttayoth Yeranee. (2025). Experiments and numerical analysis of turbulent flow heat transfer and pressure loss of a channel with triply periodic minimal surface structures. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 220. 110334–110334. 1 indexed citations
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Yeranee, Kirttayoth, et al.. (2024). Thermal performance enhancement for gas turbine blade trailing edge cooling with topology-optimized printable diamond TPMS lattice. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 110. 109649–109649. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Yuan, Yu Rao, Yuyang Liu, & Alexandros Terzis. (2024). Film cooling enhancement over oblong-dimpled cutback surfaces for the trailing edge of turbine blades. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 108. 109450–109450. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuli, Yuan Li, & Yu Rao. (2024). Enhanced turbine endwall cooling using crescent-dimpled film cooling holes and a hybrid configuration: numerical study. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 109. 109546–109546. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peng, Chao Xu, Yu Rao, & Ce Liang. (2023). Experimental and Numerical Study of Heat Transfer and Turbulent Flow in a Rotating channel with V Rib-Dimple Hybrid Structures. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 187. 108162–108162. 16 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuli, et al.. (2023). Numerical analysis and experiments on heat transfer and flow structures in rotating three-pass serpentine channels with ribs, guide vanes and trailing bleed holes. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 193. 108529–108529. 6 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yuli, et al.. (2023). Large eddy simulations and experiments on low-Reynolds-number laminar separation control for low-pressure turbine blades with oblong-dimpled surface. Aerospace Science and Technology. 142. 108606–108606. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Li, et al.. (2020). Searching for irregular pin-fin shapes for high temperature applications using deep learning methods. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 161. 106746–106746. 39 indexed citations
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Wae-hayee, Makatar, et al.. (2019). Heat transfer correlation of impinging jet array from pipe nozzle under fully developed flow. Applied Thermal Engineering. 154. 37–45. 30 indexed citations
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Feng, Yu, Jie Cao, Xin Li, et al.. (2017). Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Hydrocarbon Fuel in Mini Channels With Dimples. Journal of Heat Transfer. 139(12). 60 indexed citations
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Rao, Yu, et al.. (2006). Experimental study of laminar flow heat transfer with microencapsulated phase change material suspensions in rectangular mini-channels. Journal of Aerospace Power. 1 indexed citations

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