Zili Li

1.1k total citations
36 papers, 868 citations indexed

About

Zili Li is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zili Li has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 868 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 26 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 8 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zili Li's work include Railway Engineering and Dynamics (28 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (22 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (10 papers). Zili Li is often cited by papers focused on Railway Engineering and Dynamics (28 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (22 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (10 papers). Zili Li collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and Belgium. Zili Li's co-authors include Rolf Dollevoet, Zhen Yang, Xin Zhao, Jilt Sietsma, Roumen Petrov, Meysam Naeimi, Jun Wu, Xiangyun Deng, Zilong Wei and Chen Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing and Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Zili Li

35 papers receiving 851 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zili Li Netherlands 19 778 586 268 133 88 36 868
Elena Kabo Sweden 18 1.3k 1.6× 1.0k 1.7× 327 1.2× 227 1.7× 89 1.0× 60 1.3k
Meysam Naeimi Netherlands 11 369 0.5× 197 0.3× 170 0.6× 55 0.4× 48 0.5× 24 435
Boyang An China 14 424 0.5× 304 0.5× 171 0.6× 35 0.3× 77 0.9× 49 517
M.J.M.M. Steenbergen Netherlands 21 1.0k 1.3× 463 0.8× 453 1.7× 238 1.8× 230 2.6× 45 1.1k
K Sawley United Kingdom 9 642 0.8× 459 0.8× 149 0.6× 244 1.8× 29 0.3× 22 746
Huanyun Dai China 17 593 0.8× 250 0.4× 169 0.6× 78 0.6× 136 1.5× 88 803
Auteliano Antunes dos Santos Brazil 12 344 0.4× 237 0.4× 100 0.4× 50 0.4× 24 0.3× 80 466
Shulin Liang China 14 529 0.7× 241 0.4× 165 0.6× 29 0.2× 92 1.0× 46 610
J Kalousek Canada 15 1.2k 1.5× 725 1.2× 301 1.1× 208 1.6× 256 2.9× 38 1.2k
Yunshi Zhao United Kingdom 10 290 0.4× 143 0.2× 164 0.6× 92 0.7× 42 0.5× 24 529

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zili Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zili Li

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All Works

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Li, Jiawen, Zili Li, Ruidong Huang, & Feng Han. (2025). Electromagnetic FWI of 2-D Inhomogeneous Objects Straddling Multiple Planar Layers by Finite-Element Boundary Integral and Levenberg–Marquardt Methods. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–12.
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Yang, Zhen, et al.. (2022). An experimental study on the effects of friction modifiers on wheel–rail dynamic interactions with various angles of attack. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 30(3). 360–382. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, Ping Wang, Kai Wei, Rolf Dollevoet, & Zili Li. (2022). Ground vibration induced by high speed trains on an embankment with pile-board foundation: Modelling and validation with in situ tests. Transportation Geotechnics. 34. 100734–100734. 25 indexed citations
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Jin, Yang & Zili Li. (2021). A new method for eliminating speckle noise from Laser Doppler Vibrometer signals. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2041(1). 12007–12007. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pan, et al.. (2021). Design, calibration and validation of a wheel-rail contact force measurement system in V-Track. Measurement. 175. 109105–109105. 25 indexed citations
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Shen, Chen, Rolf Dollevoet, & Zili Li. (2020). Fast and robust identification of railway track stiffness from simple field measurement. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 152. 107431–107431. 33 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhen & Zili Li. (2019). Numerical modeling of wheel-rail squeal-exciting contact. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 153-154. 490–499. 26 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhen, et al.. (2018). Numerical study of wheel-rail impact contact solutions at an insulated rail joint. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 138-139. 310–322. 50 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhen, et al.. (2017). Numerical and experimental study of wheel-rail impact vibration and noise generated at an insulated rail joint. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 113. 29–39. 57 indexed citations
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Naeimi, Meysam, Zili Li, Zhiwei Qian, et al.. (2017). Reconstruction of the rolling contact fatigue cracks in rails using X-ray computed tomography. NDT & E International. 92. 199–212. 37 indexed citations
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Naeimi, Meysam, Shaoguang Li, Zili Li, et al.. (2017). Thermomechanical analysis of the wheel-rail contact using a coupled modelling procedure. Tribology International. 117. 250–260. 58 indexed citations
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Wu, Jun, Roumen Petrov, Shaoguang Li, et al.. (2016). Characterization of structural change in rails surface using advance automatic crystallographic orientation microscopy. Materials Characterization. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Jun, Roumen Petrov, Meysam Naeimi, et al.. (2016). Laboratory simulation of martensite formation of white etching layer in rail steel. International Journal of Fatigue. 91. 11–20. 67 indexed citations
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Naeimi, Meysam, Zili Li, & Rolf Dollevoet. (2015). Nucleation of squat cracks in rail, calculation of crack initiation angles in three dimensions. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 628. 12043–12043. 4 indexed citations
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Sichani, Matin Sh., et al.. (2015). Influence of wheel–rail contact modelling on vehicle dynamic simulation. Vehicle System Dynamics. 53(8). 1190–1203. 26 indexed citations
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Wei, Zilong, Zili Li, Zhiwei Qian, Rong Chen, & Rolf Dollevoet. (2015). 3D FE modelling and validation of frictional contact with partial slip in compression–shift–rolling evolution. International Journal of Rail Transportation. 4(1). 20–36. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Zili, et al.. (2014). Measuring with laser Doppler vibrometer on moving frame (LDVMF). AIP conference proceedings. 274–286. 4 indexed citations
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Naeimi, Meysam, Zili Li, & Rolf Dollevoet. (2014). Scaling Strategy Of A New Experimental Rig For Wheel-Rail Contact. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 8(12). 1990–1997. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xin, Zili Li, & Rolf Dollevoet. (2008). An Investigation on Elastic-Plastic Rolling Contact Over Rough Surfaces Using a 3-D Dynamic Finite Element Model. 553–555. 2 indexed citations
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Arias-Cuevas, Oscar, et al.. (2008). Rolling-Sliding Laboratory Tests of Friction Modifiers in Leaf Contaminated Wheel-Rail Contacts. 213–215. 4 indexed citations

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