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D-Index
71
Citations
16867
World Ranking
361
National Ranking
49

C.W. Lim publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C.W. Lim sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 365 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

C.W. Lim D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C.W. Lim sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

C.W. Lim is affiliated with City University of Hong Kong in China and focuses primarily on the field of engineering. Their research spans across several subfields including biomedical engineering, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, and materials chemistry.

The main topics of C.W. Lim's work include:

  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena

Among recent publications, notable papers authored or co-authored by C.W. Lim include:

  • "Production of sustainable and structural fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete with improved fracture properties: A review," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "From Photonic Crystals to Seismic Metamaterials: A Review via Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamaterials," 2021, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • "Nonlinear in-plane thermal buckling of rotationally restrained functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced composite shallow arches under uniform radial loading," 2022, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
  • "Machine learning and deep learning in phononic crystals and metamaterials - A review," 2022, Materials Today Communications
  • "Lightweight architected lattice phononic crystals with broadband and multiband vibration mitigation characteristics," 2020, Extreme Mechanics Letters

C.W. Lim frequently collaborates with several researchers, with multiple co-authorships including:

  • Zhenyu Chen
  • Guifeng Wang
  • Zhenhuan Zhou
  • Xinsheng Xü
  • Muhammad Gulzari

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, especially:

  • Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • Engineering Structures
  • Composite Structures
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration

In addition to articles, C.W. Lim has contributed to book publications, including a forthcoming title with World Scientific:

  • "Advances in Structural Stability and Dynamics," expected publication in 2025

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A higher-order nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and its applications in wave propagation

    C.W. Lim;G. Zhang;J.N. Reddy

  • Analysis of the thermal stress behaviour of functionally graded hollow circular cylinders

    K.M. Liew;S. Kitipornchai;X.Z. Zhang;C.W. Lim

  • Size-dependent nonlinear response of thin elastic films with nano-scale thickness

    C.W. Lim;L.H. He

  • Semi-analytical elasticity solutions for bi-directional functionally graded beams

    C.F. Lü;C.F. Lü;W.Q. Chen;R.Q. Xu;C.W. Lim

  • Symplectic Elasticity: Theory and Applications

    C. W. Lim;X. S. Xu

  • Size-dependent elastic behavior of FGM ultra-thin films based on generalized refined theory

    C.F. Lü;C.F. Lü;C.W. Lim;W.Q. Chen

  • An analytical approximate technique for a class of strongly non-linear oscillators

    B.S. Wu;W.P. Sun;C.W. Lim

  • Beam Bending Solutions Based on Nonlocal Timoshenko Beam Theory

    C. M. Wang;S. Kitipornchai;S. Kitipornchai;C. W. Lim;C. W. Lim;M. Eisenberger;M. Eisenberger

  • A continuum model for size-dependent deformation of elastic films of nano-scale thickness

    L.H. He;C.W. Lim;B.S. Wu

  • On the truth of nanoscale for nanobeams based on nonlocal elastic stress field theory: equilibrium, governing equation and static deflection ∗

    C. W. Lim

  • Vibration of Shallow Shells: A Review With Bibliography

    K. M. Liew;C. W. Lim;S. Kitipornchai

  • Production of sustainable and structural fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete with improved fracture properties: A review

    Wisal Ahmed;C.W. Lim

  • Built-up structural steel sections as seismic metamaterials for surface wave attenuation with low frequency wide bandgap in layered soil medium

    Muhammad;C.W. Lim;J.N. Reddy

  • A new analytical approach to the Duffing-harmonic oscillator

    C.W. Lim;B.S. Wu

  • Size dependent, non-uniform elastic field inside a nano-scale spherical inclusion due to interface stress

    C.W. Lim;Z.R. Li;L.H. He

  • On new symplectic elasticity approach for exact free vibration solutions of rectangular Kirchhoff plates

    Cheewah Lim;Chaofeng Lu;Chaofeng Lu;Yang Xiang;Weian Yao

  • Surface Green function for a soft elastic half-space: Influence of surface stress

    L.H. He;C.W. Lim

  • Actively controllable topological phase transition in homogeneous piezoelectric rod system

    Weijian Zhou;Bin Wu;Zhenyu Chen;Weiqiu Chen

  • Newton–harmonic balancing approach for accurate solutions to nonlinear cubic–quintic Duffing oscillators

    Siu Kai Lai;C. W. Lim;B. S. Wu;C. Wang

  • On new symplectic elasticity approach for exact bending solutions of rectangular thin plates with two opposite sides simply supported

    C.W. Lim;S. Cui;W.A. Yao

  • A pb-2 Ritz Formulation for Flexural Vibration of Shallow Cylindrical Shells of Rectangular Planform

    C.W. Lim;K.M. Liew

  • DSC‐Ritz method for high‐mode frequency analysis of thick shallow shells

    C. W. Lim;Z. R. Li;G. W. Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

K.M. Liew
K.M. Liew City University of Hong Kong
Sritawat Kitipornchai
Sritawat Kitipornchai University of Queensland
Weiqiu Chen
Weiqiu Chen Zhejiang University
Chaofeng Lü
Chaofeng Lü Zhejiang University
Li-Qun Chen
Li-Qun Chen Shanghai University
Chien Ming Wang
Chien Ming Wang University of Queensland
Yang Xiang
Yang Xiang Swinburne University of Technology
Xiao-Dong Yang
Xiao-Dong Yang Beijing University of Technology
Jilin Yu
Jilin Yu University of Science and Technology of China
Andrew Y. T. Leung
Andrew Y. T. Leung City University of Hong Kong

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