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Dick K. P. Yue

Dick K. P. Yue

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
12691
World Ranking
1259
National Ranking
513

Dick K. P. Yue 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 Dick K. P. Yue sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 213 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dick K. P. Yue 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 Dick K. P. Yue sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% 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 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to ocean engineering and innovation of OpenCourseWare to make higher education freely available worldwide.

Overview

Dick K. P. Yue is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on engineering and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably ocean engineering, computational mechanics, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, and biomedical engineering.

The research topics covered by Yue include wave and wind energy systems, coastal and marine dynamics, fluid dynamics and mixing, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, ocean waves and remote sensing, particle dynamics in fluid flows, and fluid dynamics and vibration analysis.

Yue has published in several scientific venues, with a notable focus on the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, contributing eleven publications there. Other frequent publication venues include Physics of Fluids with three papers, the Journal of Molecular Structure with two publications, as well as the Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, each with one paper.

Recent publications demonstrate engagement with fluid mechanics and wave energy converter technologies. These include:

  • Axisymmetric reflectors in wave energy converter arrays: Harnessing scattering to increase energy extraction (2023, Physics of Fluids)
  • Optimisation of the geometry of axisymmetric point-absorber wave energy converters (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • Fundamental time scales of bubble fragmentation in homogeneous isotropic turbulence (2023, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • Modelling entrainment volume due to surface-parallel vortex interactions with an air-water interface (2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • Effects of power-law entrainment on bubble fragmentation cascades (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)

Yue collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Kelli Hendrickson, Yuming Liu, Declan B. Gaylo, Grgur Tokić, and Emma C. Edwards.

In recognition of their contributions to ocean engineering and the OpenCourseWare initiative aimed at expanding access to higher education, Yue was named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Hydrodynamics of Fishlike Swimming

    M. S. Triantafyllou;G. S. Triantafyllou;D. K. P. Yue

  • A high-order spectral method for the study of nonlinear gravity waves

    Douglas G. Dommermuth;Dick K. P. Yue

  • Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion

    D. S. Barrett;M. S. Triantafyllou;D. K. P. Yue;M. A. Grosenbaugh

  • Interactions among multiple three-dimensional bodies in water waves: an exact algebraic method

    Hiroshi Kagemoto;Dick K. P. Yue

  • Flapping dynamics of a flag in a uniform stream

    Benjamin S. H. Connell;Dick K. P. Yue

  • Near-body flow dynamics in swimming fish

    M. J. Wolfgang;J. M. Anderson;M. A. Grosenbaugh;D. K. P. Yue

  • Three-dimensional flow structures and vorticity control in fish-like swimming

    Q. Zhu;M. J. Wolfgang;D. K. P. Yue;M. S. Triantafyllou

  • The complete second-order diffraction solution for an axisymmetric body Part 1. Monochromatic incident waves

    Moo-Hyun Kim;Dick K. P. Yue

  • COMPUTATION OF NONLINEAR FREE-SURFACE FLOWS

    Wu-Ting Tsai;D. K. P. Yue

  • On the water impact of general two-dimensional sections

    Xiaoming Mei;Yuming Liu;Dick K.P. Yue

  • Numerical simulations of nonlinear axisymmetric flows with a free surface

    Douglas G. Dommermuth;Dick K. P. Yue

  • Numerical Solutions for Large-Amplitude Ship Motions in the Time Domain

    W M Lin;D Yue

  • Conservative Volume-of-Fluid method for free-surface simulations on Cartesian-grids

    G. D. Weymouth;Dick K. P. Yue

  • The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air–Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds

    James Edson;Timothy Crawford;Jerry Crescenti;Tom Farrar

  • Deep-water plunging breakers: a comparison between potential theory and experiments

    Douglas G. Dommermuth;Dick K. P. Yue;W. M. Lin;R. J. Rapp

  • The complete second-order diffraction solution for an axisymmetric body Part 2. Bichromatic incident waves and body motions

    Moo-Hyun Kim;Dick K. P. Yue

  • Turbulent flow over a flexible wall undergoing a streamwise travelling wave motion

    Lian Shen;Xiang Zhang;Dick K. P. Yue;Michael S. Triantafyllou

  • On generalized Bragg scattering of surface waves by bottom ripples

    Yuming Liu;Dick K. P. Yue

  • Rogue wave occurrence and dynamics by direct simulations of nonlinear wave-field evolution

    Wenting Xiao;Yuming Liu;Guangyu Wu;Dick K. P. Yue

  • On the effect of spacing on the vortex-induced vibrations of two tandem cylinders

    G.V. Papaioannou;D.K.P. Yue;M.S. Triantafyllou;G.E. Karniadakis;G.E. Karniadakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Moo-Hyun Kim
Moo-Hyun Kim Texas A&M University
George Em Karniadakis
George Em Karniadakis Brown University
Kenneth J. Voss
Kenneth J. Voss University of Miami
John Wilkin
John Wilkin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher J. Zappa
Christopher J. Zappa Columbia University
Peter P. Sullivan
Peter P. Sullivan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Larry Mahrt
Larry Mahrt Northwest Research Associates

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