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D-Index
35
Citations
4398
World Ranking
2692
National Ranking
945

Overview

Herbert S. Cheng is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States.

Their research primarily lies within the field of Engineering with a focus on several subfields, including Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Ecological Modeling, and Materials Chemistry.

The main research topics covered by Cheng's work include:

  • Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
  • Surface Treatment and Residual Stress
  • Erosion and Abrasive Machining
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Cheng are:

  • "Bilateral submerged abrasive waterjet peening improved high-temperature fatigue strength of titanium alloy thin-walled simplified blades" (2024) in Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • "Optimization of Temperature Distribution in Continuous Annealing Furnaces Using CFD and Machine Learning to Achieve a More Uniform Temperature Field" (2025) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Enhancing Mechanical and Corrosive Properties of Non-Equiatomic Crfemoni Medium Entropy Alloys Through New Phacomp Method and Grain Refinement" (2025) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Optimization of temperature distribution in continuous annealing furnaces using CFD and machine learning to achieve a more uniform temperature field" (2025) in Results in Engineering

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Cheng include:

  • Y. Sheng
  • Cangsu Xu
  • Jie Jin
  • Jia Sun
  • Francis Oppong

Cheng's work has been regularly published in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • Results in Engineering

Best Publications

  • Numerical Simulation of Piston Ring in Mixed Lubrication—A Nonaxisymmetrical Analysis

    Yuanzhong Hu;Herbert S. Cheng;Takayuki Arai;Yoichi Kobayashi

  • A mixed elastohydrodynamic lubrication model with asperity contact

    Xiaofei Jiang;D. Y. Hua;H. S. Cheng;Xiaolan Ai

  • Micropitting in Rolling and Sliding Contact Under Mixed Lubrication

    R. S. Zhou;H. S. Cheng;T. Mura

  • A Numerical Analysis for Piston Skirts in Mixed Lubrication—Part I: Basic Modeling

    Dong Zhu;Herbert S. Cheng;Takayuki Arai;Kyugo Hamai

  • The Influence of Moving Dent on Point EHL Contacts

    Xiaolan Ai;Herbert S. Cheng

  • Viscoelastic Effects in MIL-L-7808-Type Lubricant, Part I: Analytical Formulation

    P. K. Gupta;H. S. Cheng;D. Zhu;N. H. Forster

  • Effect of Surface Roughness on the Point Contact EHL

    D. Zhu;H. S. Cheng

  • Micromechanics Modeling of Crack Initiation Under Contact Fatigue

    W. Cheng;H. S. Cheng;T. Mura;L. M. Keer

  • A Transient EHL Analysis for Line Contacts With Measured Surface Roughness Using Multigrid Technique

    Xiaolan Ai;Herbert S. Cheng

  • A Numerical Analysis for Piston Skirts in Mixed Lubrication: Part II—Deformation Considerations

    Dong Zhu;Yuan-Zhong Hu;Herbert S. Cheng;Takayuki Arai

  • Sliding Wear Calculation in Spur Gears

    Shifeng Wu;H. S. Cheng

  • The effects of surface texture on EHL point contacts

    Xiaolan Ai;Herbert S. Cheng

  • Scuffing Theory Modeling and Experimental Correlations

    S. C. Lee;H. S. Cheng

  • A friction model of partial-EHL contacts and its application to power loss in spur gears

    Shifeng Wu;H. S. Cheng

  • Mixed Lubrication Analyses by a Macro-Micro Approach and a Full-Scale Mixed EHL Model

    Q. Jane Wang;Dong Zhu;Herbert S. Cheng;Tonghui Yu

  • A Sliding Wear Model for Partial-EHL Contacts

    Shifeng Wu;H. S. Cheng

  • An experimental investigation of piston skirt scuffing: a piston scuffing apparatus, experiments, and scuffing mechanism analyses

    Zhaokuan Ye;Chao Zhang;Yucong Wang;H.S. Cheng

  • The Contact Between Rough Surfaces With Longitudinal Texture—Part I: Average Contact Pressure and Real Contact Area

    Hirotoshi Aramaki;Herbert S. Cheng;Yip Wah Chung

  • A Transient Model for Micro-Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication With Three-Dimensional Irregularities

    Xiaolan Ai;Herbert S. Cheng;Linqing Zheng

  • Effect of Surface Topography on Contact Fatigue in Mixed Lubrication

    Dmitry Epstein;Leon M. Keer;Q. Jane Wang;H. S. Cheng

  • Experimental Investigation on Rolling/Sliding Contact Fatigue Crack Initiation with Artificial Defects

    W. Cheng;H. S. Cheng;L. M. Keer

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon M. Keer
Leon M. Keer Northwestern University
Morris E. Fine
Morris E. Fine Northwestern University
Yip-Wah Chung
Yip-Wah Chung Northwestern University
Q. Jane Wang
Q. Jane Wang Northwestern University
Dong Zhu
Dong Zhu Sichuan University
Stephen J. Harris
Stephen J. Harris Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William D. Sproul
William D. Sproul Northwestern University
Duncan Dowson
Duncan Dowson University of Leeds
Mark Asta
Mark Asta University of California, Berkeley
Peter C. Stair
Peter C. Stair Northwestern University

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