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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
9545
World Ranking
1064
National Ranking
126

Overview

Qingping Sun is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China and focuses their research primarily within materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research often centers on shape memory alloys and associated transformations. Key topics covered in their publications include:

  • Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Qingping Sun include Peng Hua, Kangjie Chu, Siyuan Cheng, Fuzeng Ren, and Hao Yin.

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Qingping Sun are:

  • Nanocomposite NiTi shape memory alloy with high strength and fatigue resistance, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Effects of grain size on fatigue crack growth behaviors of nanocrystalline superelastic NiTi shape memory alloys, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Effects of grain size and partial amorphization on elastocaloric cooling performance of nanostructured NiTi, 2021, Scripta Materialia
  • Experimental and computational analysis of structure-property relationship in carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites fabricated by selective laser sintering, 2020, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Enhancing cooling performance of NiTi elastocaloric tube refrigerant via internal grooving, 2022, Applied Thermal Engineering

Qingping Sun frequently publishes in journals such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Applied Thermal Engineering, and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

Best Publications

  • Micromechanics modelling for the constitutive behavior of polycrystalline shape memory alloys. I: Derivation of general relations

    Qing Ping Sun;Keh Chih Hwang

  • Phase transformation in superelastic NiTi polycrystalline micro-tubes under tension and torsion––from localization to homogeneous deformation

    Qing-Ping Sun;Zhi-Qi Li

  • Transformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP)

    F. D. Fischer;Q.-P. Sun;K. Tanaka

  • Stress hysteresis and temperature dependence of phase transition stress in nanostructured NiTi—Effects of grain size

    Aslan Ahadi;Qingping Sun

  • Micromechanics modelling for the constitutive behavior of polycrystalline shape memory alloys. II: Study of the individual phenomena

    Qing Ping Sun;Keh Chih Hwang

  • Effects of grain size on the rate-dependent thermomechanical responses of nanostructured superelastic NiTi

    Aslan Ahadi;Aslan Ahadi;Qingping Sun

  • Stress-induced nanoscale phase transition in superelastic NiTi by in situ X-ray diffraction

    Aslan Ahadi;Aslan Ahadi;Qingping Sun

  • Experimental study on rate dependence of macroscopic domain and stress hysteresis in NiTi shape memory alloy strips

    Xinghua Zhang;Ping Feng;Yongjun He;Tongxi Yu

  • The initiation and growth of macroscopic martensite band in nano-grained NiTi microtube under tension

    Z.Q. Li;Q.P. Sun

  • Nanocomposite NiTi shape memory alloy with high strength and fatigue resistance.

    Peng Hua;Minglu Xia;Yusuke Onuki;Qingping Sun

  • Effect of deformation frequency on temperature and stress oscillations in cyclic phase transition of NiTi shape memory alloy

    Hao Yin;Hao Yin;Yongjun He;Qingping Sun

  • Oliver-Pharr indentation method in determining elastic moduli of shape memory alloys-A phase transformable material

    Qianhua Kan;Wenyi Yan;Guozheng Kang;Qingping Sun

  • Experimental investigation on macroscopic domain formation and evolution in polycrystalline NiTi microtubing under mechanical force

    P. Feng;Q.P. Sun

  • A multiscale continuum model of the grain-size dependence of the stress hysteresis in shape memory alloy polycrystals

    Q.P. Sun;Y.J. He

  • A micromechanics constitutive model of transformation plasticity with shear and dilatation effect

    Qingping Sun;K.C. Hwang;S.W. Yu

  • Effects of grain size on tensile fatigue life of nanostructured NiTi shape memory alloy

    Hao Yin;Hao Yin;Yongjun He;Ziad Moumni;Ziad Moumni;Qingping Sun

  • Rate-dependent domain spacing in a stretched NiTi strip

    Y.J. He;Q.P. Sun

  • Stress-induced phase transformation and detwinning in NiTi polycrystalline shape memory alloy tubes

    K.L. Ng;Q.P. Sun

  • Effects of grain size on phase transition behavior of nanocrystalline shape memory alloys

    QingPing Sun;QingPing Sun;Ahadi Aslan;MingPeng Li;MingXiang Chen

  • Anomalous relationship between hardness and wear properties of a superelastic nickel–titanium alloy

    Linmao Qian;Xudong Xiao;Qingping Sun;Tongxi Yu

  • On non-monotonic rate dependence of stress hysteresis of superelastic shape memory alloy bars

    Yong Jun He;Yong Jun He;Q.P. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenyi Yan
Wenyi Yan Monash University
Linmao Qian
Linmao Qian Southwest Jiaotong University
Tongxi Yu
Tongxi Yu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fuzeng Ren
Fuzeng Ren Southern University of Science and Technology
Xi-Qiao Feng
Xi-Qiao Feng Tsinghua University
Guozheng Kang
Guozheng Kang Southwest Jiaotong University
Ya-Pu Zhao
Ya-Pu Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Yuan Liu
Hong-Yuan Liu University of Sydney
Koichi Tsuchiya
Koichi Tsuchiya National Institute for Materials Science
Jang Kyo Kim
Jang Kyo Kim University of New South Wales

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