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Shigeru Obayashi

Shigeru Obayashi

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
47
Citations
8916
World Ranking
1357
National Ranking
25

Shigeru Obayashi 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 Shigeru Obayashi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 544 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shigeru Obayashi 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 Shigeru Obayashi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shigeru Obayashi is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in Engineering, with notable contributions across various subfields including Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

Frequent venues where Shigeru Obayashi has published work include Physics of Fluids, The Proceedings of the Symposium on Sports and Human Dynamics, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, Aerospace, and Journal of Aircraft.

Recent papers authored by or involving Shigeru Obayashi are:

  • "Flow characteristics around extremely low fineness-ratio circular cylinders" (2021), Physical Review Fluids
  • "Lap-shear strength and fracture behavior of CFRP/3D-printed titanium alloy adhesive joint prepared by hot-press-aided co-bonding" (2022), International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives
  • "A simple collision algorithm for arbitrarily shaped objects in particle-resolved flow simulation using an immersed boundary method" (2020), International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • "Multi-objective design space exploration using explainable surrogate models" (2024), Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
  • "Real-time estimation of airflow vector based on lidar observations for preview control" (2020), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Frequent co-authors with whom Shigeru Obayashi has collaborated include Aiko Yakeno, Hiroyuki Okuizumi, Taku Nonomura, Takashi Misaka, and Y. Konishi. These collaborations indicate a network of researchers contributing to related fields of study and supporting varied research themes.

Best Publications

  • Convergence acceleration of a Navier-Stokes solver for efficient static aeroelastic computations

    Shigeru Obayashi;Guru P. Guruswamy

  • Transonic axial-flow blade optimization: Evolutionary algorithms/three- dimensional Navier-Stokes solver

    Akira Oyama;Meng Sing Liou;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Visualization and data mining of Pareto solutions using self-organizing map

    Shigeru Obayashi;Daisuke Sasaki

  • Flowfield of a Lifting Rotor in Hover: A Navier-Stokes Simulation

    G. R. Srinivasan;J. D. Baeder;S. Obayashi;W. J. McCroskey

  • Numerical simulation of the integrated space shuttle vehicle in ascent

    P. G. Buning;I. T. Chiu;I. T. Chiu;S. Obayashi;Y. M. Rizk

  • Efficient search for trade-offs by adaptive range multi-objective genetic algorithms

    Daisuke Sasaki;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Multiobjective evolutionary computation for supersonic wing-shape optimization

    S. Obayashi;D. Sasaki;Y. Takeguchi;N. Hirose

  • Genetic optimization of target pressure distributions for inverse design methods

    Shigeru Obayashi;Susumu Takanashi

  • Convergence acceleration of an aeroelastic Navier-Stokes solver

    Shigeru Obayashi;Guru P. Guruswamy

  • Data mining for aerodynamic design space

    Shinkyu Jeong;Kazuhisa Chiba;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Real-coded adaptive range genetic algorithm applied to transonic wing optimization

    Akira Oyama;Shigeru Obayashi;Takashi Nakamura

  • A data assimilation methodology for reconstructing turbulent flows around aircraft

    Hiroshi Kato;Akira Yoshizawa;Genta Ueno;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Comparison of Optimization Algorithms for Aerodynamic Shape Design

    Shigeru Obayashi;Takanori Tsukahara

  • Multiobjective Design Study of a Flapping Wing Power Generator

    Eriko Shimizu;Koji Isogai;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Development and investigation of efficient GA/PSO-hybrid algorithm applicable to real-world design optimization

    Shinkyu Jeong;Shoichi Hasegawa;Koji Shimoyama;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Efficient global optimization (EGO) for multi-objective problem and data mining

    S. Jeong;S. Obayashi

  • Aerodynamic Optimization of Supersonic Transport Wing Using Unstructured Adjoint Method

    Hyoung Jin Kim;Daisuke Sasaki;Shigeru Obayashi;Kazuhiro Nakahashi

  • Navier-Stokes Optimization of Supersonic Wings with Four Objectives Using Evolutionary Algorithm

    Daisuke Sasaki;Shigeru Obayashi;Kazuhiro Nakahashi

  • Practical applications of new LU-ADI scheme for the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes computation of transonic viscous flows

    K. Fujii;S. Obayashi

  • High-resolution upwind scheme for vortical-flow simulations

    Kozo Fujii;Shigeru Obayashi

  • Improvements in Efficiency and Reliability for Navier-Stokes Computations using the LU-ADI Factorization Algorithm

    S. Obayashi;K. Kuwahara;K. Fujii;K. Matsushima

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiro Nakahashi
Kazuhiro Nakahashi Tohoku University
Kozo Fujii
Kozo Fujii Tokyo University of Science
Taku Nonomura
Taku Nonomura Nagoya University
Konstantinos Kontis
Konstantinos Kontis University of Glasgow
Kazuyoshi Takayama
Kazuyoshi Takayama Tohoku University
Somchai Wongwises
Somchai Wongwises King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Rainald Löhner
Rainald Löhner George Mason University
Takami Yamaguchi
Takami Yamaguchi Tohoku University
Steven W. Armfield
Steven W. Armfield University of Sydney
Tomoo Ushio
Tomoo Ushio Osaka University

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