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D-Index
50
Citations
11007
World Ranking
1160
National Ranking
470

Song-Charng Kong 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 Song-Charng Kong sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 146 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Song-Charng Kong 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 Song-Charng Kong sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Song-Charng Kong is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States and has produced extensive research in engineering, with a particular focus on computational mechanics. Their scholarly work encompasses a variety of subfields including computational mechanics, plant science, surfaces, coatings and films, aerospace engineering, and fluid flow and transfer processes.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the study of fluid dynamics and heat transfer, fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, plant surface properties and treatments, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, advanced combustion engine technologies, lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, and vehicle emissions and performance.

Recent publications include:

  • The future of ship engines: Renewable fuels and enabling technologies for decarbonization, 2023, International Journal of Engine Research
  • Smoothed particle hydrodynamics with adaptive spatial resolution (SPH-ASR) for free surface flows, 2021, Journal of Computational Physics
  • Leidenfrost behavior in drop-wall impacts at combustor-relevant ambient pressures, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Smoothed particle hydrodynamics with adaptive spatial resolution for multiphase flows with large density ratio, 2021, Physical review. E
  • SPH SIMULATIONS OF DROP IMPACT ON HEATED WALLS AND DETERMINATION OF IMPACT CRITERIA, 2020, Atomization and Sprays

Kong has frequently published in a number of venues including:

  • Physical review. E
  • International Journal of Engine Research
  • Atomization and Sprays
  • Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Frequent co-authors in Kong's research collaborations are:

  • Chol-Bum Kweon
  • Xiufeng Yang
  • Kshitiz Kumar Subedi
  • Doruk Isik
  • Yongsuk Cho

Their work received recognition through an award as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Combustion and emissions characteristics of compression-ignition engine using dual ammonia-diesel fuel

    Aaron J. Reiter;Song-Charng Kong

  • IJER editorial: The future of the internal combustion engine:

    R D Reitz;H Ogawa;R Payri;T Fansler

  • The Development and Application of a Diesel Ignition and Combustion Model for Multidimensional Engine Simulation

    Song-Charng Kong;Zhiyu Han;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Modeling the Effects of Fuel Injection Characteristics on Diesel Engine Soot and NOx Emissions

    M. A. Patterson;S.-C. Kong;G. J. Hampson;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Development and Validation of a Reduced Reaction Mechanism for HCCI Engine Simulations

    Amar Patel;Song-Charng Kong;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Demonstration of Compression-Ignition Engine Combustion Using Ammonia in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Aaron J. Reiter;Song-Charng Kong

  • Modeling Diesel Spray Flame Liftoff, Sooting Tendency, and NOx Emissions Using Detailed Chemistry With Phenomenological Soot Model

    Song-Charng Kong;Yong Sun;Rolf D. Rietz

  • Modeling and Experiments of HCCI Engine Combustion Using Detailed Chemical Kinetics with Multidimensional CFD

    Song-Charng Kong;Craig D. Marriott;Rolf D. Reitz;Magnus Christensen

  • Performance characteristics of a compression-ignition engine using direct-injection ammonia–DME mixtures

    Christopher W. Gross;Song-Charng Kong

  • Modeling the Effects of Injector Nozzle Geometry on Diesel Sprays

    Christopher von Kuensberg Sarre;Song-Charng Kong;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Effects of gaseous ammonia direct injection on performance characteristics of a spark-ignition engine

    Kyunghyun Ryu;George E. Zacharakis-Jutz;Song-Charng Kong

  • Performance characteristics of compression-ignition engine using high concentration of ammonia mixed with dimethyl ether

    Kyunghyun Ryu;George E. Zacharakis-Jutz;Song-Charng Kong

  • Performance enhancement of ammonia-fueled engine by using dissociation catalyst for hydrogen generation

    Kyunghyun Ryu;George E. Zacharakis-Jutz;Song-Charng Kong

  • Application of detailed chemistry and CFD for predicting direct injection HCCI engine combustion and emissions

    Song-Charng Kong;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Multidimensional Modeling of Diesel Ignition and Combustion Using a Multistep Kinetics Model

    S.-C. Kong;R. D. Reitz

  • Use of Detailed Chemical Kinetics to Study HCCI Engine Combustion With Consideration of Turbulent Mixing Effects

    S.-C. Kong;R. D. Reitz

  • Numerical study of premixed HCCI engine combustion and its sensitivity to computational mesh and model uncertainties

    Song-charng Kong;Rolf D Reitz

  • Development of a generalized numerical framework for simulating biomass fast pyrolysis in fluidized-bed reactors

    Qingang Xiong;Song-Charng Kong;Alberto Passalacqua

  • A study of natural gas/DME combustion in HCCI engines using CFD with detailed chemical kinetics

    Song-Charng Kong

  • Modeling Effects of Operating Conditions on Biomass Fast Pyrolysis in Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactors

    Qingang Xiong;Soroush Aramideh;Song-Charng Kong

  • Combustion Engineering

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf D. Reitz
Rolf D. Reitz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Qingang Xiong
Qingang Xiong General Motors (United States)
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Bengt Johansson
Bengt Johansson Technical University of Denmark
Robert C. Brown
Robert C. Brown Iowa State University
Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Avinash Kumar Agarwal Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Gautam Kalghatgi
Gautam Kalghatgi Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK
Shijin Shuai
Shijin Shuai Tsinghua University
Ingemar Denbratt
Ingemar Denbratt Chalmers University of Technology
Ricardo Novella
Ricardo Novella Universitat Politècnica de València

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