2026 Yin Lu Young: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	36	2533	2371	904	802	160	5222

Yin Lu Young 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 Yin Lu Young sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 659+

This scientist: 160 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yin Lu Young 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 Yin Lu Young sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yin Lu Young is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant number of contributions in computational mechanics and mechanics of materials. Their work further encompasses ocean engineering, control and systems engineering, and aerospace engineering as subfields of study.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, cavitation phenomena in pumps, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, vibration and dynamic analysis, ship hydrodynamics and maneuverability, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, and combustion and detonation processes.

Yin Lu Young's recent papers include the following:

The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a flexible hydrofoil. Part 02., 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a stiff hydrofoil. Part 1., 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
3-D high-fidelity hydrostructural optimization of cavitation-free composite lifting surfaces, 2021, Composite Structures
The influence of fluid-structure interaction on cloud cavitation about a rigid and a flexible hydrofoil. Part 3, 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
A control scheme for 360°thrust vectoring of cycloidal propellers with forward speed, 2022, Ocean Engineering

Frequent co-authors working alongside Young include Joaquim R. R. A. Martins, Yingqian Liao, S.M. Smith, James A. Venning, and BW Pearce.

The main venues where Young has published contributions consist of:

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Composite Structures
Ocean Engineering
Preprints.org
Journal of Fluids and Structures

Best Publications

Fluid–structure interaction analysis of flexible composite marine propellers

Y.L. Young

428
Citations
Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation of Unsteady Structure of Sheet/Cloud Cavitation

Baoling Huang;Yin L. Young;Guoyu Wang;Wei Shyy

274
Citations
Hydroelastic response and energy harvesting potential of flexible piezoelectric beams in viscous flow

Deniz Tolga Akcabay;Yin Lu Young

222
Citations
Time-dependent hydroelastic analysis of cavitating propulsors

Y.L. Young

199
Citations
Utilizing fluid-structure interactions to improve energy efficiency of composite marine propellers in spatially varying wake

M.R. Motley;Z. Liu;Y.L. Young;Y.L. Young

169
Citations
Utilization of bend–twist coupling for performance enhancement of composite marine propellers

Zhanke Liu;Yin L. Young

138
Citations
Free vibration of cantilevered composite plates in air and in water

Matthew R. Kramer;Zhanke Liu;Yin L. Young

131
Citations
Physical and numerical investigation of cavitating flows around a pitching hydrofoil

Biao Huang;Biao Huang;Antoine Ducoin;Antoine Ducoin;Yin Lu Young

120
Citations
Cavity induced vibration of flexible hydrofoils

Deniz Tolga Akcabay;Eun Jung Chae;Yin Lu Young;Antoine Ducoin;Antoine Ducoin

118
Citations
Adaptive Composite Marine Propulsors and Turbines: Progress and Challenges

Yin Lu Young;Michael R. Motley;Ramona Barber;Eun Jung Chae

113
Citations
Hydroelastic response and stability of a hydrofoil in viscous flow

Antoine Ducoin;Yin L. Young

107
Citations
Performance-based design and analysis of flexible composite propulsors

Michael R. Motley;Michael R. Motley;Yin L. Young

107
Citations
Analysis of supercavitating and surface-piercing propeller flows via BEM

Y. L. Young;Spyridon A Kinnas

106
Citations
Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Cavitating Flows around a Stationary Hydrofoil

Antoine Ducoin;Biao Huang;Yin Lu Young

101
Citations
A BEM for the Prediction of Unsteady Midchord Face and/or Back Propeller Cavitation

Yin L. Young;Spyridon A Kinnas

99
Citations
Reliability-based design and optimization of adaptive marine structures

Y.L. Young;J.W. Baker;M.R. Motley

95
Citations
Three-dimensional numerical modeling of the transient fluid-structural interaction response of tidal turbines

Yin L. Young;Michael R. Motley;Ronald W. Yeung

81
Citations
Analysis and optimization of a tethered wave energy converter in irregular waves

Erin E. Bachynski;Yin Lu Young;Ronald W. Yeung

79
Citations
Performance Prediction of Surface-Piercing Propellers

Yin L. Young;Spyridon A Kinnas

76
Citations
High-fidelity multipoint hydrostructural optimization of a 3-D hydrofoil

Nitin Garg;Gaetan K.W. Kenway;Joaquim R.R.A. Martins;Yin Lu Young

69
Citations
Numerical modeling of supercavitating propeller flows

Yin L. Young;Yin L. Young;Spyros A. Kinnas

68
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Ceccio University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Joaquim R. R. A. Martins University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Erin Elizabeth Bachynski Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Jean-Herve Prevost Princeton University

Kwok Fai Cheung University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jack W. Baker Stanford University

Baoling Huang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sofia D. Merajver University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Emile A. Okal Northwestern University

Ronaldo I. Borja Stanford University

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