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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
67
Citations
11065
World Ranking
480
National Ranking
70

Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
10784
World Ranking
1278
National Ranking
80

Yuanming Lai 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 Yuanming Lai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 206 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuanming Lai 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 Yuanming Lai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yuanming Lai is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and works primarily in the fields of engineering and earth and planetary sciences. Their research spans 141 publications in engineering and 107 in earth and planetary sciences, with particular focus on atmospheric science, civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, management, monitoring, policy and law, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas including climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, landslides and related hazards, soil and unsaturated flow, rock mechanics and modeling, smart materials for construction, and geotechnical engineering and underground structures.

Yuanming Lai has contributed to multiple recent papers, such as:

  • Study on the durability and failure mechanism of concrete modified with nanoparticles and polypropylene fiber under freeze-thaw cycles and sulfate attack, 2021, Cold Regions Science and Technology
  • Investigation on frost heave of saturated-unsaturated soils, 2020, Acta Geotechnica
  • Thermo-poromechanics-based viscoplastic damage constitutive model for saturated frozen soil, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
  • Study on the coupled heat-water-vapor-mechanics process of unsaturated soils, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Multiscale modeling of thermo-mechanical responses of granular materials: A hierarchical continuum-discrete coupling approach, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

The primary publication venues for Yuanming Lai include Cold Regions Science and Technology, Computers and Geotechnics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Geotechnica, and Construction and Building Materials. The numbers of publications in these venues are as follows:

  • Cold Regions Science and Technology: 17
  • Computers and Geotechnics: 11
  • SSRN Electronic Journal: 9
  • Acta Geotechnica: 8
  • Construction and Building Materials: 5

Frequent collaborators in research encompass Mingyi Zhang, Wansheng Pei, Shuangyang Li, Jing Zhang, and Lun-Yang Zhao. The collaboration counts are:

  • Mingyi Zhang: 29 publications
  • Wansheng Pei: 23 publications
  • Shuangyang Li: 13 publications
  • Jing Zhang: 11 publications
  • Lun-Yang Zhao: 11 publications

Best Publications

  • Study on theory model of hydro-thermal–mechanical interaction process in saturated freezing silty soil

    Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang;Jiazuo Zhou

  • Yield criterion and elasto-plastic damage constitutive model for frozen sandy soil

    Yuanming Lai;Long Jin;Xiaoxiao Chang

  • Present situation and prospect of mechanical research on frozen soils in China

    Yuanming Lai;Xiangtian Xu;Yuanhong Dong;Shuangyang Li

  • A constitutive model of frozen saline sandy soil based on energy dissipation theory

    Yuanming Lai;Yuanming Lai;Mengke Liao;Kai Hu

  • Exploring the influence of SiO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles on the mechanical properties of concrete

    Jingge Ren;Yuanming Lai;Jianqiang Gao

  • Experimental Study on the Freezing Temperatures of Saline Silty Soils

    Xusheng Wan;Yuanming Lai;Yuanming Lai;Chong Wang;Chong Wang

  • Research of soil–water characteristics and shear strength features of Nanyang expansive soil

    Linchang Miao;Songyu Liu;Yuanming Lai

  • Numerical study on cooling characteristics of two-phase closed thermosyphon embankment in permafrost regions

    Mingyi Zhang;Yuanming Lai;Jianming Zhang;Zhizhong Sun

  • Cooling effect of ripped-stone embankments on Qing-Tibet railway under climatic warming

    Yuanming Lai;Luxin Zhang;Shujuan Zhang;Long Mi

  • Estimating soil freezing characteristic curve based on pore-size distribution

    Chong Wang;Yuanming Lai;Mingyi Zhang

  • Experimental and numerical simulations on heat-water-mechanics interaction mechanism in a freezing soil

    Shuangyang Li;Mingyi Zhang;Wansheng Pei;Yuanming Lai

  • Study on the damage propagation of surrounding rock from a cold-region tunnel under freeze-thaw cycle condition

    Shujuan Zhang;Yuanming Lai;Xuefu Zhang;Yibin Pu

  • An experimental investigation of the mechanical behavior and a hyperplastic constitutive model of frozen loess

    Yuanming Lai;Xiangtian Xu;Wenbing Yu;Jilin Qi

  • Three-dimensional nonlinear analysis for temperature characteristic of ventilated embankment in permafrost regions

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  • Optimal design of thermal insulation layer of a tunnel in permafrost regions based on coupled heat-water simulation

    Shuangyang Li;Fujun Niu;Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei

  • Numerical investigation on thermal insulation layer of a tunnel in seasonally frozen regions

    Qinguo Ma;Xiaoxiao Luo;Yuanming Lai;Fujun Niu

  • Strength distributions of warm frozen clay and its stochastic damage constitutive model

    Yuanming Lai;Shuangyang Li;Jilin Qi;Zhihua Gao

  • Crystallization deformation of a saline soil during freezing and thawing processes

    Yuanming Lai;Daoyong Wu;Mingyi Zhang

  • Analytical viscoelastic solution for frost force in cold-region tunnels

    Yuanming Lai;Yuanming Lai;Wu Hui;Wu Ziwang;Liu Songyu

  • An elastoplastic model for saturated freezing soils based on thermo-poromechanics

    Enlong Liu;Enlong Liu;Yuanming Lai;Henry Wong;Jili Feng

  • Evaluating the cooling performance of crushed-rock interlayer embankments with unperforated and perforated ventilation ducts in permafrost regions

    Mingyi Zhang;Xiyin Zhang;Shuangyang Li;Daoyong Wu

  • Influence of boundary conditions on the cooling effect of crushed-rock embankment in permafrost regions of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Mingyi Zhang;Yuanming Lai;Zhihua Gao;Wenbing Yu

  • Adjusting temperature distribution under the south and north slopes of embankment in permafrost regions by the ripped-rock revetment

    Yuanming Lai;Shujuan Zhang;Luxin Zhang;Jianzhang Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Wansheng Pei
Wansheng Pei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fujun Niu
Fujun Niu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jon Harbor
Jon Harbor Purdue University West Lafayette
Feng Gao
Feng Gao China University of Mining and Technology
Qihao Yu
Qihao Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongbin Zhan
Hongbin Zhan Texas A&M University
Huijun Jin
Huijun Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qingbai Wu
Qingbai Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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