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D-Index
45
Citations
11825
World Ranking
1500
National Ranking
587

Yuh J. Chao 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 Yuh J. Chao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 215 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuh J. Chao 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 Yuh J. Chao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Yuh J. Chao is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research contributions span several fields, primarily focusing on computer science and medicine, with emphases on subfields such as artificial intelligence, surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, mechanics of materials, and information systems.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Characterizing the Biomechanical Response of the Right Ventricle via Stereo Digital Image Correlation", 2020, published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • "Rapid Single-Cell Measurement of Transient Transmembrane Water Flow under Osmotic Gradient", 2025, published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yuh J. Chao include X. Liu, Xin Li, Harikrishnan Madhusudanan, Juan Ramon Serra Alvarez, and Roberto Vanin Pinto Ribeiro.

The primary venues for their published work are:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of areas:

  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Recommender Systems and Techniques
  • Advanced Graph Neural Networks
  • Topic Modeling

Yuh J. Chao received the designation of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Application of an optimized digital correlation method to planar deformation analysis

    M A Sutton;Mingqi Cheng;W H Peters;Y J Chao

  • Accurate measurement of three-dimensional deformations in deformable and rigid bodies using computer vision

    P. F. Luo;Y. J. Chao;M. A. Sutton;W. H. Peters

  • Advances in Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Computer Vision

    Michael A. Sutton;Stephen R. McNeill;Jeffrey D. Helm;Yuh J. Chao

  • Heat Transfer in Friction Stir Welding—Experimental and Numerical Studies

    Yuh J. Chao;X. Qi;W. Tang

  • Nanoscale Structural and Mechanical Characterization of a Natural Nanocomposite Material: The Shell of Red Abalone

    Xiaodong Li;Wei-Che Chang;Yuh J. Chao;Rizhi Wang

  • Numerical simulation of transient temperature and residual stresses in friction stir welding of 304L stainless steel

    X.K Zhu;Y.J Chao

  • Effects of temperature-dependent material properties on welding simulation

    X.K. Zhu;Y.J. Chao

  • Higher order asymptotic crack tip fields in a power-law hardening material

    S. Yang;Y.J. Chao;M.A. Sutton

  • Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloy 6061-T6

    Yuh J. Chao;Xinhai Qi

  • Ultimate Strength and Failure Mechanism of Resistance Spot Weld Subjected to Tensile, Shear, or Combined Tensile/Shear Loads

    Yuh J. Chao

  • On the fracture of solids characterized by one or two parameters: Theory and practice

    Y.J. Chao;S. Yang;M.A. Sutton

  • Failure mode of spot welds: interfacial versus pullout

    Y. J. Chao

  • Charpy impact energy, fracture toughness and ductile–brittle transition temperature of dual-phase 590 Steel

    Yuh J. Chao;J.D. Ward;R.G. Sands

  • Application of stereo vision to three-dimensional deformation analyses in fracture experiments

    Perng-Fei Luo;Yuh J. Chao;Michael A. Sutton

  • Tensile-shear transition in mixed mode I/III fracture

    Shu Liu;Yuh J. Chao;Xiankui Zhu

  • Buckling of quasi-perfect cylindrical shell under axial compression: A combined experimental and numerical investigation

    Bo Wang;Shiyang Zhu;Peng Hao;Xiangju Bi

  • Prediction of nugget development during resistance spot welding using coupled thermal–electrical–mechanical model

    J. A. Khan;L. Xu;Y.-J. Chao

  • On the failure of cracks under mixed-mode loads

    Yuh J. Chao;Shu Liu

  • Brittle fracture: Variation of fracture toughness with constraint and crack curving under mode I conditions

    Y. J. Chao;S. Liu;B. J. Broviak

  • Fabrication of AA6061/Al2O3 nano ceramic particle reinforced composite coating by using friction stir processing

    Min Yang;Chengying Xu;Chuansong Wu;Kuo-chi Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Sutton
Michael A. Sutton University of South Carolina
Zhen Luo
Zhen Luo Tianjin University
Wenya Li
Wenya Li Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xiaomin Deng
Xiaomin Deng University of South Carolina
Victor Giurgiutiu
Victor Giurgiutiu University of South Carolina
Peng Hao
Peng Hao Dalian University of Technology
Craig A. Rogers
Craig A. Rogers University of South Carolina
Carlos M. Isales
Carlos M. Isales Augusta University
Filippo Berto
Filippo Berto Sapienza University of Rome
Anthony P. Reynolds
Anthony P. Reynolds University of South Carolina

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