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D-Index
36
Citations
3604
World Ranking
2593
National Ranking
319

Zhen-bing Cai 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 Zhen-bing Cai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 151 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhen-bing Cai 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 Zhen-bing Cai sits on this spectrum.

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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

Zhen-bing Cai is affiliated with Southwest Jiaotong University in China. Their research primarily lies in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, focusing on subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Metals and Alloys.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
  • Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
  • Surface Treatment and Residual Stress
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Tribology and Wear Analysis

Frequent publication venues for Zhen-bing Cai include:

  • Wear (9 publications)
  • Tribology International (8 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • Materials (5 publications)
  • Optics & Laser Technology (4 publications)

Their recent papers highlight a focus on wear performance, surface integrity, corrosion behavior, and the effects of laser treatments on superalloys and coatings. These include:

  • Study on the fretting wear performance and mechanism of GH4169 superalloy after various laser shock peening treatments, 2023, Optics & Laser Technology
  • Influence of nanoparticle additions on structure and fretting corrosion behavior of micro-arc oxidation coatings on zirconium alloy, 2021, Surface and Coatings Technology
  • DD6 single-crystal superalloy with thermal barrier coating in femtosecond laser percussion drilling, 2020, Optics & Laser Technology
  • Comparison of surface integrity of GH4169 superalloy after high-energy, low-energy, and femtosecond laser shock peening, 2022, Vacuum
  • Effect of environmental condition on the chemical behavior of 690 alloy during fretting wear, 2020, Tribology International

Zhen-bing Cai has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Minhao Zhu (13 collaborations)
  • Yongjun Jiao (13 collaborations)
  • Xiuyang Fang (10 collaborations)
  • Zhiguo Wang (10 collaborations)
  • Yanqing Yu (9 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • A review of fretting study on nuclear power equipment

    Zhen-bing Cai;Zheng-yang Li;Mei-gui Yin;Min-hao Zhu

  • Investigation of the tribology behaviour of the graphene nanosheets as oil additives on textured alloy cast iron surface

    Dan Zheng;Zhen-bing Cai;Ming-xue Shen;Zheng-yang Li

  • Investigation on fretting wear behavior of 690 alloy in water under various temperatures

    X. Mi;Z.B. Cai;X.M. Xiong;H. Qian

  • Fretting behavior of cortical bone against titanium and its alloy

    H.Y. Yu;H.Y. Yu;Z.B. Cai;Z.R. Zhou;M.H. Zhu

  • Comparing space adaptability of diamond-like carbon and molybdenum disulfide films toward synergistic lubrication

    Wenhua Zhuang;Xiaoqiang Fan;Wen Li;Hao Li

  • Effect of oxidation time on the impact wear of micro-arc oxidation coating on aluminum alloy

    Zheng-yang Li;Zhen-bing Cai;Ye Cui;Jian-hua Liu

  • Fretting wear behaviour of ceramic coating prepared by micro-arc oxidation on Al–Si alloy

    M.H. Zhu;Z.B. Cai;X.Z. Lin;P.D. Ren

  • Torsional fretting wear behaviour of 7075 aluminium alloy in various relative humidity environments

    Zhenbing Cai;Minhao Zhu;Huoming Shen;Zhongrong Zhou

  • On the formation and damage mechanism of rolling contact fatigue surface cracks of wheel/rail under the dry condition

    Y.B. Huang;L.B. Shi;X.J. Zhao;Z.B. Cai

  • An experimental study torsional fretting behaviors of LZ50 steel

    Zhen-bing Cai;Min-hao Zhu;Zhong-rong Zhou

  • Role of humidity in reducing the friction of graphene layers on textured surfaces

    Zheng-yang Li;Wen-jing Yang;Yan-ping Wu;Song-bo Wu

  • Probing the Function of Solid Nanoparticle Structure under Boundary Lubrication

    Xiaoqiang Fan;Wen Li;Hanmin Fu;Minhao Zhu

  • Study on self-loosening of bolted joints excited by dynamic axial load

    Jianhua Liu;Huajiang Ouyang;Zhiqiang Feng;Zhenbing Cai

  • Experimental and theoretical evaluations of the interfacial interaction between carbon nanotubes and carboxylated butadiene nitrile rubber: Mechanical and damping properties

    Xun Wang;Duoli Chen;Wensheng Zhong;Lin Zhang

  • Tribological properties of WS2/graphene nanocomposites as lubricating oil additives

    Dan Zheng;Yan-ping Wu;Zheng-yang Li;Zhen-bing Cai

  • Investigation of fretting wear behavior of Inconel 690 alloy in tube/plate contact configuration

    X. Mi;W.X. Wang;X.M. Xiong;H. Qian

  • Preparation and impact resistance performance of bionic sandwich structure inspired from beetle forewing

    Zhen-bing Cai;Zheng-yang Li;Yuan Ding;Jing Zheng

  • Friction and wear behavior of dental feldspathic porcelain

    H.Y. Yu;H.Y. Yu;Z.B. Cai;P.D. Ren;M.H. Zhu

  • Wear and damage transitions of two kinds of wheel materials in the rolling-sliding contact

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  • Study on the fretting wear performance and mechanism of GH4169 superalloy after various laser shock peening treatments

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  • Influence of nanoparticle additions on structure and fretting corrosion behavior of micro-arc oxidation coatings on zirconium alloy

    Zheng-yang Li;Zhen-bing Cai;Xue-Jun Cui;Rui-rui Liu

  • Characterization of ZDDP and ionic liquid tribofilms on non-metallic coatings providing insights of tribofilm formation mechanisms

    Jun Qu;Harry M. Meyer;Zhen-Bing Cai;Zhen-Bing Cai;Cheng Ma

  • Comparison of the tribological behavior of steel–steel and Si3N4–steel contacts in lubricants with ZDDP or ionic liquid

    Zhen-bing Cai;Zhen-bing Cai;Harry M. Meyer;Cheng Ma;Miaofang Chi

  • Effect of ultrasonic surface rolling process on impact-sliding wear behavior of the 690 alloy

    Mei-gui Yin;Zhen-bing Cai;Zhi-xing Zhang;Wen Yue

  • Improving impact wear resistance of Ti-6Al-4V alloy treated by laser shock peening

    Mei-gui Yin;Zhen-bing Cai;Zhen-yang Li;Zhong-rong Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Minhao Zhu
Minhao Zhu Southwest Jiaotong University
Zhongrong Zhou
Zhongrong Zhou Southwest Jiaotong University
Huajiang Ouyang
Huajiang Ouyang University of Liverpool
Jiliang Mo
Jiliang Mo Southwest Jiaotong University
Jun Qu
Jun Qu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cheng Ma
Cheng Ma University of Science and Technology of China
Huimin Luo
Huimin Luo Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhiping Luo
Zhiping Luo Fayetteville State University
Liping Wang
Liping Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Harry M. Meyer
Harry M. Meyer Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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