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Ningchuan Zhang

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Coastal and Marine DynamicsOcean Waves and Remote SensingWave and Wind Energy SystemsFluid Dynamics Simulations and InteractionsTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Publications

123

Citations

801

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
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This researcher works primarily on the ocean engineering of floating offshore energy systems, including wind turbines, wave and tidal energy devices, and hybrid platforms that combine several energy sources. The work involves numerical simulations and physical experiments to study how these floating structures respond to waves, currents, and extreme (freak) wave conditions. Note that the publication record also includes several pure mathematics papers on topics like algebraic topology and number theory, which may reflect more than one author sharing this name.

Floating offshore wind turbine dynamicsHybrid wind-wave-tidal energy systemsHydrodynamic and mooring analysisWave modeling and extreme wave responseFloating marine structures

Publication activity has been steady over the last decade, averaging roughly seven papers per year with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 11 publications11222023: 7 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Ocean Engineering×17
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×7
  • International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering×6
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering×3
  • The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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