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Yan Gu

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1982
Numerical methods in engineeringElectromagnetic Simulation and Numerical MethodsElectromagnetic Scattering and AnalysisGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresModel Reduction and Neural Networks

Publications

445

Citations

7,570

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1982

Research summary
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This researcher's core work develops advanced numerical and machine-learning-based methods for simulating physical processes like heat conduction, elastic wave propagation, and crack behavior in materials, including complex composite and piezoelectric structures. The publication record shows a strong focus on boundary element methods, finite difference methods, and physics-informed neural networks applied to engineering mechanics problems, though the list also includes a number of publications in unrelated fields (materials chemistry, medicine, computer systems), suggesting the name may be shared across multiple distinct researchers in the underlying data.

Computational methods for heat conduction and elastodynamicsBoundary element and finite difference methods (BEM, GFDM, SCT-BEM)Physics-informed and spectral neural networks for simulationCrack and fracture analysis in piezoelectric and composite materialsNumerical methods for thin-walled and functionally graded structures

Publication output has grown noticeably over the past decade, rising from around 20 papers per year in 2017-2019 to a peak of nearly 50 in 2022, with continued high output (30-40+ per year) through 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 30.0/year recently
2017: 22 publications172018: 17 publications182019: 22 publications192020: 26 publications202021: 39 publications212022: 48 publications48222023: 31 publications232024: 43 publications242025: 27 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×36
  • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements×30
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×12
  • Applied Mathematics Letters×10
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications×7
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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