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Researcher · Aalto University · Finland

Heikki Kahila

Heikki Kahila publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Combustion and flame dynamics and Combustion and Detonation Processes.

ORCID 0000-0002-4103-7833 OpenAlex
World rank
#673,197
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#4,064
of 37,370
Works
19
Citations
837
Citations per work
44.1
h-index
13
i10-index 13Top 35% in Computational Mechanics
Heikki Kahila

What does Heikki Kahila research?

Heikki Kahila's work is mostly in Engineering (67%), Chemical Engineering (28%), Physics and Astronomy (2%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 96.2% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 66.7% of their workComputational Mechanics: 9 works · 45.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 3 works · 15.7% of their workOcean Engineering: 1 works · 3.9% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 works · 2.0% of their workChemical Engineering: 5 works · 27.5% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 5 works · 27.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 works · 2.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 works · 2.0% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKHeikki Kahila19works
Physical Sciences96%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1366.7%
    2. Chemical Engineering527.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy02.0%
  2. Everything else13.8%
  1. 1Computational Mechanics45% of their works
  2. 2Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes28% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Ocean Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics2% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Heikki Kahila's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chemical Kinetics, Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Combustion, Combustion Instabilities, Soot Formation, Turbulent Flames and Detonation Propulsion.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Kinetics282 topics
  2. Heat Transfer183 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation152 topics
  4. Combustion141 topic
  5. Combustion Instabilities141 topic
  6. Soot Formation141 topic
  7. Turbulent Flames141 topic
  8. Detonation Propulsion81 topic
  9. Pulse Detonation Engines81 topic
  10. Multiphase Flow52 topics
  11. Numerical Simulation42 topics
  12. Turbulent Flows42 topics
  13. Aerospace Propulsion31 topic
  14. Drop Impact31 topic
  15. Supercritical Fluids31 topic
  16. Surface Tension31 topic
  17. Particles21 topic
  18. Turbulence21 topic
  19. Particle Image Velocimetry11 topic
  20. SPH Method11 topic
  21. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics11 topic
  22. Vortex Dynamics11 topic

Where does Heikki Kahila work?

Heikki Kahila's main affiliation in the publication record is Aalto University, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Heikki Kahila have?

OpenAlex counts 19 works and 837 citations for Heikki Kahila, an h-index of 13, ranking #673,197 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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