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Michael Pfitzner

Michael Pfitzner publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Combustion and flame dynamics, Rocket and propulsion systems research and Heat Transfer Mechanisms.

World rank
#644,379
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#38,143
of 86,443
Works
50
Citations
113
Citations per work
2.3

What does Michael Pfitzner research?

Computational Mechanics: 28.1%Aerospace Engineering: 22.8%Mechanical Engineering: 15.8%Applied Mathematics: 7.0%other fields: 26.3%28%top field
Computational Mechanics28.1%Aerospace Engineering22.8%Mechanical Engineering15.8%Applied Mathematics7.0%other fields26.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Computational Mechanics28% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering23% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Applied Mathematics7% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Pfitzner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Combustion Instabilities, Large-Eddy Simulation, Chemical Kinetics, Premixed Combustion, Turbulent Flames, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion and Regression Rate Behavior.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Heat Transfer164 topics
  2. Combustion Instabilities112 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation92 topics
  4. Chemical Kinetics82 topics
  5. Premixed Combustion61 topic
  6. Turbulent Flames61 topic
  7. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion51 topic
  8. Regression Rate Behavior51 topic
  9. Boltzmann Equation41 topic
  10. Friction Factor41 topic
  11. Kinetic Theory41 topic
  12. Solar Air Heater41 topic
  13. Convective Heat Transfer31 topic
  14. Energetic Salts31 topic
  15. Microchannel31 topic
  16. ReaxFF31 topic
  17. Turbulent Flows31 topic
  18. Vortex Dynamics31 topic
  19. Combustion21 topic
  20. Soot Formation21 topic

Where does Michael Pfitzner work?

Michael Pfitzner's main affiliation in the publication record is Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Michael Pfitzner have?

Science Explorer counts 50 works and 113 citations for Michael Pfitzner, ranking #644,379 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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