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Researcher · Caterpillar (United States) · United States

Robert M. McDavid

Robert M. McDavid publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Combustion and flame dynamics and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

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World rank
#1,844,719
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#565,457
of 1,627,098
Works
31
Citations
2k
Citations per work
65.4
h-index
13
i10-index 15Top 35% in Computational Mechanics
Robert M. McDavid

What does Robert M. McDavid research?

Robert M. McDavid's work is mostly in Engineering (62%), Chemical Engineering (23%).

Physical Sciences: 26 works · 84.8% of their workEngineering: 19 works · 61.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 8 works · 26.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 15.1% of their workMechanics of Materials: 3 works · 8.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 5.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 5.8% of their workChemical Engineering: 7 works · 23.3% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 7 works · 23.3% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 15.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert M. McDavid31works
Physical Sciences85%

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. Engineering1961.5%
    2. Chemical Engineering723.3%
  2. Everything else515.2%
  1. 1Computational Mechanics27% of their works
  2. 2Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes23% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering15% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials8% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert M. McDavid's research?

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

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Kinetics312 topics
  2. Emissions232 topics
  3. Combustion181 topic
  4. Soot Formation181 topic
  5. Heat Transfer172 topics
  6. Large-Eddy Simulation131 topic
  7. Turbulent Flames131 topic
  8. Numerical Simulation92 topics
  9. Metallurgy61 topic
  10. Thermochemical61 topic
  11. Biodiesel51 topic
  12. Cavitation51 topic
  13. Hydropower51 topic
  14. Transesterification51 topic
  15. Aerospace Propulsion41 topic
  16. Supercritical Fluids41 topic
  17. Drop Impact31 topic
  18. Eco-Driving31 topic
  19. Fuel Consumption31 topic
  20. Surface Tension31 topic

Where does Robert M. McDavid work?

Robert M. McDavid's main affiliation in the publication record is Caterpillar (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert M. McDavid have?

OpenAlex counts 31 works and 2,027 citations for Robert M. McDavid, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,844,719 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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