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Robert W. Schefer

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

World rank
#80,721
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#35,935
of 358,040
Works
33
Citations
311
Citations per work
9.4

What does Robert W. Schefer research?

Computational Mechanics: 42.9%Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 14.3%Aerospace Engineering: 14.3%Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8.6%other fields: 19.9%43%top field
Computational Mechanics42.9%Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes14.3%Aerospace Engineering14.3%Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality8.6%other fields19.9%

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

  1. 1Computational Mechanics43% of their works
  2. 2Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes14% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality9% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Schefer's research?

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

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Kinetics162 topics
  2. Heat Transfer132 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation132 topics
  4. Combustion Instabilities111 topic
  5. Turbulent Flames111 topic
  6. Combustion51 topic
  7. Detonation Propulsion51 topic
  8. Pulse Detonation Engines51 topic
  9. Soot Formation51 topic
  10. Smoke Control31 topic
  11. Tunnel Fires31 topic
  12. Inverse Analysis21 topic
  13. Radiative Heat Transfer21 topic
  14. Turbulent Flows21 topic
  15. Vortex Dynamics21 topic
  16. Biomass11 topic
  17. Flue Gas Desulfurization11 topic
  18. Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption11 topic
  19. Pyrolysis11 topic

Where does Robert W. Schefer work?

Robert W. Schefer's main affiliation in the publication record is Sandia National Laboratories California, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert W. Schefer have?

Science Explorer counts 33 works and 311 citations for Robert W. Schefer, ranking #80,721 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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