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Walter A. Silva

Walter A. Silva publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering, on topics such as Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control and Aerospace and Aviation Technology.

World rank
#123,234
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#52,831
of 358,040
Works
24
Citations
279
Citations per work
11.6

What does Walter A. Silva research?

Computational Mechanics: 36.4%Aerospace Engineering: 27.3%Control and Systems Engineering: 9.1%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6.1%other fields: 21.1%36%top field
Computational Mechanics36.4%Aerospace Engineering27.3%Control and Systems Engineering9.1%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6.1%other fields21.1%

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

  1. 1Computational Mechanics36% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering27% of their works
  3. 3Control and Systems Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Statistical and Nonlinear Physics6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter A. Silva's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: High-Order Schemes, Turbulence Modeling, Morphing Aircraft, Smart Structures, Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Turbulent Flows and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

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. High-Order Schemes81 topic
  2. Turbulence Modeling81 topic
  3. Morphing Aircraft51 topic
  4. Smart Structures51 topic
  5. Heat Transfer42 topics
  6. Large-Eddy Simulation42 topics
  7. Turbulent Flows31 topic
  8. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles31 topic
  9. Vortex Dynamics31 topic
  10. Wind Estimation31 topic
  11. Deep Learning21 topic
  12. Flow Control22 topics
  13. Partial Differential Equations21 topic
  14. Sensitivity Analysis21 topic
  15. Turbulent Flow22 topics
  16. Uncertainty Quantification21 topic
  17. Acoustic Sources11 topic
  18. Cylinder Wake11 topic
  19. Jet Noise11 topic
  20. Vortex-Induced Vibrations11 topic

Where does Walter A. Silva work?

Walter A. Silva's main affiliation in the publication record is Langley Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter A. Silva have?

Science Explorer counts 24 works and 279 citations for Walter A. Silva, ranking #123,234 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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