Most cited papers in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
What are the most cited papers in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics?
The most cited paper in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics is "Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications" (Florian R. Menter, 1994), with 21,460 citations. Next come "Volume of fluid (VOF) method for the dynamics of free boundaries" (16,098) and "Towards the ultimate conservative difference scheme. V. A second-order sequel to Godunov's method" (7,144).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 1,292 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications Florian R. Menter · AIAA Journal | Aug 1994 | 21,460 |
| 2 | Volume of fluid (VOF) method for the dynamics of free boundaries C.W. Hirt, B.D. Nichols · Journal of Computational Physics | 1981 | 16,098 |
| 3 | Towards the ultimate conservative difference scheme. V. A second-order sequel to Godunov's method Bram van Leer · Journal of Computational Physics | Jul 1979 | 7,144 |
| 4 | Efficient Implementation of Weighted ENO Schemes Guang-Shan Jiang, Chi‐Wang Shu · Journal of Computational Physics | Jun 1996 | 6,642 |
| 5 | Compact finite difference schemes with spectral-like resolution Sanjiva K. Lele · Journal of Computational Physics | Nov 1992 | 6,174 |
| 6 | A tensorial approach to computational continuum mechanics using object-oriented techniques Henry G. Weller, Gavin Tabor, Hrvoje Jasak et al. · Computers in Physics | Nov 1998 | 5,434 |
| 7 | Numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations ALEXANDRE JOEL CHORIN · Mathematics of Computation | 1968 | 5,401 |
| 8 | Streamline upwind/Petrov-Galerkin formulations for convection dominated flows with particular emphasis on the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations A. Brooks, Thomas J.R. Hughes · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | Sep 1982 | 5,374 |
| 9 | Solution of the implicitly discretised fluid flow equations by operator-splitting Raad I. Issa · Journal of Computational Physics | 1986 | 5,314 |
| 10 | Modeling of swirl in turbulent flow systems David G. Sloan, Philip J. Smith, L. DOUGLAS SMOOT · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | 1986 | 5,261 |
| 11 | Efficient implementation of essentially non-oscillatory shock-capturing schemes, II Chi‐Wang Shu, Stanley Osher · Journal of Computational Physics | Jul 1989 | 4,918 |
| 12 | Efficient implementation of essentially non-oscillatory shock-capturing schemes Chi‐Wang Shu, Stanley Osher · Journal of Computational Physics | Aug 1988 | 4,887 |
| 13 | Numerical study of the turbulent flow past an airfoil with trailing edge separation Chae M. Rhie, W. L. Chow · AIAA Journal | Nov 1983 | 4,478 |
| 14 | High-Re solutions for incompressible flow using the Navier-Stokes equations and a multigrid method Urmila Ghia, K. N. Ghia, C. T. Shin · Journal of Computational Physics | Dec 1982 | 4,319 |
| 15 | High resolution schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws Ami Harten · Journal of Computational Physics | Mar 1983 | 4,199 |
| 16 | A proposed modification of the Germano subgrid-scale closure method Douglas K. Lilly · Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics | Mar 1992 | 4,044 |
| 17 | The Piecewise Parabolic Method (PPM) for gas-dynamical simulations Phillip Colella, Paul R. Woodward · Journal of Computational Physics | Apr 1984 | 4,029 |
| 18 | Progress in the development of a Reynolds-stress turbulence closure Brian E. Launder, Gordon Reece, W. Rodi · Journal of Fluid Mechanics | 15 Apr 1975 | 4,001 |
| 19 | Boundary conditions for direct simulations of compressible viscous flows Thierry J. Poinsot, S.K Lelef · Journal of Computational Physics | Jul 1992 | 3,489 |
| 20 | Weighted Essentially Non-oscillatory Schemes Xudong Liu, Stanley Osher, Tony Fan-Cheong Chan · Journal of Computational Physics | Nov 1994 | 3,473 |
| 21 | ENHANCEMENTS OF THE SIMPLE METHOD FOR PREDICTING INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOWS J. P. Van Doormaal, George D. Raithby · Numerical Heat Transfer | Apr 1984 | 3,450 |
| 22 | New development in freefem++ Frédéric Hecht · Journal of Numerical Mathematics | 2012 | 3,447 |
| 23 | On Upstream Differencing and Godunov-Type Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws Amiram Harten, Peter D. Lax, Bram van Leer · SIAM Review | 1983 | 3,428 |
| 24 | Thin-layer approximation and algebraic model for separated turbulentflows Betty J. Baldwin, Harvard Lomax · 16th Aerospace Sciences Meeting | 16 Jan 1978 | 3,353 |
| 25 | Application of a fractional-step method to incompressible Navier-Stokes equations John Kim, Parviz Moin · Journal of Computational Physics | Jun 1985 | 3,085 |
| 26 | Uniformly high order accurate essentially non-oscillatory schemes, III Ami Harten, Bjorn E. Engquist, Stanley Osher et al. · Journal of Computational Physics | Aug 1987 | 3,022 |
| 27 | The numerical simulation of two-dimensional fluid flow with strong shocks Paul R. Woodward, Phillip Colella · Journal of Computational Physics | Apr 1984 | 2,944 |
| 28 | The Mathematical Theory of Viscous Incompressible Flow Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Richard A. Silverman, Jacob T. Schwartz et al. · Physics Today | Feb 1964 | 2,940 |
| 29 | Zonal Two Equation k-w Turbulence Models For Aerodynamic Flows F. Menter · 23rd Fluid Dynamics, Plasmadynamics, and Lasers Conference | 6 Jul 1993 | 2,816 |
| 30 | Development of turbulence models for shear flows by a double expansion technique Victor Yakhot, Steven A. Orszag, Sivagnanam Thangam et al. · Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics | Jul 1992 | 2,815 |
| 31 | Systems of conservation laws Peter D. Lax, Burton Wendroff · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics | May 1960 | 2,682 |
| 32 | A survey of several finite difference methods for systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws Gary A. Sod · Journal of Computational Physics | Apr 1978 | 2,678 |
| 33 | Local adaptive mesh refinement for shock hydrodynamics Marsha Berger, Phillip Colella · Journal of Computational Physics | May 1989 | 2,654 |
| 34 | Fully multidimensional flux-corrected transport algorithms for fluids Steven T. Zalesak · Journal of Computational Physics | Jun 1979 | 2,630 |
| 35 | FLASH: An Adaptive Mesh Hydrodynamics Code for Modeling Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes Bruce A. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | Nov 2000 | 2,585 |
| 36 | Total variation diminishing Runge-Kutta schemes Sigal Gottlieb, Chi‐Wang Shu · Mathematics of Computation | 1998 | 2,563 |
| 37 | Towards the ultimate conservative difference scheme. IV. A new approach to numerical convection Bram van Leer · Journal of Computational Physics | Mar 1977 | 2,468 |
| 38 | Restoration of the contact surface in the HLL-Riemann solver Eleuterio Francisco Toro, M. Spruce, W. Speares · Shock Waves | Jul 1994 | 2,467 |
| 39 | A Numerical Method for Solving Incompressible Viscous Flow Problems ALEXANDRE JOEL CHORIN · Journal of Computational Physics | Aug 1997 | 2,460 |
| 40 | E pur si muove: Galilean-invariant cosmological hydrodynamical simulations on a moving mesh Volker Springel · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 17 Nov 2009 | 2,457 |
| 41 | XFOIL: An Analysis and Design System for Low Reynolds Number Airfoils Mark Drela · Lecture notes in engineering | 1989 | 2,436 |
| 42 | The Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Time-Dependent Convection-Diffusion Systems Bernardo Cockburn, Chi‐Wang Shu · SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis | 1998 | 2,432 |
| 43 | An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian computing method for all flow speeds C.W. Hirt, A.A. Amsden, J.L. Cook · Journal of Computational Physics | Mar 1974 | 2,404 |
| 44 | A spectral element method for fluid dynamics: Laminar flow in a channel expansion Anthony T. Patera · Journal of Computational Physics | Jun 1984 | 2,347 |
| 45 | Numerical solution of the Euler equations by finite volume methods using Runge Kutta time stepping schemes A. Jameson, Wolfgang M. Schmidt, Eli Turkel | 23 Jun 1981 | 2,334 |
| 46 | The Runge–Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Conservation Laws V Bernardo Cockburn, Chi‐Wang Shu · Journal of Computational Physics | Apr 1998 | 2,267 |
| 47 | The design and application of upwind schemes on unstructured meshes Timothy J. Barth, Dennis C. Jespersen · 27th Aerospace Sciences Meeting | 9 Jan 1989 | 2,238 |
| 48 | Towards the ultimate conservative difference scheme. II. Monotonicity and conservation combined in a second-order scheme Bram van Leer · Journal of Computational Physics | Mar 1974 | 2,196 |
| 49 | A Method for the Numerical Calculation of Hydrodynamic Shocks J. VonNeumann, Robert D. Richtmyer · Journal of Applied Physics | Mar 1950 | 2,192 |
| 50 | Flux vector splitting of the inviscid gasdynamic equations with application to finite-difference methods Joseph Leo Steger, Robert F. Warming · Journal of Computational Physics | Apr 1981 | 2,151 |
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