A. A. Townsend

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

A. A. Townsend is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, A. A. Townsend has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Computational Mechanics, 19 papers in Environmental Engineering and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in A. A. Townsend's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (31 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (8 papers). A. A. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (31 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (8 papers). A. A. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. A. A. Townsend's co-authors include H. A. Panofsky, G. K. Batchelor, I. D. Howells, R. W. Stewart, G. P. Smith, G. Peter Matthews, C. H. B. Priestley, Denis B. Scanlon, John A. Karas and Anthony W. Purcell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Chemical Physics Letters and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

A. A. Townsend

51 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

The structure of turbulent shear flow 1956 2026 1979 2002 1956 1961 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The structure of turbulent shear flow
    1956 3.0k citations A. A. Townsend profile →
  2. Equilibrium layers and wall turbulence
    1961 520 citations A. A. Townsend Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. A. Townsend United States 31 4.9k 2.6k 1.4k 1.2k 999 52 6.4k
S. Corrsin United States 39 5.5k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 946 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 73 7.2k
W. C. Reynolds United States 40 8.8k 1.8× 3.0k 1.2× 3.2k 2.3× 1.0k 0.8× 914 0.9× 132 10.9k
B. P. Leonard United States 21 5.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 522 0.4× 978 1.0× 68 8.0k
A. E. Perry Australia 40 7.3k 1.5× 3.0k 1.2× 2.5k 1.8× 1.5k 1.2× 509 0.5× 95 8.2k
Douglas K. Lilly United States 37 4.5k 0.9× 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 3.3k 2.6× 4.8k 4.8× 94 9.2k
A. Tsinober Israel 34 4.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 684 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 911 0.9× 119 5.9k
B. R. Morton United Kingdom 24 1.7k 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 535 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 38 3.7k
Marcel Lesieur France 30 4.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 869 0.6× 667 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 76 5.1k
Robert L. Street United States 45 4.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 949 0.7× 690 0.6× 1.7k 1.7× 181 7.8k
W. Cabot United States 26 8.9k 1.8× 3.3k 1.3× 2.8k 2.0× 462 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 64 10.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. A. Townsend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. A. Townsend

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Matthews, G. Peter, et al.. (1989). The use of a novel capillary flow viscometer for the study of the argon/carbon dioxide system. International Journal of Thermophysics. 10(6). 1165–1179. 14 indexed citations
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Smith, G. P. & A. A. Townsend. (1982). Turbulent Couette flow between concentric cylinders at large Taylor numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 123. 187–217. 118 indexed citations
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Mumford, Jessica, Mark Savill, & A. A. Townsend. (1980). Identification of flow patterns in turbulent flows. 1 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1980). The response of sheared turbulence to additional distortion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 98(1). 171–191. 51 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1979). Flow patterns of large eddies in a wake and in a boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 95(3). 515–537. 61 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1972). Mixed convection over a heated horizontal plane. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 55(2). 209–227. 14 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1965). The interpretation of stellar shadow‐bands as a consequence of turbulent mixing. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 91(387). 1–9. 19 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1965). Self-preserving flow inside a turbulent boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 22(4). 773–797. 65 indexed citations
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Panofsky, H. A. & A. A. Townsend. (1964). Change of terrain roughness and the wind profile. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 90(384). 147–155. 156 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1963). On the hydrodynamic equations for flow of liquid helium II with mutual friction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 15(2). 262–272. 2 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1962). Natural convection in the earth's boundary layer. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 88(375). 51–56. 20 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1962). Natural convection in the earth's boundary layer. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 88(378). 554–555. 20 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1960). The development of turbulent boundary layers with negligible wall stress. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 8(1). 143–155. 41 indexed citations
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Batchelor, G. K., I. D. Howells, & A. A. Townsend. (1959). Small-scale variation of convected quantities like temperature in turbulent fluid Part 2. The case of large conductivity. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 5(1). 134–139. 230 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1956). The properties of equilibrium boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1(6). 561–573. 51 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1954). The diffusion behind a line source in homogeneous turbulence. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 224(1159). 487–512. 68 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1951). The diffusion of heat spots in isotropic turbulence. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 209(1098). 418–430. 74 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1951). On the fine-scale structure of turbulence. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 208(1095). 534–542. 179 indexed citations
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Stewart, R. W. & A. A. Townsend. (1951). Similarity and self-preservation in isotropic turbulence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 243(867). 359–386. 127 indexed citations
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Townsend, A. A.. (1951). The structure of the turbulent boundary layer. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 47(2). 375–395. 114 indexed citations

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