A. J. Smits

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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A. J. Smits is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A. J. Smits has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Computational Mechanics, 7 papers in Environmental Engineering and 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in A. J. Smits's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (15 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (7 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers). A. J. Smits is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (15 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (7 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers). A. J. Smits collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. A. J. Smits's co-authors include Beverley McKeon, Hassan Nagib, Ivan Marušič, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Peter A. Monkewitz, Richard Kelso, K. C. Muck, Marcus Hultmark, Sean Bailey and Margit Vallikivi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

A. J. Smits

16 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Wall-bounded turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers: Recent advances and key issues

2010 570 citations Ivan Marušič, Beverley McKeon et al. Physics of Fluids profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. J. Smits United States	13	1.3k	533	504	303	234	16	1.4k
Woutijn J. Baars United States	20	978 0.8×	508 1.0×	553 1.1×	216 0.7×	185 0.8×	61	1.2k
Joseph H. Haritonidis United States	14	974 0.8×	453 0.8×	386 0.8×	167 0.6×	280 1.2×	24	1.2k
H. H. Fernholz Germany	22	1.7k 1.3×	723 1.4×	821 1.6×	152 0.5×	443 1.9×	47	1.9k
Margit Vallikivi United States	10	863 0.7×	528 1.0×	222 0.4×	340 1.1×	189 0.8×	19	976
Carlo Cossu France	24	2.2k 1.7×	624 1.2×	697 1.4×	599 2.0×	425 1.8×	58	2.4k
Gary N. Coleman United States	23	2.0k 1.5×	679 1.3×	561 1.1×	191 0.6×	354 1.5×	57	2.2k
T. B. Nickels United Kingdom	19	1.7k 1.3×	960 1.8×	453 0.9×	570 1.9×	406 1.7×	32	1.9k
Jimmy Philip Australia	21	1.3k 1.0×	605 1.1×	449 0.9×	306 1.0×	238 1.0×	84	1.5k
Thomas Kendall United Kingdom	6	1.5k 1.2×	479 0.9×	539 1.1×	264 0.9×	351 1.5×	14	1.9k
P.-Å. Krogstad Norway	19	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.9×	735 1.5×	424 1.4×	417 1.8×	32	2.1k

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Buren, Tyler Van, Daniel Floryan, D. Brunner, Utku Şentürk, & A. J. Smits. (2017). Impact of trailing edge shape on the wake and propulsive performance of pitching panels. Physical Review Fluids. 2(1). 42 indexed citations

Morrison, J. F., Margit Vallikivi, & A. J. Smits. (2016). The inertial subrange in turbulent pipe flow: centreline. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 788. 602–613. 8 indexed citations

Bailey, Sean, Margit Vallikivi, Marcus Hultmark, & A. J. Smits. (2014). Estimating the value of von Kármán’s constant in turbulent pipe flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 749. 79–98. 80 indexed citations

Rosenberg, Brian, Marcus Hultmark, Margit Vallikivi, Sean Bailey, & A. J. Smits. (2013). Turbulence spectra in smooth- and rough-wall pipe flow at extreme Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 731. 46–63. 79 indexed citations

Bailey, Sean, Marcus Hultmark, Jason Monty, et al.. (2013). Obtaining accurate mean velocity measurements in high Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers using Pitot tubes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 715. 642–670. 71 indexed citations

Sznitman, Josué, et al.. (2012). Experimental characterization of three-dimensional corner flows at low Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 707. 37–52. 5 indexed citations

Marušič, Ivan, Beverley McKeon, Peter A. Monkewitz, et al.. (2010). Wall-bounded turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers: Recent advances and key issues. Physics of Fluids. 22(6). 570 indexed citations breakdown →

Poggie, Jonathan & A. J. Smits. (2003). Large-Scale Structures in a Compressible Mixing Layer over a Cavity. AIAA Journal. 41(12). 2410–2419. 14 indexed citations

Morrison, J. F., Weimin Jiang, Beverley McKeon, & A. J. Smits. (2002). Reynolds Number Dependence of Streamwise Velocity Spectra in Turbulent Pipe Flow. Physical Review Letters. 88(21). 214501–214501. 37 indexed citations

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Smits, A. J., et al.. (1997). Experiments and analyses of flat miniature heat pipes. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 11. 158–164. 1 indexed citations

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Zagarola, Mark, A. E. Perry, & A. J. Smits. (1997). Log laws or power laws: The scaling in the overlap region. Physics of Fluids. 9(7). 2094–2100. 103 indexed citations

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Kelso, Richard & A. J. Smits. (1995). Horseshoe vortex systems resulting from the interaction between a laminar boundary layer and a transverse jet. Physics of Fluids. 7(1). 153–158. 152 indexed citations

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Smith, Douglas R. & A. J. Smits. (1995). A study of the effects of curvature and compression on the behavior of a supersonic turbulent boundary layer. Experiments in Fluids. 18(5). 363–369. 23 indexed citations

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Selig, Michael S., J. Andreopoulos, K. C. Muck, Jean-Paul Dussauge, & A. J. Smits. (1989). Turbulence structure in a shock wave/turbulent boundary-layer interaction. AIAA Journal. 27(7). 862–869. 95 indexed citations

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Smits, A. J., et al.. (1984). Hot-wire Investigation of an Unseparated Shock-VVave/Turbulent Boundary-Layer Interaction. AIAA Journal. 22(5). 579–585. 25 indexed citations

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Smits, A. J., et al.. (1983). Constant temperature hot-wire anemometer practice in supersonic flows. Experiments in Fluids. 1(2). 83–92. 122 indexed citations

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