Abel Vargas

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Abel Vargas is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Abel Vargas has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computational Mechanics, 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 3 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Abel Vargas's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (5 papers), Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (3 papers) and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (3 papers). Abel Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (5 papers), Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (3 papers) and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (3 papers). Abel Vargas collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. Abel Vargas's co-authors include Rajat Mittal, Hongbiao Dong, Meliha Bozkurttas, Alfred von Loebbecke, Fady Najjar, Hua Shan, Yu-Tai Lee, Billy L. Edge, Andrew Silver and Kuang‐An Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, AIAA Journal and Ocean Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Abel Vargas

10 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

A versatile sharp interface immersed boundary method for incompressible flows with complex boundaries

2008 935 citations Rajat Mittal, Hongbiao Dong et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abel Vargas United States	7	931	564	100	61	60	12	1.2k
Alfred von Loebbecke United States	6	788 0.8×	475 0.8×	106 1.1×	31 0.5×	59 1.0×	7	1.1k
David E. Rival Canada	23	1.3k 1.4×	1.3k 2.2×	162 1.6×	71 1.2×	42 0.7×	131	1.9k
Jie-Zhi Wu China	21	1.5k 1.6×	748 1.3×	159 1.6×	20 0.3×	31 0.5×	54	1.8k
Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla United States	18	523 0.6×	380 0.7×	198 2.0×	49 0.8×	35 0.6×	44	930
Marcos Vanella United States	12	553 0.6×	328 0.6×	59 0.6×	18 0.3×	16 0.3×	24	763
Hu Dai United States	7	591 0.6×	405 0.7×	43 0.4×	13 0.2×	53 0.9×	10	749
Roeland de Kat United Kingdom	19	789 0.8×	755 1.3×	76 0.8×	113 1.9×	33 0.6×	39	1.2k
Nicolas Vandenberghe France	17	424 0.5×	329 0.6×	76 0.8×	18 0.3×	66 1.1×	28	880
Meliha Bozkurttas United States	13	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	342 3.4×	69 1.1×	83 1.4×	18	1.8k
Gordon D. Mallinson New Zealand	17	679 0.7×	175 0.3×	83 0.8×	35 0.6×	45 0.8×	42	1.3k

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Vargas, Abel, Paloma Dı́az, & Telmo Zarraonandía. (2020). Using Virtual Reality and Music in Cognitive Disability Therapy. 1–9. 10 indexed citations

2.

Shan, Hua, et al.. (2020). Application of a Transition Model in NavyFOAM. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. 1 indexed citations

3.

Kim, Sung‐Eun, et al.. (2017). A Scalable and Extensible Computational Fluid Dynamics Software Framework for Ship Hydrodynamics Applications: NavyFOAM. Computing in Science & Engineering. 19(6). 33–39. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, Yu-Tai, et al.. (2017). Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of Fluidic Actuator for Active Flow Control Applications. AIAA Journal. 56(1). 111–120. 41 indexed citations

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Holm, Eric, et al.. (2017). An Approach for the Scanning and Construction of Biofouled Surfaces to be used for Drag Measurements. 1 indexed citations

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Vargas, Abel & Hua Shan. (2016). A Numerical Approach for Modeling Roughness for Marine Applications.

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Vargas, Abel, et al.. (2014). CHARACTERISTICS OF ELLIPTIC CO-AXIAL JETS.

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Vargas, Abel, et al.. (2011). Fully-resolved LES of weakly separated flows. 1 indexed citations

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Vargas, Abel, Rajat Mittal, & Hongbiao Dong. (2008). A computational study of the aerodynamic performance of a dragonfly wing section in gliding flight. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 3(2). 26004–26004. 133 indexed citations

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Mittal, Rajat, Hongbiao Dong, Meliha Bozkurttas, et al.. (2008). A versatile sharp interface immersed boundary method for incompressible flows with complex boundaries. Journal of Computational Physics. 227(10). 4825–4852. 935 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chang, Kuang‐An, et al.. (2008). Large-scale laboratory experiment on erosion of sand beds by moving circular vertical jets. Ocean Engineering. 36(3-4). 248–255. 48 indexed citations

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Vargas, Abel & Rajat Mittal. (2004). Aerodynamic Performance of Biological Airfoils. 27 indexed citations

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