Alan Powell

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Alan Powell is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Powell has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Computational Mechanics, 58 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan Powell's work include Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (57 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (41 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (17 papers). Alan Powell is often cited by papers focused on Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (57 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (41 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (17 papers). Alan Powell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Alan Powell's co-authors include Brenda S. Henderson, Ryuji Ishii, Robert Chanaud, Richard Baldauf, Vlad Isakov, Parikshit Deshmukh, Ryan Brown, J. Steffens, Sue Kimbrough and Y. Umeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Polymer, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Journal of Sound and Vibration.

In The Last Decade

Alan Powell

85 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of Vortex Sound 1953 2026 1977 2001 1964 1953 100 200 300 400 500
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. Theory of Vortex Sound
    1964 596 citations Alan Powell The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →
  2. On the Mechanism of Choked Jet Noise
    1953 509 citations Alan Powell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Powell United States 20 2.5k 2.2k 657 602 406 92 3.0k
C.L. Morfey United Kingdom 25 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 815 1.4× 192 0.5× 85 2.9k
D. L. Hawkings United Kingdom 6 2.7k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 841 1.4× 166 0.4× 14 2.9k
K. K. Ahuja United States 26 2.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 807 1.2× 523 0.9× 193 0.5× 129 2.8k
Ronald L. Panton United States 22 625 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 484 0.7× 508 0.8× 464 1.1× 69 1.9k
P.O.A.L. Davies United Kingdom 22 1.1k 0.4× 1.0k 0.5× 618 0.9× 436 0.7× 238 0.6× 66 1.9k
Dennis M. Bushnell United States 23 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 183 0.3× 299 0.5× 302 0.7× 137 2.6k
Ganesh Raman United States 32 2.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 535 0.8× 275 0.5× 350 0.9× 170 3.1k
A. P. Dowling United Kingdom 15 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 563 0.9× 423 0.7× 142 0.3× 33 1.8k
N. Peake United Kingdom 28 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 625 1.0× 157 0.4× 129 2.5k
Luis P. Bernal United States 25 1.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 318 0.5× 305 0.5× 172 0.4× 138 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Powell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Powell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Powell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Steffens, J., Sue Kimbrough, Richard Baldauf, et al.. (2017). Near-port air quality assessment utilizing a mobile measurement approach. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 8(6). 1023–1030. 23 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (2010). Northern Voyagers: Australia's Monsoon Coast in Maritime History. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University).
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Carment, David, et al.. (2008). Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography. 1 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (2003). The Third force: Angau's New Guinea War, 1942-46. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 8 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1995). Why Do Vortices Generate Sound?. Journal of vibration and acoustics. 117(B). 252–260. 7 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1994). Publishing the findings of clinical research. BMJ. 308(6924). 342.1–342.1. 1 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1987). The feedback mechanism of supersonic edge and plate tones. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 81(S1). S96–S96. 1 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1986). Sound producing instability of a choked jet impinging on a normal flat plate. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 80(S1). S9–S9. 1 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1982). Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory. CDU eSpace Institutional Repository (Charles Darwin University). 40 indexed citations
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Roe, Jill, Marilyn Lake, Peter Edwards, et al.. (1981). Reviews. Historical Studies. 19(77). 615–652.
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Powell, Alan. (1975). Jet noise - Age 25. 33–82. 2 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1966). The influence of the molecular size distribution within a liquid on the viscous flow of the liquid. Polymer. 7(2). 91–97. 6 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan, et al.. (1964). Experiments on the Rijke-Tube Phenomenon. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 36(5_Supplement). 1009–1009. 10 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1963). On Sound Radiation in Terms of Pressure Independent of the Sound Speed. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 35(8). 1133–1143. 3 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1959). On the Aerodynamic Noise of a Rigid Flat Plate Moving at Zero Incidence. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 31(12). 1649–1653. 45 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1954). A Survey of Experiments on Jet Noise. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. 26(1). 2–8. 22 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1953). The Noise of Choked Jets. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 25(3). 385–389. 107 indexed citations
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Powell, Alan. (1953). The Noise of “Choked” Jets. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 25(1_Supplement). 193–193.

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