Britton J. Olson

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 740 citations indexed

About

Britton J. Olson is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Britton J. Olson has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 740 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computational Mechanics, 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 3 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Britton J. Olson's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (16 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (16 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers). Britton J. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (16 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (16 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (12 papers). Britton J. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Britton J. Olson's co-authors include Sanjiva K. Lele, Johan Larsson, Andrew W. Cook, Pradeep Singh Rawat, Parviz Moin, Ankit Bhagatwala, W. Cabot, Santhosh Shankar, Xiaolin Zhong and H. C. Yee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Physics Communications.

In The Last Decade

Britton J. Olson

24 papers receiving 733 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.

Assessment of high-resolution methods for numerical simulations of compressible turbulence with shock waves

2009 313 citations Eric Johnsen, Johan Larsson et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Britton J. Olson United States	11	652	235	168	129	83	26	740
D. J. Hill United States	10	619 0.9×	193 0.8×	203 1.2×	128 1.0×	33 0.4×	16	677
J.-F. Haas France	10	684 1.0×	298 1.3×	256 1.5×	192 1.5×	182 2.2×	23	856
A. K. Chaudhuri India	21	532 0.8×	856 3.6×	302 1.8×	137 1.1×	54 0.7×	116	1.4k
Wouter Mostert United States	13	488 0.7×	238 1.0×	53 0.3×	38 0.3×	186 2.2×	26	701
J. Falcovitz Israel	16	814 1.2×	60 0.3×	287 1.7×	384 3.0×	75 0.9×	50	988
Marco Latini United States	6	377 0.6×	258 1.1×	63 0.4×	50 0.4×	34 0.4×	7	448
Takayuki Utsumi Japan	10	433 0.7×	129 0.5×	70 0.4×	50 0.4×	68 0.8×	25	762
César Huete Spain	14	287 0.4×	196 0.8×	148 0.9×	98 0.8×	62 0.7×	41	458
Jérôme Griffond France	15	389 0.6×	129 0.5×	269 1.6×	88 0.7×	70 0.8×	38	619
HyeongKae Park United States	14	285 0.4×	69 0.3×	238 1.4×	124 1.0×	22 0.3×	40	507

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20 of 20 papers shown

Olson, Britton J., et al.. (2025). An extension of the localized artificial diffusivity method for immiscible and high density ratio flows. Journal of Computational Physics. 542. 114366–114366.

Morgan, Brandon, et al.. (2024). RANSBox: A zero-dimensional modular software package for Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling. Computer Physics Communications. 298. 109097–109097. 1 indexed citations

Lukić, Bratislav, Kevin Schmidmayer, Claire Bourquard, et al.. (2024). Impulse-driven release of gas-encapsulated drops. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1001. 5 indexed citations

Olson, Britton J., et al.. (2023). Multifidelity validation of digital surrogates using variable-density turbulent mixing models. Physical Review Fluids. 8(1). 2 indexed citations

Olson, Britton J., et al.. (2023). On the evolution of scalar iso-surface area density in a turbulent mixing layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 966. 3 indexed citations

Bender, Jason D., Oleg Schilling, Kumar Raman, et al.. (2021). Simulation and flow physics of a shocked and reshocked high-energy-density mixing layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 915. 35 indexed citations

Mikaelian, Karnig O. & Britton J. Olson. (2019). On modeling Richtmyer–Meshkov turbulent mixing widths. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 402. 132243–132243. 11 indexed citations

Morgan, Brandon, et al.. (2018). Large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes modeling of a reacting Rayleigh-Taylor mixing layer in a spherical geometry. Physical review. E. 98(3). 33 indexed citations

Greenough, Jeffrey, et al.. (2017). A Validation Study of the Compressible Rayleigh–Taylor Instability Comparing the Ares and Miranda Codes. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 139(6). 8 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J., et al.. (2016). Compressible Flow Simulations of Wave Scattering Problems Using the Immersed Boundary Method. 1 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J. & Jeffrey Greenough. (2014). Comparison of two- and three-dimensional simulations of miscible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability with multimode initial conditions. Physics of Fluids. 26(10). 35 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J., et al.. (2014). On the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability evolving from a deterministic multimode planar interface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 755. 429–462. 104 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J. & Sanjiva K. Lele. (2013). Directional artificial fluid properties for compressible large-eddy simulation. Journal of Computational Physics. 246. 207–220. 21 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J. & Sanjiva K. Lele. (2013). A mechanism for unsteady separation in over-expanded nozzle flow. Physics of Fluids. 25(11). 39 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J.. (2012). Large-eddy simulation of multi-material mixing andover-expanded nozzle flow. 2 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J. & Sanjiva K. Lele. (2012). Directional artificial bulk viscosity for shock capturing on high aspect ratio grids. 5(1). 14008–14008. 2 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J., et al.. (2012). Low Frequency Unsteadiness in Nozzle Flow Separation. 3 indexed citations

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Olson, Britton J., Johan Larsson, Sanjiva K. Lele, & Andrew W. Cook. (2011). Nonlinear effects in the combined Rayleigh-Taylor/Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Physics of Fluids. 23(11). 53 indexed citations

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Johnsen, Eric, Johan Larsson, Ankit Bhagatwala, et al.. (2009). Assessment of high-resolution methods for numerical simulations of compressible turbulence with shock waves. Journal of Computational Physics. 229(4). 1213–1237. 313 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tench, R. J., M. Balooch, Luis J. Bernardez, et al.. (1990). SiC Film Deposited by Pulsed Excimer Laser Ablation. MRS Proceedings. 191. 4 indexed citations

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