C.W. Hirt

22.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
46 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

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C.W. Hirt is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, C.W. Hirt has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Computational Mechanics, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in C.W. Hirt's work include Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (17 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (7 papers). C.W. Hirt is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (17 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (7 papers). C.W. Hirt collaborates with scholars based in United States. C.W. Hirt's co-authors include B.D. Nichols, J.L. Cook, A.A. Amsden, Francis H. Harlow, Russell E. Duff, John P. Shannon, T.D. Butler, Martin D. Torrey, L. D. Cloutman and R. C. Mjolsness and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

C.W. Hirt

46 papers receiving 15.6k 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.

Volume of fluid (VOF) method for the dynamics of free boundaries

1981 12.0k citations C.W. Hirt, B.D. Nichols Journal of Computational Physics profile →
An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian computing method for all flow speeds

1974 1.8k citations C.W. Hirt, A.A. Amsden et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
An Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian Computing Method for All Flow Speeds

1997 1.2k citations C.W. Hirt, A.A. Amsden et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
Heuristic stability theory for finite-difference equations

1968 307 citations C.W. Hirt Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C.W. Hirt United States	20	11.9k	2.9k	2.4k	2.1k	1.9k	46	16.7k
B.D. Nichols United States	10	8.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	22	12.4k
Joel H. Ferziger United States	47	13.3k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	3.7k 2.0×	192	19.9k
F. Durst Germany	69	12.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	4.0k 1.9×	2.8k 1.5×	501	17.5k
Ronald J. Adrian United States	65	16.7k 1.4×	3.8k 1.3×	3.9k 1.6×	3.8k 1.8×	4.9k 2.6×	254	23.1k
D. B. Spalding United Kingdom	48	18.4k 1.5×	7.2k 2.5×	3.3k 1.3×	4.4k 2.0×	7.8k 4.1×	248	29.1k
J. U. Brackbill United States	39	8.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1000 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	974 0.5×	92	13.3k
Milovan Perić Germany	26	7.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	77	12.2k
Thomas J. Hanratty United States	66	7.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	3.4k 1.4×	4.1k 1.9×	1.2k 0.7×	230	11.6k
Andréa Prosperetti United States	64	7.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	6.6k 3.1×	1.1k 0.6×	305	15.9k
Stephen Whitaker United States	50	7.5k 0.6×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	578 0.3×	168	13.1k

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Hirt, C.W., et al.. (2024). Chemical short-range order and its influence on selected properties of non-dilute random alloys. Computational Materials Science. 248. 113587–113587. 4 indexed citations

Bombardelli, Fabián A., C.W. Hirt, Marcelo H. García, et al.. (2001). Computations of Curved Free Surface Water Flow on Spiral Concentrators. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 127(7). 629–631. 40 indexed citations

Hirt, C.W.. (1993). Volume-fraction techniques: powerful tools for wind engineering. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 46-47. 327–338. 57 indexed citations

Torrey, Martin D., L. D. Cloutman, R. C. Mjolsness, & C.W. Hirt. (1985). NASA-VOF2D: a computer program for incompressible flows with free surfaces. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 86. 30116. 118 indexed citations

Hirt, C.W., et al.. (1982). Pre-and post-test analyses with K-FIX for an HDR blowdown test. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 70(3). 309–319. 2 indexed citations

Hirt, C.W. & B.D. Nichols. (1981). Volume of fluid (VOF) method for the dynamics of free boundaries. Journal of Computational Physics. 39(1). 201–225. 11957 indexed citations breakdown →

Hirt, C.W.. (1981). A numerical study of critical layer absorption. AIP conference proceedings. 76. 141–157. 4 indexed citations

Nichols, B.D. & C.W. Hirt. (1978). Numerical simulation of BWR vent clearing hydrodynamics. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 28. 4 indexed citations

Nichols, B.D. & C.W. Hirt. (1978). Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Impact Loads on Cylinders. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 68(1). 143–148. 8 indexed citations

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Hirt, C.W., et al.. (1978). Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow past bluff bodies. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 14(1). 93–124. 10 indexed citations

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Travis, J.R., et al.. (1978). Multidimensional Effects in Critical Two-Phase Flow. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 68(3). 338–348. 5 indexed citations

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Travis, J.R. & C.W. Hirt. (1976). Numerical simulation of wave propagation in two-phase flows. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 23. 1 indexed citations

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Hirt, C.W., et al.. (1975). Discharge flow with two-dimensional two-fluid model analysis. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 indexed citations

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Hirt, C.W., B.D. Nichols, & Néstor Romero. (1975). SOLA: A numerical solution algorithm for transient fluid flows. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 75. 32418. 3 indexed citations

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Hirt, C.W., A.A. Amsden, & J.L. Cook. (1974). An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian computing method for all flow speeds. Journal of Computational Physics. 14(3). 227–253. 1758 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hotchkiss, Robert S. & C.W. Hirt. (1972). PARTICULATE TRANSPORT IN HIGHLY DISTORTED THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELDS.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 275(9). 2193–2202. 7 indexed citations

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Young, James A. & C.W. Hirt. (1972). Numerical calculation of internal wave motions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 56(2). 265–276. 24 indexed citations

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Harlow, Francis H. & C.W. Hirt. (1972). Recent extensions to Eulerian methods for numerical fluid dynamics. USSR Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics. 12(3). 123–141. 5 indexed citations

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Hirt, C.W.. (1968). Heuristic stability theory for finite-difference equations. Journal of Computational Physics. 2(4). 339–355. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duff, Russell E., Francis H. Harlow, & C.W. Hirt. (1962). Effects of Diffusion on Interface Instability between Gases. The Physics of Fluids. 5(4). 417–425. 145 indexed citations

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