D. J. Tritton

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

D. J. Tritton is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. J. Tritton has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Computational Mechanics, 9 papers in Environmental Engineering and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in D. J. Tritton's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (13 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (7 papers). D. J. Tritton is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (13 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (7 papers). D. J. Tritton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and France. D. J. Tritton's co-authors include A. Ibbetson, A. A. Bidokhti, Robert B. Clark and Pam Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

D. J. Tritton

27 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Physical Fluid Dynamics

1977 1.3k citations D. J. Tritton profile →
Experiments on the flow past a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers

1959 889 citations D. J. Tritton Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. J. Tritton United Kingdom	14	1.9k	512	454	418	308	28	2.9k
J. T. Stuart United Kingdom	23	2.5k 1.4×	245 0.5×	381 0.8×	786 1.9×	418 1.4×	44	3.6k
Chia‐Shun Yih United States	26	2.9k 1.5×	321 0.6×	343 0.8×	1.1k 2.6×	431 1.4×	95	4.0k
Ian Proudman United Kingdom	10	1.3k 0.7×	406 0.8×	378 0.8×	301 0.7×	128 0.4×	11	1.8k
P. Beckmann United States	14	843 0.5×	402 0.8×	600 1.3×	453 1.1×	271 0.9×	36	3.0k
A. Spizzichino Russia	9	751 0.4×	333 0.7×	447 1.0×	353 0.8×	242 0.8×	21	2.5k
Leslie S. G. Kovásznay United States	19	2.0k 1.1×	756 1.5×	1.0k 2.3×	208 0.5×	261 0.8×	45	2.4k
Geneviève Comte-Bellot France	18	2.1k 1.1×	977 1.9×	940 2.1×	198 0.5×	273 0.9×	52	2.5k
Milton Van Dyke United States	18	1.4k 0.8×	197 0.4×	349 0.8×	368 0.9×	256 0.8×	32	2.1k
Philip Gresho United States	31	4.1k 2.2×	341 0.7×	361 0.8×	595 1.4×	507 1.6×	90	5.1k
Charles R. Smith United States	19	1.5k 0.8×	455 0.9×	618 1.4×	112 0.3×	434 1.4×	58	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by D. J. Tritton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. J. Tritton

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Tritton, D. J., et al.. (1994). Measurement of the thickness of a fluid layer by light absorption. Experiments in Fluids. 16(5). 349–352. 3 indexed citations

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Bidokhti, A. A. & D. J. Tritton. (1992). The structure of a turbulent free shear layer in a rotating fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 241. 469–502. 32 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J., et al.. (1992). Convection in an open-topped slot. Fluid Dynamics Research. 9(4). 207–218. 1 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1992). Nonlinear topics in ocean physics. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 71(3-4). 222–223. 52 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1992). Stabilization and destabilization of turbulent shear flow in a rotating fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 241. 503–523. 68 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1988). Physical fluid dynamics /2nd revised and enlarged edition/. 3 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1984). A first course in fluid dynamics. Endeavour. 8(3). 151–151. 21 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1983). Intense Atmospheric Vortices. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 33(4). 328–329. 18 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J., et al.. (1981). Instabilities in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. 229–270. 10 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1981). Comments on ‘‘Effect of anisotropy and rotation on turbulence production’’. The Physics of Fluids. 24(10). 1921–1922. 3 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1977). Physical Fluid Dynamics. 1302 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ibbetson, A. & D. J. Tritton. (1975). Experiments on turbulence in a rotating fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 68(4). 639–672. 62 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1971). A note on vortex streets behind circular cylinders at low Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 45(1). 203–208. 64 indexed citations

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Clark, Robert B. & D. J. Tritton. (1970). Swimming mechanisms in nereidiform polychaetes. Journal of Zoology. 161(2). 257–271. 28 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J., et al.. (1967). Geophysical implications of laboratory experiments on convection with internal heat generation. 505. 1 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1967). Some new correlation measurements in a turbulent boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 28(3). 439–462. 60 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1963). Transition to turbulence in the free convection boundary layers on an inclined heated plate. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 16(3). 417–435. 38 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1961). Notes on approximations for turbulent flows with large temperature differences. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 11(3). 440–446. 4 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1959). Variation of young's modulus of fused quartz fibre with diameter. Philosophical magazine. 4(42). 780–783. 2 indexed citations

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Tritton, D. J.. (1959). Experiments on the flow past a circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 6(4). 547–567. 889 indexed citations breakdown →

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