D. L. Youngs

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

D. L. Youngs is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. L. Youngs has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Computational Mechanics, 39 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 13 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. L. Youngs's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (39 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (37 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (25 papers). D. L. Youngs is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (39 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (37 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (25 papers). D. L. Youngs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. D. L. Youngs's co-authors include Dimitris Drikakis, R. J. R. Williams, Ben Thornber, P. F. Linden, Stuart B. Dalziel, J. M. Redondo, Ioannis W. Kokkinakis, Andrew Mosedale, Fernando F. Grinstein and Christer Fureby and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

D. L. Youngs

54 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Time-Dependent Multi-Material Flow with Large Fluid Distortion

1982 1.1k citations D. L. Youngs profile →
Numerical simulation of turbulent mixing by Rayleigh-Taylor instability

1984 509 citations D. L. Youngs Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. L. Youngs United Kingdom	28	3.7k	1.8k	830	580	332	55	4.5k
Paul E. Dimotakis United States	39	5.6k 1.5×	416 0.2×	793 1.0×	2.8k 4.8×	269 0.8×	145	6.7k
G. Ben‐Dor Israel	38	3.1k 0.9×	923 0.5×	562 0.7×	1.8k 3.1×	1.1k 3.3×	293	5.5k
Fernando F. Grinstein United States	31	4.3k 1.2×	496 0.3×	395 0.5×	2.2k 3.8×	154 0.5×	134	5.0k
B. Sturtevant United States	22	1.2k 0.3×	635 0.4×	249 0.3×	456 0.8×	157 0.5×	50	2.1k
K. Takayama Japan	28	1.4k 0.4×	479 0.3×	380 0.5×	946 1.6×	208 0.6×	159	2.4k
Andrew W. Cook United States	23	2.2k 0.6×	793 0.4×	418 0.5×	345 0.6×	146 0.4×	51	2.7k
Takashi Yabe Japan	27	2.1k 0.6×	193 0.1×	222 0.3×	455 0.8×	304 0.9×	98	3.6k
Ben Thornber Australia	22	1.8k 0.5×	809 0.5×	308 0.4×	753 1.3×	81 0.2×	89	2.2k
H. G. Hornung United States	34	2.9k 0.8×	251 0.1×	289 0.3×	1.8k 3.1×	236 0.7×	156	3.8k
Rémi Abgrall France	36	6.1k 1.7×	256 0.1×	258 0.3×	1.0k 1.8×	446 1.3×	175	6.9k

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Groom, Michael, et al.. (2024). Impact of axial strain on linear, transitional and self-similar turbulent mixing layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 999. 1 indexed citations

Youngs, D. L. & Ben Thornber. (2020). Early Time Modifications to the Buoyancy-Drag Model for Richtmyer–Meshkov Mixing. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 142(12). 8 indexed citations

Youngs, D. L., et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional simulations of turbulent mixing in spherical implosions. Physics of Fluids. 31(11). 21 indexed citations

Thornber, Ben, Michael Groom, & D. L. Youngs. (2018). A five-equation model for the simulation of miscible and viscous compressible fluids. Journal of Computational Physics. 372. 256–280. 21 indexed citations

Clark, D. S., et al.. (2018). Single-mode perturbation growth in an idealized spherical implosion. Journal of Computational Physics. 371. 801–819. 17 indexed citations

Youngs, D. L.. (2017). Rayleigh–Taylor mixing: direct numerical simulation and implicit large eddy simulation. Physica Scripta. 92(7). 74006–74006. 47 indexed citations

Kokkinakis, Ioannis W., Dimitris Drikakis, D. L. Youngs, & R. J. R. Williams. (2015). Two-equation and multi-fluid turbulence models for Rayleigh–Taylor mixing. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 56. 233–250. 45 indexed citations

Andrews, Malcolm, D. L. Youngs, Daniel Livescu, & Tie Wei. (2014). Computational Studies of Two-Dimensional Rayleigh-Taylor Driven Mixing for a Tilted-Rig. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 136(9). 28 indexed citations

Thornber, Ben, et al.. (2014). An Investigation Into Nonlinear Growth Rate of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Single-Mode Richtmyer–Meshkov Instability Using an Arbitrary-Lagrangian–Eulerian Algorithm. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 136(9). 10 indexed citations

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Thornber, Ben, Dimitris Drikakis, D. L. Youngs, & R. J. R. Williams. (2012). Physics of the single-shocked and reshocked Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. Journal of Turbulence. 13. N10–N10. 101 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L.. (2010). Large Eddy Simulation and 1D/2D Engineering Models for Rayleigh-Taylor Mixing. 2 indexed citations

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Thornber, Ben, Dimitris Drikakis, D. L. Youngs, & R. J. R. Williams. (2010). The influence of initial conditions on turbulent mixing due to Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 654. 99–139. 164 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L.. (2009). Application of monotone integrated large eddy simulation to Rayleigh–Taylor mixing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 367(1899). 2971–2983. 30 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L., et al.. (2009). Rayleigh-Taylor instability and mixing. Scholarpedia. 4(2). 6092–6092. 7 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L.. (2008). Turbulent Mixing due to Rayleigh-Taylor Instability. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 61. 2 indexed citations

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Thornber, Ben, Andrew Mosedale, Dimitris Drikakis, D. L. Youngs, & R. J. R. Williams. (2008). An improved reconstruction method for compressible flows with low Mach number features. Journal of Computational Physics. 227(10). 4873–4894. 227 indexed citations

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Linden, P. F., J. M. Redondo, & D. L. Youngs. (1994). Molecular mixing in Rayleigh–Taylor instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 265. 97–124. 137 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L.. (1992). Rayleigh-Taylor instability: numerical simulation and experiment. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 34(13). 2071–2076. 5 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L.. (1991). Three-dimensional numerical simulation of turbulent mixing by Rayleigh–Taylor instability. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 3(5). 1312–1320. 259 indexed citations

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Youngs, D. L.. (1984). Numerical simulation of turbulent mixing by Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 12(1-3). 32–44. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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