David L. Urban

2.9k total citations
142 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David L. Urban is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Urban has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 83 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 50 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in David L. Urban's work include Fire dynamics and safety research (83 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (64 papers) and Combustion and flame dynamics (49 papers). David L. Urban is often cited by papers focused on Fire dynamics and safety research (83 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (64 papers) and Combustion and flame dynamics (49 papers). David L. Urban collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kazakhstan. David L. Urban's co-authors include A. Carlos Fernandez‐Pello, Gary A. Ruff, Peter B. Sunderland, Guillermo Rein, José L. Torero, Carlos Fernandez-Pello, G. M. Faeth, C. Lautenberger, A. Bar-Ilan and Zhengqiu Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Fuel and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

David L. Urban

130 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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James S. T’ien United States

D.D. Drysdale United Kingdom

Peter B. Sunderland United States

Grunde Jomaas Denmark

William M. Pitts United States

Anthony Hamins United States

Jean-Louis Consalvi France

Fumiaki Takahashi United States

Gregory T. Linteris United States

Ritsu Dobashi Japan

James S. T’ien United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Carmignani, Luca, et al.. (2025). The Effect of Normoxic Atmospheres on Upward Flame Spread Over a Thin Fabric. Combustion Science and Technology. 198(4). 904–920.

Burgio, N., et al.. (2024). Modelling the Irradiation Experiments of Microbic Films Within the BOREALIS Payload. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1180–1188.

Urban, David L., et al.. (2023). Self-recovery of Roma drug users in the context of social work. Kontakt. 25(1). 44–49. 2 indexed citations

Karipidis, Ken, et al.. (2022). The increasing use of cosmetic non-ionising radiation applications – types of procedures, potential risks to consumers and regulation in Australia. Public Health Research & Practice. 33(1).

Dietrich, Daniel L., et al.. (2019). Characterization of Laptop Fires in Spacecraft. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

Meyer, Marit E., David L. Urban, George W. Mulholland, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of spacecraft smoke detector performance in the low-gravity environment. Fire Safety Journal. 98. 74–81. 15 indexed citations

Fernandez-Pello, Carlos, et al.. (2018). Buoyancy effects on concurrent flame spread over thick PMMA. Combustion and Flame. 199. 279–291. 37 indexed citations

Ruff, Gary A. & David L. Urban. (2016). Operation and Development Status of the Spacecraft Fire Experiments (Saffire). ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 2 indexed citations

Dietrich, Daniel L., et al.. (2015). Modeling and Analysis of Realistic Fire Scenarios in Spacecraft. ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 1 indexed citations

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Meyer, Marit E., David L. Urban, Gary A. Ruff, et al.. (2013). Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment-2: Comparison of Flight Experiment Results with Ground Test Results. 4 indexed citations

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Urban, David L., Gary A. Ruff, James S. T’ien, et al.. (2013). Development of Large-Scale Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiments. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2 indexed citations

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Osorio, Andrés F., Carlos Fernandez-Pello, David L. Urban, & Gary A. Ruff. (2012). Limiting conditions for flame spread in fire resistant fabrics. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 34(2). 2691–2697. 21 indexed citations

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Mystkowska, Joanna, et al.. (2011). Aspects of exploitation stability of selected dental prosthetic bridges. Acta Mechanica et Automatica. 5(4). 54–57. 1 indexed citations

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Sunderland, Peter B., et al.. (2011). Laminar smoke points of coflowing flames in microgravity. Fire Safety Journal. 46(8). 550–555. 14 indexed citations

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Urban, David L., et al.. (2008). Measurement of Smoke Particle Size under Low-Gravity Conditions. SAE International Journal of Aerospace. 1(1). 317–324. 13 indexed citations

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Sunderland, Peter B., et al.. (2007). Thin-filament pyrometry with a digital still camera. Applied Optics. 46(4). 483–483. 35 indexed citations

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Urban, David L., Yuan Zhuang, Peter B. Sunderland, et al.. (2001). Structure and Soot Properties of Nonbuoyant Ethylene/Air Laminar Jet Diffusion Flames. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 2 indexed citations

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Urban, David L., Yuan Zhuang, Peter B. Sunderland, et al.. (1998). Structure and soot properties of nonbuoyant ethylene/air laminar jet diffusion flames. AIAA Journal. 36. 1346–1360. 5 indexed citations

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Urban, David L., Yuan Zhuang, Peter B. Sunderland, et al.. (1998). Structure and Soot Properties of Nonbuoyant Ethylene/Air Laminar Jet Diffusion Flames. AIAA Journal. 36(8). 1346–1360. 60 indexed citations

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Urban, David L., et al.. (1997). Comparative Soot Diagnostics: Preliminary Results. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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