Derek C. Thomas

823 total citations
23 papers, 623 citations indexed

About

Derek C. Thomas is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek C. Thomas has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 623 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Computational Mechanics, 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Derek C. Thomas's work include Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (5 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers). Derek C. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (5 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers). Derek C. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Derek C. Thomas's co-authors include Michael A. Scott, Emily J. Evans, Robert Simpson, Haojie Lian, Kent L. Gee, Xin Li, Kevin Tew, John A. Evans, Michael J. Borden and Michael B. Muhlestein and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Derek C. Thomas

21 papers receiving 608 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek C. Thomas United States 12 491 281 118 118 99 23 623
C.G. Politis Greece 12 334 0.7× 222 0.8× 56 0.5× 62 0.5× 24 0.2× 14 468
Stefano Micheletti Italy 16 514 1.0× 296 1.1× 85 0.7× 51 0.4× 32 0.3× 53 792
Josep Sarrate Spain 16 558 1.1× 129 0.5× 58 0.5× 408 3.5× 33 0.3× 52 792
Kjetil Johannessen Norway 11 402 0.8× 211 0.8× 107 0.9× 100 0.8× 24 0.2× 30 662
Steven J. Hulshoff Netherlands 11 455 0.9× 104 0.4× 49 0.4× 38 0.3× 62 0.6× 42 621
René R. Hiemstra Germany 13 443 0.9× 156 0.6× 95 0.8× 115 1.0× 20 0.2× 23 509
Michael B. Bieterman United States 11 475 1.0× 63 0.2× 79 0.7× 40 0.3× 32 0.3× 16 571
Philippe R.B. Devloo Brazil 15 501 1.0× 331 1.2× 101 0.9× 30 0.3× 33 0.3× 68 729
S. Aliabadi United States 10 537 1.1× 54 0.2× 40 0.3× 55 0.5× 52 0.5× 21 655
Theodore Gast United States 10 651 1.3× 163 0.6× 45 0.4× 304 2.6× 48 0.5× 12 793

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek C. Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomas, Derek C., et al.. (2022). U-splines: Splines over unstructured meshes. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 401. 115515–115515. 19 indexed citations
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Zou, Zhihui, et al.. (2021). Isogeometric Bézier dual mortaring: The Kirchhoff–Love shell problem. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 382. 113873–113873. 11 indexed citations
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Zou, Zhihui, et al.. (2020). Isogeometric Bézier dual mortaring: The enriched Bézier dual basis with application to second- and fourth-order problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 363. 112900–112900. 13 indexed citations
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Borden, Michael J., et al.. (2018). Bézier B projection. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 335. 273–297. 15 indexed citations
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Zou, Zhihui, et al.. (2018). Isogeometric Bézier dual mortaring: Refineable higher-order spline dual bases and weakly continuous geometry. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 333. 497–534. 28 indexed citations
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Evans, John A., et al.. (2018). Hierarchical B-spline complexes of discrete differential forms. IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis. 40(1). 422–473. 8 indexed citations
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Muhlestein, Michael B., Kent L. Gee, Tracianne B. Neilsen, & Derek C. Thomas. (2015). Evolution of the average steepening factor for nonlinearly propagating waves. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 137(2). 640–650. 16 indexed citations
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Thomas, Derek C., et al.. (2014). Using Python to teach mathematics, physics, and acoustics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 135(4_Supplement). 2159–2159.
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Muhlestein, Michael B., Derek C. Thomas, & Kent L. Gee. (2014). Time-domain effects of rigid sphere scattering on measurement of transient plane waves. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 136(1). 13–21. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Emily J., Michael A. Scott, Xin Li, & Derek C. Thomas. (2014). Hierarchical T-splines: Analysis-suitability, Bézier extraction, and application as an adaptive basis for isogeometric analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 284. 1–20. 89 indexed citations
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Thomas, Derek C., Michael A. Scott, John A. Evans, Kevin Tew, & Emily J. Evans. (2014). Bézier projection: A unified approach for local projection and quadrature-free refinement and coarsening of NURBS and T-splines with particular application to isogeometric design and analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 284. 55–105. 73 indexed citations
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Scott, Michael A., Derek C. Thomas, & Emily J. Evans. (2013). Isogeometric spline forests. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 269. 222–264. 77 indexed citations
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Muhlestein, Michael B., Kent L. Gee, Tracianne B. Neilsen, & Derek C. Thomas. (2013). Prediction of nonlinear propagation of noise from a solid rocket motor. Proceedings of meetings on acoustics. 40006–40006. 6 indexed citations
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Simpson, Robert, et al.. (2013). Acoustic isogeometric boundary element analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 269. 265–290. 188 indexed citations
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Muhlestein, Michael B., et al.. (2013). Evolution of the wave steepening factor for high-amplitude sound propagation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 134(5_Supplement). 3981–3981. 1 indexed citations
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Muhlestein, Michael B., Kent L. Gee, Derek C. Thomas, & Tracianne B. Neilsen. (2012). Prediction of nonlinear propagation of noise from a solid rocket motor. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 132(3_Supplement). 1992–1992. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Derek C., Yurii A. Ilinskii, Evgenia A. Zabolotskaya, & Mark F. Hamilton. (2011). Modeling time delay in clusters of interacting bubbles.. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 129(4_Supplement). 2620–2620. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Derek C., et al.. (2009). A balloon lens: Acoustic scattering from a penetrable sphere. American Journal of Physics. 77(3). 197–203. 20 indexed citations
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Thomas, Derek C.. (2008). Theory and Estimation of Acoustic Intensity and Energy Density. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, Derek C., et al.. (1989). A theoretical model and experimental measurements of short range VHF/UHF propagation in the presence of buildings. 345–349. 2 indexed citations

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