Earl H. Dowell

22.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
614 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Earl H. Dowell is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Earl H. Dowell has authored 614 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 340 papers in Computational Mechanics, 240 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 166 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Earl H. Dowell's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (195 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (167 papers) and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (124 papers). Earl H. Dowell is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (195 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (167 papers) and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (124 papers). Earl H. Dowell collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Iran. Earl H. Dowell's co-authors include Deman Tang, Kenneth C. Hall, Jeffrey Thomas, Holt Ashley, Lawrence N. Virgin, Dewey H. Hodges, Christophe Pierre, Charles Pezeshki, C. S. Ventres and Maciej Balajewicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Earl H. Dowell

587 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

MODELING OF FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERAC... 1966 2026 1986 2006 2001 1976 1966 1974 1970 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. MODELING OF FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION
    2001 505 citations Earl H. Dowell, Kenneth C. Hall profile →
  2. Aeroelasticity of Plates and Shells
    1976 499 citations Earl H. Dowell et al. profile →
  3. Nonlinear oscillations of a fluttering plate.
    1966 485 citations Earl H. Dowell AIAA Journal profile →
  4. Nonlinear equations of motion for the elastic bending and torsion of twisted nonuniform rotor blades
    1974 465 citations Earl H. Dowell et al. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) profile →
  5. Panel flutter - A review of the aeroelastic stability of plates and shells
    1970 424 citations Earl H. Dowell AIAA Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Earl H. Dowell United States 62 9.0k 7.1k 5.5k 4.3k 3.5k 614 17.8k
Charbel Farhat United States 71 12.1k 1.3× 2.3k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 2.4k 0.6× 4.8k 1.4× 389 19.2k
Michael P. Paı̈doussis Canada 61 9.7k 1.1× 1.8k 0.3× 9.5k 1.7× 2.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 303 13.2k
Peretz P. Friedmann United States 41 2.5k 0.3× 3.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 268 6.1k
T. K. Caughey United States 45 1.3k 0.1× 1.0k 0.1× 3.3k 0.6× 6.7k 1.5× 2.3k 0.6× 134 11.0k
Dean T. Mook United States 35 1.8k 0.2× 1.3k 0.2× 3.7k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 123 8.4k
Clarence W. Rowley United States 42 7.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.2× 375 0.1× 317 0.1× 142 11.0k
Alexander F. Vakakis United States 60 1.9k 0.2× 465 0.1× 4.8k 0.9× 10.1k 2.3× 1.2k 0.3× 394 14.7k
Anthony T. Patera United States 49 6.2k 0.7× 881 0.1× 535 0.1× 667 0.2× 1.8k 0.5× 153 10.3k
Dewey H. Hodges United States 47 1.9k 0.2× 4.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 3.7k 0.9× 5.0k 1.4× 281 8.6k
L. Meirovitch United States 37 1.1k 0.1× 2.4k 0.3× 5.0k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 190 9.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dowell, Earl H., et al.. (2026). Nonlinear resonance of rotating solar-sail membrane under solar thermal and pressure excitations. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 42(1).
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Thomas, Jeffrey & Earl H. Dowell. (2025). Nonintrusive Polynomial Chaos Approach for Nonlinear Aeroelastic Uncertainty Quantification. Journal of Aircraft. 62(6). 1687–1697. 1 indexed citations
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Freydin, Maxim, et al.. (2024). Two-dimensional pressure field imaging of an elastic panel executing post-flutter oscillations. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 125. 104056–104056. 3 indexed citations
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Shi, Aiming, et al.. (2024). Nonlinear aeroelastic behavior of a two-dimensional heated panel by irregular shock reflection considering viscoelastic damping. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 132. 104230–104230. 1 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H., et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of flag based energy harvester undergoing extraneous induced excitation. Energy. 295. 130995–130995. 10 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H.. (2023). Reduced-order modeling: a personal journey. Nonlinear Dynamics. 111(11). 9699–9720. 17 indexed citations
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Lien, Fue‐Sang, et al.. (2023). Critical effect of fore-aft tapering on galloping triggering for a trapezoidal body. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 967. 8 indexed citations
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Currao, Gaetano M. D., et al.. (2018). Design of a Panel Flutter Experiment in a Short Duration Hypersonic Facility. Open MIND. 1 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H., et al.. (2016). Investigation of higher order effects in linear piston theory. Journal | MESA. 7(1). 93–103. 3 indexed citations
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Heeg, Jennifer, K. G. Bhatia, Eric Blades, et al.. (2011). Plans for an aeroelastic prediction workshop. elib (German Aerospace Center). 14 indexed citations
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Thomas, Joseph, et al.. (2005). A comparison of classical and high dimensional harmonic balance approaches for a Duffing oscillator. Journal of Computational Physics. 215(1). 298–320. 115 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H., et al.. (1995). A modern course in aeroelasticity (third revised and enlarged edition). Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Deman & Earl H. Dowell. (1993). Nonlinear aeroelasticity in rotorcraft. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 18(3-4). 157–184. 15 indexed citations
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Tang, Deman & Earl H. Dowell. (1991). Comparison of Theory and Experiment for Nonlinear Flutter and Stall Response of Helicopter Blade. 15 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H.. (1988). Asymptotic modal analysis and statistical energy analysis. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 92. 32236. 1 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H.. (1986). Damping in beams and plates due to slipping at the support boundaries. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 105(2). 243–253. 29 indexed citations
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Dowell, Earl H.. (1973). Aerodynamic Boundary Layer Effects on Flutter and Damping of Plates. AIAA Journal. 10. 734–738. 16 indexed citations

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