F. C. Thames

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

F. C. Thames is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Numerical Analysis and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, F. C. Thames has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computational Mechanics, 4 papers in Numerical Analysis and 2 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in F. C. Thames's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (7 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (5 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (5 papers). F. C. Thames is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (7 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (5 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (5 papers). F. C. Thames collaborates with scholars based in United States. F. C. Thames's co-authors include C. W. Mastin, Joe F. Thompson, J. F. Thompson, R. P. Weston, S. P. Shanks, Douglas L. Dwoyer, Perry A. Newman and Hassan Hemida and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Applied Mathematics and Computation and Journal of Aircraft.

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F. C. Thames

14 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Automatic numerical generation of body-fitted curvilinear coordinate system for field containing any number of arbitrary two-dimensional bodies

1974 758 citations Joe F. Thompson, F. C. Thames et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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14 of 14 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Application of a variational method for generating adaptive grids 1985 ·23rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting ·(unknown), Hassan Hemida, F. C. Thames	4
2	Multigrid applications to three-dimensional elliptic coordinate generation 1984 ·Applied Mathematics and Computation ·F. C. Thames	4
3	Generation of three-dimensional boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate systems for wing/wing-tip geometries using the elliptic solver method 1982 ·Applied Mathematics and Computation ·F. C. Thames	5
4	A title-gap flow model for use in aerodynamic loads assessment of space shuttle thermal protection system: Parallel gap faces 1981 ·STIN ·Douglas L. Dwoyer, Perry A. Newman, F. C. Thames, (unknown)	3
5	Temporal and spatial inconsistencies of time-split finite-difference schemes 1981 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·Douglas L. Dwoyer, F. C. Thames	1
6	Properties of Aspect-Ratio-4.0 Rectangular Jets in a Subsonic Crossflow 1979 ·Journal of Aircraft ·R. P. Weston, F. C. Thames	35
7	Boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate systems for solution of partial differential equations on fields containing any number of arbitrary two-dimensional bodies 1977 ·J. F. Thompson, F. C. Thames, C. W. Mastin	116
8	TOMCAT — A code for numerical generation of boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate systems on fields containing any number of arbitrary two-dimensional bodies 1977 ·Journal of Computational Physics ·Joe F. Thompson, F. C. Thames, C. W. Mastin	203
9	Numerical solutions for viscous and potential flow about arbitrary two-dimensional bodies using body-fitted coordinate systems 1977 ·Journal of Computational Physics ·F. C. Thames, Joe F. Thompson, C. W. Mastin, (unknown)	95
10	Numerical solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations about arbitrary two-dimensional bodies 1975 ·PhDT ·F. C. Thames	12
11	Use of numerically generated body-fitted coordinate systems for solution of the Navier-Stokes equations 1975 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·J. F. Thompson, C. W. Mastin, F. C. Thames, S. P. Shanks	20
12	Numerical solutions of the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations for arbitrary bodies using boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinates 1975 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·J. F. Thompson, F. C. Thames, (unknown), S. P. Shanks	5
13	Numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for arbitrary two-dimensional airfoils 1975 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·F. C. Thames, J. F. Thompson, C. W. Mastin	13
14	Automatic numerical generation of body-fitted curvilinear coordinate system for field containing any number of arbitrary two-dimensional bodies breakdown → 1974 ·Journal of Computational Physics ·Joe F. Thompson, F. C. Thames, C. W. Mastin	758

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