F. E. C. Culick

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
151 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

F. E. C. Culick is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, F. E. C. Culick has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 76 papers in Computational Mechanics and 40 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in F. E. C. Culick's work include Rocket and propulsion systems research (67 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (57 papers) and Energetic Materials and Combustion (38 papers). F. E. C. Culick is often cited by papers focused on Rocket and propulsion systems research (67 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (57 papers) and Energetic Materials and Combustion (38 papers). F. E. C. Culick collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Portugal. F. E. C. Culick's co-authors include Vigor Yang, Konstantin I. Matveev, P. Kuentzmann, Craig C. Jahnke, T. G. Rogers, Philip Beran, John Brophy, Louis Friedman, Albert Ratner and Michael Shusser and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

F. E. C. Culick

144 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Comments on a Ruptured Soap Film 1960 2026 1982 2004 1960 1966 100 200 300 400
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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. Comments on a Ruptured Soap Film
    1960 416 citations F. E. C. Culick profile →
  2. Rotational axisymmetric mean flow and damping of acoustic waves in asolid propellant rocket.
    1966 265 citations F. E. C. Culick AIAA Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. E. C. Culick United States 38 2.7k 2.4k 1.1k 970 420 151 4.5k
J. Buckmaster United States 39 3.4k 1.3× 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.7× 141 0.3× 145 5.0k
Ben T. Zinn United States 29 2.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 337 0.3× 1.5k 1.5× 256 0.6× 226 3.5k
Charles Merkle United States 35 4.1k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 916 0.8× 733 0.8× 477 1.1× 250 5.1k
William Anderson United States 30 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 413 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 101 0.2× 182 3.2k
A. K. Oppenheim United States 32 2.1k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 827 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 105 0.3× 194 3.8k
G. M. Makhviladze United Kingdom 14 1.0k 0.4× 882 0.4× 288 0.3× 372 0.4× 215 0.5× 69 2.1k
Paul Clavin France 30 3.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.8× 390 0.3× 1.8k 1.9× 70 0.2× 80 4.2k
Ulrich Maas Germany 36 5.0k 1.8× 1.8k 0.7× 241 0.2× 4.5k 4.7× 222 0.5× 253 6.3k
Amable Liñán Martínez Spain 34 3.7k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 254 0.2× 2.2k 2.3× 228 0.5× 158 4.4k
Paul D. Ronney United States 36 3.5k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 316 0.3× 2.3k 2.3× 163 0.4× 135 5.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brophy, John, F. E. C. Culick, Paul E. Dimotakis, & Louis Friedman. (2012). Project 5S: A Safe Stepping Stone into the Solar System. 2 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C.. (2003). The Wright Brothers: First Aeronautical Engineers and Test Pilots. AIAA Journal. 41(6). 985–1006. 29 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C., et al.. (2002). Combustion response of ammonium perchlorate. AIAA Journal. 40. 722–730. 1 indexed citations
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Ratner, Albert, et al.. (2002). Phase-resolved no planar laser-induced fluorescence of a jet flame in an acoustic chamber with excitation at frequencies <60 Hz. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 29(1). 85–90. 5 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C., et al.. (2000). International workshop on errors and noise in energetic material combustion experiments March 15–16, 1999, Milan. Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves. 36(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Jahnke, Craig C. & F. E. C. Culick. (1994). Nonlinear energy transport between longitudinal acoustic modes in cylindrical combustion chambers. 30th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit.
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Jahnke, Craig C. & F. E. C. Culick. (1994). Application of dynamical systems theory to nonlinear combustion instabilities. Journal of Propulsion and Power. 10(4). 508–517. 66 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C.. (1993). Oscillatory and unsteady processes in liquid rocket engines. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Vigor, et al.. (1990). Triggering of Longitudinal Pressure Oscillations in Combustion Chambers. I: Nonlinear Gasdynamics. Combustion Science and Technology. 72(4-6). 183–214. 70 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C., et al.. (1989). The Two-Mode Approximation to Nonlinear Acoustics in Combustion Chambers I. Exact Solution for Second Order Acoustics. Combustion Science and Technology. 65(1-3). 39–65. 42 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C.. (1987). A Note on Rayleigh's Criterion. Combustion Science and Technology. 56. 159–166. 50 indexed citations
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Kushner, Mark J. & F. E. C. Culick. (1979). A continuous discharge improves the performance of the Cu/CuCl double pulse laser. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 15(9). 835–837. 5 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C., et al.. (1978). Measurements of Energy Losses Associated with Interactions Between Acoustic Waves and a Steady Flow Field.. Journal of Computing and Information Technology. 4 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C.. (1975). Stability of Three-Dimensional Motions in a Combustion Chamber. Combustion Science and Technology. 10(3-4). 109–124. 75 indexed citations
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Perry, Edward & F. E. C. Culick. (1974). Measurements of Wall Heat Transfer in the Presence of Large-Amplitude Combustion-Driven Oscillations. Combustion Science and Technology. 9(1-2). 49–53. 11 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C.. (1973). The Stability of One-Dimensional Motions in a Rocket Motor. Combustion Science and Technology. 7(4). 165–175. 90 indexed citations
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Kumar, Ramesh & F. E. C. Culick. (1973). Role of condensed phase details in the oscillatory combustion of composite propellants. 2 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C., et al.. (1968). AN ANALYSIS OF AXIAL ACOUSTIC WAVES IN A COLD-FLOW ROCKET. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Culick, F. E. C.. (1961). A Note on the Compressible Turbulent Boundary Layer With Surface Mass Transfer. Journal of the aerospace sciences. 28(9). 745–747. 2 indexed citations

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