F. Ursell

6.1k citations

61 papers · 3.5k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 0.5%
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Oceanography top 1%
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Papers in

Oceanography 20
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 19
Earth-Surface Processes 10
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics 8

Co-authors: T. Brooke Benjamin Clive R. Chester Bernard Friedman Y. Yu Robert G. Dean Michael Simon C. M. Linton D. V. Evans
Journals: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (18 papers)Journal of Fluid Mechanics (17 papers)The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (6 papers)Journal of the London Mathematical Society (2 papers)Wave Motion (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States France

In The Last Decade

F. Ursell

60 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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The stability of the plane free surface of a liquid in vertical periodic motion 1954 · 696 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1954 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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1	Integrals with a large parameter: water waves on finite depth due to an impulse Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Ус Владислав, J. N. Newman, F. Ursell	1995	12
2	Ship hydrodynamics, water waves and asymptotics : collected papers of F Ursell 1946 - 1992 WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks ·F. Ursell	1994	2
3	Trapped modes in a circular cylindrical acoustic waveguide Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. Ursell	1991	28
4	On the theory of the Kelvin ship-wave source: the near-field convergent expansion of an integral Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. Ursell	1990	1
5	On the theory of the Kelvin ship-wave source: asymptotic expansion of an integral Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. Ursell	1988	7
6	Mathematical aspects of trapping modes in the theory of surface waves Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·F. Ursell	1987	72
7	MATHEMATICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE METHOD OF MULTIPOLES F. Ursell	1986	1
8	Integrals with a large parameter: a double complex integral with four nearly coincident saddle-points Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. Ursell	1980	14
9	Integrals with a large parameter. Several nearly coincident saddle points Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. Ursell	1972	62
10	Integral Equations with a Rapidly Oscillating Kernel Journal of the London Mathematical Society ·F. Ursell	1969	19
11	The expansion of water-wave potentials at great distances Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. Ursell	1968	33
12	Integrals with a large parameter. The continuation of uniformly asymptotic expansions Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. Ursell	1965	40
13	Two-Dimensional Problems in Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics. By L. SEDOV. John Wiley, 1965. 427 pp. 126s. Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·F. Ursell	1965	2
14	The decay of the free motion of a floating body Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·F. Ursell	1964	54
15	On the short-wave asymptotic theory of the wave equation (∇² + k²)ø = 0 Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. Ursell	1957	26
16	An extension of the method of steepest descents Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Clive R. Chester, Bernard Friedman, F. Ursell	1957	363
17	The stability of the plane free surface of a liquid in vertical periodic motion Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·T. Brooke Benjamin, F. Ursell Hit paper breakdown →	1954	696
18	Short surface waves due to an oscillating immersed body Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. Ursell	1953	59
19	The long-wave paradox in the theory of gravity waves Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. Ursell	1953	286
20	Edge waves on a sloping beach Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. Ursell	1952	325

About F. Ursell

F. Ursell is a scholar working on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, Ocean Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, having authored 61 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (19 papers), Wave and Wind Energy Systems (14 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (12 papers), Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (11 papers), Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (11 papers), Mathematical functions and polynomials (9 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (8 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (737 citations), Oceanography (1.0k citations), Ocean Engineering (750 citations), Computational Mechanics (895 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (504 citations). F. Ursell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include T. Brooke Benjamin, Clive R. Chester, Bernard Friedman, Y. Yu, Robert G. Dean, Michael Simon, C. M. Linton, D. V. Evans, J. N. Newman and David E. Cartwright. Their work appears in journals such as Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Journal of the London Mathematical Society and Wave Motion.

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