Frank Engelund

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Engelund is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Ecology and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Engelund has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 14 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Frank Engelund's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (14 papers), Hydraulic flow and structures (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (5 papers). Frank Engelund is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (14 papers), Hydraulic flow and structures (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (5 papers). Frank Engelund collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, China and Türkiye. Frank Engelund's co-authors include E.H. Hansen, Jørgen Fredsøe, Ove Skovgaard, Zhaohui Wan, R. Bettess, Enio Paris, Poul S. Larsen, Lars Lading and B. Mutlu Sumer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Geology.

In The Last Decade

Frank Engelund

20 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

A monograph on sediment transport in alluvial streams 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 1976 1974 250 500 750 1000
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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. A monograph on sediment transport in alluvial streams
    1967 1.1k citations Frank Engelund, E.H. Hansen Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) profile →
  2. A Sediment Transport Model for Straight Alluvial Channels
    1976 568 citations Frank Engelund, Jørgen Fredsøe Hydrology research profile →
  3. Flow and Bed Topography in Channel Bends
    1974 435 citations Frank Engelund Journal of the Hydraulics Division profile →

Peers

Frank Engelund
Daryl B. Simons United States
Syunsuke IKEDA Japan
E. V. Richardson United States
Yasuyuki SHIMIZU Japan
Sam S. Y. Wang United States
Koen Blanckaert Switzerland
Robert Ettema United States
M. W. Schmeeckle United States
Rolf Kellerhals Canada
Marco Tubino Italy
Daryl B. Simons United States
Frank Engelund
Citations per year, relative to Frank Engelund Frank Engelund (= 1×) peers Daryl B. Simons

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Engelund

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Engelund, Frank & Zhaohui Wan. (1984). Instability of Hyperconcentrated Flow. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 110(3). 219–233. 38 indexed citations
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Paris, Enio, et al.. (1980). THE FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALLUVIAL STREAMS: A NEW APPROACH.. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 69(3). 737–750. 36 indexed citations
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Larsen, Poul S., Frank Engelund, B. Mutlu Sumer, & Lars Lading. (1980). Techniques of sizing and tracking of particles: A report on Euromech 120. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 99(3). 641–653. 1 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1976). Closure to “Flow and Bed Topography in Channel Bends”. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 102(3). 416–418. 1 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank & Jørgen Fredsøe. (1976). A Sediment Transport Model for Straight Alluvial Channels. Hydrology research. 7(5). 293–306. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engelund, Frank. (1976). Hydraulics of Surface Buoyant Jet. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 102(9). 1315–1325. 4 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1975). Instability of flow in a curved alluvial channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 72(1). 145–160. 22 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1974). Flow and Bed Topography in Channel Bends. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 100(11). 1631–1648. 435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engelund, Frank. (1973). Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media. Engineering Geology. 7(2). 169–170. 16 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1973). Analogy between the velocity distribution in a stable atmosphere and in divergent channels. The Physics of Fluids. 16(10). 1768–1770. 4 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank & Ove Skovgaard. (1973). On the origin of meandering and braiding in alluvial streams. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 57(2). 289–302. 120 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank, et al.. (1973). Surface Jet at Small Richardson Numbers. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 99(3). 405–416. 4 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank & Jørgen Fredsøe. (1971). THREE-DIMENSIONAL STABILITY ANALYSIS OF OPEN CHANNEL FLOW OVER AN ERODIBLE BED. Hydrology research. 2(2). 93–108. 8 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1970). Instability of erodible beds. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 42(2). 225–244. 229 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1969). Dispersion of Floating Particles in Uniform Channel Flow. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 95(4). 1149–1162. 13 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank. (1967). Closure to “Hydraulic Resistance of Alluvial Streams”. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 93(4). 287–296. 34 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank & E.H. Hansen. (1967). A monograph on sediment transport in alluvial streams. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 1132 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engelund, Frank. (1954). Écoulement permanent dans les canaux convergents et divergents. La Houille Blanche. 40(2). 179–188. 1 indexed citations
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Engelund, Frank, et al.. (1953). Steady flow in contracted and expanded rectangular channels. La Houille Blanche. 39(4). 464–481. 10 indexed citations

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