G. Sivashinsky

8.8k citations

136 papers · 7.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes top 0.2%
- Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
Computational Mechanics top 0.05%
- Combustion and flame dynamics
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

Papers in

Computational Mechanics 99
- Combustion and flame dynamics 78
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows 31
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 16
- Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies 12

Co-authors: B. J. Matkowsky Michael L. Frankel Daniel Michelson Leonid Kagan Irina Brailovsky Guy Joulin Paul D. Ronney Paul Clavin
Journals: Combustion Science and Technology (23 papers)Combustion and Flame (14 papers)Combustion Theory and Modelling (12 papers)SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (9 papers)Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena (8 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States France

In The Last Decade

G. Sivashinsky

133 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Instabilities, Pattern Formation, and Turbulence in Flames 1983 · 604 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

1983 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
1977 Acta Astronautica
1977 Combustion Science and Technology

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Autoignition due to hydraulic resistance and deflagration-to-detonation transition Combustion and Flame ·Leonid Kagan, G. Sivashinsky	2008	9
2	An elementary model for the transition from conductive to penetrative burning in gas-permeable explosives Combustion and Flame ·Leonid Kagan, G. Sivashinsky	2008	5
3	A porous medium model for vegetation in bushfires Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·J. W. Dold, J.B. Greenberg, R. O. Weber, R. A. V. Schwab, G. Sivashinsky	2005	2
4	Flame extinction by spatially periodic shear flows Combustion Theory and Modelling ·N Zhen, Leonid Kagan, G. Sivashinsky	2002	2
5	Initiation of subsonic detonation Asymptotic Analysis ·Xin-HuaZhu, S. Kamin, G. Sivashinsky	2000	9
6	On Hydrodynamic Instability of Stretched Flames Combustion Science and Technology ·N Zhen, Irina Brailovsky, G. Sivashinsky	1997	13
7	On Flame Propagation Through a Horizontal Channel Combustion Science and Technology ·Guanju Ma, G. Sivashinsky	1996	3
8	Extinction of a nonadiabatic flame propagating through spatially periodic shear flow Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·Irina Brailovsky, G. Sivashinsky	1995	14
9	On Quenching of the Reaction Wave Moving Through Spatially Periodic Shear Flow Combustion Science and Technology ·Irina Brailovsky, G. Sivashinsky	1993	9
10	On the intrinsic dynamics of premixed flames Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences ·G. Sivashinsky	1990	52
11	Long wavelength instability of the ABC-flows Quarterly of Applied Mathematics ·A. Libin, G. Sivashinsky	1990	6
12	Effect of rotation on Bunsen flame Combustion and Flame ·Wen‐Jenn Sheu, S. H. Sohrab, G. Sivashinsky	1990	20
13	Flame Propagation in a Rotating Gas Combustion Science and Technology ·G. Sivashinsky, Yves Robin-Champigneul, Moshe Matalon, S. H. Sohrab	1988	23
14	Annular flows can keep unstable films from breakup: Nonlinear saturation of capillary instability Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·A. Frenkel, A.J. Babchin, B. G. Levich, Susanne Fest, G. Sivashinsky	1987	82
15	Negative viscosity effect in large-scale flows The Physics of Fluids ·G. Sivashinsky, Victor Yakhot	1985	79
16	On Effects Due To Thermal Expansion and Lewis Number in Spherical Flame Propagation Combustion Science and Technology ·Michael L. Frankel, G. Sivashinsky	1983	158
17	On oscillatory necking in polymers Quarterly of Applied Mathematics ·B. J. Matkowsky, G. Sivashinsky	1979	1
18	On self-turbulization of a laminar flame Acta Astronautica ·G. Sivashinsky	1979	125
19	Acceleration Effects on the Stability of Flame Propagation SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics ·B. J. Matkowsky, G. Sivashinsky	1979	39
20	On a converging spherical flame front International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·G. Sivashinsky	1974	34

About G. Sivashinsky

G. Sivashinsky is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics, having authored 136 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Combustion and flame dynamics (78 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (31 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (29 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (23 papers), Fire dynamics and safety research (23 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (12 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (11 papers) and Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (1.7k citations), Computational Mechanics (4.7k citations), Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (1.0k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (962 citations) and Computer Networks and Communications (1.8k citations). G. Sivashinsky has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include B. J. Matkowsky, Michael L. Frankel, Daniel Michelson, Leonid Kagan, Irina Brailovsky, Guy Joulin, Paul D. Ronney, Paul Clavin, A.J. Babchin and Victor Yakhot. Their work appears in journals such as Combustion Science and Technology, Combustion and Flame, Combustion Theory and Modelling, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics and Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena.

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