Gunnar Heskestad

3.6k citations
55 papers · 2.6k indexed · h-index 23
Topics
Fire dynamics and safety research (36 papers)Wind and Air Flow Studies (16 papers)Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (16 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesNorway

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Gunnar Heskestad

54 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Gunnar Heskestad
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  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2.0k
  • Ocean Engineering 1.1k
  • Aerospace Engineering 913
  • Global and Planetary Change 851
  • Computational Mechanics 733
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Fields of papers citing papers by Gunnar Heskestad

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunnar Heskestad

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 13
2 0
3 134
4 86
5 51
6 13
7 131
8 3
9 36
10 28
11 9
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Quantification of Thermal Responsiveness of Automatic Sprinklers Including Conduction Effects, Gunner Heskestad and Robert G. Bill Jr.
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Experimental Fires in Multiroom/Corridor Enclosures. | NIST
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14 145
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The Role of Water in Suppression of Fire -- A Review
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Ease of ignition of fabrics exposed to flaming heat sources
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17 96
18 8
19 1
20 219

About Gunnar Heskestad

Gunnar Heskestad is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering, having authored 55 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fire dynamics and safety research (36 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (16 papers) and Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (2.0k citations), Ocean Engineering (1.1k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (851 citations). Gunnar Heskestad has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Norway. Frequent co-authors include B. J. McCaffrey, Michael A. Delichatsios, T. Hamada, Peter Wu, John L. de Ris, Robert Bill, Torgrim Log, Robert N. Meroney, Craig L. Beyler and James A. Milke. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, AIAA Journal and Combustion and Flame.

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