Howard W. Emmons

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Howard W. Emmons is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard W. Emmons has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 11 papers in Computational Mechanics and 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Howard W. Emmons's work include Fire dynamics and safety research (20 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers). Howard W. Emmons is often cited by papers focused on Fire dynamics and safety research (20 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers). Howard W. Emmons collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. Howard W. Emmons's co-authors include J. Buckmaster, G. S. S. Ludford, Carl E. Pearson, H. P. Grant, Joseph M. Prahl, David D Evans, Arvind Atreya, Gordon E. Hartzell, Wilbert Lick and J. Kestin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Howard W. Emmons

44 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Theory of Laminar Flames

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard W. Emmons United States	24	1.8k	1.2k	925	536	430	45	3.1k
E. E. Zukoski United States	26	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	143 0.3×	840 2.0×	56	3.4k
Paul A. Libby United States	42	5.5k 3.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	468 0.9×	561 1.3×	190	6.3k
Frank E. Marble United States	28	2.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	253 0.3×	390 0.7×	418 1.0×	59	3.0k
G. M. Makhviladze United Kingdom	14	1.0k 0.6×	882 0.8×	559 0.6×	215 0.4×	129 0.3×	69	2.1k
J. C. F. Pereira Portugal	33	3.8k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	224 0.2×	740 1.4×	466 1.1×	182	5.3k
F. E. Fendell United States	19	1.0k 0.6×	500 0.4×	424 0.5×	99 0.2×	131 0.3×	102	1.6k
Werner J. A. Dahm United States	32	2.7k 1.5×	957 0.8×	416 0.4×	146 0.3×	393 0.9×	100	3.0k
Vedat S. Arpacı United States	22	1.9k 1.1×	407 0.4×	147 0.2×	878 1.6×	112 0.3×	88	2.8k
Amable Liñán Martínez Spain	34	3.7k 2.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	228 0.4×	240 0.6×	158	4.4k
M. G. Mungal United States	45	6.3k 3.6×	3.6k 3.1×	690 0.7×	530 1.0×	528 1.2×	161	7.8k

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Hartzell, Gordon E. & Howard W. Emmons. (1988). The Fractional Effective Dose Model for Assessment of Toxic Hazards in Fires. Journal of Fire Sciences. 6(5). 356–362. 18 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1988). Why fire model? The MGM fire and toxicity testing. Fire Safety Journal. 13(2-3). 77–85. 16 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1985). The further history of fire science. Fire Technology. 21(3). 230–238. 10 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W. & Arvind Atreya. (1982). The science of wood combustion. 5(4). 26 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1981). Spontaneous ignition of styrene‐butadiene rubber. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 26(7). 2447–2457. 1 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1981). The growth of fire science. Fire Safety Journal. 3(2). 95–106. 12 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1980). Scientific Progress on Fire. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 12(1). 223–236. 16 indexed citations

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Evans, David D & Howard W. Emmons. (1977). Combustion of wood charcoal. Fire Safety Journal. 1(1). 57–66. 94 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W., et al.. (1975). Transpiration drying of porous hygroscopic materials. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 18(5). 623–634. 4 indexed citations

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Prahl, Joseph M. & Howard W. Emmons. (1975). Fire induced flow through an opening. Combustion and Flame. 25. 369–385. 121 indexed citations

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Hwang, C. C. & Howard W. Emmons. (1970). Investigation of Helium Arcs at 10 atm Pressure. The Physics of Fluids. 13(8). 2027–2035. 4 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1970). Critique of Numerical Modeling of Fluid-Mechanics Phenomena. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 2(1). 15–36. 20 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W., et al.. (1967). The fire whirl. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 11(1). 475–488. 156 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1965). Fire development theory—An overview. Fire Technology. 1(3). 175–181.

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Lick, Wilbert, Howard W. Emmons, & J. Kestin. (1964). Thermodynamic Properties of Helium to 50,000°K. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 31(1). 159–159. 24 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W., et al.. (1962). Poiseuille Plasma Experiment. The Physics of Fluids. 5(12). 1489–1500. 47 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W., Richard E. Kronauer, & John A. Rockett. (1959). A Survey of Stall Propagation—Experiment and Theory. Journal of Basic Engineering. 81(3). 409–416. 24 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1958). Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics. Princeton University Press eBooks. 237 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W., Carl E. Pearson, & H. P. Grant. (1955). Compressor Surge and Stall Propagation. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 77(4). 455–467. 328 indexed citations

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Emmons, Howard W.. (1951). Note on aerodynamic heating. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 8(4). 402–405. 6 indexed citations

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