John B. Bdzil

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

John B. Bdzil is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, John B. Bdzil has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 32 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 16 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in John B. Bdzil's work include Combustion and Detonation Processes (38 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (32 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (13 papers). John B. Bdzil is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and Detonation Processes (38 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (32 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (13 papers). John B. Bdzil collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. John B. Bdzil's co-authors include D. Scott Stewart, A. K. Kapila, Steven F. Son, Ralph Menikoff, Tariq D. Aslam, Ray Engelke, H. L. Frisch, Mark Short, B. W. Asay and G. J. Sharpe and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John B. Bdzil

54 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transiti... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400
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  1. Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: Reduced equations
    2001 453 citations A. K. Kapila, Ralph Menikoff et al. Physics of Fluids profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John B. Bdzil United States 19 938 825 695 431 289 54 1.7k
A. K. Kapila United States 24 846 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 498 0.7× 551 1.3× 177 0.6× 56 1.9k
M.R. Baer United States 18 944 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 850 1.2× 449 1.0× 576 2.0× 65 2.2k
Mark Short United States 24 1.3k 1.4× 781 0.9× 746 1.1× 163 0.4× 253 0.9× 97 1.7k
Joanna M. Austin United States 27 1.4k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 605 0.9× 516 1.2× 79 0.3× 103 2.2k
H. Kleine Australia 18 470 0.5× 587 0.7× 292 0.4× 183 0.4× 104 0.4× 101 1.2k
P. A. Thompson United States 13 324 0.3× 847 1.0× 192 0.3× 556 1.3× 90 0.3× 36 1.5k
Keisuke Sawada Japan 20 584 0.6× 662 0.8× 139 0.2× 623 1.4× 110 0.4× 152 1.4k
Bradley J. Plohr United States 21 177 0.2× 1.1k 1.4× 189 0.3× 809 1.9× 168 0.6× 54 1.8k
David W. Bogdanoff United States 21 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.6× 227 0.3× 858 2.0× 60 0.2× 87 2.0k
Carlos Pantano United States 24 755 0.8× 1.9k 2.3× 172 0.2× 444 1.0× 148 0.5× 83 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bdzil, John B., et al.. (2020). Transients following the loss of detonation confinement. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 886. 4 indexed citations
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Short, Mark, et al.. (2008). Stability of detonations for an idealized condensed-phase model. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 595. 45–82. 25 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B., et al.. (2007). APPLICATION OF DETONATION SHOCK DYNAMICS (DSD) TO YOUNGS-TYPE DISCONTINUOUS INTERFACE GEOMETRY. AIP conference proceedings. 809–812. 1 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & D. Scott Stewart. (2006). The Dynamics of Detonation in Explosive Systems. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 39(1). 263–292. 83 indexed citations
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Stewart, D. Scott, et al.. (2003). On self-similarity of detonation diffraction. Physics of Fluids. 16(2). 373–384. 13 indexed citations
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Short, Mark & John B. Bdzil. (2003). Propagation laws for steady curved detonations with chain-branching kinetics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 479. 39–64. 11 indexed citations
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Kapila, A. K., Ralph Menikoff, John B. Bdzil, Steven F. Son, & D. Scott Stewart. (2001). Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: Reduced equations. Physics of Fluids. 13(10). 3002–3024. 453 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bdzil, John B., Ralph Menikoff, Steven F. Son, A. K. Kapila, & D. Scott Stewart. (1999). Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: A critical examination of modeling issues. Physics of Fluids. 11(2). 378–402. 184 indexed citations
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Asay, B. W., Steven F. Son, & John B. Bdzil. (1996). The role of gas permeation in convective burning. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 22(5). 923–952. 51 indexed citations
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Asay, B. W., et al.. (1993). Deflagration-to-detonation in granular HMX: Ignition, kinetics, and shock formation. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 32(22). 3260–2. 8 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & Wildon Fickett. (1992). DSD Technology: A detonation reactive Huygens code. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 93. 25987. 5 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & D. Scott Stewart. (1989). Modeling two-dimensional detonations with detonation shock dynamics. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 1(7). 1261–1267. 67 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & D. Scott Stewart. (1988). Modeling two-dimensional detonations with detonation shock dynamics. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 89. 15360. 1 indexed citations
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Stewart, D. Scott & John B. Bdzil. (1987). A lecture on detonation-shock dynamics. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 88. 18879. 1 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & D. Scott Stewart. (1986). Time-dependent two-dimensional detonation: the interaction of edge rarefactions with finite-length reaction zones. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 171. 1–26. 30 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B., et al.. (1981). Kinetics study of a condensed detonating explosive. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 74(10). 5694–5699. 18 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & H. L. Frisch. (1971). Chemical Instabilities. V. Hydrodynamic Stability of a Simple Dissociating Fluid in Plane Couette Flow. The Physics of Fluids. 14(10). 2081–2087. 2 indexed citations
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Wollkind, David J. & John B. Bdzil. (1971). Comments on “Chemical Instabilities”. The Physics of Fluids. 14(8). 1813–1814. 1 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & H. L. Frisch. (1971). Chemical Instabilities. VI. Hydrodynamic Stability of the Dissociating Fluid A2⇋2A. The Physics of Fluids. 14(9). 2048–2050. 4 indexed citations
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Bdzil, John B. & H. Frisch. (1971). Chemical Instabilities. IV. Nonisothermal Chemical Surface Reactions and Hydrodynamic Instability. The Physics of Fluids. 14(6). 1077–1086. 7 indexed citations

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