Kamal Kumar

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kamal Kumar is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kamal Kumar has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 32 papers in Computational Mechanics and 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kamal Kumar's work include Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (37 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (32 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (11 papers). Kamal Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (37 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (32 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (11 papers). Kamal Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Slovakia. Kamal Kumar's co-authors include Chih‐Jen Sung, Xin Hui, Stephen Dooley, Frederick L. Dryer, Matthew A. Oehlschlaeger, Joshua S. Heyne, Haowei Wang, Robert J. Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Yiguang Ju and has published in prestigious journals such as Fuel, Combustion and Flame and Energy & Fuels.

In The Last Decade

Kamal Kumar

41 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A jet fuel surrogate formulated by real fuel properties 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2012 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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 jet fuel surrogate formulated by real fuel properties
    2010 483 citations Stephen Dooley, Sang Hee Won et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
  2. The experimental evaluation of a methodology for surrogate fuel formulation to emulate gas phase combustion kinetic phenomena
    2012 366 citations Stephen Dooley, Sang Hee Won et al. Combustion and Flame profile →

Peers

Kamal Kumar
Clemens Naumann Germany
Peter S. Veloo United States
Bryan W. Weber United States
F.L. Dryer United States
Reinhard Seiser United States
Andrew Kelley United States
Nicholas P. Cernansky United States
Ultan Burke Germany
Xingcai Lü China
S. Scott Goldsborough United States
Clemens Naumann Germany
Kamal Kumar
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kamal Kumar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kamal Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kamal Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kamal Kumar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kamal Kumar. Kamal Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rezaie, Behnaz, et al.. (2022). Temperature Dependence of Thermal Conductivity for Water Using the Transient Hot-Wire Method. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics. 31(1). 78–97. 6 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal, et al.. (2021). Oxidation kinetics of graphite nanoparticles with copper oxide as oxygen carrier. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 147(6). 4165–4175. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal, et al.. (2020). Ignition and combustion characteristics of decanoic acid derived alkyl esters in a fuel ignition tester. Fuel. 276. 117982–117982. 6 indexed citations
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Hartwig, Jason, Gaurav Mittal, Kamal Kumar, & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2017). Acetone photophysics at 282 nm excitation at elevated pressure and temperature. I: absorption and fluorescence experiments. Applied Physics B. 123(6). 8 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal, et al.. (2017). Autoignition of methyl propanoate and its comparisons with methyl ethanoate and methyl butanoate. Combustion and Flame. 188. 116–128. 16 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2016). Autoignition of methyl butanoate under engine relevant conditions. Combustion and Flame. 171. 1–14. 24 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal, Yu Zhang, Chih‐Jen Sung, & William J. Pitz. (2015). Autoignition response of n-butanol and its blends with primary reference fuel constituents of gasoline. Combustion and Flame. 162(6). 2466–2479. 21 indexed citations
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Dooley, Stephen, Sang Hee Won, Joshua S. Heyne, et al.. (2012). The experimental evaluation of a methodology for surrogate fuel formulation to emulate gas phase combustion kinetic phenomena. Combustion and Flame. 159(4). 1444–1466. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hui, Xin, Apurba K. Das, Kamal Kumar, et al.. (2012). Laminar flame speeds and extinction stretch rates of selected aromatic hydrocarbons. Fuel. 97. 695–702. 63 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal, Hui Xin, Apurba K. Das, & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2011). Autoignition, Flame Propagation, and Extinction of Binary Fuel Blends of n-Decane/Ethylene and n-Decane/Methane. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 4 indexed citations
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Das, Apurba K., Kamal Kumar, & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2010). Laminar flame speeds of moist syngas mixtures. Combustion and Flame. 158(2). 345–353. 132 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2010). A comparative experimental study of the autoignition characteristics of alternative and conventional jet fuel/oxidizer mixtures. Fuel. 89(10). 2853–2863. 54 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2010). An experimental study of the autoignition characteristics of conventional jet fuel/oxidizer mixtures: Jet-A and JP-8. Combustion and Flame. 157(4). 676–685. 78 indexed citations
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Dooley, Stephen, Sang Hee Won, Marcos Chaos, et al.. (2010). A jet fuel surrogate formulated by real fuel properties. Combustion and Flame. 157(12). 2333–2339. 483 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kumar, Kamal, Gaurav Mittal, & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2009). Autoignition of n-decane under elevated pressure and low-to-intermediate temperature conditions. Combustion and Flame. 156(6). 1278–1288. 74 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2009). Autoignition of Jet Fuels under High Pressure and Low-to-intermediate Temperatures. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal, Joshua E. Freeh, Chih‐Jen Sung, & Yimin Huang. (2007). Laminar Flame Speeds of Preheated iso-Octane/O2/N2 and n-Heptane/O2/N2 Mixtures. Journal of Propulsion and Power. 23(2). 428–436. 177 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal & Chih‐Jen Sung. (2007). Laminar flame speeds and extinction limits of preheated n-decane/O2/N2 and n-dodecane/O2/N2 mixtures. Combustion and Flame. 151(1-2). 209–224. 192 indexed citations
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Kumar, Kamal. (2007). Global Combustion Responses of Practical Hydrocarbon Fuels: n -Heptane, iso -Octane, n -Decane, n -Dodecane and Ethylene. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Yimin, Chih‐Jen Sung, & Kamal Kumar. (2007). ULTRA-DILUTE COMBUSTION OF PRIMARY REFERENCE FUELS. Combustion Science and Technology. 179(11). 2361–2379. 4 indexed citations

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