K.D. Kafui

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 832 citations indexed

About

K.D. Kafui is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K.D. Kafui has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 832 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computational Mechanics, 3 papers in Ocean Engineering and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in K.D. Kafui's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (9 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (6 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (3 papers). K.D. Kafui is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (9 papers), Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (6 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (3 papers). K.D. Kafui collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Bulgaria. K.D. Kafui's co-authors include Colin Thornton, M.J. Adams, Yu Guo, Chuan‐Yu Wu, Jonathan Seville, Guoping Lian and Yong Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Science, AIChE Journal and Powder Technology.

In The Last Decade

K.D. Kafui

10 papers receiving 801 citations

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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.

Discrete particle-continuum fluid modelling of gas–solid fluidised beds

2002 377 citations K.D. Kafui, Colin Thornton et al. Chemical Engineering Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K.D. Kafui United Kingdom	9	717	325	242	133	101	10	832
Kimiaki Washino Japan	17	676 0.9×	293 0.9×	237 1.0×	109 0.8×	115 1.1×	43	824
Alexander V. Potapov United States	14	549 0.8×	348 1.1×	99 0.4×	180 1.4×	110 1.1×	18	696
Erdem Simsek Germany	9	565 0.8×	241 0.7×	168 0.7×	171 1.3×	77 0.8×	10	686
Chun-Chung Liao Taiwan	19	621 0.9×	234 0.7×	250 1.0×	144 1.1×	229 2.3×	45	750
Xiaosong Sun Japan	12	669 0.9×	138 0.4×	134 0.6×	71 0.5×	77 0.8×	14	755
C.T. Jayasundara Australia	14	378 0.5×	450 1.4×	109 0.5×	72 0.5×	38 0.4×	17	628
J.P.K. Seville United Kingdom	15	495 0.7×	247 0.8×	172 0.7×	50 0.4×	35 0.3×	28	721
Riccardo Artoni France	18	472 0.7×	93 0.3×	144 0.6×	268 2.0×	296 2.9×	51	687
J. R. Third Switzerland	13	738 1.0×	214 0.7×	281 1.2×	170 1.3×	146 1.4×	25	844
Tamir Brosh Israel	9	358 0.5×	177 0.5×	174 0.7×	66 0.5×	17 0.2×	10	459

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K.D. Kafui

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Guo, Yu, Chuan‐Yu Wu, K.D. Kafui, & Colin Thornton. (2010). 3D DEM/CFD analysis of size-induced segregation during die filling. Powder Technology. 206(1-2). 177–188. 82 indexed citations

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Kafui, K.D., et al.. (2010). Impact breakage of spherical, cuboidal and cylindrical agglomerates. Powder Technology. 199(2). 189–196. 79 indexed citations

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Guo, Yu, Chuan‐Yu Wu, K.D. Kafui, & Colin Thornton. (2009). Numerical analysis of density-induced segregation during die filling. Powder Technology. 197(1-2). 111–119. 39 indexed citations

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Guo, Yu, K.D. Kafui, Chuan‐Yu Wu, Colin Thornton, & Jonathan Seville. (2008). A coupled DEM/CFD analysis of the effect of air on powder flow during die filling. AIChE Journal. 55(1). 49–62. 73 indexed citations

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Kafui, K.D., et al.. (2007). A numerical study of die filling using a coupled discrete element method and computational fluid dynamics. View. 2 indexed citations

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Kafui, K.D., Colin Thornton, & M.J. Adams. (2003). Reply to Comments by Feng and Yu on “Discrete particle-continuum fluid modelling of gas–solid fluidised beds” by Kafui et al.. Chemical Engineering Science. 59(3). 723–725. 10 indexed citations

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Kafui, K.D., Colin Thornton, & M.J. Adams. (2002). Discrete particle-continuum fluid modelling of gas–solid fluidised beds. Chemical Engineering Science. 57(13). 2395–2410. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Yong, K.D. Kafui, Colin Thornton, & Guoping Lian. (2002). Effects of Material Properties on Granular Flow in a Silo Using DEM Simulation. Particulate Science And Technology. 20(2). 109–124. 55 indexed citations

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Kafui, K.D. & Colin Thornton. (2000). Numerical simulations of impact breakage of a spherical crystalline agglomerate. Powder Technology. 109(1-3). 113–132. 100 indexed citations

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Kafui, K.D.. (1994). Transient Heat and Moisture Transfer in Thin Silica Gel Beds. Journal of Heat Transfer. 116(4). 946–953. 15 indexed citations

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