L.L. Handy

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

L.L. Handy is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, L.L. Handy has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ocean Engineering, 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in L.L. Handy's work include Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (20 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (12 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (11 papers). L.L. Handy is often cited by papers focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (20 papers), Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (12 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (11 papers). L.L. Handy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Mexico. L.L. Handy's co-authors include J. O. Amaefule, Dae-Gee Huh, N. W. Gregory, Y. C. Yortsos, Mohit Sharma, Iraj Ershaghi, Mukul Sharma, Priyankan Datta, Vijay S. Wadi and M.M. Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

L.L. Handy

27 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Determination of Effective Capillary Pressures for Porous Media from Imbibition Data

1960 358 citations L.L. Handy Transactions of the AIME profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L.L. Handy United States	15	991	658	563	235	178	28	1.2k
Stephen J. Salter China	12	664 0.7×	325 0.5×	372 0.7×	263 1.1×	137 0.8×	28	854
J.J. Taber United States	17	2.0k 2.0×	1.0k 1.5×	917 1.6×	562 2.4×	429 2.4×	30	2.3k
S. L. Wellington Netherlands	11	652 0.7×	448 0.7×	464 0.8×	175 0.7×	108 0.6×	19	1.2k
Apostolos Kantzas Canada	18	787 0.8×	422 0.6×	476 0.8×	372 1.6×	155 0.9×	89	1.2k
S. M. Skjæveland Norway	20	980 1.0×	751 1.1×	512 0.9×	217 0.9×	59 0.3×	63	1.2k
C.C. Mattax United States	10	648 0.7×	483 0.7×	397 0.7×	109 0.5×	104 0.6×	12	901
E. Rosenberg France	20	641 0.6×	353 0.5×	564 1.0×	159 0.7×	163 0.9×	55	1.1k
L.W. Holm Japan	18	1.6k 1.6×	710 1.1×	802 1.4×	568 2.4×	351 2.0×	33	1.8k
S.S. Marsden United States	16	529 0.5×	275 0.4×	181 0.3×	77 0.3×	141 0.8×	49	683
Murtaza Ziauddin British Virgin Islands	16	773 0.8×	749 1.1×	222 0.4×	261 1.1×	72 0.4×	45	1.2k

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All Works

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Akkutlu, I. Yücel, et al.. (1997). Conceptual Model of FBIIA, Wilmington Field, from Field Performance Data. All Days. 1 indexed citations

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Huh, Dae-Gee & L.L. Handy. (1989). Comparison of Steady- and Unsteady-State Flow of Gas and Foaming Solution in Porous Media. SPE Reservoir Engineering. 4(1). 77–84. 97 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L., et al.. (1989). Further Investigation of High-Temperature Alkaline Floods. SPE Reservoir Engineering. 4(2). 171–177. 5 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L., et al.. (1988). Influence of Interfacial Tension on Gas/Oil Relative Permeability in a Gas-Condensate System. SPE Reservoir Engineering. 3(1). 257–264. 128 indexed citations

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Ershaghi, Iraj, et al.. (1987). Application of the x-Plot Technique to the Study of Water Influx in the Sidi El-Itayem Reservoir, Tunisia (includes associated paper 17548 ). Journal of Petroleum Technology. 39(9). 1127–1136. 11 indexed citations

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Sharma, M.M., et al.. (1987). Flow of Clay Suspensions through Porous Media. SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry. 12 indexed citations

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Wadi, Vijay S., et al.. (1985). Relative Permeability Functions for High- and Low-Tension Systems at Elevated Temperatures. SPE California Regional Meeting. 25 indexed citations

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Sharma, Mohit, Y. C. Yortsos, & L.L. Handy. (1985). Release and Deposition of Clays in Sandstones. 48 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L., et al.. (1984). The Effect of Temperature and Interfacial Tension on Water/Oil Relative Permeabilities of Consolidated Sands. 45 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L., et al.. (1983). A Modified Spinning Drop Method for High-Temperature Applications. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 23(1). 155–156. 10 indexed citations

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Dougherty, E.L., et al.. (1982). A Simulation Study of Detergent Flooding in a Vertical Cross Section. 2 indexed citations

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Amaefule, J. O. & L.L. Handy. (1982). The Effect of Interfacial Tensions on Relative Oil/Water Permeabilities of Consolidated Porous Media. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 22(3). 371–381. 161 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L., et al.. (1981). Effect of Temperature on Surfactant Adsorption in Porous Media. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 21(2). 218–228. 76 indexed citations

14.

Handy, L.L., et al.. (1974). Flow and Phase Behavior of Gas Condensate and Volatile Oils in Porous Media. SPE California Regional Meeting. 26 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L. & Priyankan Datta. (1966). Fluid Distributions During Immiscible Displacements in Porous Media. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal. 6(3). 261–266. 18 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L.. (1960). Determination of Effective Capillary Pressures for Porous Media from Imbibition Data. Transactions of the AIME. 219(1). 75–80. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Handy, L.L.. (1959). An Evaluation of Diffusion Effects in Miscible Displacement. Journal of Petroleum Technology. 11(3). 61–63. 14 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L.. (1958). A Laboratory Study of Oil Recovery by Solution Gas Drive. Transactions of the AIME. 213(1). 310–315. 39 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L., et al.. (1956). A Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Steady State Capillary End Effect. 26 indexed citations

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Handy, L.L. & N. W. Gregory. (1951). The Crystal Structure of Chromium (II) Chloride. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 19(10). 1314–1314. 3 indexed citations

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