M. Gaster

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

M. Gaster is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Gaster has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Computational Mechanics, 13 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. Gaster's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (23 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (13 papers). M. Gaster is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (23 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (13 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (13 papers). M. Gaster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. M. Gaster's co-authors include D. G. Crighton, E. Kit, I. Wygnanski, J. B. Roberts, C. E. Grosch, T. L. Jackson, A. Davey, Eldad Avital, L. J. S. Bradbury and Y. S. Kachanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

M. Gaster

39 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Stability of slowly diverging jet flow

1976 322 citations M. Gaster et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Gaster United Kingdom	20	2.1k	1.0k	571	242	171	40	2.4k
A. Michalke Germany	17	2.5k 1.2×	2.0k 2.0×	555 1.0×	224 0.9×	346 2.0×	44	2.9k
Geneviève Comte-Bellot France	18	2.1k 1.0×	940 0.9×	977 1.7×	263 1.1×	198 1.2×	52	2.5k
Leslie S. G. Kovásznay United States	19	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	756 1.3×	162 0.7×	208 1.2×	45	2.4k
S. C. Crow United States	14	2.9k 1.4×	2.3k 2.3×	842 1.5×	196 0.8×	213 1.2×	30	3.4k
Laurent Jacquin France	30	2.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	538 0.9×	186 0.8×	107 0.6×	86	3.0k
José Eduardo Wesfreid France	30	1.9k 0.9×	622 0.6×	415 0.7×	98 0.4×	245 1.4×	91	2.5k
Barry Koren Netherlands	19	1.4k 0.7×	742 0.7×	541 0.9×	178 0.7×	76 0.4×	113	2.2k
Ian Proudman United Kingdom	10	1.3k 0.6×	378 0.4×	406 0.7×	135 0.6×	301 1.8×	11	1.8k
Sukumar Chakravarthy United States	25	4.5k 2.1×	1.3k 1.3×	371 0.6×	367 1.5×	127 0.7×	69	5.0k
Timothy J. Barth United States	21	3.5k 1.7×	810 0.8×	266 0.5×	192 0.8×	177 1.0×	47	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Choi, Kwing-So, et al.. (2022). Opposition control of turbulent spots. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 943. 5 indexed citations

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Choi, Kwing-So, et al.. (2021). Early development of artificially initiated turbulent spots. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 916. 19 indexed citations

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Avital, Eldad, et al.. (2008). Hydrodynamics and Sound Generation of Low Speed Planar Jet. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 130(3). 2 indexed citations

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Avital, Eldad, et al.. (2005). On three-dimensionality and control of incompressible cavity flow. Physics of Fluids. 17(10). 31 indexed citations

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Gaster, M., C. E. Grosch, & T. L. Jackson. (1994). The velocity field created by a shallow bump in a boundary layer. Physics of Fluids. 6(9). 3079–3085. 43 indexed citations

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Gaster, M., E. Kit, & I. Wygnanski. (1985). Large-scale structures in a forced turbulent mixing layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 150. 23–39. 212 indexed citations

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Gaster, M., et al.. (1984). The flows over tapered flat plates normal to the stream. The Aeronautical Journal. 88(875). 206–212. 13 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1982). Estimates of the errors incurred in various asymptotic representations of wave packets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 121. 365–377. 10 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1981). Propagation of Linear Wave Packets in Laminar Boundary Layers. AIAA Journal. 19(4). 419–423. 27 indexed citations

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Roberts, J. B., et al.. (1980). Spectral analysis of signals from a laser Doppler anemometer operating in the burst mode. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 13(9). 977–981. 21 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1979). The propagation of wave packets in laminar boundary layers - Asymptotic theory for non-conservative wave systems. 5 indexed citations

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Roberts, J. B. & M. Gaster. (1978). Rapid estimation of spectra from irregularly sampled records. Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. 125(2). 92–92. 15 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1978). Series representation of the eigenvalues of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation. Journal of Computational Physics. 29(2). 147–162. 13 indexed citations

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Gaster, M. & J. B. Roberts. (1975). Spectral Analysis of Randomly Sampled Signals. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics. 15(2). 195–216. 77 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1974). On the effects of boundary-layer growth on flow stability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 66(3). 465–480. 218 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1971). Vortex shedding from circular cylinders at low Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 46(4). 749–756. 107 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1967). On the Flow Along Swept Leading Edges. Aeronautical Quarterly. 18(2). 165–184. 6 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1965). On the generation of spatially growing waves in a boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 22(3). 433–441. 124 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1965). The role of spatially growing waves in the theory of hydrodynamic stability. Progress in Aerospace Sciences. 6. 251–270. 47 indexed citations

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Gaster, M.. (1962). A note on the relation between temporally-increasing and spatially-increasing disturbances in hydrodynamic stability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 14(2). 222–224. 486 indexed citations

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