M. M. Yovanovich

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
296 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

M. M. Yovanovich is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. M. Yovanovich has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 119 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 72 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in M. M. Yovanovich's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (99 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (93 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (43 papers). M. M. Yovanovich is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (99 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (93 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (43 papers). M. M. Yovanovich collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Pakistan. M. M. Yovanovich's co-authors include J. R. Culham, Yuri S. Muzychka, Waqar A. Khan, Majid Bahrami, B. B. Mikić, M.G. Cooper, Yogesh Jaluria, B. Gebhart, Roop L. Mahajan and Bahgat Sammakia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

M. M. Yovanovich

293 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Buoyancy-Induced Flows and Transport

1989 986 citations M. M. Yovanovich et al. profile →
Thermal contact conductance

1969 798 citations M. M. Yovanovich et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. M. Yovanovich Canada	47	5.0k	2.6k	2.6k	1.9k	1.6k	296	9.0k
J.P. Holman United States	13	5.0k 1.0×	909 0.4×	3.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	31	10.5k
L.C. Wrobel United Kingdom	36	2.9k 0.6×	4.5k 1.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	239	10.1k
G. F. Hewitt United Kingdom	13	5.7k 1.1×	715 0.3×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	30	11.1k
F. P. Incropera United States	51	7.3k 1.5×	778 0.3×	4.2k 1.7×	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	235	11.4k
C. L. Tien United States	56	3.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	6.5k 2.6×	3.8k 2.0×	735 0.5×	224	11.8k
J. Szekely United States	48	5.1k 1.0×	888 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	592 0.4×	263	7.8k
Jayathi Y. Murthy United States	49	3.1k 0.6×	539 0.2×	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	243	7.5k
Massoud Kaviany United States	54	4.5k 0.9×	733 0.3×	4.5k 1.7×	3.3k 1.8×	2.8k 1.8×	221	13.4k
Zeng-Yuan Guo China	40	4.9k 1.0×	866 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 1.1×	431 0.3×	139	7.2k
D. R. J. Owen United Kingdom	54	3.0k 0.6×	6.2k 2.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	588 0.4×	262	11.2k

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Duan, Zhipeng & M. M. Yovanovich. (2010). Models for Gaseous Slip Flow in Circular and Noncircular Microchannels. 421–431. 10 indexed citations

Bahrami, Majid, M. M. Yovanovich, & J. R. Culham. (2005). Pressure Drop of Fully-Developed, Laminar Flow in Rough Microtubes. 259–268. 11 indexed citations

Teertstra, P., M. M. Yovanovich, & J. R. Culham. (2005). Modeling Transient Conduction in Enclosed Regions Between Isothermal Boundaries of Arbitrary Shape. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 19(3). 382–387. 2 indexed citations

Yovanovich, M. M.. (2005). Four decades of research on thermal contact, gap, and joint resistance in microelectronics. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies. 28(2). 182–206. 271 indexed citations

Yovanovich, M. M., et al.. (2004). Modeling of natural convection in electronic enclosures. 12. 140–149 Vol.1. 8 indexed citations

Bahrami, Majid, M. M. Yovanovich, & J. R. Culham. (2004). Thermal Joint Resistances of Conforming Rough Surfaces with Gas Filled Caps. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 18(3). 318–325. 48 indexed citations

Muzychka, Yuri S. & M. M. Yovanovich. (2001). Modeling the f and j Characteristics of the Offset Strip Fin Array. Enhanced heat transfer/Journal of enhanced heat transfer. 8(4). 261–277. 21 indexed citations

Yovanovich, M. M., et al.. (2001). Modeling contact between rigid sphere and elastic layer bonded to rigid substrate. IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies. 24(2). 207–212. 14 indexed citations

Muzychka, Yuri S., M. M. Yovanovich, & J. R. Culham. (2001). Application of thermal spreading resistance in compound and orthotropic systems. 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 8 indexed citations

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Yovanovich, M. M., J. R. Culham, & P. Teertstra. (1998). Analytical modeling of spreading resistance in flux tubes, half spaces, and compound disks. IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A. 21(1). 168–176. 68 indexed citations

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Teertstra, P., M. M. Yovanovich, & J. R. Culham. (1997). Pressure loss modeling for surface mounted cuboid-shaped packages in channel flow. IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A. 20(4). 463–469. 7 indexed citations

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Teertstra, P., J. R. Culham, & M. M. Yovanovich. (1997). COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF NATURAL AND MIXED CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER MODELS FOR CIRCUIT BOARD ARRAYS. Journal of Electronics Manufacturing. 7(2). 79–92. 9 indexed citations

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Mantelli, Marcia & M. M. Yovanovich. (1994). Experimental determination of the overall thermal resistance of satellite bolted joints. 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 4 indexed citations

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Yovanovich, M. M., et al.. (1993). Thermal Gap Conductance of Conforming Surfaces in Contact. Journal of Heat Transfer. 115(3). 533–540. 51 indexed citations

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Yovanovich, M. M., et al.. (1991). Fundamentals of Conduction. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 2 indexed citations

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Lemczyk, T.F. & M. M. Yovanovich. (1988). Efficient evaluation of incomplete elliptic integrals and functions. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 16(9). 747–757. 11 indexed citations

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Yovanovich, M. M.. (1983). A light load model combining surface roughness and waviness to predict thermal contact conductance. 2 indexed citations

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Yovanovich, M. M.. (1981). Thermal contact correlations. 95 indexed citations

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Schneider, G. E., G. D. Raithby, & M. M. Yovanovich. (1978). Finite element analysis of incompressible fluid flow incorporating equal order pressure and velocity interpolation. 89–102. 48 indexed citations

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Schneider, Gerhard, A. B. Strong, & M. M. Yovanovich. (1975). Transient heat flow from a thin circular disk. 11 indexed citations

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