M. S. Plesset

25.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

M. S. Plesset is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. S. Plesset has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 15 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in M. S. Plesset's work include Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (18 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (9 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (7 papers). M. S. Plesset is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (18 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (9 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (7 papers). M. S. Plesset collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. M. S. Plesset's co-authors include Andréa Prosperetti, S. A. Zwick, Richard B. Chapman, F. Helfferich, Din-Yu Hsieh, Robert Hickling, Howard Winet, Joel Franklin, LESTER LEES and S. S. Sadhal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

M. S. Plesset

61 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

Bubble Dynamics and Cavitation

1977 1.5k citations M. S. Plesset et al. profile →
Collapse of an initially spherical vapour cavity in the neighbourhood of a solid boundary

1971 825 citations M. S. Plesset et al. profile →
The Growth of Vapor Bubbles in Superheated Liquids

1954 736 citations M. S. Plesset, S. A. Zwick Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. S. Plesset United States	29	2.9k	2.3k	2.1k	1.3k	1.1k	63	6.2k
J. Kestin United States	51	1.3k 0.4×	5.6k 2.4×	2.4k 1.2×	3.3k 2.5×	760 0.7×	233	11.9k
Norman H. Nachtrieb United States	25	2.3k 0.8×	969 0.4×	877 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	622 0.6×	54	6.3k
Y. S. Touloukian United States	32	2.1k 0.7×	817 0.4×	703 0.3×	1.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	77	5.9k
B.V. Derjaguin Russia	44	3.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	3.9k 3.7×	217	12.9k
Georges L. Chahine United States	38	2.5k 0.8×	982 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	712 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	153	4.3k
Yoichiro Matsumoto Japan	35	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	505 0.4×	449 0.4×	331	4.1k
Claus‐Dieter Ohl Germany	55	4.6k 1.6×	4.3k 1.9×	1.9k 0.9×	659 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	237	8.7k
R. Greif United States	49	998 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.7×	2.3k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	218	7.3k
Kunio Yoshida Japan	40	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	946 0.5×	644 0.5×	482 0.5×	300	6.7k
Michael J. Miksis United States	31	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	319 0.2×	421 0.4×	109	4.0k

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Plesset, M. S., N. Zuber, & I. Catton. (1983). Transient two-phase flow. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S. & Satwindar Singh Sadhal. (1982). On the stability of gas bubbles in liquid-gas solutions. Flow Turbulence and Combustion. 38(1). 133–141. 37 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S. & S. S. Sadhal. (1979). An Analytical Estimate of the Microlayer Thickness in Nucleate Boiling. Journal of Heat Transfer. 101(1). 180–182. 2 indexed citations

Arakeri, V.H., I. Catton, W.E. Kastenberg, & M. S. Plesset. (1978). Thermal interaction for molten tin dropped into water. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 21(3). 325–333. 5 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S., et al.. (1976). Rayleigh-Taylor instability of surface layers as the mechanism for bioconvection in cell cultures. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 59(2). 331–351. 15 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S. & Howard Winet. (1974). Bioconvection patterns in swimming microorganism cultures as an example of Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Nature. 248(5447). 441–443. 93 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S.. (1972). Temperature Effects in Cavitation Damage. Journal of Basic Engineering. 94(3). 559–563. 59 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S.. (1969). TENSILE STRENGTH OF LIQUIDS.. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

Plesset, M. S., et al.. (1967). Decay of a disturbance in the natural distribution of carbon 14. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 72(16). 4131–4137. 2 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S.. (1966). A discussion on deformation of solids by the impact of liquids, and its relation to rain damage in aircraft and missiles, to blade erosion in steam turbines, and to cavitation erosion - Shockwaves from cavity collapse. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 260(1110). 241–244. 19 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S. & Din-Yu Hsieh. (1964). General Analysis of the Stability of Superposed Fluids. The Physics of Fluids. 7(8). 1099–1108. 32 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S.. (1963). Closure to “Discussion of ‘The Pulsation Method for Generating Cavitation Damage’” (1963, ASME J. Basic Eng., 85, p. 364). Journal of Basic Engineering. 85(3). 364–364.

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Plesset, M. S.. (1963). The Pulsation Method for Generating Cavitation Damage. Journal of Basic Engineering. 85(3). 360–364. 3 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S.. (1962). Pulsing Technique for Studying Cavitation Erosion of Metals. CORROSION. 18(5). 181t–188t. 12 indexed citations

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Hsieh, Din-Yu & M. S. Plesset. (1961). Theory of Rectified Diffusion of Mass into Gas Bubbles. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 33(2). 206–215. 120 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S., et al.. (1960). TRANSIENT EFFECTS IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF CARBON-14 IN NATURE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 46(2). 232–241. 6 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S. & Din-Yu Hsieh. (1960). Theory of Gas Bubble Dynamics in Oscillating Pressure Fields. The Physics of Fluids. 3(6). 882–892. 58 indexed citations

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Helfferich, F. & M. S. Plesset. (1958). Errata: Ion Exchange Kinetics. A Nonlinear Diffusion Problem. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 29(3). 679–679. 5 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S., F. Helfferich, & Joel Franklin. (1958). Ion Exchange Kinetics. A Nonlinear Diffusion Problem. II. Particle Diffusion Controlled Exchange of Univalent and Bivalent Ions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 29(5). 1064–1069. 92 indexed citations

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Plesset, M. S. & S. A. Zwick. (1952). A Nonsteady Heat Diffusion Problem with Spherical Symmetry. Journal of Applied Physics. 23(1). 95–98. 195 indexed citations

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