P. G. Saffman

25.3k citations
151 papers · 18.8k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 54
Topics
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (74 papers)Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (43 papers)Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (27 papers)

In The Last Decade

P. G. Saffman

149 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

The lift on a small sphere in a slow shear flow19562026197920021965195819751956197150010001.5k2.0k2.5k

Peers

P. G. Saffman
Comparison fields: 5 of 162
  • Computational Mechanics 10.5k
  • Ocean Engineering 4.1k
  • Biomedical Engineering 3.1k
  • Environmental Engineering 2.2k
  • Condensed Matter Physics 1.9k
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All Works

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SAR imaging of bottom topography in the ocean: Results from an improved model
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The stability of inviscid vortex streets of finite cored vortices
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Chemical Reactions in Turbulent Mixing.
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About P. G. Saffman

P. G. Saffman is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography, having authored 151 papers that have together received 18.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (74 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (43 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computational Mechanics (10.5k citations), Ocean Engineering (4.1k citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (1.6k citations). P. G. Saffman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, M. Delbrück, J. Scott Turner, Derek William Moore, Henry C. Yuen, J. McLean, Javier Jiménez, A. A. Wray, R. S. Rogallo and D. I. Pullin. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

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