Patrick J. Roache

12.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
87 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Patrick J. Roache is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick J. Roache has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Computational Mechanics, 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick J. Roache's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (37 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (27 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (22 papers). Patrick J. Roache is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (37 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (27 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (22 papers). Patrick J. Roache collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Czechia. Patrick J. Roache's co-authors include Alexandre J. Chorin, Stanly Steinberg, Frank M. White, K. N. Ghia, Patrick Knupp, C. F. Knapp, David E. Dietrich, Luís Eça, M. Hoekstra and M.G. Marietta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics of Computation.

In The Last Decade

Patrick J. Roache

80 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Perspective: A Method for Uniform Reporting of Grid R... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1994 1997 1998 2001 1974 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Perspective: A Method for Uniform Reporting of Grid Refinement Studies
    1994 2.2k citations Patrick J. Roache Journal of Fluids Engineering profile →
  2. QUANTIFICATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
    1997 1.7k citations Patrick J. Roache Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →
  3. Verification and Validation in Computational Science and Engineering
    1998 1.6k citations Patrick J. Roache profile →
  4. Code Verification by the Method of Manufactured Solutions
    2001 491 citations Patrick J. Roache Journal of Fluids Engineering profile →
  5. Computational Fluid Dynamics
    1974 403 citations Patrick J. Roache et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick J. Roache United States 28 5.0k 2.5k 1.6k 1.5k 847 87 8.9k
David C. Wilcox United States 21 7.5k 1.5× 4.3k 1.7× 2.0k 1.2× 2.3k 1.5× 794 0.9× 46 10.8k
Charles G. Speziale United States 36 6.8k 1.4× 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 3.4k 2.3× 598 0.7× 134 8.9k
Milovan Perić Germany 26 7.9k 1.6× 2.3k 0.9× 2.3k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 2.0× 77 12.2k
Hugh W. Coleman United States 23 2.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 735 0.5× 766 0.9× 102 5.4k
Victor Yakhot United States 37 7.0k 1.4× 2.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 2.9k 2.0× 1.0k 1.2× 147 11.6k
Gianluca Iaccarino United States 45 7.6k 1.5× 2.8k 1.1× 912 0.6× 1.9k 1.3× 653 0.8× 280 10.4k
Henry Weller United Kingdom 21 4.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 799 0.5× 909 0.6× 718 0.8× 24 6.2k
Alexandre J. Chorin United States 45 13.4k 2.7× 1.9k 0.7× 967 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 123 18.7k
B. P. Leonard United States 21 5.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 68 8.0k
J. L. Lumley United States 33 7.2k 1.4× 2.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 2.1k 1.5× 556 0.7× 92 9.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roache, Patrick J.. (2016). Verification and Validation in Fluids Engineering: Some Current Issues. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 138(10). 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Sam S. Y., et al.. (2008). Verification and Validation of 3D Free-Surface Flow Models. American Society of Civil Engineers eBooks. 34 indexed citations
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Eça, Luís, M. Hoekstra, & Patrick J. Roache. (2005). Verification of Calculations: an Overview of the Lisbon Workshop. 20 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1998). Discussion: “Uncertainties and CFD Code Validation” (Coleman, H. W., and Stern, F., 1997, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 119, pp. 795–803). Journal of Fluids Engineering. 120(3). 635–635. 11 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1997). QUANTIFICATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 29(1). 123–160. 1694 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1989). The need for control of numerical accuracy. 4 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J. & David E. Dietrich. (1988). EVALUATION OF THE FILTERED LEAPFROG-TRAPEZOIDAL TIME INTEGRATION METHOD. Numerical Heat Transfer. 14(2). 149–164. 9 indexed citations
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Dietrich, David E., M.G. Marietta, & Patrick J. Roache. (1987). An ocean modelling system with turbulent boundary layers and topography: numerical description. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 7(8). 833–855. 49 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Stanly & Patrick J. Roache. (1986). Using MACSYMA to write FORTRAN subroutines. Journal of Symbolic Computation. 2(2). 213–216. 8 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Stanly & Patrick J. Roache. (1986). A toolkit of symbol manipulation programs for variational grid generation. 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 8 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1985). ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE ASPECTS OF MARCHING METHODS FOR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS. Numerical Heat Transfer. 8(5). 519–535. 1 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J. & Stanly Steinberg. (1985). A new approach to grid generation using a variational formulation. 29 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J., et al.. (1984). Interactive electric field calculations for lasers. 11 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1978). MARCHING METHODS FOR ELLIPTIC PROBLEMS: PART 2. Numerical Heat Transfer. 1(2). 163–181. 5 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1976). Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 267 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1972). On artificial viscosity. Journal of Computational Physics. 10(2). 169–184. 88 indexed citations
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Blottner, F.G. & Patrick J. Roache. (1971). Nonuniform mesh systems. Journal of Computational Physics. 8(3). 498–499. 7 indexed citations
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Knapp, C. F. & Patrick J. Roache. (1967). A combined visual and hot-wire anemometer investigation of boundary-layer transition. 4 indexed citations
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Roache, Patrick J.. (1965). Comment on "The Neutral Point in Stability and Control Analysis". Journal of Aircraft. 2(4). 352–352. 1 indexed citations

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