Paul A. Durbin

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
170 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Paul A. Durbin is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul A. Durbin has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Computational Mechanics, 67 papers in Environmental Engineering and 63 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul A. Durbin's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (145 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (67 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (40 papers). Paul A. Durbin is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (145 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (67 papers) and Heat Transfer Mechanisms (40 papers). Paul A. Durbin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Paul A. Durbin's co-authors include Robert G. Jacobs, Masud Behnia, Xiaohua Wu, Tamer A. Zaki, Gorazd Medic, Gianluca Iaccarino, S. Parneix, J. C. R. Hunt, Bjørn Anders Pettersson Reif and Andrew Ooi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics and Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Paul A. Durbin

167 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Near-wall turbulence closure modeling without “damping functions”

1991 621 citations Paul A. Durbin profile →
On the k-3 stagnation point anomaly

1996 418 citations Paul A. Durbin International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow profile →
Some Recent Developments in Turbulence Closure Modeling

2017 261 citations Paul A. Durbin Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul A. Durbin United States	47	7.6k	3.5k	2.7k	2.4k	773	170	8.9k
Haecheon Choi South Korea	54	10.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	715 0.9×	199	12.4k
Charles G. Speziale United States	36	6.8k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	3.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	724 0.9×	134	8.9k
David C. Wilcox United States	21	7.5k 1.0×	4.3k 1.2×	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	46	10.8k
W. Cabot United States	26	8.9k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	3.3k 1.2×	967 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	64	10.4k
Peter A. Monkewitz Switzerland	35	6.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	768 0.3×	486 0.6×	95	7.0k
P. Henrik Alfredsson Sweden	42	5.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	758 1.0×	183	6.8k
Ugo Piomelli United States	46	11.7k 1.5×	4.2k 1.2×	5.0k 1.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	163	13.3k
William K. George United States	35	4.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	947 0.4×	626 0.8×	131	5.2k
A. E. Perry Australia	40	7.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	968 1.3×	95	8.2k
Julio Soria Australia	47	6.4k 0.8×	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	986 0.4×	830 1.1×	327	7.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Durbin, Paul A., et al.. (2021). A Hybrid Model for Turbulence and Transition, with a Locally Varying Coefficient. Flow Turbulence and Combustion. 108(4). 935–954. 6 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A., et al.. (2020). Representing surface roughness in eddy resolving simulation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 897. 12 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A., et al.. (2019). Development of an elliptic blending lag k−ω model. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 76. 26–39. 9 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A., et al.. (2019). Assessment of viscosity models that incorporate lag parameter scaling. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 78. 108427–108427. 4 indexed citations

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Bose, Rikhi & Paul A. Durbin. (2016). Helical mode breakdown in transitional boundary layers. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A., et al.. (2011). Continuous Mode Transition in High-speed Boundary-layers. Flow Turbulence and Combustion. 88(3). 407–430. 9 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A. & Gorazd Medic. (2007). Fluid Dynamics with a Computational Perspective. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A. & Xiaohua Wu. (2006). Transition Beneath Vortical Disturbances. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 39(1). 107–128. 129 indexed citations

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Kalitzin, Georgi, Xiaohua Wu, & Paul A. Durbin. (2003). DNS of fully turbulent flow in a LPT passage. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 24(4). 636–644. 70 indexed citations

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Medic, Gorazd & Paul A. Durbin. (2002). Toward Improved Prediction of Heat Transfer on Turbine Blades. Journal of Turbomachinery. 124(2). 187–192. 107 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaohua & Paul A. Durbin. (2001). Evidence of longitudinal vortices evolved from distorted wakes in a turbine passage. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 446. 199–228. 168 indexed citations

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Parneix, S., Dominique Laurence, & Paul A. Durbin. (1998). A Procedure for Using DNS Databases. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 120(1). 40–47. 45 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A.. (1996). On the k-3 stagnation point anomaly. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 17(1). 89–90. 418 indexed citations breakdown →

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Speziale, Charles G., Ridha Abid, & Paul A. Durbin. (1994). On the realizability of reynolds stress turbulence closures. Journal of Scientific Computing. 9(4). 369–403. 34 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A.. (1993). A Reynolds stress model for near-wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 249. 465–498. 314 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A.. (1983). Stochastic differential equations and turbulent dispersion. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 83. 22546. 75 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A.. (1983). High frequency Green function for aerodynamic noise in moving media, Part I: General theory. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 91(4). 519–525. 34 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A., et al.. (1982). Rough analysis of installation effects on turboprop noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 72(S1). S71–S71. 3 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A.. (1980). A random flight model of inhomogeneous turbulent dispersion. The Physics of Fluids. 23(11). 2151–2153. 34 indexed citations

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Durbin, Paul A.. (1980). A stochastic model of two-particle dispersion and concentration fluctuations in homogeneous turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 100(2). 279–302. 196 indexed citations

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