Paul Clavin

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Paul Clavin is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Clavin has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Computational Mechanics, 48 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 16 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Paul Clavin's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (50 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (45 papers) and Fire dynamics and safety research (16 papers). Paul Clavin is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (50 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (45 papers) and Fire dynamics and safety research (16 papers). Paul Clavin collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Spain. Paul Clavin's co-authors include Forman A. Williams, Guy Joulin, Pierre Pelcé, Longting He, Geoffrey Searby, G. Sivashinsky, Colette Nicoli, Eric D. Siggia, Bruno Denet and J. Buckmaster and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul Clavin

79 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamic behavior of premixed flame fronts in laminar and ... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1985 1982 250 500 750
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. Dynamic behavior of premixed flame fronts in laminar and turbulent flows
    1985 766 citations Paul Clavin profile →
  2. Influence of hydrodynamics and diffusion upon the stability limits of laminar premixed flames
    1982 413 citations Pierre Pelcé, Paul Clavin Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Clavin France 30 3.4k 1.8k 1.8k 1.2k 390 80 4.2k
Amable Liñán Martínez Spain 34 3.7k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 254 0.7× 158 4.4k
J. Buckmaster United States 39 3.4k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 939 0.8× 1.1k 2.8× 145 5.0k
Moshe Matalon United States 38 5.3k 1.6× 3.7k 2.0× 2.5k 1.4× 1.9k 1.6× 180 0.5× 141 5.8k
F. E. C. Culick United States 38 2.7k 0.8× 970 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 304 0.3× 1.1k 2.9× 151 4.5k
A. K. Oppenheim United States 32 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 2.5k 1.3× 695 0.6× 827 2.1× 194 3.8k
G. M. Makhviladze United Kingdom 14 1.0k 0.3× 372 0.2× 882 0.5× 559 0.5× 288 0.7× 69 2.1k
W. M. Roquemore United States 32 2.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 618 0.5× 222 0.6× 130 3.2k
Guy Joulin France 27 2.0k 0.6× 950 0.5× 890 0.5× 604 0.5× 110 0.3× 77 2.3k
Norbert Peters Germany 25 4.0k 1.2× 3.0k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 70 0.2× 84 4.3k
Charles Merkle United States 35 4.1k 1.2× 733 0.4× 2.0k 1.1× 215 0.2× 916 2.3× 250 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Clavin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clavin, Paul. (2023). One-dimensional mechanism of gaseous deflagration-to-detonation transition. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 974. 6 indexed citations
2.
Clavin, Paul. (2023). Intrinsic transition mechanism to detonation of gaseous laminar flames in tubes. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 351(G2). 401–427. 3 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul, et al.. (2021). Asymptotic analysis of the critical dynamics of spherical gaseous detonations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 915. 5 indexed citations
4.
Clavin, Paul & Bruno Denet. (2020). Analytical study of the direct initiation of gaseous detonations for small heat release. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 897. 9 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul, L. Massé, & Jean‐Michel Roquejoffre. (2011). Relaxation to equilibrium in diffusive-thermal models with a strongly varying diffusion length-scale. Communications in Mathematical Sciences. 9(1). 127–141.
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Clavin, Paul & Geoffrey Searby. (2008). Unsteady response of chain-branching premixed-flames to pressure waves. Combustion Theory and Modelling. 12(3). 545–567. 20 indexed citations
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Almarcha, Christophe, Paul Clavin, Laurent Duchemin, & Javier Sanz. (2007). Ablative Rayleigh–Taylor instability with strong temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 579. 481–492. 9 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul & Christophe Almarcha. (2005). Ablative Rayleigh–Taylor instability in the limit of an infinitely large density ratio. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 333(5). 379–388. 4 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul. (2004). Theory of gaseous detonations. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 14(3). 825–838. 15 indexed citations
10.
Clavin, Paul & Bruno Denet. (2002). Diamond Patterns in the Cellular Front of an Overdriven Detonation. Physical Review Letters. 88(4). 44502–44502. 34 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul & Longting He. (1996). Acoustic effects in the nonlinear oscillations of planar detonations. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 53(5). 4778–4784. 27 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul & Longting He. (1996). Stability and nonlinear dynamics of one-dimensional overdriven detonations in gases. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 306. 353–378. 55 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul, Pierre Pelcé, & Longting He. (1990). One-dimensional vibratory instability of planar flames propagating in tubes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 216. 299–322. 84 indexed citations
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Martínez, Amable Liñán & Paul Clavin. (1987). Premixed flames with nonbranching chain-reactions (structure and dynamics). Combustion and Flame. 70(2). 137–159. 6 indexed citations
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Searby, Geoffrey, et al.. (1983). Hydrodynamical Coupling between the Motion of a Flame Front and the Upstream Gas Flow. Physical Review Letters. 51(16). 1450–1453. 9 indexed citations
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Clavin, Paul, Pierre Pelcé, P.L. Garcı́a-Ybarra, & Colette Nicoli. (1983). STABILITY LIMITS OF PLANAR PREMIXED FLAMES. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 404(1). 221–223. 1 indexed citations
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Pelcé, Pierre & Paul Clavin. (1982). Influence of hydrodynamics and diffusion upon the stability limits of laminar premixed flames. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 124. 219–237. 413 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clavin, Paul & Forman A. Williams. (1979). Theory of premixed-flame propagation in large-scale turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 90(3). 589–604. 204 indexed citations
19.
Deshaies, Bruno & Paul Clavin. (1979). Dynamic effects induced by a spherical flame of constant velocity. 18. 213. 1 indexed citations
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Joulin, Guy & Paul Clavin. (1975). Asymptotic analysis of a premixed laminar flame governed by a two-step reaction. Combustion and Flame. 25. 389–392. 24 indexed citations

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