Peter Stansby

11.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
296 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Stansby is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Stansby has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Computational Mechanics, 92 papers in Ocean Engineering and 83 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Peter Stansby's work include Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (82 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (80 papers) and Wave and Wind Energy Systems (76 papers). Peter Stansby is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (82 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (80 papers) and Wave and Wind Energy Systems (76 papers). Peter Stansby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Peter Stansby's co-authors include Benedict D. Rogers, Steven Lind, Rui Xu, Tim Stallard, Dominique Laurence, Renato Vacondio, David Apsley, Efrain Carpintero Moreno, T.C.D. Barnes and Amir Chegini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Peter Stansby

284 papers receiving 8.6k citations

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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.

Incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics for free-surface flows: A generalised diffusion-based algorithm for stability and validations for impulsive flows and propagating waves

2011 570 citations Steven Lind, Peter Stansby et al. profile →
Accuracy and stability in incompressible SPH (ISPH) based on the projection method and a new approach

2009 569 citations Peter Stansby et al. profile →
Comparisons of weakly compressible and truly incompressible algorithms for the SPH mesh free particle method

2008 477 citations Peter Stansby et al. profile →
Modified dynamic boundary conditions (mDBC) for general-purpose smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH): application to tank sloshing, dam break and fish pass problems

2021 143 citations José M. Domínguez, Renato Vacondio et al. Computational Particle Mechanics profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Stansby	6.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	296	9.0k
B.D. Nichols	8.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	22	12.4k
Pengzhi Lin	3.6k 0.6×	3.3k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	560 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	209	6.9k
Odd M. Faltinsen	9.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	7.1k 4.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	264	12.0k
Bin Teng	3.4k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.7×	534 0.3×	696 0.6×	237	5.3k
Liang Cheng	4.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	275	6.8k
Deborah Greaves	2.5k 0.4×	2.2k 1.1×	3.4k 2.0×	1.2k 0.8×	439 0.4×	219	5.3k
J.R. Chaplin	1.7k 0.3×	658 0.3×	974 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	458 0.4×	106	3.6k
David C. Wilcox	7.5k 1.2×	451 0.2×	1.0k 0.6×	4.3k 2.8×	607 0.5×	46	10.8k
W. Rodi	12.5k 2.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	5.8k 3.7×	1.9k 1.7×	210	17.2k
Benedict D. Rogers	7.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	858 0.5×	150 0.1×	1.6k 1.4×	170	8.1k

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Draycott, Samuel, Peter Stansby, & Gangqiang Li. (2025). Experimental measurements of two elastic taut-slack mooring configurations for the multi-float M4 WEC. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 8(2). 119–125.

Stansby, Peter, et al.. (2025). A study of nonlinear hydrodynamic and mooring modelling for the Volturn floating wind platform in comparison with experiments. Applied Ocean Research. 158. 104550–104550. 1 indexed citations

Li, Gangqiang & Peter Stansby. (2024). Hydrodynamic Analysis of Different Configurations of the M4 Wave Energy Converter System Using OREGEN.

Stansby, Peter & Gangqiang Li. (2024). A wind semi-sub platform with hinged floats for omnidirectional swell wave energy conversion. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy. 10(2). 433–448. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Long, Samuel Draycott, & Peter Stansby. (2024). System identification and generalisation of elastic mooring line forces on a multi-float wave energy converter platform in steep irregular waves. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 214. 111259–111259. 3 indexed citations

Lind, Steven, et al.. (2023). Large eddy simulations of bubbly flows and breaking waves with smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 972. 6 indexed citations

Stallard, Tim, et al.. (2023). Characterisation of turbulent flow and the wake of a tidal stream turbine in proximity to a ridge. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 15. 2 indexed citations

Wolgamot, Hugh, et al.. (2023). Basin testing of the 1-2-1 M4 WEC. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 15. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Yong, Samuel Draycott, Peter Stansby, & Benedict D. Rogers. (2023). A numerical flume for waves on variable sheared currents using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) with open boundaries. Applied Ocean Research. 135. 103527–103527. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Yong, Peter Stansby, Benedict D. Rogers, et al.. (2023). The loading on a vertical cylinder in steep and breaking waves on sheared currents using smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Physics of Fluids. 35(8). 15 indexed citations

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Draycott, Samuel, Ajit C. Pillai, Roman Gabl, Peter Stansby, & Thomas Davey. (2022). An experimental assessment of the effect of current on wave buoy measurements. Coastal Engineering. 174. 104114–104114. 5 indexed citations

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Stansby, Peter, et al.. (2022). Hydrodynamic modelling of a multi-body wave energy converter using the Moving Frame Method. Marine Structures. 87. 103332–103332. 7 indexed citations

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Draycott, Samuel, et al.. (2022). The numerical re-creation of experimentally generated nonlinear irregular wave fields using a time-reversal approach. Applied Ocean Research. 129. 103397–103397. 4 indexed citations

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Stansby, Peter, et al.. (2022). Accuracy of WRF for prediction of operational wind farm data and assessment of influence of upwind farms on power production. Energy. 254. 124362–124362. 23 indexed citations

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Domínguez, José M., Renato Vacondio, Alejandro Crespo, et al.. (2021). Modified dynamic boundary conditions (mDBC) for general-purpose smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH): application to tank sloshing, dam break and fish pass problems. Computational Particle Mechanics. 9(5). 1–15. 143 indexed citations breakdown →

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Draycott, Samuel, Yan Li, Peter Stansby, Thomas A. A. Adcock, & Ton S. van den Bremer. (2021). Harmonic-induced wave breaking due to abrupt depth transitions: An experimental and numerical study. Coastal Engineering. 171. 104041–104041. 15 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Umair, David Apsley, Tim Stallard, Peter Stansby, & Imran Afgan. (2020). Turbulent length scales and budgets of Reynolds stress-transport for open-channel flows; friction Reynolds numbers R_eτ = 150, 400 and 1020. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 59(1). 36–50. 30 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao, Peter Stansby, & Guang Li. (2020). Non-causal Linear Optimal Control With Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer for Multi-Body Wave Energy Converters. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 12(1). 568–577. 17 indexed citations

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Santo, H., Paul H. Taylor, Efrain Carpintero Moreno, et al.. (2017). Extreme motion and response statistics for survival of the three-float wave energy converter M4 in intermediate water depth. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 813. 175–204. 51 indexed citations

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Worden, Keith, Peter Stansby, G.R. Tomlinson, & S.A. Billings. (1992). On Wave Force Analysis Using System Identification. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 1 indexed citations

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