R. A. Bagnold

11.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
37 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

R. A. Bagnold is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. Bagnold has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 12 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. A. Bagnold's work include Aeolian processes and effects (11 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (5 papers). R. A. Bagnold is often cited by papers focused on Aeolian processes and effects (11 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (5 papers). R. A. Bagnold collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. R. A. Bagnold's co-authors include Ole E. Barndorff–Nielsen, Lucien M. Brush, Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon Wolman, Carl Sagan, M. Beech, Colin R. Thorne, Ian Livingstone, John P. Miller and W. O. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Water Resources Research and Soil Science.

In The Last Decade

R. A. Bagnold

36 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Experiments on a gravity-free dispersion of large solid s... 1954 2026 1978 2002 1954 1966 1956 1977 1973 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers

R. A. Bagnold
Marcelo H. García United States
Ronald L. Shreve United States
Vladimir Nikora United Kingdom
Walter H. Graf Switzerland
J. Dungan Smith United States
Leo C. van Rijn Netherlands
Sean J. Bennett United States
Daryl B. Simons United States
Paul D. Komar United States
Marcelo H. García United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Livingstone, Ian & R. A. Bagnold. (1994). Sand, Wind and War: Memoirs of a Desert Explorer. Geographical Journal. 160(1). 101–101. 14 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1988). Motion of Waves in Shallow Water, Interaction between Waves and Sand Bottoms (1946). 91–110. 6 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1988). Beach and Nearshore Processes: The Mechanics of Marine Sedimentation and Littoral Processes (1963). 188–230. 4 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1988). An Approach to the Sediment Transport Problem from General Physics (1966). 231–291. 10 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1986). Transport of solids by natural water flow: evidence for a worldwide correlation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 405(1829). 369–374. 46 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1983). The nature and correlation of random distributions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 388(1795). 273–291. 10 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1980). An empirical correlation of bedload transport rates in flumes and natural rivers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 372(1751). 453–473. 266 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A. & M. Beech. (1980). An Empirical Correlation of Bed Load Transport Rates in Flumes and Natural Rivers. 323–345. 54 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1979). Sediment Transport by Wind and Water. Hydrology research. 10(5). 309–322. 21 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1977). Bed load transport by natural rivers. Water Resources Research. 13(2). 303–312. 439 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1974). Fluid forces on a body in shear-flow; experimental use of ‘stationary flow'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 340(1621). 147–171. 57 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1973). The nature of saltation and of ‘bed-load’ transport in water. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 332(1591). 473–504. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1968). DEPOSITION IN THE PROCESS OF HYDRAULIC TRANSPORT1. Sedimentology. 10(1). 45–56. 51 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1966). The shearing and dilatation of dry sand and the 'singing’ mechanism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 295(1442). 219–232. 179 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1962). Auto-suspension of transported sediment; turbidity currents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 265(1322). 315–319. 205 indexed citations
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Leopold, Luna B., John P. Miller, M. Gordon Wolman, R. A. Bagnold, & Lucien M. Brush. (1961). Physiographic and Hydraulic Studies of Rivers, 1956-61. 16 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1960). Sediment discharge and stream power--A preliminary announcement. U.S. Geological Survey circular. 64 indexed citations
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1956). The flow of cohesionless grains in fluids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 249(964). 235–297. 731 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1954). Experiments on a gravity-free dispersion of large solid spheres in a Newtonian fluid under shear. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 225(1160). 49–63. 2070 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bagnold, R. A.. (1951). Measurement of Very Low Velocities of Water-flow. Nature. 167(4260). 1025–1027. 2 indexed citations

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