Ralf Blumenthal

922 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Ralf Blumenthal is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Blumenthal has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computational Mechanics, 11 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ralf Blumenthal's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (12 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (11 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (6 papers). Ralf Blumenthal is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (12 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (11 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (6 papers). Ralf Blumenthal collaborates with scholars based in Germany, India and France. Ralf Blumenthal's co-authors include K. Fieweger, G. Adomeit, Wolfgang Polifke, R. I. Sujith, Priya Subramanian, Stéphane Zaleski, Jérôme Hœpffner, Thomas Sattelmayer, Martin Schmid and B. E. Gel’fand and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Combustion and Flame and Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Blumenthal

17 papers receiving 780 citations

Hit Papers

Self-ignition of S.I. engine model fuels: A shock tube in... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Self-ignition of S.I. engine model fuels: A shock tube investigation at high pressure
    1997 489 citations K. Fieweger, Ralf Blumenthal et al. Combustion and Flame profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Blumenthal Germany 10 677 666 303 141 80 17 804
Timothy Held United States 12 613 0.9× 609 0.9× 202 0.7× 121 0.9× 142 1.8× 33 863
Can Ruan China 16 538 0.8× 714 1.1× 296 1.0× 149 1.1× 64 0.8× 38 898
A. Pires da Cruz France 13 743 1.1× 664 1.0× 236 0.8× 199 1.4× 83 1.0× 17 808
Elias Baum Germany 13 399 0.6× 542 0.8× 191 0.6× 71 0.5× 54 0.7× 19 688
Peter Griebel Germany 14 919 1.4× 966 1.5× 447 1.5× 93 0.7× 112 1.4× 38 1.1k
Guangying Yu United States 11 631 0.9× 616 0.9× 380 1.3× 81 0.6× 54 0.7× 17 767
Beth Anne V. Bennett United States 18 609 0.9× 791 1.2× 137 0.5× 81 0.6× 63 0.8× 30 880
Nicola Donohoe Ireland 7 778 1.1× 734 1.1× 449 1.5× 95 0.7× 124 1.6× 10 909
Philippe Guibert France 16 571 0.8× 587 0.9× 188 0.6× 109 0.8× 74 0.9× 58 832
Wang Han China 18 691 1.0× 769 1.2× 378 1.2× 71 0.5× 78 1.0× 58 898

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Blumenthal

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All Works

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Blumenthal, Ralf, Arun K. Tangirala, R. I. Sujith, & Wolfgang Polifke. (2016). A systems perspective on non-normality in low-order thermoacoustic models: Full norms, semi-norms and transient growth. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. 9(1). 19–43. 9 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Ralf, et al.. (2016). An analytical model for the impulse response of laminar premixed flames to equivalence ratio perturbations. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 36(3). 3725–3732. 13 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Ralf. (2015). A Systems View on Non-Normal Transient Growth in Thermoacoustics. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 2 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Priya, Ralf Blumenthal, Wolfgang Polifke, & R. I. Sujith. (2015). Distributed time lag response functions for the modelling of combustion dynamics. Combustion Theory and Modelling. 19(2). 223–237. 19 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Ralf, et al.. (2014). ANALYTICAL DERIVATION OF LAMINAR PREMIXED FLAME IMPULSE RESPONSE TO EQUIVALENCE RATIO PERTURBATIONS. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 1 indexed citations
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Schmid, Martin, et al.. (2013). Quantitative Stability Analysis Using Real-Valued Frequency Response Data. 1 indexed citations
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Schmid, Martin, et al.. (2013). Quantitative Stability Analysis Using Real-Valued Frequency Response Data. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 135(12). 20 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Ralf, Priya Subramanian, R. I. Sujith, & Wolfgang Polifke. (2013). Novel perspectives on the dynamics of premixed flames. Combustion and Flame. 160(7). 1215–1224. 61 indexed citations
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Hœpffner, Jérôme, Ralf Blumenthal, & Stéphane Zaleski. (2011). Self-Similar Wave Produced by Local Perturbation of the Kelvin-Helmholtz Shear-Layer Instability. Physical Review Letters. 106(10). 104502–104502. 36 indexed citations
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Boxx, Isaac, Ralf Blumenthal, Michael Stöhr, & Wolfgang Meier. (2009). Investigation of a Gas Turbine Model Combustor by means of High-Speed Laser Imaging. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 5 indexed citations
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Fieweger, K., Ralf Blumenthal, & G. Adomeit. (1997). Self-ignition of S.I. engine model fuels: A shock tube investigation at high pressure. Combustion and Flame. 109(4). 599–619. 489 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blumenthal, Ralf, et al.. (1997). Gas Dynamic Features of Self Ignition of Non Diluted Fuel/Air Mixtures at High Pressure. Combustion Science and Technology. 123(1-6). 1–30. 4 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Ralf, et al.. (1996). Gas Dynamic Features of Self Ignition of Non Diluted Fuel/Air Mixtures at High Pressure. Combustion Science and Technology. 113(1). 137–166. 40 indexed citations
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Blumenthal, Ralf, et al.. (1995). Self ignition of H2-air mixtures at high pressure and low temperature. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 15 indexed citations
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Fieweger, K., Ralf Blumenthal, & G. Adomeit. (1994). Shock-tube investigations on the self-ignition of hydrocarbon-air mixtures at high pressures. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 25(1). 1579–1585. 87 indexed citations

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