Ralph L. Webb

12.3k citations
179 papers · 9.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

    • Heat Transfer and Optimization
    • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
    • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
    • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
    • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
    • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
    • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids

Papers in

    • Heat Transfer and Optimization 129
    • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies 104
    • Heat Transfer Mechanisms 46
    • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies 37
    • Adsorption and Cooling Systems 9
    • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films 18
    • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows 10

Ralph L. Webb

177 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Performance evaluation criteria for use of enhanced heat transfer surfaces in heat exchanger design 1981 · 939 citations
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Peers

Ralph L. Webb
Comparison fields: 5 of 101
  • Mechanical Engineering 8.4k
  • Computational Mechanics 3.2k
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films 419
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 688
  • Biomedical Engineering 1.8k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 200947
2 2004138
3 200472
4 2004133
5 200132
6 20002
7 199776
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HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION CORRELATIONS FOR WAVY PLATE FIN-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS
19965
9 199482
10
Tube-side fouling in water chiller-flooded evaporators
19932
11
An experimental investigation of enhanced tubes for steam condensers
19916
12 19908
13 19908
14
A theoretical model for prediction of the heat load in flooded refrigerant evaporators
198916
15
A unified theoretical treatment for thermal analysis of cooling towers, evaporative condensers, and fluid coolers
198457
16
The effects of vapor velocity and tube bundle geometry on condensation in shell-side refrigeration condensers
198412
17
Heat transfer enhancement: second generation technology
198328
18 197253
19
Augmentation of convective heat and mass transfer
197092
20 19681

About Ralph L. Webb

Ralph L. Webb is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Aerospace Engineering and General Materials Science, having authored 179 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (129 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (104 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (46 papers), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (37 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (18 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (11 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanical Engineering (8.4k citations), Computational Mechanics (3.2k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (419 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (688 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.8k citations). Ralph L. Webb has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Frequent co-authors include E. R. G. Eckert, R. J. Goldstein, Liang‐Han Chien, Nae-Hyun Kim, Ming Zhang, Himanshu M. Joshi, Louay M. Chamra, Hassan Jaber, Kwang Taek Hong and Arthur E. Bergles. Their work appears in journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Heat Transfer, Enhanced heat transfer/Journal of enhanced heat transfer, Heat Transfer Engineering and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

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