R.E. Sheldahl

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 527 citations indexed

About

R.E. Sheldahl is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R.E. Sheldahl has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 527 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 4 papers in Environmental Engineering and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R.E. Sheldahl's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (6 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers) and Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (2 papers). R.E. Sheldahl is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (6 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers) and Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (2 papers). R.E. Sheldahl collaborates with scholars based in United States. R.E. Sheldahl's co-authors include L.V. Feltz, B.F. Blackwell, P.C. Klimas, George F Wright and Chul B. Park and has published in prestigious journals such as AIAA Journal, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets and OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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R.E. Sheldahl

12 papers receiving 492 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.

Wind tunnel performance data for two- and three-bucket Savonius rotors

1978 371 citations R.E. Sheldahl, B.F. Blackwell et al. Journal of Energy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.E. Sheldahl United States	8	463	236	212	38	37	12	527
R. I. Lewis United Kingdom	9	230 0.5×	329 1.4×	119 0.6×	50 1.3×	12 0.3×	28	400
Lafayette K. Taylor United States	13	218 0.5×	397 1.7×	108 0.5×	36 0.9×	20 0.5×	55	494
J. T. Kegelman United States	10	292 0.6×	345 1.5×	56 0.3×	12 0.3×	35 0.9×	25	482
W.P. Wolfe United States	7	253 0.5×	197 0.8×	122 0.6×	19 0.5×	7 0.2×	24	320
L.V. Feltz United States	4	414 0.9×	210 0.9×	180 0.8×	30 0.8×	26 0.7×	7	447
P.C. Klimas United States	11	258 0.6×	121 0.5×	134 0.6×	11 0.3×	23 0.6×	30	315
Seung O. Park South Korea	14	254 0.5×	363 1.5×	58 0.3×	32 0.8×	21 0.6×	36	471
C. Maresca France	13	475 1.0×	490 2.1×	132 0.6×	24 0.6×	10 0.3×	38	635
D. G. Mabey United Kingdom	15	511 1.1×	609 2.6×	133 0.6×	14 0.4×	8 0.2×	71	681
Naveed Durrani United Kingdom	11	877 1.9×	391 1.7×	550 2.6×	39 1.0×	41 1.1×	19	938

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Sheldahl, R.E.. (1981). Comparison of field and wind-tunnel Darrieus wind-turbine data. Journal of Energy. 5(4). 254–256. 32 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., P.C. Klimas, & L.V. Feltz. (1980). Aerodynamic performance of a 5-metre-diameter Darrieus turbine with extruded aluminum NACA-0015 blades. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 80. 31957. 42 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., P.C. Klimas, & L.V. Feltz. (1980). Aerodynamic performance of a 5-m diameter Darrieus turbine. Journal of Energy. 4(5). 227–232. 22 indexed citations

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Klimas, P.C. & R.E. Sheldahl. (1978). Four aerodynamic prediction schemes for vertical-axis wind turbines: a compendium. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 7 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., B.F. Blackwell, & L.V. Feltz. (1978). Wind tunnel performance data for two- and three-bucket Savonius rotors. Journal of Energy. 2(3). 160–164. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blackwell, B.F. & R.E. Sheldahl. (1977). Selected wind tunnel test results for the Darrieus wind turbine. Journal of Energy. 1(6). 382–386. 14 indexed citations

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Park, Chul B., et al.. (1973). Atomic recombination rate determination through heat-transfer measurement.. AIAA Journal. 11(3). 372–374. 4 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., et al.. (1971). Experiments with Two Flow-Swallowing Enthalpy Probes in High-Energy Supersonic Streams. AIAA Journal. 9(9). 1804–1810. 10 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., et al.. (1971). A Channel Test Device for Arc Jet Material Ablation Studies. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 8(11). 1162–1164. 2 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., et al.. (1968). Flow-swallowing enthalpy probes in low-density plasma streams. 2 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., et al.. (1966). Effect of discontinuities in surface catalytic activity on laminar heat transfer in arc-heated nitrogen streams. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 6 indexed citations

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Sheldahl, R.E., et al.. (1966). Influence of calorimeter surface treatment on heat-transfer measurements in arc-heated test streams.. AIAA Journal. 4(4). 715–716. 15 indexed citations

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