Richard M. Beam

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Richard M. Beam is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Numerical Analysis and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard M. Beam has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computational Mechanics, 12 papers in Numerical Analysis and 4 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Richard M. Beam's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (16 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (10 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers). Richard M. Beam is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (16 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (10 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers). Richard M. Beam collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Richard M. Beam's co-authors include R. F. Warming, H. C. Yee, Harry E. Bailey, Charles A. Cravotta, Martin J. Smith, Do‐Hyung Lee, Nathaniel R. Warner, W. F. Ballhaus, William D. Burgos and Li Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Computational Physics and Mathematics of Computation.

In The Last Decade

Richard M. Beam

34 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Implicit Factored Scheme for the Compressible Navier-S... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1978 1976 500 1000 1.5k
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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. An Implicit Factored Scheme for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
    1978 1.6k citations Richard M. Beam, R. F. Warming AIAA Journal profile →
  2. An implicit finite-difference algorithm for hyperbolic systems in conservation-law form
    1976 848 citations Richard M. Beam, R. F. Warming Journal of Computational Physics profile →

Peers

Richard M. Beam
Timothy J. Barth United States
Harvard Lomax United States
A. Jameson United States
Marcel Vinokur United States
Sukumar Chakravarthy United States
Robert MacCormack United States
J. L. Steger United States
R. F. Warming United States
W. Kyle Anderson United States
Guang-Shan Jiang United States
Timothy J. Barth United States
Richard M. Beam
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All Works

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Lee, Do‐Hyung, Richard M. Beam, & R. F. Warming. (2001). Supercompact multiwavelets for flow field simulation. Computers & Fluids. 30(7-8). 783–805. 8 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M., et al.. (1990). Effectiveness of the Addition of Alkaline Materials at Surface Coal Mines in Preventing and Abating Acid Mine Drainage: Part 2. Mine Site Case Studies. Journal American Society of Mining and Reclamation. 1990(1). 227–242. 13 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M., et al.. (1990). Newton's method applied to finite-difference approximations for the steady-state compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Journal of Computational Physics. 89(1). 251–251. 1 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M., R. F. Warming, & H. C. Yee. (1982). Stability analysis of numerical boundary conditions and implicit difference approximations for hyperbolic equations. Journal of Computational Physics. 48(2). 200–222. 22 indexed citations
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Yee, H. C., Richard M. Beam, & R. F. Warming. (1982). Boundary Approximations for Implicit Schemes for One-Dimensional Inviscid Equations of Gasdynamics. AIAA Journal. 20(9). 1203–1211. 41 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M., R. F. Warming, & H. C. Yee. (1981). Stability analysis of numerical boundary conditions and implicit difference approximations for hyperbolic equations. Insecta mundi. 1 indexed citations
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Warming, R. F. & Richard M. Beam. (1979). Factored, a-stable, linear multistep methods. ACM SIGNUM Newsletter. 14(3). 17–19. 3 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M. & R. F. Warming. (1978). An Implicit Factored Scheme for the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations. AIAA Journal. 16(4). 393–402. 1618 indexed citations breakdown →
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Warming, R. F. & Richard M. Beam. (1978). On the construction and application of implicit factored schemes for conservation laws. [in computational fluid dynamics. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 10 indexed citations
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Warming, R. F. & Richard M. Beam. (1976). Upwind Second-Order Difference Schemes and Applications in Aerodynamic Flows. AIAA Journal. 14(9). 1241–1249. 308 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M. & R. F. Warming. (1976). An implicit finite-difference algorithm for hyperbolic systems in conservation-law form. [application to Eulerian gasdynamic equations. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M. & W. F. Ballhaus. (1975). Numerical Integration of the Small-Disturbance Potential and Euler Equations for Unsteady Transonic Flow. 347. 789. 4 indexed citations
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Warming, R. F. & Richard M. Beam. (1975). Upwind second-order difference schemes and applications in unsteady aerodynamic flows. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 41 indexed citations
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Warming, R. F., et al.. (1975). Diagonalization and simultaneous symmetrization of the gas-dynamic matrices. Mathematics of Computation. 29(132). 1037–1045. 111 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M., et al.. (1973). On the torsional static stability and response of open section tubes subjected to thermal radiation loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 9(1). 151–175. 4 indexed citations
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Beam, Richard M.. (1968). Finite amplitude waves in fluid-filled elastic tubes - Wave distortion, shock waves, and Korotkoff sounds. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 7 indexed citations
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Anliker, M. & Richard M. Beam. (1962). On the Stability of Liquid Layers Spread Over Simple Curved Bodies. Journal of the aerospace sciences. 29(10). 1196–1209. 2 indexed citations

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