S. P. Sukhatme

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

S. P. Sukhatme is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. P. Sukhatme has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Computational Mechanics and 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. P. Sukhatme's work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (6 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (6 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (5 papers). S. P. Sukhatme is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Optimization (6 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (6 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (5 papers). S. P. Sukhatme collaborates with scholars based in India and United States. S. P. Sukhatme's co-authors include Vijay Modi, W. M. Rohsenow, J.K. Nayak, Prasanth Prabhakaran, U.N. Gaitonde, K.G. Narayankhedkar, Narayan K. Sane, Rangan Banerjee, P. Bandyopadhyay and Shashikant B. Thombre and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy Conversion and Management and Chemical Engineering Science.

In The Last Decade

S. P. Sukhatme

33 papers receiving 890 citations

Hit Papers

Solar energy : principles of thermal collection and storage. 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 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. Solar energy : principles of thermal collection and storage.
    2009 463 citations S. P. Sukhatme profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. P. Sukhatme India 15 477 473 221 184 143 33 1.0k
N.E. Wijeysundera Singapore 22 307 0.6× 748 1.6× 254 1.1× 66 0.4× 218 1.5× 64 1.1k
Fuat Egelioğlu Cyprus 14 825 1.7× 650 1.4× 215 1.0× 162 0.9× 181 1.3× 37 1.3k
Liu Linhua China 7 448 0.9× 214 0.5× 115 0.5× 89 0.5× 158 1.1× 21 712
C. Marugán-Cruz Spain 19 416 0.9× 449 0.9× 240 1.1× 53 0.3× 130 0.9× 41 854
Joshua M. Christian United States 17 662 1.4× 467 1.0× 210 1.0× 66 0.4× 118 0.8× 65 937
Stéphanie Giroux–Julien France 13 418 0.9× 325 0.7× 175 0.8× 85 0.5× 103 0.7× 32 757
Jesús Castro González Spain 18 278 0.6× 483 1.0× 338 1.5× 52 0.3× 178 1.2× 73 967
Gregory J. Kolb United States 13 588 1.2× 404 0.9× 105 0.5× 91 0.5× 89 0.6× 24 772
Engin Gedik Türkiye 21 342 0.7× 800 1.7× 332 1.5× 125 0.7× 653 4.6× 58 1.3k
Silvia Ravelli Italy 17 264 0.6× 597 1.3× 349 1.6× 50 0.3× 107 0.7× 75 852

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. P. Sukhatme

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. P. Sukhatme

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. P. Sukhatme. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. P. Sukhatme based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with S. P. Sukhatme. S. P. Sukhatme is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sukhatme, S. P.. (2012). Can India's future needs of electricity be met by renewable energy sources? A revised assessment.. Current Science. 103(10). 1153–1161. 9 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (2011). EFFECT OF FIN HEIGHT ON HEAT-TRANSFER DURING CONDENSATION OF R-11 ON HORIZONTAL INTEGRAL-FIN TUBES. DSpace (IIT Bombay). 1 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P. & Jayanta Kumar Nayak. (2011). Solar energy in western Rajasthan. DSpace (IIT Bombay). 5 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P.. (2011). Meeting India's future needs of electricity through renewable energy sources.. Current Science. 101(5). 624–630. 14 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P.. (2009). Solar energy : principles of thermal collection and storage.. 463 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (2004). Women Engineers in India. 20 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (2003). Job Status and Career Profile of Women Engineers in India. DSpace (IIT Bombay). 3 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (2002). Modelling tidal power plant at Saphale. DSpace (IIT Bombay). 2. 544–547. 9 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P.. (1997). Solar thermal power generation. Journal of Chemical Sciences. 109(6). 521–531. 13 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (1996). Heat Transfer During Film Condensation of R-123 Vapour on Horizontal Integral-Fin Tubes. Enhanced heat transfer/Journal of enhanced heat transfer. 3(2). 147–164. 11 indexed citations
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Nayak, J.K., et al.. (1992). Performance analysis of a solar concrete collector. Energy Conversion and Management. 33(11). 1007–1016. 28 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, P., U.N. Gaitonde, & S. P. Sukhatme. (1991). Influence of free convection on heat transfer during laminar flow in tubes with twisted tapes. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 4(5). 577–586. 18 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P.. (1990). CONDENSATION ON ENHANCED SURFACE HORIZONTAL TUBES. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 9. 305–327. 8 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (1989). The Effect of Free-Stream Turbulence on Gas Turbine Blade Heat Transfer. Journal of Turbomachinery. 111(4). 497–501. 16 indexed citations
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Modi, Vijay & S. P. Sukhatme. (1979). Estimation of daily total and diffuse insolation in India from weather data. Solar Energy. 22(5). 407–411. 69 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (1978). EFFECTS OF TURBULENCE INTENSITY AND INTEGRAL LENGTH SCALE OF A TURBULENT FREE STREAM ON FORCED CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER FROM A CIRCULAR CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW. Proceeding of International Heat Transfer Conference 6. 347–352. 28 indexed citations
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Kandlikar, Satish G., et al.. (1975). Predicting the properties of mixtures of R22 and R12 part I - Thermodynamic properties. 1 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (1971). An Analysis of Combined Free and Forced Convection Heat Transfer From a Horizontal Circular Cylinder to a Transverse Flow. Journal of Heat Transfer. 93(4). 441–448. 36 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P., et al.. (1969). Combined Free and Forced Convection Heat Transfer From a Heated Tube to a Transverse Air Stream. Journal of Heat Transfer. 91(3). 457–459. 27 indexed citations
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Sukhatme, S. P. & W. M. Rohsenow. (1966). Heat Transfer During Film Condensation of a Liquid Metal Vapor. Journal of Heat Transfer. 88(1). 19–27. 40 indexed citations

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