Silas Alben

3.3k total citations
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Silas Alben is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Silas Alben has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 28 papers in Computational Mechanics and 22 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Silas Alben's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (36 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (22 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (19 papers). Silas Alben is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (36 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (22 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (19 papers). Silas Alben collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Chile. Silas Alben's co-authors include Michael Shelley, George Lauder, Jun Zhang, Michael P. Brenner, Ernst A. van Nierop, Peter G. Madden, David R. Nelson, Eleni Katifori, Jacques Dumais and Enrique Cerda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Silas Alben

62 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Silas Alben United States	23	1.4k	1.1k	579	528	522	65	2.6k
Christophe Eloy France	28	938 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	388 0.7×	290 0.5×	292 0.6×	58	2.1k
Mattia Gazzola United States	20	656 0.5×	531 0.5×	606 1.0×	719 1.4×	403 0.8×	54	1.9k
Xing Zhang China	32	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	300 0.5×	271 0.5×	230 0.4×	131	3.7k
David Lentink United States	30	2.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	279 0.5×	420 0.8×	295 0.6×	68	3.3k
Peter G. Madden United States	22	1.4k 1.0×	408 0.4×	451 0.8×	1.2k 2.2×	477 0.9×	31	2.7k
Lisa Fauci United States	34	555 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	1.7k 2.9×	1.3k 2.5×	290 0.6×	73	3.6k
Geng Liu China	20	754 0.5×	462 0.4×	168 0.3×	153 0.3×	315 0.6×	70	1.4k
Nick Gravish United States	27	542 0.4×	365 0.3×	338 0.6×	937 1.8×	672 1.3×	80	2.7k
Qing Xiao United Kingdom	34	2.2k 1.5×	2.1k 2.0×	222 0.4×	299 0.6×	293 0.6×	218	4.1k
Médéric Argentina France	20	431 0.3×	471 0.4×	281 0.5×	310 0.6×	215 0.4×	54	1.6k

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Alben, Silas, et al.. (2024). Spanwise variations in membrane flutter dynamics. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 130. 104194–104194. 1 indexed citations

Alben, Silas, et al.. (2022). Inverse design of self-oscillatory gels through deep learning. Neural Computing and Applications. 34(9). 6879–6905. 1 indexed citations

Alben, Silas, et al.. (2020). Intermittent sliding locomotion of a two-link body. Physical review. E. 101(5). 52613–52613. 2 indexed citations

Alben, Silas. (2019). Efficient sliding locomotion with isotropic friction. Physical review. E. 99(6). 62402–62402. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Maozhong, Liguang Xu, Joong Hwan Bahng, et al.. (2017). Intracellular localization of nanoparticle dimers by chirality reversal. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1847–1847. 102 indexed citations

Alben, Silas, et al.. (2015). The dynamics of vortex streets in channels. Physics of Fluids. 27(7). 11 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaolin, Matthew Osborne, & Silas Alben. (2014). Optimizing snake locomotion on an inclined plane. Physical Review E. 89(1). 12717–12717. 11 indexed citations

Alben, Silas, Laura Miller, & Jifeng Peng. (2013). Efficient kinematics for jet-propelled swimming. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Lauder, George, Brooke E. Flammang, & Silas Alben. (2012). Passive Robotic Models of Propulsion by the Bodies and Caudal Fins of Fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52(5). 576–587. 77 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas, et al.. (2012). Interfacing Mathematics and Biology: A Discussion on Training, Research, Collaboration, and Funding. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52(5). 616–621. 4 indexed citations

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Goldman, Daniel I., et al.. (2012). Using Computational and Mechanical Models to Study Animal Locomotion. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52(5). 553–575. 40 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas. (2012). The attraction between a flexible filament and a point vortex. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 697. 481–503. 13 indexed citations

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Peng, Jifeng & Silas Alben. (2012). Effects of shape and stroke parameters on the propulsion performance of an axisymmetric swimmer. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 7(1). 16012–16012. 20 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas. (2009). Swimming in a vortex street. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Katifori, Eleni, Silas Alben, & David R. Nelson. (2009). Collapse and folding of pressurized rings in two dimensions. Physical Review E. 79(5). 56604–56604. 11 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas. (2009). Passive and active bodies in vortex-street wakes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 642. 95–125. 29 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas. (2008). Packings of a charged line on a sphere. Physical Review E. 78(6). 66603–66603. 3 indexed citations

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Nierop, Ernst A. van, Silas Alben, & Michael P. Brenner. (2008). How Bumps on Whale Flippers Delay Stall: An Aerodynamic Model. Physical Review Letters. 100(5). 54502–54502. 183 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas & Michael Shelley. (2008). Flapping States of a Flag in an Inviscid Fluid: Bistability and the Transition to Chaos. Physical Review Letters. 100(7). 74301–74301. 218 indexed citations

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Alben, Silas & Michael P. Brenner. (2007). Self-assembly of flat sheets into closed surfaces. Physical Review E. 75(5). 56113–56113. 11 indexed citations

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