T.J. Craft

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

T.J. Craft is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, T.J. Craft has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Computational Mechanics, 32 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 28 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in T.J. Craft's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (61 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (29 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers). T.J. Craft is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (61 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (29 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers). T.J. Craft collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Japan. T.J. Craft's co-authors include B. E. Launder, Kazuhiko Suga, Hector Iacovides, Lachlan Graham, Alistair Revell, Simon Gant, Jihwan Yoon, M. A. Leschziner, Paul Batten and Alex Skillen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

T.J. Craft

73 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Development and application of a cubic eddy-viscosity model of turbulence

1996 455 citations T.J. Craft, B. E. Launder et al. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow profile →
Impinging jet studies for turbulence model assessment—II. An examination of the performance of four turbulence models

1993 341 citations T.J. Craft, B. E. Launder et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
T.J. Craft United Kingdom	24	2.2k	950	917	841	163	78	2.5k
D. Keith Walters United States	25	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	886 1.0×	362 0.4×	191 1.2×	115	2.5k
Thomas B. Gatski United States	21	2.2k 1.0×	909 1.0×	394 0.4×	770 0.9×	201 1.2×	58	2.5k
B. I. Sharma United Kingdom	6	1.7k 0.8×	793 0.8×	618 0.7×	636 0.8×	194 1.2×	13	2.3k
Dominique Laurence United Kingdom	31	3.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	553 0.6×	840 1.0×	321 2.0×	100	3.8k
Andrey K. Travin Russia	16	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 2.2×	242 0.3×	1.0k 1.2×	128 0.8×	29	2.9k
Hiroyuki Abe Japan	17	1.7k 0.8×	322 0.3×	759 0.8×	569 0.7×	205 1.3×	60	1.9k
K. Hanjalić Netherlands	23	2.6k 1.2×	734 0.8×	710 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	254 1.6×	50	3.0k
H. H. Fernholz Germany	22	1.7k 0.8×	821 0.9×	443 0.5×	723 0.9×	239 1.5×	47	1.9k
G. Scheuerer Germany	13	1.6k 0.7×	469 0.5×	447 0.5×	474 0.6×	157 1.0×	29	1.9k
J. J. McGuirk United Kingdom	26	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	332 0.4×	445 0.5×	187 1.1×	150	2.3k

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Liu, Kai, Jian Guo, T.J. Craft, & Shan Zhong. (2025). Novel herringbone riblets for mitigating flow separation in a linear diffuser cascade. Aerospace Science and Technology. 164. 110390–110390.

Zhao, T., Hector Iacovides, & T.J. Craft. (2025). Evaluation of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes models for simulating vortex-induced vibration in high Reynolds number flow. Physics of Fluids. 37(12).

Turan, Ali, et al.. (2024). Secondary flow and its influences on the fluid flow and heat transfer in a radial rotating heat pipe. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 238. 126441–126441. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xinguang, Jianqiang Chen, T.J. Craft, & Hector Iacovides. (2023). Extension of Analytical Wall Functions to Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows. Flow Turbulence and Combustion. 111(1). 1–34. 1 indexed citations

Turan, Ali, et al.. (2023). Review of the State of the Art for Radial Rotating Heat Pipe Technology Potentially Applicable to Gas Turbine Cooling. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 127–147. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Haoyuan, T.J. Craft, & Hector Iacovides. (2020). The formulation of the RANS equations for supersonic and hypersonic turbulent flows. The Aeronautical Journal. 125(1285). 525–555. 4 indexed citations

Iacovides, Hector, et al.. (2020). RANS Model development on temperature variance in conjugate heat transfer. Journal of Turbulence. 22(3). 180–207. 3 indexed citations

Craft, T.J., et al.. (2019). Improved Eddy-Viscosity Modelling of Turbulent Flow around Porous–Fluid Interface Regions. Transport in Porous Media. 131(2). 569–594. 10 indexed citations

Craft, T.J., et al.. (2017). Numerical Calculation of Internal Blade Cooling Using Porous Ribs. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J., et al.. (2017). Computational modelling of the flow and heat transfer in dimpled channels. The Aeronautical Journal. 121(1242). 1066–1086. 11 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J., et al.. (2014). Application of RANS turbulence closure models to flows subjected to electromagnetic and buoyancy forces. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 49. 80–90. 4 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J., Hector Iacovides, & Alex Skillen. (2012). A new overset grid algorithm applied to the simulation of flows involving complex geometries.. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations

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Revell, Alistair, et al.. (2011). An investigation into solver strategies for the modelling of compressible turbulent flows. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations

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Revell, Alistair, Marianna Braza, Charles Mockett, et al.. (2009). Circular Cylinder Flow. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J., et al.. (2008). Modelling of three-dimensional jet array impingement and heat transfer on a concave surface. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 29(3). 687–702. 37 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J., et al.. (2007). MODELLING THE EFFECT OF FORCED UNSTEADINESS ON FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN SEPARATED AND REATTACHING FLOWS. 201–206. 2 indexed citations

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Suga, Kazuhiko, T.J. Craft, & Hector Iacovides. (2006). An analytical wall-function for turbulent flows and heat transfer over rough walls. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 27(5). 852–866. 66 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J. & B. E. Launder. (2001). On the spreading mechanism of the three-dimensional turbulent wall jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 435. 305–326. 86 indexed citations

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Batten, Paul, et al.. (1999). Reynolds-Stress-Transport Modeling for Compressible Aerodynamics Applications. AIAA Journal. 37(7). 785–797. 69 indexed citations

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Craft, T.J., B. E. Launder, & Kazuhiko Suga. (1996). Development and application of a cubic eddy-viscosity model of turbulence. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 17(2). 108–115. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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