Travis Sikes

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 966 citations indexed

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Travis Sikes is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Travis Sikes has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 966 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 9 papers in Computational Mechanics and 8 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Travis Sikes's work include Combustion and Detonation Processes (9 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (8 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (8 papers). Travis Sikes is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and Detonation Processes (9 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (8 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (8 papers). Travis Sikes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Saudi Arabia. Travis Sikes's co-authors include Eric L. Petersen, Olivier Mathieu, Henry J. Curran, Colin Banyon, Joshua W. Hargis, Yang Li, Shuiting Ding, Youshun Pan, Zachary Loparo and Aamir Farooq and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and Combustion and Flame.

In The Last Decade

Travis Sikes

17 papers receiving 954 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.

An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements

2018 516 citations Chong‐Wen Zhou, Yang Li et al. Combustion and Flame profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Travis Sikes United States	10	715	588	365	205	139	19	966
Joseph Lopez United States	10	618 0.9×	517 0.9×	278 0.8×	165 0.8×	140 1.0×	17	831
Jeffrey Santner United States	15	1.1k 1.5×	958 1.6×	518 1.4×	249 1.2×	175 1.3×	26	1.3k
James J. Scire United States	7	640 0.9×	584 1.0×	294 0.8×	180 0.9×	95 0.7×	13	839
Christopher Aul United States	13	953 1.3×	856 1.5×	433 1.2×	158 0.8×	123 0.9×	18	1.1k
Joachim Beeckmann Germany	19	1.0k 1.5×	832 1.4×	384 1.1×	193 0.9×	121 0.9×	63	1.2k
Joshua W. Hargis United States	6	521 0.7×	406 0.7×	243 0.7×	157 0.8×	112 0.8×	15	691
Youshun Pan China	9	554 0.8×	418 0.7×	252 0.7×	173 0.8×	125 0.9×	11	712
F Battin-Leclerc France	7	795 1.1×	553 0.9×	213 0.6×	292 1.4×	120 0.9×	8	1.0k
Geyuan Yin China	18	546 0.8×	385 0.7×	184 0.5×	343 1.7×	113 0.8×	46	762
Nathalie Lamoureux France	18	1.1k 1.5×	868 1.5×	468 1.3×	389 1.9×	357 2.6×	41	1.4k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Sikes, Travis, Colin Banyon, Alan Kastengren, et al.. (2024). Non-intrusive temperature measurements in the vicinity of a thermocouple using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence. Combustion and Flame. 268. 113628–113628.

Banyon, Colin, Hyunguk Kwon, Alan Kastengren, et al.. (2022). Temperature measurements in heavily-sooting ethylene/air flames using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence of krypton. Combustion and Flame. 257. 112494–112494. 4 indexed citations

Kwon, Hyunguk, Alan Kastengren, Lisa D. Pfefferle, et al.. (2022). In situ temperature measurements in sooting methane/air flames using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence of seeded krypton atoms. Science Advances. 8(17). eabm7947–eabm7947. 9 indexed citations

Sikes, Travis & Robert S. Tranter. (2022). Frhodo: A program for simulating chemical kinetic measurements and optimizing kinetic mechanisms. Combustion and Flame. 257. 112509–112509.

Sikes, Travis, Colin Banyon, Patrick T. Lynch, et al.. (2021). Initiation reactions in the high temperature decomposition of styrene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(34). 18432–18448. 9 indexed citations

Banyon, Colin, Travis Sikes, & Robert S. Tranter. (2020). Reactions of propyl radicals: A shock tube–VUV photoionization mass spectrometry study. Combustion and Flame. 224. 14–23. 9 indexed citations

Mathieu, Olivier, Travis Sikes, Waruna D. Kulatilaka, & Eric L. Petersen. (2020). Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements of mixtures containing diisopropyl-methylphosphonate (DIMP). Combustion and Flame. 215. 66–77. 13 indexed citations

Randazzo, John B., Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Ahren W. Jasper, et al.. (2020). An experimental and theoretical study of the high temperature reactions of the four butyl radical isomers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(33). 18304–18319. 17 indexed citations

Tranter, Robert S. & Travis Sikes. (2020). Solenoid actuated driver valve for high repetition rate shock tubes. Review of Scientific Instruments. 91(5). 56101–56101. 8 indexed citations

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Sikes, Travis, Kirsten B. Burdett, Raymond L. Speth, et al.. (2020). Ring opening in cycloheptane and dissociation of 1-heptene at high temperatures. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 38(1). 929–937. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chong‐Wen, Yang Li, Ultan Burke, et al.. (2018). An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements. Combustion and Flame. 197. 423–438. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sikes, Travis, Olivier Mathieu, Waruna D. Kulatilaka, M. Sam Mannan, & Eric L. Petersen. (2018). Laminar flame speeds of DEMP, DMMP, and TEP added to H2- and CH4-air mixtures. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 37(3). 3775–3781. 40 indexed citations

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Mulvihill, Clayton R., Charles L. Keesee, Travis Sikes, et al.. (2018). Ignition delay times, laminar flame speeds, and species time-histories in the H2S/CH4 system at atmospheric pressure. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 37(1). 735–742. 24 indexed citations

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Sikes, Travis, M. Sam Mannan, & Eric L. Petersen. (2018). An experimental study: laminar flame speed sensitivity from spherical flames in stoichiometric CH₄–air mixtures. Combustion Science and Technology. 190(9). 1594–1613. 31 indexed citations

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Campbell, Kevin P., et al.. (2017). Spectroscopic Characterization of Reactions Involving Counter-WMD Simulants. 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 40. 1 indexed citations

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Sikes, Travis, M. Sam Mannan, & Eric L. Petersen. (2016). Laminar flame speeds of nano-aluminum/methane hybrid mixtures. Combustion and Flame. 166. 284–294. 8 indexed citations

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Sikes, Travis, et al.. (2014). Comparative study on the laminar flame speed enhancement of methane with ethane and ethylene addition. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 35(1). 679–686. 67 indexed citations

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Krejci, Michael, Olivier Mathieu, Travis Sikes, et al.. (2013). Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Data for the Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Blends. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 135(2). 201 indexed citations

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Krejci, Michael, Olivier Mathieu, S. Ravi, et al.. (2012). Laminar Flame Speed and Ignition Delay Time Data for the Kinetic Modeling of Hydrogen and Syngas Fuel Blends. Volume 2: Combustion, Fuels and Emissions, Parts A and B. 931–948. 7 indexed citations

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