W. R. Sears

4.1k total citations
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

W. R. Sears is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. R. Sears has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Computational Mechanics, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. R. Sears's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (20 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (8 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (8 papers). W. R. Sears is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (20 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (8 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (8 papers). W. R. Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States and Malaysia. W. R. Sears's co-authors include E. L. Resler, Nelson H. Kemp, D. P. Telionis, R. A. Hartunian, MAC C. ADAMS, R. K. Amiet, J. E. McCune, John Erickson, S. G. Rubin and F. N. Frenkiel and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

W. R. Sears

49 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers

W. R. Sears
Vernon J. Rossow United States
LESTER LEES United States
William B. Bush United States
Mahinder S. Uberoi United States
H. S. Ribner Canada
Hans J. Lugt United States
Chuen‐Yen Chow United States
Shih‐I Pai United States
W. Chester United Kingdom
P. A. Thompson United States
Vernon J. Rossow United States
W. R. Sears
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Countries citing papers authored by W. R. Sears

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. R. Sears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. R. Sears

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. R. Sears. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. R. Sears 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 W. R. Sears. W. R. Sears 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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Sears, W. R.. (1995). Tidal Dissipation in Oceans on Titan. Icarus. 113(1). 39–56. 36 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1990). Comment on 'Induced drag and the ideal wake of a lifting wing'. Journal of Aircraft. 27(2). 191–191. 5 indexed citations
3.
Sears, W. R. & John Erickson. (1988). Adaptive Wind Tunnels. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 20(1). 17–32. 10 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1980). Flying-wing airplanes - The XB-35/YB-49 program. 10 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R. & Malcolm R. Sears. (1979). The Karman Years at Galcit. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 11(1). 1–11.
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Sears, W. R.. (1979). Adaptive Wind Tunnels with Imperfect Control. Journal of Aircraft. 16(5). 344–348. 6 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R., et al.. (1977). Interference-Free Wind-Tunnel Flows by Adaptive-Wall Technology. Journal of Aircraft. 14(11). 1042–1050. 1 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1974). Self correcting wind tunnels. The Aeronautical Journal. 78(758-759). 80–89. 57 indexed citations
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Amiet, R. K. & W. R. Sears. (1970). The aerodynamic noise of small-perturbation subsonic flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 44(2). 227–235. 24 indexed citations
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Amiet, R. K. & W. R. Sears. (1969). Reflection and Transmission of Oblique Sound Waves by a Blade Row. NASSP. 207. 223. 2 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1966). The boundary layer in crossed-fields m.h.d.. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 25(2). 229–240. 9 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R., A. R. Seebass, & S. G. Rubin. (1963). Magneto-fluid-dynamic nozzle flow. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 9(1). 827–832. 2 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1961). Sub-Alfvenic Flow in Magnetoaerodynamics. Journal of the aerospace sciences. 28(3). 249–250. 3 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1961). Boundary-layer phenomenon in magneto-fluid dynamics. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 7. 5 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1960). Small Perturbation Theory. Princeton University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Hartunian, R. A. & W. R. Sears. (1957). On the instability of small gas bubbles moving uniformly in various liquids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 3(1). 27–47. 124 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R., et al.. (1956). On the Wake Energy of Moving Cascades. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 23(2). 262–268. 4 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1956). Some Recent Developments in Airfoil Theory. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 23(5). 490–499. 125 indexed citations
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ADAMS, MAC C. & W. R. Sears. (1953). Slender-Body Theory-Review and Extension. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 20(2). 85–98. 85 indexed citations
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Sears, W. R.. (1953). On Asymmetric Flow in an Axial-Flow Compressor Stage. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 20(1). 57–62. 12 indexed citations

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