Walter G. Vincenti

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Walter G. Vincenti is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter G. Vincenti has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Computational Mechanics, 12 papers in Applied Mathematics and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walter G. Vincenti's work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (12 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (8 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (7 papers). Walter G. Vincenti is often cited by papers focused on Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (12 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (8 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (7 papers). Walter G. Vincenti collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walter G. Vincenti's co-authors include Charles H. Krüger, T. Teichmann, Alex Roland, Peter Meiksins, B. S. Baldwin, Allen C. Cogley, Ping Cheng, J. Srinivasan, Samuel C. Florman and David Bloor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Walter G. Vincenti

47 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics

1966 1.4k citations Walter G. Vincenti, Charles H. Krüger et al. Physics Today profile →
Introduction to physical gas dynamics

1965 1.2k citations Walter G. Vincenti, Charles H. Krüger profile →
What Engineers Know and How They Know It

1993 777 citations Walter G. Vincenti profile →
What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History.

1992 468 citations Alex Roland, Walter G. Vincenti The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter G. Vincenti United States	19	1.9k	1.7k	856	393	387	49	4.7k
Alain Bensoussan United States	42	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	199 0.2×	190 0.5×	246 0.6×	312	10.5k
Philip J. Davis United States	26	1.4k 0.8×	939 0.5×	272 0.3×	843 2.1×	205 0.5×	128	6.6k
Clive Fletcher Australia	33	193 0.1×	2.1k 1.2×	616 0.7×	128 0.3×	495 1.3×	138	5.5k
John P. Boyd United States	42	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	346 0.4×	1.3k 3.2×	334 0.9×	277	10.0k
Moses Abramovitz United States	19	388 0.2×	296 0.2×	186 0.2×	425 1.1×	174 0.4×	37	6.9k
David M. Young United States	29	300 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	121 0.1×	667 1.7×	149 0.4×	108	7.3k
David Kinderlehrer United States	33	2.1k 1.1×	944 0.5×	135 0.2×	194 0.5×	330 0.9×	117	6.6k
Theodore E. Simos Greece	41	493 0.3×	2.2k 1.3×	228 0.3×	510 1.3×	232 0.6×	1.3k	8.3k
Alvin M. Weinberg United States	24	269 0.1×	396 0.2×	906 1.1×	283 0.7×	133 0.3×	179	4.8k
Peter Forsyth Canada	48	156 0.1×	1.1k 0.7×	263 0.3×	213 0.5×	594 1.5×	275	7.2k

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Newman, William M. & Walter G. Vincenti. (2007). On an Engineering Use of Engineering History. Technology and Culture. 48(1). 245–247. 1 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G.. (2005). Robert T. Jones, One of a Kind. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 37(1). 1–21. 1 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G. & David Bloor. (2003). Boundaries, Contingencies and Rigor. Social Studies of Science. 33(4). 469–507. 10 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G.. (2001). The Experimental Assessment of Engineering Theory As a Tool for Design. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 5(3). 124–130. 4 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G.. (2000). Real-world variation-selection in the evolution of technological form: historical examples. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 174–189. 13 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G.. (1997). Engineering Theory in the Making: Aerodynamic Calculation “Breaks the Sound Barrier”. Technology and Culture. 38(4). 819–851. 1 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G.. (1997). Engineering Theory in the Making: Aerodynamic Calculation "Breaks the Sound Barrier". Technology and Culture. 38(4). 819–819. 5 indexed citations

Levinson, M. & Walter G. Vincenti. (1995). Comment and Response on "The Retractable Airplane Landing Gear". Technology and Culture. 36(2). 451–451. 1 indexed citations

Vincenti, Walter G.. (1994). Variation—selection in the innovation of the retractable airplane landing gear: the Northrop ‘anomaly’. Research Policy. 23(5). 575–582. 11 indexed citations

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Vincenti, Walter G.. (1994). The Retractable Airplane Landing Gear and the Northrop “Anomaly”: Variation-Selection and the Shaping of Technology. Technology and Culture. 35(1). 1–33. 6 indexed citations

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Roland, Alex & Walter G. Vincenti. (1992). What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History.. The American Historical Review. 97(1). 317–317. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vincenti, Walter G.. (1991). The Scope for Social Impact in Engineering Outcomes: A Diagrammatic Aid to Analysis. Social Studies of Science. 21(4). 761–767. 10 indexed citations

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Vincenti, Walter G.. (1984). Technological Knowledge without Science: The Innovation of Flush Riveting in American Airplanes, ca. 1930-ca. 1950. Technology and Culture. 25(3). 540–540. 49 indexed citations

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Hetényi, M. & Walter G. Vincenti. (1969). Applied Mechanics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

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Cogley, Allen C., et al.. (1969). A substitute-kernel approximation for radiative transfer in a nongrey gas near equilibrium, with application to radiative acoustics. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 12(4). 445–458. 27 indexed citations

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Vincenti, Walter G., Charles H. Krüger, & T. Teichmann. (1966). Introduction to Physical Gas Dynamics. Physics Today. 19(10). 95–95. 1386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vincenti, Walter G. & Charles H. Krüger. (1965). Introduction to physical gas dynamics. 1245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vincenti, Walter G., et al.. (1956). Calculations of the flow over an inclined flat plate at free-stream Mach number 1. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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Vincenti, Walter G., et al.. (1952). Theoretical study of the transonic lift of a double-wedge profile with detached bow wave. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 6 indexed citations

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Vincenti, Walter G., et al.. (1952). Transonic flow past a wedge profile with detached bow wave. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 9 indexed citations

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