W.M.J. Batten

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

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W.M.J. Batten is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, W.M.J. Batten has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 12 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in W.M.J. Batten's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (15 papers), Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps (14 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (6 papers). W.M.J. Batten is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (15 papers), Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps (14 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (6 papers). W.M.J. Batten collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. W.M.J. Batten's co-authors include A.S. Bahaj, J.R. Chaplin, A.F. Molland, Matthew Harrison, L.E. Myers, Gerald Müller, Neil W. Bressloff, Stephen R. Turnock, Luke Blunden and Suleiman M. Sharkh and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable Energy, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences and Experiments in Fluids.

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W.M.J. Batten

27 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Power and thrust measurements of marine current turbines under various hydrodynamic flow conditions in a cavitation tunnel and a towing tank

2006 611 citations A.S. Bahaj, A.F. Molland et al. Renewable Energy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.M.J. Batten United Kingdom	14	1.8k	804	573	513	332	27	2.1k
Timothy O'Doherty United Kingdom	24	1.2k 0.7×	452 0.6×	1.3k 2.3×	396 0.8×	160 0.5×	108	2.2k
Yuquan Zhang China	21	805 0.4×	584 0.7×	411 0.7×	278 0.5×	154 0.5×	108	1.5k
Richard Willden United Kingdom	27	1.3k 0.7×	417 0.5×	1.6k 2.9×	641 1.2×	140 0.4×	76	2.5k
Benoît Gaurier France	20	1.0k 0.6×	521 0.6×	513 0.9×	338 0.7×	123 0.4×	55	1.3k
Takafumi Nishino United Kingdom	21	1.2k 0.6×	226 0.3×	694 1.2×	180 0.4×	120 0.4×	63	1.5k
Richard G.J. Flay New Zealand	26	1.3k 0.7×	180 0.2×	797 1.4×	380 0.7×	126 0.4×	133	2.1k
Shin Hyung Rhee South Korea	25	661 0.4×	582 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	907 1.8×	70 0.2×	148	1.9k
Brenden P. Epps United States	16	535 0.3×	193 0.2×	826 1.4×	312 0.6×	154 0.5×	40	1.4k
Manabu TAKAO Japan	22	1.1k 0.6×	194 0.2×	939 1.6×	1.4k 2.8×	177 0.5×	129	1.8k
Christopher Vogel United Kingdom	17	613 0.3×	152 0.2×	433 0.8×	546 1.1×	114 0.3×	53	1.0k

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Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2014). Influence of turbulence on the wake of a marine current turbine simulator. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 470(2170). 20140331–20140331. 55 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2013). Inlet grid-generated turbulence for large-eddy simulations. International journal of computational fluid dynamics. 27(6-7). 307–315. 16 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2013). Turbulence generation and its effect in LES approximations of tidal turbines. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 8 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2013). Influence of turbulence on the drag of solid discs and turbine simulators in a water current. Experiments in Fluids. 55(1). 46 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., Matthew Harrison, & A.S. Bahaj. (2013). Accuracy of the actuator disc-RANS approach for predicting the performance and wake of tidal turbines. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 371(1985). 20120293–20120293. 101 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2012). Preliminary design of the OWEL wave energy converter pre-commercial demonstrator. Renewable Energy. 61. 51–56. 8 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2011). Design and Stability of a Floating Free Stream Energy Converter. 2372. 8 indexed citations

Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2011). Potential for Using the Floating Body Structure to Increase the Efficiency of a Free Stream Energy Converter. 2364. 4 indexed citations

Harrison, Matthew, W.M.J. Batten, & A.S. Bahaj. (2010). A blade element actuator disc approach applied to tidal stream turbines. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1–8. 41 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J., et al.. (2010). Experimental and Computational Modelling of the OWEL Wave Energy Converter. 3 indexed citations

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Harrison, Matthew, W.M.J. Batten, L.E. Myers, & A.S. Bahaj. (2010). Comparison between CFD simulations and experiments for predicting the far wake of horizontal axis tidal turbines. IET Renewable Power Generation. 4(6). 613–627. 176 indexed citations

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Harrison, Matthew, W.M.J. Batten, Luke Blunden, L.E. Myers, & A.S. Bahaj. (2008). Comparisons of a large tidal turbine array using the boundary layer and field wake interaction models. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J. & A.S. Bahaj. (2007). An assessment of growth scenarios and implications for ocean energy industries in Europe. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 10 indexed citations

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Bahaj, A.S., et al.. (2007). Experimental verifications of numerical predictions for the hydrodynamic performance of horizontal axis marine current turbines. Renewable Energy. 32(15). 2479–2490. 225 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J. & A.S. Bahaj. (2006). CFD simulation of a small farm of horizontal axis marine current turbines. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 13 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J., A.S. Bahaj, A.F. Molland, & J.R. Chaplin. (2006). Experimentally validated numerical method for the hydrodynamic design of horizontal axis tidal turbines. Ocean Engineering. 34(7). 1013–1020. 189 indexed citations

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Molland, A.F., A.S. Bahaj, J.R. Chaplin, & W.M.J. Batten. (2004). Measurements and predictions of forces, pressures and cavitation on 2-D sections suitable for marine current turbines. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment. 218(2). 127–138. 88 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J., Stephen R. Turnock, Neil W. Bressloff, & Suleiman M. Sharkh. (2004). Turbulent Taylor-Couette vortex flow between large radius ratio concentric cylinders. Experiments in Fluids. 36(3). 419–421. 7 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J., Neil W. Bressloff, & Stephen R. Turnock. (2002). Numerical simulations of the evolution of Taylor cells from a growing boundary layer on the inner cylinder of a high radius ratio Taylor-Couette system. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(6). 66302–66302. 3 indexed citations

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Batten, W.M.J., Neil W. Bressloff, & Stephen R. Turnock. (2001). Transition from vortex to wall driven turbulence production in the Taylor–Couette system with a rotating inner cylinder. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 38(3). 207–226. 12 indexed citations

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