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D-Index
54
Citations
12636
World Ranking
3144
National Ranking
204

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Statistics

His primary areas of study are Turbine, Marine engineering, Tidal power, Wind power and Marine energy. His studies deal with areas such as Wake, Thrust and Rotor as well as Turbine. His studies in Marine engineering integrate themes in fields like Cavitation, Parametric statistics and Current.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Mechanical engineering, Available energy, Tidal atlas and Hydrology. His Wind power research integrates issues from Electricity generation, Computer simulation and Renewable energy. His Electricity generation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Environmental economics, Electricity and Electric power.

His most cited work include:

  • Power and thrust measurements of marine current turbines under various hydrodynamic flow conditions in a cavitation tunnel and a towing tank (482 citations)
  • The prediction of the hydrodynamic performance of marine current turbines (260 citations)
  • Generating electricity from the oceans (251 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

AbuBakr S. Bahaj mainly focuses on Marine engineering, Tidal power, Photovoltaic system, Architectural engineering and Turbine. As a part of the same scientific family, AbuBakr S. Bahaj mostly works in the field of Marine engineering, focusing on Flow and, on occasion, Hydraulics. AbuBakr S. Bahaj has included themes like Mechanical engineering and Marine energy in his Tidal power study.

The Architectural engineering study combines topics in areas such as Built environment, Glazing, Civil engineering and Facade. His work deals with themes such as Wind power, Thrust, Current, Wake and Rotor, which intersect with Turbine. As part of one scientific family, AbuBakr S. Bahaj deals mainly with the area of Wind power, narrowing it down to issues related to the Electricity generation, and often Electricity.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Marine engineering (13.90%)
  • Tidal power (13.22%)
  • Photovoltaic system (12.88%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Context (3.73%)
  • Electricity (6.44%)
  • Environmental economics (5.42%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

AbuBakr S. Bahaj mainly investigates Context, Electricity, Environmental economics, Work and Marine engineering. His Environmental economics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Microsimulation, Public housing, Electricity generation, Load profile and Multilevel model. He interconnects Offshore wind power and Turbine in the investigation of issues within Marine engineering.

His Offshore wind power research also works with subjects such as

  • Oceanography that intertwine with fields like Tidal power,
  • Pairwise comparison which intersects with area such as Renewable energy. The concepts of his Tidal power study are interwoven with issues in Turbine blade, Bending moment, Thrust, Turbulence and Rotor. His Turbine study combines topics in areas such as Current, Geotechnical engineering, Inflow and Geospatial analysis.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Effects of turbulence on tidal turbines: Implications to performance, blade loads, and condition monitoring (62 citations)
  • Multi criteria decision analysis for offshore wind energy potential in Egypt (49 citations)
  • Social structure, reasonable gain, and entrepreneurship in Africa (46 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Statistics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Sea breeze, Civil engineering, Electricity, Context and Environmental economics. The various areas that he examines in his Sea breeze study include Wind power and Multiple-criteria decision analysis. His Electricity study incorporates themes from Power grid and Small hydro, Hydropower.

In his works, AbuBakr S. Bahaj conducts interdisciplinary research on Permission and Turbine. His Turbine research incorporates themes from Turbulence, Thrust, Marine energy and Rotor. His Turbine blade study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Marine engineering and Tidal power.

Best Publications

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

    A.S. Bahaj;A.F. Molland;J.R. Chaplin;W.M.J. Batten

  • The prediction of the hydrodynamic performance of marine current turbines

    W.M.J. Batten;A.S. Bahaj;A.F. Molland;J.R. Chaplin

  • Generating electricity from the oceans

    AbuBakr S. Bahaj

  • Climate change future proofing of buildings—Generation and assessment of building simulation weather files

    Mark F. Jentsch;AbuBakr S. Bahaj;Patrick A.B. James

  • Experimental verifications of numerical predictions for the hydrodynamic performance of horizontal axis marine current turbines

    A.S. Bahaj;W.M.J. Batten;G. McCann

  • Hydrodynamics of marine current turbines

    W.M.J. Batten;A.S. Bahaj;A.F. Molland;J.R. Chaplin

  • Transforming existing weather data for worldwide locations to enable energy and building performance simulation under future climates

    Mark F. Jentsch;Patrick A.B. James;Leonidas Bourikas;AbuBakr S. Bahaj

  • Fundamentals applicable to the utilisation of marine current turbines for energy production

    A.S Bahaj;L.E Myers

  • EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED NUMERICAL, METHOD FOR THE HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN OF HORIZONTAL AXIS TIDAL TURBINES

    W.M.J. Batten;A.S. Bahaj;A.F. Molland;J.R. Chaplin

  • Experimental analysis of the flow field around horizontal axis tidal turbines by use of scale mesh disk rotor simulators

    L.E. Myers;A.S. Bahaj

  • Comparison between CFD simulations and experiments for predicting the far wake of horizontal axis tidal turbines

    M.E. Harrison;W.M.J. Batten;L.E. Myers;A.S. Bahaj

  • Simulated electrical power potential harnessed by marine current turbine arrays in the Alderney Race

    L. Myers;A.S. Bahaj

  • Urban energy generation: Influence of micro-wind turbine output on electricity consumption in buildings

    A.S. Bahaj;L.E. Myers;P.A.B. James

  • An experimental investigation simulating flow effects in first generation marine current energy converter arrays

    L.E. Myers;A.S. Bahaj

  • Urban energy generation: The added value of photovoltaics in social housing

    A.S. Bahaj;P.A.B. James

  • Tidal energy resource assessment for tidal stream generators

    L. S. Blunden;A. S. Bahaj

  • Potential of emerging glazing technologies for highly glazed buildings in hot arid climates

    AbuBakr S. Bahaj;Patrick A.B. James;Mark F. Jentsch

  • Multi criteria decision analysis for offshore wind energy potential in Egypt

    Mostafa Mahdy;Abu Bakr S. Bahaj

  • Initial evaluation of tidal stream energy resources at Portland Bill, UK

    L.S. Blunden;A.S. Bahaj

  • Effects of turbulence on tidal turbines: Implications to performance, blade loads, and condition monitoring

    Tom Blackmore;Luke E. Myers;AbuBakr S. Bahaj

  • Accuracy of the actuator disc-RANS approach for predicting the performance and wake of tidal turbines.

    W. M. J. Batten;M. E. Harrison;A. S. Bahaj

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard George
Gerard George Singapore Management University
Jane Falkingham
Jane Falkingham University of Southampton
Peter Challenor
Peter Challenor University of Exeter
Ian W. Croudace
Ian W. Croudace University of Southampton
David Gann
David Gann University of Oxford
Lixiao Zhang
Lixiao Zhang Beijing Normal University
Zoe Matthews
Zoe Matthews University of Southampton
Alex Rogers
Alex Rogers University of Oxford
Christopher D. F. Rogers
Christopher D. F. Rogers University of Birmingham
Rachel Cooper
Rachel Cooper Lancaster University

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