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Brenton S. McLaury

Brenton S. McLaury

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
6643
World Ranking
1838
National Ranking
699

Brenton S. McLaury publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brenton S. McLaury sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 146 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Brenton S. McLaury D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brenton S. McLaury sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Brenton S. McLaury is affiliated with the University of Tulsa in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of engineering and environmental science, with specific attention to ecological modeling, ocean engineering, and computational mechanics.

The main research topics explored by McLaury include erosion and abrasive machining, particle dynamics in fluid flows, and fluid dynamics and heat transfer.

Recent publications by McLaury include:

  • Experimental Investigation of Solid Particle Erosion in Successive Elbows in Gas Dominated Flows, 2020, Journal of Fluids Engineering
  • A Novel Trajectory-Based Mechanistic Model for Predicting Solid Particle Erosion in Elbows, 2022, Journal of Energy Resources Technology

Frequent collaborators in their work have included:

  • Siamack A. Shirazi
  • Alireza Asgharpour
  • Peyman Zahedi
  • Hadi Arabnejad Khanouki
  • Farzin Darihaki

McLaury's research has been published predominantly in the Journal of Fluids Engineering and the Journal of Energy Resources Technology.

In recognition of their contributions to the field, McLaury was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2017.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive review of solid particle erosion modeling for oil and gas wells and pipelines applications

    Mazdak Parsi;Kamyar Najmi;Fardis Najafifard;Shokrollah Hassani

  • Comparison of computed and measured particle velocities and erosion in water and air flows

    Y. Zhang;E.P. Reuterfors;B.S. McLaury;S.A. Shirazi

  • Application and experimental validation of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based erosion prediction model in elbows and plugged tees

    Xianghui Chen;Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • Development of mechanistic erosion equation for solid particles

    H. Arabnejad;A. Mansouri;S.A. Shirazi;B.S. McLaury

  • Experimental and computational study of erosion in elbows due to sand particles in air flow

    Ronald E. Vieira;Amir Mansouri;Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • Numerical and experimental investigation of the relative erosion severity between plugged tees and elbows in dilute gas/solid two-phase flow

    Xianghui Chen;Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • A combined CFD/experimental methodology for erosion prediction

    A. Mansouri;H. Arabnejad;S.A. Shirazi;B.S. McLaury

  • A Procedure to Predict Solid Particle Erosion in Elbows and Tees

    S. A. Shirazi;J. R. Shadley;B. S. McLaury;E. F. Rybicki

  • An Alternate Method to API RP 14E for Predicting Solids Erosion in Multiphase Flow

    Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • Modeling Solid Particle Erosion in Elbows and Plugged Tees

    Jeremy K. Edwards;Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • Improved CFD modeling and validation of erosion damage due to fine sand particles

    Amir Mansouri;Hadi Arabnejad;Soroor Karimi;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • Generalization of the API RP 14E Guideline for Erosive Services

    S.A. Shirazi;B.S. McLaury;J.R. Shadley;E.F. Rybicki

  • Improvements of Particle Near-Wall Velocity and Erosion Predictions Using a Commercial CFD Code

    Yongli Zhang;Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • A Comprehensive Procedure to Estimate Erosion in Elbows for Gas/Liquid/Sand Multiphase Flow

    Xianghui Chen;Brenton S. McLaury;Siamack A. Shirazi

  • CFD simulation of sand particle erosion in gas-dominant multiphase flow

    Mazdak Parsi;Madhusuden Agrawal;Vedanth Srinivasan;Ronald E. Vieira

  • The effect of erodent particle hardness on the erosion of stainless steel

    H. Arabnejad;S.A. Shirazi;B.S. McLaury;H.J. Subramani

  • Solid Particle Erosion in Long Radius Elbows and Straight Pipes

    B.S. McLaury;J. Wang;S.A. Shirazi;J.R. Shadley

  • Predicting fine particle erosion utilizing computational fluid dynamics

    Soroor Karimi;Siamack A. Shirazi;Brenton S. McLaury

  • Ultrasonic Measurement of Multiphase Flow Erosion Patterns in a Standard Elbow

    N. R. Kesana;S. A. Grubb;B. S. McLaury;S. A. Shirazi

  • Development and validation of a mechanistic model to predict solid particle erosion in multiphase flow

    Quamrul H. Mazumder;Siamack A. Shirazi;Brenton S. McLaury;John R. Shadley

Frequent Co-Authors

Siamack A. Shirazi
Siamack A. Shirazi University of Tulsa
Uwe Hampel
Uwe Hampel Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Barry J. Azzopardi
Barry J. Azzopardi University of Nottingham
Srdjan Nesic
Srdjan Nesic Ohio University
Cem Sarica
Cem Sarica University of Tulsa

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