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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
68
Citations
16166
World Ranking
444
National Ranking
207

Materials Science

D-Index
67
Citations
15889
World Ranking
5118
National Ranking
1344

Brian G. Thomas 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 Brian G. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 346 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian G. Thomas 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 Brian G. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2009 - ASM Fellow For significant contributions to the modeling and understanding of continuous casting steel.

Overview

Brian G. Thomas is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on several topics related to materials science and metallurgical processes. Key areas of research include:

  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
  • Iron and Steelmaking Processes
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Materials Engineering and Processing

Brian G. Thomas has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B
  • Metals
  • Materialia
  • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
  • European Journal of Operational Research

Among their recent research papers are:

  • "Review of Peritectic Solidification Mechanisms and Effects in Steel Casting" (2020) published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B
  • "Electromagnetic Effects on Solidification Defect Formation in Continuous Steel Casting" (2020) in JOM
  • "Optimizing steel coil production schedules under continuous casting and hot rolling" (2023) in European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Modeling Air Aspiration in Steel Continuous Casting Slide-Gate Nozzles" (2021) in Metals
  • "Air Gap Measurement During Steel-Ingot Casting and Its Effect on Interfacial Heat Transfer" (2021) in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

Frequent collaborators with Brian G. Thomas include:

  • Hamed Olia
  • Seong-Mook Cho
  • Mingyi Liang
  • Bryan Petrus
  • Zhelin Chen

In 2009, the scientist was recognized as an ASM Fellow for contributions related to the modeling and understanding of continuous casting steel.

Best Publications

  • State of the Art in Evaluation and Control of Steel Cleanliness

    Lifeng Zhang;Brian G. Thomas

  • Fixed grid techniques for phase change problems: A review

    V. R. Voller;C. R. Swaminathan;B. G. Thomas

  • Heat-transfer and solidification model of continuous slab casting: CON1D

    Ya Meng;Brian G. Thomas

  • Simple Model of Microsegregation during Solidification of Steels

    Young-Mok Won;Brian G. Thomas

  • Thermomechanical finite-element model of shell behavior in continuous casting of steel

    Chunsheng Li;Brian G. Thomas

  • State of the art in the control of inclusions during steel ingot casting

    Lifeng Zhang;Brian G. Thomas

  • Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Flow in Continuous Casting

    Brian G. Thomas;Lifeng Zhang

  • Modeling of inclusion removal in a tundish

    Yuji Miki;Brian G. Thomas

  • Simulation of fluid flow inside a continuous slab-casting machine

    B. G. Thomas;L. J. Mika;F. M. Najjar

  • Inclusion removal by bubble flotation in a continuous casting mold

    Lifeng Zhang;Jun Aoki;Brian G. Thomas

  • Simple constitutive equations for steel at high temperature

    Patrick F. Kozlowski;Brian G. Thomas;Jean A. Azzi;Hao Wang

  • Investigation of Fluid Flow and Steel Cleanliness in the Continuous Casting Strand

    Lifeng Zhang;Subo Yang;Kaike Cai;Jiying Li

  • Review on Modeling and Simulation of Continuous Casting

    Brian G. Thomas

  • Simulation of Argon Gas Flow Effects in a Continuous Slab Caster

    Brian Thomas;X. Huang;R. C. Sussman

  • MODELING OF THE CONTINUOUS CASTING OF STEEL - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

    Brian G. Thomas

  • Modeling superheat removal during continuous casting of steel slabs

    X. Huang;B. G. Thomas;F. M. Najjar

  • Flow Control with Local Electromagnetic Braking in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs

    Kevin Cukierski;Brian G. Thomas

  • Initial Development of Thermal and Stress Fields in Continuously Cast Steel Billets

    J. E. Kelly;K. P. Michalek;T. G. O'Connor;Brian Thomas

  • Comparison of Four Methods to Evaluate Fluid Velocities in a Continuous Slab Casting Mold

    Brian G. Thomas;Quan Yuan;Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan;Tiebiao Shi

  • The use of water cooling during the continuous casting of steel and aluminum alloys

    J. Sengupta;B. G. Thomas;M. A. Wells

  • TURBULENT FLOW OF LIQUID STEEL AND ARGON BUBBLES IN SLIDE-GATE TUNDISH NOZZLES PART I: MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION

    Hua Bai;Brian G. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Surya Pratap Vanka
Surya Pratap Vanka University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lifeng Zhang
Lifeng Zhang Yanshan University
Fady Najjar
Fady Najjar Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
John G. Speer
John G. Speer Colorado School of Mines
David K. Matlock
David K. Matlock Colorado School of Mines
Vaughan R Voller
Vaughan R Voller University of Minnesota
Peter D. Lee
Peter D. Lee University College London
Gunter Gerbeth
Gunter Gerbeth Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Sven Eckert
Sven Eckert Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
David Dornfeld
David Dornfeld University of California, Berkeley

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