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D-Index
56
Citations
9993
World Ranking
867
National Ranking
367

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Gary S. Settles is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and specializes in engineering, with a notable focus on computational mechanics. Their research encompasses several subfields including computational mechanics, general health professions, ocean engineering, environmental engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, particle dynamics in fluid flows, combustion and flame dynamics, wind and air flow studies, aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows, hermeneutics and narrative identity, as well as aging, elder care, and social issues.

Gary S. Settles has coauthored publications with researchers such as Alex Liberzon, Amayu Wakoya Gena, and Conrad Voelker. The frequency of collaboration with Alex Liberzon is highest, followed by work with Amayu Wakoya Gena and Conrad Voelker.

Key publication venues where Settles has contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Indoor Air
  • Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Settles highlight the following works:

  • "Qualitative and quantitative schlieren optical measurement of the human thermal plume," 2020, Indoor Air
  • "Schlieren and BOS velocimetry of a round turbulent helium jet in air," 2022, Optics and Lasers in Engineering
  • "Data for 'Schlieren and BOS velocimetry of a round turbulent helium jet in air'," 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Data for 'Schlieren and BOS velocimetry of a round turbulent helium jet in air'," 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

In 2007, Gary S. Settles was awarded the title Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Best Publications

  • A review of recent developments in schlieren and shadowgraph techniques

    Gary S Settles;Michael J Hargather

  • Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans

    Jess Porter;Brent Craven;Rehan M Khan;Rehan M Khan;Shao-Ju Chang

  • A schlieren optical study of the human cough with and without wearing masks for aerosol infection control.

    Julian W. Tang;Thomas J. Liebner;Brent A. Craven;Gary S. Settles

  • Detailed Study of Attached and Separated Compression Corner Flowfields in High Reynolds Number Supersonic Flow

    Gary S. Settles;Thomas J. Fitzpatrick;Seymour M. Bogdonoff

  • The fluid dynamics of canine olfaction: unique nasal airflow patterns as an explanation of macrosmia.

    Brent A. Craven;Eric G. Paterson;Gary S. Settles

  • A comparison of three quantitative schlieren techniques

    Michael J. Hargather;Gary S. Settles

  • A Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Human Thermal Plume

    Brent A. Craven;Gary S. Settles

  • Supersonic and hypersonic shock/boundary-layer interaction database

    Gary S. Settles;Lori J. Dodson

  • Natural-background-oriented schlieren imaging

    Michael John Hargather;Gary S. Settles

  • Physical Model of the Swept Shock Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Flowfield

    F. S. Alvi;G. S. Settles

  • Details of a Shock-Separated Turbulent Boundary Layer at a Compression Corner

    Gary S. Settles;Irwin E. Vas;Seymour M. Bogdonoff

  • Conical similarity of shock/boundary-layer interactions generated byswept and unswept fins

    Gary S. Settles;Frank K. Lu

  • Schlieren “PIV” for turbulent flows

    Dennis R. Jonassen;Gary S. Settles;Michael D. Tronosky

  • Incipient Separation of a Supersonic Turbulent Boundary Layer at High Reynolds Numbers

    Gary S. Settles;Seymour M. Bogdonoff;Irwin E. Vas

  • Observing and quantifying airflows in the infection control of aerosol- and airborne-transmitted diseases: an overview of approaches

    J. W. Tang;C. J. Noakes;Peter V. Nielsen;I. Eames

  • Hypersonic Shock/Boundary-Layer Interaction Database

    G. S. Settles;L. J. Dodson

  • Sniffers: Fluid-Dynamic Sampling for Olfactory Trace Detection in Nature and Homeland Security—The 2004 Freeman Scholar Lecture

    Gary S. Settles

  • Swept shock/boundary-layer interactions - Tutorial and update

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  • Investigation of Three-Dimensional Shock/Boundary-Layer Interactions at Swept Compression Corners

    Gary S. Settles;Jeffrey J. Perkins;Seymour M. Bogdonoff

  • Cylindrical and conical flow regimes of three-dimensional shock/boundary-layer interactions

    Gary S. Settles;Hsueh-Ying Teng

  • An experimental study of supersonic microjets

    S. D. Scroggs;G. S. Settles

  • Optical measurement and scaling of blasts from gram-range explosive charges

    Michael J. Hargather;Gary S. Settles

Frequent Co-Authors

Doyle Knight
Doyle Knight Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Julian W. Tang
Julian W. Tang University of Leicester
Farrukh S. Alvi
Farrukh S. Alvi Florida State University
Noam Sobel
Noam Sobel Weizmann Institute of Science
Yuguo Li
Yuguo Li University of Hong Kong
Peter V. Nielsen
Peter V. Nielsen Aalborg University
Raymond Tellier
Raymond Tellier University of Calgary
Kensaku Mori
Kensaku Mori University of Tokyo
Nachum Soroker
Nachum Soroker Tel Aviv University
Mica Grujicic
Mica Grujicic Clemson University

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