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D-Index
71
Citations
16817
World Ranking
361
National Ranking
164

Overview

Iain D. Boyd is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within engineering and applied mathematics, primarily focusing on areas related to aerospace engineering and computational mechanics.

The scientist's body of work prominently covers topics such as gas dynamics and kinetic theory, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, and plasma diagnostics and applications. Additional areas of focus include plasma and flow control in aerodynamics, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, as well as combustion and detonation processes.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Wai Hong Ronald Chan, Ross S. Chaudhry, Timothy T. Aiken, Kyle M. Hanquist, and Michael E. Holloway. These coauthors have contributed to a consistent research output across various projects and publications.

The venues where they most often publish their work include:

  • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum
  • Journal of Propulsion and Power

Among recent publications, some notable papers are:

  • Implementation of a Chemical Kinetics Model for Hypersonic Flows in Air for High-Performance CFD, 2020, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • Shock-tube measurements of coupled vibration-dissociation time-histories and rate parameters in oxygen and argon mixtures from 5000 K to 10 000 K, 2020, Physics of Fluids
  • Assessment of Thermochemistry Modeling for Hypersonic Flow over a Double Cone, 2020, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
  • Assessment of Hypersonic Double-Cone Experiments for Validation of Thermochemistry Models, 2021, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • Non-monotonic double layers and electron two-stream instabilities resulting from intermittent ion acoustic wave growth, 2020, Physics of Plasmas

Best Publications

  • Predicting failure of the continuum fluid equations in transitional hypersonic flows

    Iain D. Boyd;Gang Chen;Graham V. Candler

  • Scalar and Parallel Optimized Implementation of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method

    Stefan Dietrich;Iain D. Boyd

  • Numerical Simulation of Weakly Ionized Hypersonic Flow for Reentry Configurations

    Leonardo C. Scalabrin;Iain D. Boyd

  • Nonequilibrium Gas Dynamics and Molecular Simulation

    Iain D. Boyd;Thomas E. Schwartzentruber

  • Momentum and Heat Transfer in a Laminar Boundary Layer with Slip Flow

    Michael J. Martin;Iain D. Boyd

  • A Direct Simulation Method for Subsonic, Microscale Gas Flows

    Quanhua Sun;Iain D. Boyd

  • A hybrid particle-continuum method applied to shock waves

    T. E. Schwartzentruber;I. D. Boyd

  • Direct Simulation Methods for Low-Speed Microchannel Flows

    Chunpei Cai;Iain D. Boyd;Jing Fan;Graham V. Candler

  • Velocity Slip and Temperature Jump in Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics

    Andrew J. Lofthouse;Leonardo C. Scalabrin;Iain D. Boyd

  • Electromagnetic Reduction of Plasma Density During Atmospheric Reentry and Hypersonic Flights

    Michael Keidar;Minkwan Kim;Iain D. Boyd

  • A modular particle-continuum numerical method for hypersonic non-equilibrium gas flows

    T. E. Schwartzentruber;L. C. Scalabrin;I. D. Boyd

  • State-resolved master equation analysis of thermochemical nonequilibrium of nitrogen

    Jae Gang Kim;Iain D. Boyd

  • Predicting continuum breakdown in hypersonic viscous flows

    Wen Lan Wang;Iain D. Boyd

  • Accuracy of higher-order lattice Boltzmann methods for microscale flows with finite Knudsen numbers

    Seung Hyun Kim;Heinz Pitsch;Iain D. Boyd

  • Modeling of anomalous electron mobility in Hall thrusters

    Justin W. Koo;Iain D. Boyd

  • Numerical simulation of weakly ionized hypersonic flow over reentry capsules

    Iain D. Boyd;Leonardo C. Scalabrin

  • Experimental and numerical investigations of low-density nozzle and plume flows of nitrogen

    Iain D. Boyd;Paul F. Penko;Dana L. Meissner;Kenneth J. Dewitt

  • Review of Hall Thruster Plume Modeling

    Iain D. Boyd

  • Analysis of an Electromagnetic Mitigation Scheme for Reentry Telemetry Through Plasma

    Minkwan Kim;Michael Keidar;Iain D. Boyd

  • A hybrid continuum/particle approach for modeling subsonic, rarefied gas flows

    Quanhua Sun;Iain D. Boyd;Graham V. Candler

  • Development of an Unstructured Navier-Stokes Solver for Hypersonic Nonequilibrium Aerothermodynamics

    Leonardo C. Scalabrin;Iain D. Boyd

  • Analysis of rotational nonequilibrium in standing shock waves of nitrogen

    Iain D. Boyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham V. Candler
Graham V. Candler University of Minnesota
Alec D. Gallimore
Alec D. Gallimore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James C. McDaniel
James C. McDaniel University of Virginia
Heinz Pitsch
Heinz Pitsch RWTH Aachen University
Ronald K. Hanson
Ronald K. Hanson Stanford University
Mark J. Kushner
Mark J. Kushner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael L. Falk
Michael L. Falk Johns Hopkins University
André Anders
André Anders Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering
Michael S. Brown
Michael S. Brown York University
Katsuo Kurabayashi
Katsuo Kurabayashi New York University

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