What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Mechanical engineering
- Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
Her scientific interests lie mostly in Mechanics, Heat transfer, Turbulence, Turbine and Combustor.
Her research in Mechanics intersects with topics in Coolant and Thermodynamics.
In her research on the topic of Heat transfer, Surface roughness, Reynolds number and Nusselt number is strongly related with Pressure drop.
Karen A. Thole has researched Turbulence in several fields, including Inlet, Turbine blade and Optics.
Her research in Turbine focuses on subjects like Turbojet, which are connected to Combustion chamber.
Her studies deal with areas such as Gas compressor, Aerodynamics, Wind tunnel and Nozzle as well as Combustor.
Her most cited work include:
- Gas Turbine Film Cooling (369 citations)
- Flowfield Measurements for Film-Cooling Holes With Expanded Exits (149 citations)
- Experimental validation of large eddy simulations of flow and heat transfer in a stationary ribbed duct (90 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Her main research concerns Mechanics, Turbine, Heat transfer, Turbulence and Coolant.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Turbine blade and Thermodynamics.
Her Turbine study combines topics in areas such as Combustor, Adiabatic process, Aerodynamics and Nozzle.
Her Heat transfer research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Surface roughness, Pressure drop and Fin.
Her Turbulence research incorporates themes from Aerospace engineering and Boundary layer.
Her Coolant research includes elements of Cooling flow, Heat flux, Leakage, Mass flow and Gas turbines.
She most often published in these fields:
- Mechanics (66.18%)
- Turbine (39.64%)
- Heat transfer (39.64%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2020)?
- Heat transfer (39.64%)
- Surface roughness (9.82%)
- Mechanics (66.18%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Karen A. Thole mostly deals with Heat transfer, Surface roughness, Mechanics, Mechanical engineering and Gas turbines.
The various areas that she examines in her Heat transfer study include Turbine, Turbine blade and Microchannel.
Her work deals with themes such as Laser, Surface finish, Pressure drop and Turbocharger, which intersect with Surface roughness.
While the research belongs to areas of Mechanics, Karen A. Thole spends her time largely on the problem of Coolant, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Heat flux.
Her Mechanical engineering research integrates issues from Purge and Reynolds number.
Her studies in Turbulence integrate themes in fields like Combustor, Dilution and Combustion chamber.
Between 2014 and 2020, her most popular works were:
- Roughness Effects on Flow and Heat Transfer for Additively Manufactured Channels (62 citations)
- Effects of non-axisymmetric endwall contouring and film cooling on the passage flowfield in a linear turbine cascade (51 citations)
- Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss Measurements in Additively Manufactured Wavy Microchannels (46 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Mechanical engineering
- Thermodynamics
- Electrical engineering
Karen A. Thole mainly focuses on Heat transfer, Surface roughness, Mechanical engineering, Pressure drop and Surface finish.
Her Heat transfer study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Turbine, Turbocharger, Coolant and Thermal conduction.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Airfoil, Heat transfer coefficient and Turbine blade.
Her work is dedicated to discovering how Mechanical engineering, Reynolds number are connected with Gas compressor, Purge, Mach number and Engineering drawing and other disciplines.
Her Thermodynamics study frequently involves adjacent topics like Mechanics.
She is interested in Flow, which is a branch of Mechanics.
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