Ronald F. Probstein

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Ronald F. Probstein

Engineering

#3516

World Rank

#4608

Historical Rank

#998

USA Rank

Applied Physics

#2245

World Rank

#2284

Historical Rank

#208

USA Rank

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According to Wikipedia, Ronald F. Probstein was the Ford Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He played a principal role in spacecraft and ballistic missile reentry physics and design, hypersonic flight theory, comet behavior, desalination and synthetic fuels.

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Ronald F. Probstein's Published Works

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Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena (2002) (4422)
Hypersonic Flow Theory (1964) (1047)
Physicochemical Hydrodynamics: An Introduction (1989) (1046)
Removal of contaminants from saturated clay by electroosmosis (1993) (351)
A theory of dust comets. I. Model and equations (1968) (328)
Coagulation in turbulent flow: Theory and experiment (1975) (156)
EDTA-enhanced electroremediation of metal-contaminated soils (1997) (140)
Development of an integrated microfluidic platform for dynamic oxygen sensing and delivery in a flowing medium. (2005) (139)
A hydrodynamic theory of desalination by electrodialysis (1968) (134)
ON The PREDICTION OF LIMITING FLUX IN LAMINAR ULTRAFILTRATION OF MACROMOLECULAR SOLUTIONS (1977) (131)
A theory of dust comets. II. Results for Comet Arend-Roland (1968) (115)
Colloidal fouling of reverse osmosis membranes (1986) (114)
A point explosion in a cold exponential atmosphere (1969) (105)
Bimodal model of concentrated suspension viscosity for distributed particle sizes (1994) (102)
Removal of Contaminants from Soils by Electric Fields (1993) (99)
Electrokinetic salt rejection in hyperfiltration through porous materials. Theory and experiment (1972) (94)
THE TRANSVERSE CURVATURE EFFECT IN COMPRESSIBLE AXIALLY-SYMMETRIC LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW (1956) (93)
Self‐Similar Strong Shocks with Radiation in a Decreasing Exponential Atmosphere (1970) (93)
Structure of a Plasma Shock Wave (1964) (91)
Time Lag in the Self‐Nucleation of a Supersaturated Vapor (1951) (88)
VISCOUS AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS IN HYPERSONIC RAREFIED GAS FLOW. Research Report 48 (Revised) (1959) (85)
Model and experiments on soil remediation by electric fields (1994) (81)
Ultrafiltration of macromolecular solutions at high polarization in laminar channel flow (1977) (79)
Low Polarization in Laminar Ultrafiltration of Macromolecular Solutions (1979) (73)
A THEORY OF DUST COMETS (1967) (68)
The Effect of Coalescence on the Average Drop Size in Liquid-Liquid Dispersions, (1976) (67)
Two-dimensional modeling of electroremediation (1996) (67)
Bimodal model of slurry viscosity with application to coal-slurries. Part 1. Theory and experiment (1989) (64)
Shock Wave and Flow Field Development in Hypersonic Re-Entry (1961) (61)
Kinetic Theory Approach to Electrostatic Probes (1965) (56)
A point explosion in a cold exponential atmosphere. Part 2. Radiating flow (1970) (55)
Lamella and tube settlers. 1. Model and operation (1983) (49)
Dusty hypersonic flows (1970) (46)
Determination of diffusivity and gel concentration in macromolecular solutions by ultrafiltration (1979) (37)
Turbulence Promotion and Hydrodynamic Optimization in an Ultrafiltration Process (1979) (36)
The hypersonic leading-edge problem. (1968) (34)
Turbulent Heat Transfer Through a Highly Cooled, Partially Dissociated Boundary Layer (1958) (32)
On the Validity of Continuum Theory for Satellite and Hypersonic Flight Problems at High Altitudes (1958) (32)
On the Kinetics of Charged Contaminant Removal from Soils Using Electric Fields (1996) (32)
Brackish water salt rejection by porous hyperfiltration membranes (1973) (28)
Similarity considerations in facilitated transport (1973) (27)
Experimental study of slurry separators for use in desalination (1969) (26)
RAREFIED FLOW TRANSITION AT A LEADING EDGE (1964) (23)
Hypersonic Inviscid Flow (2004) (21)
A turbulent flow theory of electrodialysis (1972) (21)
An analysis of counterwashers for freeze-distillation desalination (1968) (19)
Water in synthetic fuel production (1978) (19)
Cross-hatching - A material response phenomena (1970) (19)
Inelastic Deformation and Crosshatching (1970) (16)
Bimodal model of suspension viscoelasticity (1997) (16)
An Analytical Study of Meteor Entry (1963) (15)
THE PEAK PRESSURE RISE ACROSS AN OBLIQUE SHOCK EMERGING FROM A TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER OVER A PLANE SURFACE (1954) (14)
An Analytic Extension of the Shock-Expansion Method (1961) (11)
Model and Preliminary Experiments on Membrane Fouling in Reverse Osmosis (1981) (11)
A Freeman Scholar Lecture: Desalination: Some Fluid Mechanical Problems (1972) (11)
Aerodynamics of Rarefied Gases (1960) (10)
A Model of Quench Layer Entrainment During Blowdown and Exhaust of the Cylinder of an Internal Combustion Engine (1975) (9)
Water requirements for steam-electric power generation and synthetic fuel plants in the western United States. Final report May--Aug 76 (1977) (9)
Heat Transfer in Rarefied Gas Flow (1963) (9)
The Avco continuous moving bed ion exchange process and large scale desalting (1975) (9)
Hypersonic Similarity and the Tangent-Cone Approximation for Unyawed Bodies of Revolution, (1954) (8)
Comments on ``Current-Layer Diffusion in a One-Dimensional Pinch'' (1963) (8)
SHOCK STRUCTURE AND THE LEADING EDGE PROBLEM (1963) (8)
Scaling Laws for Coagulation and Sedimentation (1975) (4)
Solutions of Uncharged Molecules (2005) (3)
6 – Solutions of Electrolytes (1989) (3)
A Method of Solving Linear Potential Equation for Axially Symmetric Flow (1952) (3)
COMMENTS ON IONIC MASS TRANSFER RATES IN ELECTRODIALYSIS (1971) (3)
Solutions of Uncharged Macromolecules and Particles (2005) (3)
Viscosity prediction of highly concentrated polymodal coal-water slurries (1985) (2)
Predicted costs of environmental controls for a commercial oil shale industry. Volume 1. An engineering analysis (1979) (2)
9 – Surface Tension (1989) (2)
Solutions of Electrolytes (2005) (2)
Addendum and Errata - "Viscous Aerodynamic Characteristics in Hypersonic Rarefied Gas Flow" (1960) (2)
On a solution of the energy equation for a rotating plate started impulsively from rest (1953) (2)
Water for a synthetic fuels industry (1979) (2)
Transport in Fluids (2005) (1)
THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF COMET DUST TAILS (1966) (1)
The Effect of Holdup on Equilibrium Drop Sizes in an Agitated Tank (1973) (1)
Reply to comments on “an analysis of counterwashers for freeze-distillation desalination” (1969) (1)
Project SQUID: A Water Analogue of the Isentropic Flow of Compressible Gases Which Have Arbitrary Ratios of Specific Heats. (1948) (1)
Rheology and Concentrated Suspensions (2005) (0)
A Textbook of Magnetohydrodynamics. By J. A. SHERCLIFF. Pergamon Press, 1965. 265 pp. 21s. (1966) (0)
SIMPLIFIED CALCULATIONS OF PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION ON UNYAWED SLENDER BODIES OF REVOLUTION IN HYPERSONIC FLIGHT (1954) (0)
SCALING LAWS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS EMPLOYING COAGULATION AND SEDIMENTATION (1974) (0)
Synthetic fuels / Ronald F. Probstein (1985) (0)
Equations of Change (2005) (0)
Appendix B: Symbols (2005) (0)
On the Flow at the Rear of a Two-Dimensional Supersonic Airfoil with Thickness (1953) (0)
Water Requirements and Reuse of Process Wastewaters at Oil Shale Plants (1982) (0)
Appendix A: SI Units and Physical Constants (2005) (0)
Desalting technologies for wastewater treatment (1976) (0)
Translator's and Editor's Preface (1961) (0)
Rheology of high concentration polymodal multiphase flow (1988) (0)
STRUCTURE OF A PLASMA SHOCK WAVE. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Publication No. 64-4 (1964) (0)
Hypersonic Flow Theory and Hypersonic Aerodynamics (1960) (0)
Suspension Stability and Particle Capture (2005) (0)
Comet Tails of Type 2 (1972) (0)
H. Guyford Stever (2012) (0)
A KINETIC THEORY APPROACH TO ELECTROSTATIC PROBES. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Publication No. 64-5 (1964) (0)

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