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William M. Pitts

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Publications

48

Citations

2.3K

H-Index

26

Active since

1969

Affiliations

National Institute of Standards and Technology(Current)

William M. Pitts is an author at National Institute of Standards and Technology specializing in engineering, fire safety, and fluid mechanics.

Top concepts

EngineeringFire SafetyFluid DynamicsHeat TransferSpace EngineeringTurbulenceThermodynamicsMultiphase FlowTurbulence ModelingAerodynamics

Publications per year

1969–2019

48

Publications

48

Assessment of theories for the behavior and blowout of lifted turbulent jet diffusion flames

William M. Pitts · Symposium (International) on Combustion · 1989 · 200 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Fluid Mechanics +6

Global density effects on the self-preservation behaviour of turbulent free jets

C. D. Richards, William M. Pitts · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1993 · 170 citations

Aeroacoustics, Unsteady Flow, Engineering +14

The global equivalence ratio concept and the formation mechanisms of carbon monoxide in enclosure fires,

William M. Pitts · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science · 1995 · 154 citations

Enclosure Fires, Formation Mechanisms, Fire Research +3

Modeling of bare and aspirated thermocouples in compartment fires

Linda Gail Blevins, William M. Pitts · Fire Safety Journal · 1999 · 152 citations

Engineering, Compartment Fires, Fire Safety +5

The application of laser-induced Rayleigh light scattering to the study of turbulent mixing

William M. Pitts, Takashi Kashiwagi · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1984 · 144 citations

Laser-induced Rayleigh Light, Aeroacoustics, Engineering +12

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