Silas Alben - Concepedia

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Silas Alben

Georgia Institute of Technology ORCID

Also Known As

Alben, S., Alben, Silas, S. Alben, SILAS ALBEN, Silas Alben

135

Publications

3.3K

Citations

H-Index

113

Concepts

All Affiliations

Georgia Institute of Technology University of Michigan Harvard University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University

About

Silas Alben is an author at Georgia Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, aerodynamics, and mechanical engineering.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Engineering	21	34	2.3K
2	Health Sciences	6	6	213
3	Natural Sciences	4	4	348
4	Medicine	2	2	469
5	Education	1	1	10

Silas Alben

Publications

3.2K

Citations

H-Index

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	Year	Citations
Foldable structures and the natural design of pollen grains Eleni Katifori, Silas Alben, Enrique Cerda, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Pollen GrainsBotanyMolecular BiologyCytoskeletonFoldable Structure	2010	311
Drag reduction through self-similar bending of a flexible body Silas Alben, Michael Shelley, Jun Zhang Nature EngineeringDrag ReductionMechanicsMechanical EngineeringBio-inspired Robotics	2002	282
Flapping States of a Flag in an Inviscid Fluid: Bistability and the Transition to Chaos Silas Alben, Michael Shelley Physical Review Letters	2008	269
How Bumps on Whale Flippers Delay Stall: An Aerodynamic Model Ernst A. van Nierop, Silas Alben, Michael P. Brenner Physical Review Letters AeronauticsEngineeringAerospace EngineeringAeroelasticityAerodynamics	2008	222
Dynamics of freely swimming flexible foils Silas Alben, Charles Witt, T. Vernon Baker, Physics of Fluids AeroacousticsHydroelasticityEngineeringFluid MechanicsMechanical Engineering	2012	187
Coherent locomotion as an attracting state for a free flapping body Silas Alben, Michael Shelley Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	2005	169
Optimal flexibility of a flapping appendage in an inviscid fluid Silas Alben Journal of Fluid Mechanics New FormulationEngineeringFluid MechanicsMechanical EngineeringOptimal Rigidity	2008	166
Edge Effects Determine the Direction of Bilayer Bending Silas Alben, Bavani Balakrisnan, Elisabeth Smela Nano Letters Bending DirectionLong EdgeThin Rectangular BilayersBilayer BendingPhysics	2011	158
The mechanics of active fin-shape control in ray-finned fishes Silas Alben, Peter G. Madden, George Lauder Journal of The Royal Society Interface HydroelasticityEngineeringMechanical EngineeringInput Muscle ActuationFin Rays	2006	158
How flexibility induces streamlining in a two-dimensional flow Silas Alben, Michael Shelley, Jun Zhang Physics of Fluids EngineeringFluid MechanicsMechanical EngineeringComputational MechanicsSoft Matter	2004	114

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