B. Ahlborn

Efficiency of a Carnot engine at maximum power output

F. L. Curzon, B. Ahlborn · American Journal of Physics · 1975 · 2.3K citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +17

Secondary flow in a vortex tube

B. Ahlborn, Stuart Groves · Fluid Dynamics Research · 1997 · 171 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Aerodynamics +13

The vortex tube as a classic thermodynamic refrigeration cycle

B. Ahlborn, Jeffrey M. Gordon · Journal of Applied Physics · 2000 · 151 citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +17

A Finite-Time Thermodynamics of Unsteady Fluid Flows

Bernd R. Noack, Michael Schlegel, B. Ahlborn et al. · Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics · 2008 · 107 citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +15

On drag, Strouhal number and vortex-street structure

B. Ahlborn, Mae Seto, Bernd R. Noack · Fluid Dynamics Research · 2002 · 90 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics +16