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James A. Fay

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31

Publications

1.4K

Citations

16

H-Index

1952

Active since

Affiliations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Current)

Cornell University

Everett Community College

James A. Fay is an author at Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in engineering, fluid mechanics, and earth science.

Top concepts

EngineeringEarth ScienceFluid DynamicsAtmospheric SciencePhysicsHeat TransferThermodynamicsMultiphase FlowThermal EngineeringTransport Phenomena

Publications per year

1952–2002

31

Publications

31

PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE SPREAD OF OIL ON A WATER SURFACE

James A. Fay · International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings · 1971 · 346 citations

Engineering, Oil Slicks, Hydrodynamic Lubrication +15

Two-Dimensional Gaseous Detonations: Velocity Deficit

James A. Fay · The Physics of Fluids · 1959 · 204 citations

Aeroacoustics, Engineering, Reaction Zone Thickness +11

A Theory of Plume Rise Compared with Field Observations

David P. Hoult, James A. Fay, Larry J. Forney · Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association · 1969 · 165 citations

Aeroacoustics, Engineering, Fluid Mechanics +16

A Mechanical Theory of Spinning Detonation

James A. Fay · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1952 · 152 citations

Aeroacoustics, Engineering, Fluid Mechanics +16

Theory of stagnation-point heat transfer in a partially ionized diatomic gas

James A. Fay, Nelson H. Kemp · AIAA Journal · 1963 · 47 citations

Stagnation-point Heat Transfer, Engineering, Convective Heat Transfer +18

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