D. Rockwell

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
201 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

D. Rockwell is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Rockwell has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 190 papers in Computational Mechanics, 113 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 45 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Rockwell's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (142 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (135 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (72 papers). D. Rockwell is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (142 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (135 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (72 papers). D. Rockwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Australia. D. Rockwell's co-authors include Eduard Naudascher, J.-C. Lin, M. F. Unal, Charles W. Knisely, John Sheridan, Josie Carberry, Alis Ekmekci, C. Özen, Yingchen Yang and George Em Karniadakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

D. Rockwell

199 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Review—Self-Sustaining Os... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1979 1987 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Review—Self-Sustaining Oscillations of Flow Past Cavities
    1978 725 citations D. Rockwell et al. Journal of Fluids Engineering profile →
  2. Self-Sustained Oscillations of Impinging Free Shear Layers
    1979 506 citations D. Rockwell et al. profile →
  3. Fluid mechanics measurements
    1987 427 citations D. Rockwell profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
D. Rockwell 6.9k 4.6k 2.6k 842 597 201 7.9k
A. Roshko 11.1k 1.6× 6.9k 1.5× 3.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 956 1.6× 58 12.4k
Haecheon Choi 10.9k 1.6× 4.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 784 0.9× 2.0k 3.3× 199 12.4k
Lars Davidson 5.5k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 3.1k 1.2× 292 0.3× 919 1.5× 269 6.6k
Turgut Sarpkaya 5.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 2.2× 529 0.9× 136 6.7k
Peter A. Monkewitz 6.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 194 0.2× 768 1.3× 95 7.0k
R. M. C. So 4.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 646 0.8× 761 1.3× 220 4.8k
Peter Bearman 10.3k 1.5× 4.0k 0.9× 6.5k 2.5× 4.6k 5.4× 542 0.9× 112 11.0k
M. Breuer 4.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 336 0.4× 978 1.6× 163 5.6k
Xi‐Yun Lu 6.6k 1.0× 3.1k 0.7× 703 0.3× 290 0.3× 613 1.0× 285 8.1k
B.W. van Oudheusden 5.0k 0.7× 3.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 142 0.2× 567 0.9× 241 6.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fishman, G. J. & D. Rockwell. (2018). Onset of orbital motion in a trailing vortex from an oscillating wing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 856. 257–287. 4 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (2015). Three-dimensional flow structure along simultaneously pitching and rotating wings: effect of pitch rate. Experiments in Fluids. 56(4). 8 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (2014). Flow structure on a simultaneously pitching and rotating wing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 756. 354–383. 25 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (2014). Flow structure on a rotating wing: effect of radius of gyration. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 755. 83–110. 49 indexed citations
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Elkhoury, M., Mehmet Metin Yavuz, & D. Rockwell. (2005). Near-Surface Topology of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Planform: Reynolds Number Dependence. Journal of Aircraft. 42(5). 1318–1330. 10 indexed citations
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Carberry, Josie, Raghuraman N. Govardhan, John Sheridan, D. Rockwell, & C. H. K. Williamson. (2004). Wake states and response branches of forced and freely oscillating cylinders. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 23(1). 89–97. 34 indexed citations
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Kahraman, Ali, Beşi̇r Şahi̇n, & D. Rockwell. (2002). Control of vortex formation from a vertical cylinder in shallow water: Effect of localized roughness elements. Experiments in Fluids. 33(1). 54–65. 27 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D.. (2000). Imaging of unsteady separated flows: global interpretation with particle image velocimetry. Experiments in Fluids. 29(7). S255–S273. 13 indexed citations
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Lin, J.-C. & D. Rockwell. (1997). Quantitative interpretation of vortices from a cylinder oscillating in quiescent fluid. Experiments in Fluids. 23(2). 99–104. 12 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (1996). Near-wake structure of an oscillating cylinder: effect of controlled shear-layer vortices. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 322. 21–49. 43 indexed citations
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Lin, J.-C., et al.. (1995). Instantaneous Structure of the Near-Wake of a Circular Cylinder: on the Effect of Reynolds Number. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 9(4). 409–418. 82 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (1993). Instantaneous structure of vortex breakdown on a delta wing via particle image velocimetry. AIAA Journal. 31(6). 1160–1162. 34 indexed citations
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Gursul, Ismet & D. Rockwell. (1991). Effect of concentration of vortices on streakline patterns. Experiments in Fluids. 10(5). 294–296. 6 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D.. (1990). Active control of globally-unstable separated flows. 379–394. 17 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (1988). Flow structure from an oscillating cylinder Part 1. Mechanisms of phase shift and recovery in the near wake. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 191. 197–223. 247 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (1982). Oschillations of an impinging turbulent jet: Coherence characterization via conditional sampling. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 83(1). 111–124. 5 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D. & Samir Ziada. (1980). Oscillations of a mixing layer-edge system: Effects of upstream influence. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 68(1). 156–159. 2 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (1980). A Quasi-Standing-Wave Phenomenon Due to Oscillating Internal Flow. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 102(1). 70–77. 7 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D., et al.. (1978). Prediction of Diffuser Core Flow Fluctuations Caused by Oscillating Turbulent Flow. Journal of Aircraft. 15(6). 345–350. 1 indexed citations
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Rockwell, D.. (1976). Prediction of oscillation frequencies for unstable flow past cavities. 1 indexed citations

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