Kerry Hourigan

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
278 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Kerry Hourigan is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerry Hourigan has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Computational Mechanics, 109 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 93 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kerry Hourigan's work include Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (185 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (107 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (93 papers). Kerry Hourigan is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (185 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (107 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (93 papers). Kerry Hourigan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and India. Kerry Hourigan's co-authors include Mark C. Thompson, John Sheridan, Thomas Leweke, Justin S. Leontini, Gregory J. Sheard, A. Rao, Jisheng Zhao, Andreas Fouras, Paul J. Verma and Boon Thong Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kerry Hourigan

258 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Wake transition of a rolling sphere 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300
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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. Wake transition of a rolling sphere
    2010 309 citations Thomas Leweke, Kerry Hourigan et al. Journal of Visualization profile →

Peers

Kerry Hourigan
Mark C. Thompson Australia
Paolo Cignoni Italy
Thomas Leweke France
John O. Dabiri United States
Hyung Jin Sung South Korea
Rajat Mittal United States
Yang Liu China
Xi‐Yun Lu China
Kenneth Breuer United States
Koji Okamoto Japan
Mark C. Thompson Australia
Kerry Hourigan
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kerry Hourigan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kerry Hourigan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hourigan, Kerry, et al.. (2025). Flow-induced vibration of an elastically mounted oblate spheroid with variable mass ratio. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 117. 110129–110129.
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Thompson, Mark C., et al.. (2024). Order of magnitude increase in power from flow-induced vibrations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 205. 114843–114843. 5 indexed citations
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Hourigan, Kerry, et al.. (2024). Varying Magnus effect on a rotating sphere at intermediate Reynolds numbers. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 109. 109501–109501. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, Mark C., et al.. (2024). Effects of angle of attack on the large oscillations of a thin elliptical cylinder. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 128. 104153–104153. 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, Mark C., et al.. (2024). Effect of aspect ratio on flow-induced vibration of oblate spheroids and implications for energy generation. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 128. 104137–104137. 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, Mark C., et al.. (2024). Vorticity dynamics at partial-slip boundaries. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 980. 2 indexed citations
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Hourigan, Kerry, et al.. (2023). Passive control of flow-induced vibration of a sphere using a trip wire. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 124. 104052–104052. 4 indexed citations
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Gupta, Siddharth, Jisheng Zhao, Atul Sharma, et al.. (2023). Two- and three-dimensional wake transitions of a NACA0012 airfoil. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 954. 27 indexed citations
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Gupta, Siddharth, Atul Sharma, Amit Agrawal, Mark C. Thompson, & Kerry Hourigan. (2023). Role of Shape and Kinematics in the Hydrodynamics of a Fish-like Oscillating Hydrofoil. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(10). 1923–1923. 5 indexed citations
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Han, Peng, Emmanuel de Langre, Mark C. Thompson, Kerry Hourigan, & Jisheng Zhao. (2023). Vortex-induced vibration forever even with high structural damping. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 962. 20 indexed citations
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Gupta, Siddharth, Amit Agrawal, Kerry Hourigan, Mark C. Thompson, & Atul Sharma. (2022). Anguilliform and carangiform fish-inspired hydrodynamic study for an undulating hydrofoil: Effect of shape and adaptive kinematics. Physical Review Fluids. 7(9). 13 indexed citations
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Gupta, Siddharth, et al.. (2021). Body-caudal fin fish-inspired self-propulsion study on burst-and-coast and continuous swimming of a hydrofoil model. Physics of Fluids. 33(9). 22 indexed citations
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Gupta, Siddharth, Atul Sharma, Amit Agrawal, Mark C. Thompson, & Kerry Hourigan. (2021). Hydrodynamics of a fish-like body undulation mechanism: Scaling laws and regimes for vortex wake modes. Physics of Fluids. 33(10). 21 indexed citations
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Rao, A., Justin S. Leontini, Mark C. Thompson, & Kerry Hourigan. (2013). Three-dimensionality in the wake of a rotating cylinder in a uniform flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 717. 1–29. 73 indexed citations
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Griffith, Martin D., Mark C. Thompson, Thomas Leweke, & Kerry Hourigan. (2010). Convective instability in steady stenotic flow: optimal transient growth and experimental observation. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Boon Thong, et al.. (2007). In-silico characterization of the flow inside a novel bioreactor for cell and tissue culture. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 361–367. 1 indexed citations
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Jacono, David Lo, Kerry Hourigan, & Jens Nørkær Sørensen. (2006). Vortex breakdown in a closed cylinder: Experiments and control. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 59. 1 indexed citations
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Fouras, Andreas, Kerry Hourigan, Masaaki Kawahashi, & Hiroyuki HIRAHARA. (2006). An improved, free surface, topographic technique. Journal of Visualization. 9(1). 49–56. 19 indexed citations
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Hourigan, Kerry, et al.. (1983). Planetary Aggregation and Nebula Tides. LPI. 331–332. 1 indexed citations

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