Stefan Pirker

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Stefan Pirker is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Pirker has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Computational Mechanics, 40 papers in Ocean Engineering and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stefan Pirker's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (55 papers), Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (39 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (27 papers). Stefan Pirker is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (55 papers), Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (39 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (27 papers). Stefan Pirker collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Netherlands and Germany. Stefan Pirker's co-authors include Christoph Kloss, Christoph Goniva, Alice Hager, Simon Schneiderbauer, T. Lichtenegger, J.A.M. Kuipers, N.G. Deen, Stefan Puttinger, Mahdi Saeedipour and Yaxing Du and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Pirker

101 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

Models, algorithms and validation for opensource DEM and CFD-DEM

2012 1.4k citations Christoph Kloss, Christoph Goniva et al. profile →
Influence of rolling friction on single spout fluidized bed simulation

2012 441 citations Christoph Goniva, Christoph Kloss et al. Particuology profile →

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Particle size segregation in bi and penta-disperse gas–solid fluidized beds: CFD-DEM and recurrence CFD simulations 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Science ·Stefan Pirker, Marco Atzori, Stefan Heinrich, T. Lichtenegger	2
2	NeuralDEM for real time simulations of industrial particular flows 2025 ·Communications Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Stefano Papa, Stefan Pirker, T. Lichtenegger, J. Brandstetter	1
3	Propagator-moments approximation for recurrence CFD: Application to species transport in turbulent flows 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Science ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, T. Lichtenegger	0
4	Discrete magnification lens model: A new hybrid multi-scale modelling method for fluid-particle systems 2024 ·Powder Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), Stefan Pirker, Simon Schneiderbauer	2
5	Control of segregation by non-uniform aeration in a fluidized bed spray granulator 2024 ·Powder Technology ·(unknown), Marco Atzori, (unknown), T. Lichtenegger, Stefan Puttinger, Stefan Pirker, Stefan Heinrich	2
6	Detachment of a Soluble Particle at the Slag-Argon Interface: CFD Study and Experimental Observations 2024 ·Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B ·(unknown), Susanne Michelic, Stefan Pirker, Mahdi Saeedipour	3
7	Block-movement-based calibration of a discrete element model for fine, cohesive powders 2023 ·Powder Technology ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, T. Lichtenegger	1
8	Analysis of Hysteresis in the Regime Transition of Cocurrent Liquid–Gas Flow 2022 ·steel research international ·Mahdi Saeedipour, Stefan Pirker	2
9	A fast modeling of chemical reactions in industrial‐scale olefin polymerization fluidized beds using recurrence CFD 2021 ·AIChE Journal ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, Simon Schneiderbauer	8
10	Disclosing recurrence properties in fluidized beds 2021 ·Physical Review Fluids ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, T. Lichtenegger, Simon Schneiderbauer	3
11	On the fast modeling of species transport in fluidized beds using recurrence computational fluid dynamics 2020 ·AIChE Journal ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, Simon Schneiderbauer	11
12	A reduced-order model for deformable particles with application in bio-microfluidics 2019 ·Computational Particle Mechanics ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, (unknown), Mahdi Saeedipour	13
13	Simulation of spray coating in a spouted bed using recurrence CFD 2018 ·Particuology ·Paul Kieckhefen, T. Lichtenegger, Swantje Pietsch‐Braune, Stefan Pirker, Stefan Heinrich	42
14	Unresolved CFD–DEM modeling of multiphase flow in densely packed particle beds 2017 ·Applied Mathematical Modelling ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, T. Lichtenegger	75
15	CFD Simulations of Pressure Drop and Velocity Field in a Cyclone Separator with Central Vortex Stabilization Rod 2016 ·Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Pirker	36
16	Efficient implementation of superquadric particles in Discrete Element Method within an open-source framework 2016 ·Computational Particle Mechanics ·(unknown), Stefan Pirker, Christoph Kloss	209
17	Parallel Resolved Open Source CFD-DEM: Method, Validation and Application 2014 ·Alice Hager, Christoph Kloss, Stefan Pirker, Christoph Goniva	140
18	VERIFICATION OF SUB-GRID DRAG MODIFICATIONS FOR DENSE GAS-PARTICLE FLOWS IN BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BEDS 2013 ·Simon Schneiderbauer, Stefan Puttinger, Stefan Pirker, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
19	Improving the applicability of discrete phase simulations by smoothening their exchange fields 2010 ·Applied Mathematical Modelling ·Stefan Pirker, (unknown), Christoph Goniva	48
20	Experimental Validation of Numerical Simulations: A Comparison of Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Oil Film Method 2007 ·The International Journal of Artificial Organs ·Martin Stoiber, Christian Grasl, Stefan Pirker, Leopold Huber, (unknown), Heinrich Schima	1

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