Thomas Leweke

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Leweke is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Leweke has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Computational Mechanics, 46 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 28 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Leweke's work include Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (77 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (45 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (28 papers). Thomas Leweke is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (77 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (45 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (28 papers). Thomas Leweke collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and United States. Thomas Leweke's co-authors include C. H. K. Williamson, Mark C. Thompson, Kerry Hourigan, Patrice Meunier, Stéphane Le Dizès, M. Provansal, Hadrien Bolnot, Pierre-Yves Passaggia, A. Rao and Uwe Ehrenstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Leweke

90 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Wake transition of a rolling sphere

2010 309 citations Pierre-Yves Passaggia, Thomas Leweke et al. Journal of Visualization profile →
Dynamics and Instabilities of Vortex Pairs

2016 238 citations Thomas Leweke, Stéphane Le Dizès et al. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Leweke France	32	2.5k	1.2k	839	302	262	92	3.2k
Kerry Hourigan Australia	44	4.7k 1.9×	2.1k 1.8×	2.2k 2.6×	349 1.2×	1.2k 4.7×	278	6.6k
L. Sirovich United States	23	1.7k 0.7×	427 0.4×	222 0.3×	169 0.6×	94 0.4×	52	3.3k
Allan D. Pierce United States	25	709 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	358 0.4×	433 1.4×	115 0.4×	184	4.2k
Christophe Eloy France	28	1.1k 0.4×	938 0.8×	129 0.2×	174 0.6×	336 1.3×	58	2.1k
J. Kompenhans Germany	24	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	670 0.8×	752 2.5×	42 0.2×	104	4.5k
Helmut V. Fuchs Germany	19	722 0.3×	816 0.7×	331 0.4×	139 0.5×	65 0.2×	91	1.7k
Flint O. Thomas United States	31	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 2.5×	343 0.4×	116 0.4×	30 0.1×	143	3.8k
Leonhard Kleiser Switzerland	28	2.8k 1.1×	902 0.8×	691 0.8×	403 1.3×	28 0.1×	130	3.3k
N. Fujisawa Japan	26	1.3k 0.5×	905 0.8×	489 0.6×	211 0.7×	93 0.4×	102	1.8k
Kwing-So Choi United Kingdom	34	3.1k 1.2×	2.7k 2.3×	554 0.7×	213 0.7×	42 0.2×	111	4.4k

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All Works

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Ribeiro, André F., Thomas Leweke, Aliza Abraham, Jens Nørkær Sørensen, & Robert Mikkelsen. (2024). Blade-resolved and actuator line simulations of rotor wakes. Computers & Fluids. 287. 106477–106477. 3 indexed citations

Ramos‐García, Néstor, Aliza Abraham, Thomas Leweke, & Jens Nørkær Sørensen. (2023). Multi-fidelity vortex simulations of rotor flows: Validation against detailed wake measurements. Computers & Fluids. 255. 105790–105790. 7 indexed citations

Abraham, Aliza, et al.. (2023). Simplified model for helical vortex dynamics in the wake of an asymmetric rotor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 8 indexed citations

Leweke, Thomas, et al.. (2023). High-speed volumetric particle tracking measurements of unstable helical vortex pairs. Experiments in Fluids. 64(8). 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Jisheng, et al.. (2023). Fluid–structure interaction of a sphere rolling along an inclined plane. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 962. 6 indexed citations

Abraham, Aliza, Néstor Ramos‐García, Jens Nørkær Sørensen, & Thomas Leweke. (2023). Numerical investigation of rotor asymmetry to promote wake recovery. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2505(1). 12032–12032. 2 indexed citations

Thompson, Mark C., Thomas Leweke, & Kerry Hourigan. (2020). Bluff Bodies and Wake–Wall Interactions. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 53(1). 347–376. 28 indexed citations

Leweke, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Numerical investigation of the vortex roll-up from a helicopter\n blade-tip using a novel fixed-wing adaptation method. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

Williamson, C. H. K., et al.. (2014). Phenomena, dynamics and instabilities of vortex pairs. Fluid Dynamics Research. 46(6). 61425–61425. 10 indexed citations

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Leweke, Thomas. (2012). Dye Visualization - A Method for Investigating Biomechanical Flows. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 13(11). 2141–2152. 2 indexed citations

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Passaggia, Pierre-Yves, Thomas Leweke, & Uwe Ehrenstein. (2012). Transverse instability and low-frequency flapping in incompressible separated boundary layer flows: an experimental study. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 703. 363–373. 32 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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Griffith, Martin D., Thomas Leweke, Mark C. Thompson, & Kerry Hourigan. (2009). Pulsatile flow in stenotic geometries: flow behaviour and stability. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Griffith, Martin D., Thomas Leweke, Mark C. Thompson, & Kerry Hourigan. (2008). Steady inlet flow in stenotic geometries: convective and absolute instabilities. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations

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Thompson, Mark C., et al.. (2006). Hydrodynamics of a particle impact on a wall. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 30(11). 1356–1369. 60 indexed citations

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Meunier, Patrice, Stéphane Le Dizès, & Thomas Leweke. (2005). Physics of vortex merging. Comptes Rendus Physique. 6(4-5). 431–450. 116 indexed citations

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Leweke, Thomas, Mark C. Thompson, & Kerry Hourigan. (2004). Touchdown of a Sphere. Physics of Fluids. 16(9). S5–S5. 13 indexed citations

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Schouveiler, Lionel, et al.. (2002). Interaction of the wakes of two spheres placed side by side. 89–92. 1 indexed citations

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Leweke, Thomas & C. H. K. Williamson. (2000). 1. Three-dimensional instabilities in a counterrotating vortex pair. Journal of Visualization. 3(1). 3–3. 8 indexed citations

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Leweke, Thomas & C. H. K. Williamson. (1997). Three-dimensional instabilities in wake transition. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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