2026 Carl Wassgren: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	48	1325	1221	530	458	146	6668

Overview

Carl Wassgren is a researcher affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Biomaterials, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics in their research include:

Granular flow and fluidized beds
Mineral Processing and Grinding
Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization
Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics
Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Wassgren has contributed significantly to academic literature with frequent publications in multiple scientific journals. The most common venues for their work are:

Powder Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Transactions of the ASABE
AIChE Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers include:

Determination of material and interaction properties of maize and wheat kernels for DEM simulation, 2020, Biosystems Engineering
A Review of Grain Kernel Damage: Mechanisms, Modeling, and Testing Procedures, 2020, Transactions of the ASABE
Measured damage resistance of corn and wheat kernels to compression, friction, and repeated impacts, 2020, Powder Technology
A perspective on calibration and application of DEM models for simulation of industrial bulk powder processes, 2022, Powder Technology
Development and validation of a DEM model for predicting impact damage of maize kernels, 2022, Biosystems Engineering

Collaborations are an important aspect of Wassgren's research. Frequent co-authors include:

Kingsly Ambrose
Zhengpu Chen
Camila G. Jange
Yu Guo
Jennifer Curtis

The research contributions of Carl Wassgren focus on simulation, damage resistance, and material properties in agricultural and granular materials, utilizing discrete element methods (DEM) and other computational techniques. Their work addresses engineering challenges in the handling and processing of bulk powders and grains, linking mechanical engineering principles with agricultural applications.

Best Publications

Predicting discharge dynamics from a rectangular hopper using the discrete element method (DEM)

Anshu Anand;Jennifer S. Curtis;Carl R. Wassgren;Bruno C. Hancock

278
Citations
Predicting the flow mode from hoppers using the discrete element method

William R. Ketterhagen;Jennifer S. Curtis;Carl R. Wassgren;Bruno C. Hancock

263
Citations
Cage Instabilities in Cylindrical Roller Bearings

Niranjan Ghaisas;Carl R. Wassgren;Farshid Sadeghi

203
Citations
Granular segregation in discharging cylindrical hoppers: A discrete element and experimental study

William R. Ketterhagen;Jennifer S. Curtis;Carl R. Wassgren;Angela Kong

200
Citations
Dense granular flow around an immersed cylinder

D. Chehata;R. Zenit;C. R. Wassgren

198
Citations
Modeling granular segregation in flow from quasi-three-dimensional, wedge-shaped hoppers

William R. Ketterhagen;Jennifer S. Curtis;Carl R. Wassgren;Bruno C. Hancock

197
Citations
A numerical study of granular shear flows of rod-like particles using the discrete element method

Y. Guo;C. Wassgren;W. Ketterhagen;B. Hancock

167
Citations
Vertical Vibration of a Deep Bed of Granular Material in a Container

C. R. Wassgren;C. E. Brennen;M. L. Hunt

160
Citations
Predicting discharge dynamics of wet cohesive particles from a rectangular hopper using the discrete element method (DEM)

Anshu Anand;Jennifer S. Curtis;Carl R. Wassgren;Bruno C. Hancock

157
Citations
Force model considerations for glued-sphere discrete element method simulations

Madhusudhan Kodam;Rahul Bharadwaj;Jennifer Curtis;Bruno Hancock

156
Citations
The damping performance of a single particle impact damper

M.R. Duncan;C.R. Wassgren;C.M. Krousgrill

132
Citations
Cylindrical object contact detection for use in discrete element method simulations, Part II—Experimental validation

Madhusudhan Kodam;Rahul Bharadwaj;Jennifer Curtis;Bruno Hancock

129
Citations
Effects of vertical vibration on hopper flows of granular material

C. R. Wassgren;M. L. Hunt;P. J. Freese;J. Palamara

125
Citations
Granular shear flows of flat disks and elongated rods without and with friction

Y. Guo;C. Wassgren;B. Hancock;W. Ketterhagen

119
Citations
Granular Fertiliser Particle Dynamics on and off a Spinner Spreader

A. Aphale;N. Bolander;J. Park;L. Shaw

113
Citations
Validation and time step determination of discrete element modeling of flexible fibers

Y. Guo;C. Wassgren;B. Hancock;W. Ketterhagen

111
Citations
Inter-tablet coating variability: Residence times in a horizontal pan coater

Arjun Kalbag;Carl Wassgren;Sai Sumana Penumetcha;José D. Pérez-Ramos;José D. Pérez-Ramos

98
Citations
Simulation of a continuous granular mixer: Effect of operating conditions on flow and mixing

Avik Sarkar;Carl R. Wassgren

98
Citations
Computational Approaches for Studying the Granular Dynamics of Continuous Blending Processes, 1 – DEM Based Methods

Atul Dubey;Avik Sarkar;Marianthi Ierapetritou;Carl R. Wassgren

95
Citations
The effect of column diameter and bed height on minimum fluidization velocity

Akhil Rao;Jennifer S. Curtis;Bruno C. Hancock;Carl Wassgren

95
Citations
Vibration of granular materials

Carl R. Wassgren

94
Citations
Incorporating particle flow information from discrete element simulations in population balance models of mixer-coaters

Ben Freireich;Jianfeng Li;Jim Litster;Carl Wassgren

89
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno C. Hancock Pfizer (United States)

James D. Litster University of Sheffield

Christopher E. Brennen California Institute of Technology

Farshid Sadeghi Purdue University West Lafayette

Rohit Ramachandran Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Robert Behringer Duke University

Fernando J. Muzzio Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Marianthi G. Ierapetritou University of Delaware

Gavin P. Reynolds Sheffield Hallam University

J. Axel Zeitler University of Cambridge

External Links

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