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D-Index
60
Citations
20351
World Ranking
681
National Ranking
296

Christopher E. Brennen publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher E. Brennen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 286 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Christopher E. Brennen D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher E. Brennen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1992 - Fluids Engineering Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Christopher E. Brennen is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their academic contributions are recognized through honors awarded by prominent professional organizations.

Brennen has received the Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers distinction in 2010. This fellowship marks recognition of significant contributions to the field of mechanical engineering. Earlier, in 1992, they were awarded the Fluids Engineering Award by the same society.

Their research and professional focus encompass mechanical and fluids engineering disciplines, although specific details regarding publications, co-authors, and detailed fields of study are not present in the available data.

Best Publications

  • Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics

    Christopher Earls Brennen

  • Fluid Mechanics of Propulsion by Cilia and Flagella

    Christopher E. Brennen;Howard Winet

  • Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow

    Christopher Earls Brennen

  • Hydrodynamics of Pumps

    Christopher Earls Brennen

  • Computer simulation of granular shear flows

    Charles S. Campbell;Christopher E. Brennen

  • Swimming and Flying in Nature

    Flying in Nature;Theodore Y.-T. Wu;Charles J. Brokaw

  • Observations of shock waves in cloud cavitation

    G. E. Reisman;Yi-Chun Wang;C. E. Brennen

  • A Review of Added Mass and Fluid Inertial Forces.

    C. E. Brennen

  • Observations of the Dynamics and Acoustics of Travelling Bubble Cavitation

    S. L. Ceccio;C. E. Brennen

  • Measurements of Solid Spheres Bouncing Off Flat Plates

    R. Sondergaard;K. Chaney;C. E. Brennen

  • Cavitation in medicine.

    Christopher Earls Brennen

  • Fission of Collapsing Cavitation Bubbles

    Christopher E. Brennen

  • Experimental Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction in a Centrifugal Pump With Several Vaned Diffusers

    N. Arndt;A. J. Acosta;C. E. Brennen;T. K. Caughey

  • Linearized dynamics of spherical bubble clouds

    Luca d'Agostino;Christopher E. Brennen

  • Chute Flows of Granular Material: Some Computer Simulations

    C. S. Campbell;C. E. Brennen

  • Revisiting the 1954 suspension experiments of R. A. Bagnold

    M. L. Hunt;R. Zenit;C. S. Campbell;C. E. Brennen

  • The Dynamic Transfer Function for a Cavitating Inducer

    C. Brennen;A. J. Acosta

  • Heat transfer to flowing granular media

    J.K. Spelt;C.E. Brennen;R.H. Sabersky

  • Vertical Vibration of a Deep Bed of Granular Material in a Container

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

  • A numerical solution of axisymmetric cavity flows

    Christopher Brennen

  • THE DYNAMICS AND ACOUSTICS OF TRAVELLING BUBBLE CAVITATION

    S. Ceccio;C. Brennen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas K. Caughey
Thomas K. Caughey California Institute of Technology
Tim Colonius
Tim Colonius California Institute of Technology
Carl Wassgren
Carl Wassgren Purdue University West Lafayette
Yoshinobu Tsujimoto
Yoshinobu Tsujimoto Osaka University
Steven L. Ceccio
Steven L. Ceccio University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert W. Clayton
Robert W. Clayton California Institute of Technology
Jörg Imberger
Jörg Imberger University of Miami
Joseph E. Shepherd
Joseph E. Shepherd California Institute of Technology
Bruno Andreotti
Bruno Andreotti École Normale Supérieure
Yoichiro Matsumoto
Yoichiro Matsumoto University of Tokyo

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