2026 D. Scott Stewart: 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	33	2986	2804	1020	903	154	5134

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

D. Scott Stewart is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States, specializing in the field of Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, with notable focus areas including Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Geophysics.

The primary topics investigated in Stewart's work are diverse and largely centered on material behavior and combustion processes. Key areas include:

Energetic Materials and Combustion
Combustion and Detonation Processes
High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Occupational Health and Performance
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
Thermal and Kinetic Analysis

Among recent publications, Stewart has contributed to studies addressing both engineering and health-related concerns. Selected papers include:

"Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Changes Over 5 Years Among Male and Female US Firefighters" (2020), published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
"Decreased Pulmonary Function Over 5 Years in US Firefighters" (2020), published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
"A Cross-Sectional Examination of 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among US Firefighters by Age and Weight Status" (2020), published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
"Laser-driven flyer plate impact: Computational studies guided by experiments" (2021), published in the Journal of Applied Physics
"Data-driven blended equations of state for condensed-phase explosives" (2021), published in Combustion Theory and Modelling

Stewart frequently publishes in specialized venues, including:

AIP Conference Proceedings
Combustion and Flame
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Combustion Theory and Modelling
Journal of Applied Physics

Collaborations play a role in Stewart's research activities, with frequent co-authors such as Kibaek Lee, Alberto Hernández, Vincent R. Schuetz, Denise L. Smith, and Kevin C. Mathias.

Recognition of Stewart's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2015.

Best Publications

Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: Reduced equations

A. K. Kapila;R. Menikoff;J. B. Bdzil;S. F. Son

765
Citations
Two-phase modeling of deflagration-to-detonation transition in granular materials: A critical examination of modeling issues

J. B. Bdzil;R. Menikoff;S. F. Son;A. K. Kapila

325
Citations
Calculation of linear detonation instability: one-dimensional instability of plane detonation

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293
Citations
Equation of state and reaction rate for condensed-phase explosives

B. L. Wescott;D. Scott Stewart;W. C. Davis

234
Citations
High resolution numerical simulation of ideal and non-ideal compressible reacting flows with embedded internal boundaries

Shaojie Xu;Tariq D. Aslam;D. Scott Stewart

178
Citations
Cellular detonation stability. Part 1. A normal-mode linear analysis

Mark Short;D. Scott Stewart

168
Citations
Level Set Methods Applied to Modeling Detonation Shock Dynamics

Tariq D. Aslam;John B. Bdzil;D.Scott Stewart

167
Citations
The Dynamics of Detonation in Explosive Systems

John B. Bdzil;D. Scott Stewart

161
Citations
On the dynamics of multi-dimensional detonation

Jin Yao;D. Scott Stewart

156
Citations
Two-phase modeling of DDT: Structure of the velocity-relaxation zone

A. K. Kapila;S. F. Son;J. B. Bdzil;R. Menikoff

150
Citations
Spinning instability of gaseous detonations

Aslan R. Kasimov;D. Scott Stewart

135
Citations
The shock dynamics of stable multidimensional detonation

D. Scott Stewart;John B. Bdzil

130
Citations
Nonsteady burning of periodic sandwich propellants with complete coupling between the solid and gas phases

A. Hegab;T. L. Jackson;J. Buckmaster;Donald Scott Stewart

124
Citations
On the dynamics of self-sustained one-dimensional detonations: A numerical study in the shock-attached frame

Aslan R. Kasimov;D. Scott Stewart

124
Citations
Theory of two-phase detonation—Part I: Modeling☆

J. M. Powers;Donald Scott Stewart;Herman Krier

107
Citations
Solid Rocket Motor Internal Ballistics Simulation Using Three-Dimensional Grain Burnback

Michael L. Willcox;M. Quinn Brewster;Kung-Chyun Tang;D. Scott Stewart

98
Citations
Modeling two-dimensional detonations with detonation shock dynamics

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98
Citations
On the normal detonation shock velocity-curvature relationship for materials with large activation energy☆

Jin Yao;D.Scott Stewart

92
Citations
Solid Propellant Grain Design and Burnback Simulation Using a Minimum Distance Function

Michael A. Willcox;M. Quinn Brewster;K. C. Tang;D. Scott Stewart

91
Citations
State of Detonation Stability Theory and Its Application to Propulsion

D. Scott Stewart;Aslan R. Kasimov

74
Citations
Program burn algorithms based on detonation shock dynamics

D. Scott Stewart;Thomas L. Jackson

68
Citations
Experimental Validation of Detonation Shock Dynamics in Condensed Explosives

David E. Lambert;D. Scott Stewart;Sunhee Yoo;Bradley L. Wescott

66
Citations
Asymptotic theory of evolution and failure of self-sustained detonations

Aslan R. Kasimov;D. Scott Stewart

64
Citations
Evolution of a reaction center in an explosive material

T. L. Jackson;A. K. Kapila;D. S. Stewart

60
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Matalon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fady Najjar Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Rupert Klein Freie Universität Berlin

Laurence E. Fried Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Dana D. Dlott University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thomas L. Jackson University of Florida

External Links

Personal website of D. Scott Stewart

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