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D-Index
50
Citations
9824
World Ranking
1172
National Ranking
33

Dirk Lucas 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 Dirk Lucas sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 275 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk Lucas 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 Dirk Lucas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dirk Lucas is a researcher affiliated with Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on several fields within engineering, with a strong emphasis on fluid dynamics and related interdisciplinary areas.

The main field of study for Dirk Lucas is Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

Dirk Lucas's research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
  • Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics

Their publications appear frequently in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Science
  • Physical Review Fluids

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Bubble identification from images with machine learning methods, 2022, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • Lift force coefficient of ellipsoidal single bubbles in water, 2021, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • A review on numerical modelling of flashing flow with application to nuclear safety analysis, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Experimental studies on bubble aspect ratio and corresponding correlations under bubble swarm condition, 2021, Chemical Engineering Science
  • An open-source population balance modeling framework for the simulation of polydisperse multiphase flows, 2021, AIChE Journal

Collaborations are a notable aspect of Dirk Lucas's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Hendrik Hessenkemper
  • Yixiang Liao
  • Fabian Schlegel
  • Roland Rzehak
  • Tian Ma

Best Publications

  • A literature review of theoretical models for drop and bubble breakup in turbulent dispersions

    Yixiang Liao;Dirk Lucas

  • A literature review on mechanisms and models for the coalescence process of fluid particles

    Yixiang Liao;Dirk Lucas

  • The inhomogeneous MUSIG model for the simulation of polydispersed flows

    Eckhard Krepper;Dirk Lucas;Thomas Frank;Horst-Michael Prasser

  • VALIDATION OF CFD MODELS FOR MONO- AND POLYDISPERSE AIR-WATER TWO-PHASE FLOWS IN PIPES

    Th. Frank;P.J. Zwart;E. Krepper;H.-M. Prasser

  • On the modelling of bubbly flow in vertical pipes

    Eckhard Krepper;Dirk Lucas;Horst-Michael Prasser

  • Development of co-current air–water flow in a vertical pipe

    D. Lucas;E. Krepper;H.-M. Prasser

  • Baseline closure model for dispersed bubbly flow: Bubble coalescence and breakup

    Yixiang Liao;Roland Rzehak;Dirk Lucas;Eckhard Krepper

  • Use of models for lift, wall and turbulent dispersion forces acting on bubbles for poly-disperse flows

    D. Lucas;E. Krepper;H.-M. Prasser

  • Evolution of the two-phase flow in a vertical tube—decomposition of gas fraction profiles according to bubble size classes using wire-mesh sensors

    Horst-Michael Prasser;Eckhard Krepper;Dirk Lucas

  • Computational modelling of flash boiling flows: A literature survey

    Yixiang Liao;Dirk Lucas

  • Evolution of the structure of a gas–liquid two-phase flow in a large vertical pipe

    Horst-Michael Prasser;Matthias Beyer;Helmar Carl;Sabine Gregor

  • A multi-field two-fluid concept for transitions between different scales of interfacial structures

    Susann Hänsch;Dirk Lucas;Eckhard Krepper;Thomas Höhne

  • On the role of the lateral lift force in poly-dispersed bubbly flows

    D. Lucas;A. Tomiyama

  • Comparative study of gas–oil and gas–water two-phase flow in a vertical pipe

    L. Szalinski;L.A. Abdulkareem;M.J. Da Silva;S. Thiele

  • Influence of the lift force on the stability of a bubble column

    D. Lucas;H.-M. Prasser;A. Manera

  • Prediction of radial gas profiles in vertical pipe flow on the basis of bubble size distribution

    Dirk Lucas;Eckhard Krepper;Horst-Michael Prasser

  • Direct numerical simulation-based Reynolds-averaged closure for bubble-induced turbulence

    Tian Ma;Tian Ma;Claudio Santarelli;Thomas Ziegenhein;Dirk Lucas

  • Influence of the Pipe Diameter on the Structure of the Gas-Liquid Interface in a Vertical Two-Phase Pipe Flow

    H.-M. Prasser;M. Beyer;A. Böttger;H. Carl

  • Transient simulation for large scale flow in bubble columns

    T. Ziegenhein;R. Rzehak;D. Lucas

  • Unified modeling of bubbly flows in pipes, bubble columns, and airlift columns

    Roland Rzehak;Thomas Ziegenhein;Sebastian Kriebitzsch;Eckhard Krepper

  • Bubble size and radial gas hold-up distributions in a slurry bubble column using ultrafast electron beam X-ray tomography

    Swapna Rabha;Markus Schubert;Michael Wagner;Dirk Lucas

Frequent Co-Authors

Eckhard Krepper
Eckhard Krepper Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Uwe Hampel
Uwe Hampel Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Akio Tomiyama
Akio Tomiyama Kobe University
Fabio Inzoli
Fabio Inzoli Polytechnic University of Milan
Sven Eckert
Sven Eckert Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Guan Heng Yeoh
Guan Heng Yeoh University of New South Wales
Jiyuan Tu
Jiyuan Tu RMIT University
Daniele Marchisio
Daniele Marchisio Polytechnic University of Turin

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