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D-Index
58
Citations
16067
World Ranking
758
National Ranking
326

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the understanding of vortex flows and their interaction with structures

Overview

Donald Rockwell is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States. Their recognized contributions to the fields of mechanical engineering and physics are reflected in their professional honors.

They have been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, an acknowledgment received in 2017.

Earlier, in 1993, they were designated a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation highlighting their fundamental contributions to the understanding of vortex flows and their interaction with structures.

Best Publications

  • Review—Self-Sustaining Oscillations of Flow Past Cavities

    D. Rockwell;E. Naudascher

  • Self-sustaining oscillations of flow past cavities.

    D. Rockwell

  • Flow-Induced Vibrations: An Engineering Guide

    Eduard Naudascher;Donald Rockwell

  • Self-Sustained Oscillations of Impinging Free Shear Layers

    D. Rockwell;E. Naudascher

  • Flow structure from an oscillating cylinder Part 1. Mechanisms of phase shift and recovery in the near wake

    A. Ongoren;D. Rockwell

  • Oscillations of impinging shear layers

    Donald Rockwell

  • A combined direct numerical simulation-particle image velocimetry study of the turbulent near wake

    S. Dong;G. E. Karniadakis;A. Ekmekci;D. Rockwell

  • VORTEX-BODY INTERACTIONS

    Donald Rockwell

  • ON VORTEX FORMATION FROM A CYLINDER. PART 1: THE INITIAL INSTABILITY

    M. F. Unal;D. Rockwell

  • FLOW STRUCTURE FROM AN OSCILLATING CYLINDER. PART 2: MODE COMPETITION IN THE NEAR WAKE

    A. Ongoren;D. Rockwell

  • On vortex formation from a cylinder. Part 2. Control by splitter-plate interference

    M. F. Unal;D. Rockwell

  • Flow past a cylinder close to a free surface

    John Sheridan;Jung-Chang C Lin;D Rockwell

  • ON SECONDARY VORTICES IN THE CYLINDER WAKE

    M. Brede;H. Eckelmann;D. Rockwell

  • The organized nature of flow impingement upon a corner

    D. Rockwell;C. Knisely

  • FORCES AND WAKE MODES OF AN OSCILLATING CYLINDER

    Josie Carberry;John Sheridan;D Rockwell

  • Controlled oscillations of a cylinder: forces and wake modes

    Josie Carberry;John Sheridan;D Rockwell

  • Self-sustained low-frequency components in an impinging shear layer

    C. Knisely;D. Rockwell

  • Organized Oscillations of Initially-Turbulent Flow Past a Cavity

    J.C. Lin;D. Rockwell

  • Flow Past Two Cylinders in Tandem: Instantaneous and Averaged Flow Structure

    J.-C. Lin;Y. Yang;D. Rockwell

  • Timing of vortex formation from an oscillating cylinder

    W. Gu;C. Chyu;D. Rockwell

Frequent Co-Authors

George Em Karniadakis
George Em Karniadakis Brown University
Miguel R. Visbal
Miguel R. Visbal United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Charles H. K. Williamson
Charles H. K. Williamson Cornell University
Mark Christopher Thompson
Mark Christopher Thompson Monash University
Cameron Tropea
Cameron Tropea Technical University of Darmstadt

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