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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
33
Citations
5121
World Ranking
2990
National Ranking
1022

Flint O. Thomas 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 Flint O. Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 206 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Flint O. Thomas 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 Flint O. Thomas 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: 33 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Best Publications

  • Optimization of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for Active Aerodynamic Flow Control

    Flint O. Thomas;Thomas C. Corke;Muhammad Iqbal;Alexey Kozlov

  • Plasma Actuators for Separation Control of Low-Pressure Turbine Blades

    Junhui Huang;Thomas C. Corke;Flint O. Thomas

  • Plasma Actuators for Cylinder Flow Control and Noise Reduction

    Flint O. Thomas;Alexey Kozlov;Thomas C. Corke

  • Dynamic Stall in Pitching Airfoils: Aerodynamic Damping and Compressibility Effects

    Thomas C. Corke;Flint O. Thomas

  • Unsteady Plasma Actuators for Separation Control of Low-Pressure Turbine Blades

    Junhui Huang;Thomas C. Corke;Flint O. Thomas

  • Coherent structure in the turbulent planar jet. Part 1. Extraction of proper orthogonal decomposition eigenmodes and their self-similarity

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  • Structural characteristics of a developing turbulent planar jet

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  • On the mechanism of unsteady shock oscillation in shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions

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  • Active and Passive Turbulent Boundary-Layer Drag Reduction

    Thomas C. Corke;Flint O. Thomas

  • An experimental investigation of a highly accelerated turbulent boundary layer

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  • Coherent structure in a turbulent jet via a vector implementation of the proper orthogonal decomposition

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  • Structure of Mixing Layers and Jets

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  • Plasma Actuators for Bluff Body Flow Control

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  • An experimental investigation of symmetric and asymmetric turbulent wake development in pressure gradient

    Flint O. Thomas;Xiaofeng Liu

  • Coherent structure in the turbulent planar jet. Part 2. Structural topology via POD eigenmode projection

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  • An experimental investigation of the transition of a planar jet: Subharmonic suppression and upstream feedback

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  • Plasma Actuators for Landing Gear Noise Reduction

    Flint O. Thomas;Alexey Kozlov;Thomas C. Corke

  • Turbulent Boundary-Layer Separation Control with Single Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators

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  • An experimental investigation of the natural transition of an untuned planar jet

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  • Plasma Actuators for Separation Control of Low Pressure Turbine Blades

    Junhui Huang;Thomas Corke;Flint Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Corke
Thomas Corke University of Notre Dame
Michael Davis
Michael Davis Georgia Institute of Technology
Fazle Hussain
Fazle Hussain Texas Tech University
Ralph J. Volino
Ralph J. Volino United States Naval Academy

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