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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
81
Citations
24606
World Ranking
195
National Ranking
94

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18572
World Ranking
5525
National Ranking
1705

Forman A. Williams 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 Forman A. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 525 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Forman A. Williams 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 Forman A. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for pioneering investigations in energy and combustion including nitric oxide emissions, spray and turbulent combustion, chemical kinetics and fire research
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the understanding of combustion processes.
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the advancement of combustion and flame theory.
  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Forman A. Williams is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on combustion, fire dynamics, and fluid mechanics within the broader fields of engineering and chemical engineering.

Their research spans several specialized subfields including:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Atmospheric Science

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Forman A. Williams has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Combustion and Flame
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Combustion Science and Technology
  • Combustion Theory and Modelling
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Enhanced burning rates in hydrogen-enriched turbulent premixed flames by diffusion of molecular and atomic hydrogen" (2021, Combustion and Flame)
  • "Direct Numerical Simulation of hydrogen combustion at auto-ignitive conditions: Ignition, stability and turbulent reaction-front velocity" (2021, Combustion and Flame)
  • "Numerical description of axisymmetric blue whirls over liquid-fuel pools" (2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute)
  • "Autoignition Dynamics of N-dodecane Droplets under Normal Gravity" (2020, Combustion Science and Technology)
  • "Systematically derived one-step kinetics for hydrogen-air gas-turbine combustion" (2023, Combustion and Flame)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Forman A. Williams include:

  • Antonio L. Sánchez
  • Vedha Nayagam
  • Daniel L. Dietrich
  • Jaime Carpio
  • Keiko Nomura

Throughout their career, Forman A. Williams has been recognized with several distinctions:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute (2018), noted for investigations in energy and combustion including nitric oxide emissions and turbulent combustion
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010)
  • SIAM Fellow (2009), for contributions to the understanding of combustion processes
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1988), for contributions to combustion and flame theory
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1970)

Best Publications

  • Turbulent Reacting Flows

    Paul A. Libby;Forman A. Williams

  • Effects of molecular diffusion and of thermal expansion on the structure and dynamics of premixed flames in turbulent flows of large scale and low intensity

    P. Clavin;F. A. Williams

  • Liftoff characteristics of turbulent jet diffusion flames

    Norbert Peters;Forman A. Williams

  • Laminar flow between parallel plates with injection of a reactant at high reynolds number

    K. Seshadri;F.A. Williams

  • Recent advances in understanding of flammability characteristics of hydrogen

    Antonio L. Sánchez;Forman A. Williams

  • The asymptotic structure of stoichiometric methaneair flames

    N. Peters;F.A. Williams

  • Spray Combustion and Atomization

    F. A. Williams

  • Testing a small detailed chemical-kinetic mechanism for the combustion of hydrogen and carbon monoxide

    Priyank Saxena;Forman A. Williams

  • Fundamental aspects of combustion

    Liñán Amable;F. A. Williams

  • An experimental and theoretical investigation of the dilution, pressure and flow-field effects on the extinction condition of methane-air-nitrogen diffusion flames

    H.K. Chelliah;C.K. Law;T. Ueda;M.D. Smooke

  • Combustion theory and modeling

    John Buckmaster;Paul Clavin;A. Linan;M. Matalon

  • Numerical and experimental studies of ethanol flames

    Priyank Saxena;Forman A. Williams

  • Theory of premixed-flame propagation in large-scale turbulence

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  • NOx formation in two-stage methane–air flames

    S.C Li;F.A Williams

  • Progress in knowledge of flamelet structure and extinction

    F.A Williams

  • Burning velocity of turbulent premixed flames in a high-pressure environment

    Hideaki Kobayashi;Takashi Tamura;Kaoru Maruta;Takashi Niioka

  • A simple one-step chemistry model for partially premixed hydrocarbon combustion

    Eduardo Fernández-Tarrazo;Antonio L. Sánchez;Amable Liñán;Forman A. Williams

  • Kinetics and convection in the combustion of alkane droplets

    C.K. Law;F.A. Williams

  • Structure of laminar flamelets in premixed turbulent flames

    Paul A. Libby;Forman A. Williams

  • Upward Turbulent Flame Spread

    K. Saito;J.G. Quintiere;F.A. Williams

  • Combustion theory : the fundamental theory of chemically reacting flow systems

    Unknown

  • A small detailed chemical-kinetic mechanism for hydrocarbon combustion

    M.V. Petrova;F.A. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Kalyanasundaram Seshadri
Kalyanasundaram Seshadri University of California, San Diego
Frederick L. Dryer
Frederick L. Dryer University of South Carolina
Paul A. Libby
Paul A. Libby University of California, San Diego
Norbert Peters
Norbert Peters RWTH Aachen University
Chung King Law
Chung King Law Princeton University
Elaine S. Oran
Elaine S. Oran Texas A&M University
Alessio Frassoldati
Alessio Frassoldati Polytechnic University of Milan
William A. Sirignano
William A. Sirignano University of California, Irvine
A. C. Fernandez-Pello
A. C. Fernandez-Pello University of California, Berkeley
C. Thomas Avedisian
C. Thomas Avedisian Cornell University

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