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D-Index
51
Citations
9900
World Ranking
1114
National Ranking
47

Graham J. Nathan 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 Graham J. Nathan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 432 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Graham J. Nathan 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 Graham J. Nathan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for innovative development of low-emission combustion technologies and the enhanced understanding of soot formation and particle-laden flows

Overview

Graham J. Nathan is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a significant focus on computational mechanics, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Nathan include:

  • "A Review of Terminology Used to Describe Soot Formation and Evolution under Combustion and Pyrolytic Conditions" (2020) published in ACS Nano
  • "Effects of steam on the kinetics of calcium carbonate calcination" (2021) published in Chemical Engineering Science
  • "Underground hydrogen storage: Integrated surface facilities and fluid flow modelling for depleted gas reservoirs" (2023) published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Pathways to the use of concentrated solar heat for high temperature industrial processes" (2023) published in Solar Compass
  • "Techno-economic assessment from a transient simulation of a concentrated solar thermal plant to deliver high-temperature industrial process heat" (2023) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Nathan frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, including Woei Saw, Alfonso Chinnici, Zhiwei Sun, Bassam B. Dally, and Timothy Lau.

Their work is often published in venues such as Solar Energy, Energy & Fuels, AIP Conference Proceedings, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Nathan received recognition as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2018 for contributions related to the development of low-emission combustion technologies and the understanding of soot formation and particle-laden flows.

Best Publications

  • Influence of jet exit conditions on the passive scalar field of an axisymmetric free jet

    J. Mi;D. S. Nobes;G. J. Nathan

  • Operational characteristics of a parallel jet MILD combustion burner system

    G.G. Szegö;B.B. Dally;G.J. Nathan

  • A Review of Terminology Used to Describe Soot Formation and Evolution under Combustion and Pyrolytic Conditions.

    Hope A. Michelsen;Meredith B. Colket;Per Erik Bengtsson;Andrea D'Anna

  • Scaling of NOx emissions from a laboratory-scale mild combustion furnace

    G.G. Szegö;B.B. Dally;G.J. Nathan

  • Centreline mixing characteristics of jets from nine differently shaped nozzles

    J. Mi;G. J. Nathan;R. E. Luxton

  • Mixing Characteristics of Axisymmetric Free Jets From a Contoured Nozzle, an Orifice Plate and a Pipe

    J. Mi;G. J. Nathan;D. S. Nobes

  • Impacts of a jet's exit flow pattern on mixing and combustion performance

    G.J. Nathan;J. Mi;Z.T. Alwahabi;G.J.R. Newbold

  • Statistical properties of turbulent free jets issuing from nine differently-shaped nozzles

    J. Mi;J. Mi;G. J. Nathan

  • The influence of Reynolds number on a plane jet

    Ravinesh C. Deo;Jianchun Mi;Graham J. Nathan

  • An axisymmetric 'fluidic' nozzle to generate jet precession

    G. J. Nathan;S. J. Hill;R. E. Luxton

  • Soot volume fraction in a piloted turbulent jet non-premixed flame of natural gas

    N.H. Qamar;Z.T. Alwahabi;Q.N. Chan;G.J. Nathan

  • PIV measurements of a turbulent jet issuing from round sharp-edged plate

    J. Mi;J. Mi;P. Kalt;G. J. Nathan;C. Y. Wong

  • Influence of Stokes number on the velocity and concentration distributions in particle-laden jets

    Timothy C. W. Lau;Graham J. Nathan

  • The influence of nozzle aspect ratio on plane jets

    Ravinesh C. Deo;Jianchun Mi;Graham J. Nathan

  • Solar thermal hybrids for combustion power plant: A growing opportunity

    Graham J. Nathan;Mehdi Jafarian;Bassam B. Dally;Woei L. Saw

  • The release of water-bound and organic sodium from Loy Yang coal during the combustion of single particles in a flat flame

    Philip J. van Eyk;Peter J. Ashman;Zeyad T. Alwahabi;Graham J. Nathan

  • The influence of nozzle-exit geometric profile on statistical properties of a turbulent plane jet

    Ravinesh C. Deo;Jianchun Mi;Graham J. Nathan

  • Mechanism and kinetics of sodium release from brown coal char particles during combustion

    Philip J. van Eyk;Peter J. Ashman;Graham J. Nathan

  • The effect of Stokes number on particle velocity and concentration distributions in a well-characterised, turbulent, co-flowing two-phase jet

    Timothy C. W. Lau;Graham J. Nathan

  • Recent advances in the measurement of strongly radiating, turbulent reacting flows

    G.J. Nathan;P.A.M. Kalt;Z.T. Alwahabi;B.B. Dally

  • Preliminary evaluation of a novel solar bubble receiver for heating a gas

    Mehdi Jafarian;Mohammad Reza Abdollahi;Graham J. Nathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Bassam B. Dally
Bassam B. Dally King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Peter J. Ashman
Peter J. Ashman University of Adelaide
Paul R. Medwell
Paul R. Medwell University of Adelaide
Jianchun Mi
Jianchun Mi Peking University
Maziar Arjomandi
Maziar Arjomandi University of Adelaide
Richard M. Kelso
Richard M. Kelso University of Adelaide
Qing Nian Chan
Qing Nian Chan University of New South Wales
Ravinesh C. Deo
Ravinesh C. Deo University of Southern Queensland
Eric Hu
Eric Hu University of Adelaide
Mikko Hupa
Mikko Hupa Åbo Akademi University

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