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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
72
Citations
22845
World Ranking
333
National Ranking
156

Physics

D-Index
71
Citations
22056
World Ranking
3625
National Ranking
1695

Gretar Tryggvason 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 Gretar Tryggvason sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 390 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gretar Tryggvason 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 Gretar Tryggvason 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: 72 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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 Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Fluids Engineering Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering the use of direct numerical simulations for the study of finite Reynolds number multiphase flows, including the development of computational methods and studies of bubbly flows

Overview

Gretar Tryggvason is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a strong emphasis on Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

Their work extensively covers topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Mixing, Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, Granular Flow and Fluidized Beds, and Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Physics of Fluids, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Proceedings of the World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, arXiv (Cornell University), and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Tryggvason are:

  • A mass-momentum consistent, Volume-of-Fluid method for incompressible flow on staggered grids (2020, Computers & Fluids)
  • PArallel, Robust, Interface Simulator (PARIS) (2021, Computer Physics Communications)
  • Numerical study of droplet motion on discontinuous wetting gradient surface with rough strip (2021, Physics of Fluids)
  • Controlling the Jumping Angle of Coalescing Droplets Using Surface Structures (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Numerical investigation of flow boiling characteristics of R134A in a smooth horizontal tube (2024, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer)

Frequent collaborators include Jiacai Lu, Xianyang Chen, Stéphane Zaleski, Lei Zeng, and Rui Ni.

Awards and recognitions received by Tryggvason comprise:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2013
  • Fluids Engineering Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2000 - Citation for pioneering the use of direct numerical simulations for the study of finite Reynolds number multiphase flows, including the development of computational methods and studies of bubbly flows

Best Publications

  • A front-tracking method for viscous, incompressible, multi-fluid flows

    Salih Ozen Unverdi;Grétar Tryggvason

  • A front-tracking method for the computations of multiphase flow

    G. Tryggvason;B. Bunner;A. Esmaeeli;D. Juric

  • Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas-Liquid Multiphase Flows

    Gretar Tryggvason;Asghar Esmaeeli;Jiacai Lu;Souvik Biswas

  • Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow

    Andrea Prosperetti;Grétar Tryggvason

  • Computations of boiling flows

    Damir Juric;Grétar Tryggvason

  • A Front-Tracking Method for Dendritic Solidification

    Damir Juric;Grétar Tryggvason

  • Numerical simulations of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability

    Grétar Tryggvason

  • Direct numerical simulations of bubbly flows. Part 1. Low Reynolds number arrays

    Asghar Esmaeeli;Grétar Tryggvason

  • A front-tracking method for computation of interfacial flows with soluble surfactants

    Metin Muradoglu;Gretar Tryggvason

  • Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas–Liquid Multiphase Flows: Frontmatter

    Grétar Tryggvason;Ruben Scardovelli;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Numerical experiments on Hele Shaw flow with a sharp interface

    Gretar Tryggvason;Hassan Aref

  • A front-tracking/ghost-fluid method for fluid interfaces in compressible flows

    Hiroshi Terashima;Grétar Tryggvason

  • Dynamics of homogeneous bubbly flows Part 1. Rise velocity and microstructure of the bubbles

    Bernard Bunner;Grétar Tryggvason

  • Head-on collision of drops: A numerical investigation

    M. R. Nobari;Y.‐J. Jan;G. Tryggvason

  • Computations of film boiling. Part I: numerical method

    Asghar Esmaeeli;Grétar Tryggvason

  • Effect of bubble deformation on the properties of bubbly flows

    Bernard Bunner;Grétar Tryggvason

  • The effect of bubbles on the wall drag in a turbulent channel flow

    Jiacai Lu;Arturo Fernández;Gretar Tryggvason

  • Vortex structure and dynamics in the near field of a coaxial jet

    Werner J. A. Dahm;Clifford E. Frieler;Grétar Tryggvason

  • Computations of multi-fluid flows

    S. Ozen Unverdi;Grétar Tryggvason

  • A numerical study of the motion of drops in Poiseuille flow. Part 1. Lateral migration of one drop

    Saeed Mortazavi;Grétar Tryggvason

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Zaleski
Stéphane Zaleski Sorbonne University
Steven L. Ceccio
Steven L. Ceccio University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Werner J. A. Dahm
Werner J. A. Dahm Arizona State University
Martin Sommerfeld
Martin Sommerfeld Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Andrea Prosperetti
Andrea Prosperetti University of Houston
Johannes Khinast
Johannes Khinast Graz University of Technology
Metin Muradoglu
Metin Muradoglu Koç University
Hassan Aref
Hassan Aref Virginia Tech
Diran Apelian
Diran Apelian University of California, Irvine
Vijay Gupta
Vijay Gupta Purdue University West Lafayette

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