2026 Jerry Westerweel: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	65	506	461	5	5	327	20200

Jerry Westerweel 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 Jerry Westerweel sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 659+

This scientist: 327 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jerry Westerweel 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 Jerry Westerweel sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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 Netherlands Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Jerry Westerweel is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Computational Mechanics. Additional subfields of study include Biomedical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work is centered on topics related to Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, including Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Combustion and Flame Dynamics, Heat Transfer Mechanisms, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, and Fluid Dynamics and Mixing.

Jerry Westerweel has contributed numerous publications to a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

Experiments in Fluids
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Physical Review Fluids
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physics of Fluids

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jerry Westerweel include:

Internal shear layers and edges of uniform momentum zones in a turbulent pipe flow, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Scanning stereo-PLIF method for free surface measurements in large 3D domains, 2020, Experiments in Fluids
Combined three-dimensional flow field measurements and motion tracking of freely moving spheres in a turbulent boundary layer, 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Using Faraday Waves to Measure Interfacial Tension, 2020, Langmuir
µPIV measurement of the 3D velocity distribution of Taylor droplets moving in a square horizontal channel, 2020, Experiments in Fluids

The scientist regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Willem van de Water
Gerrit E. Elsinga
Christian Poelma
Jesse Reijtenbagh
M.J. Tummers

Jerry Westerweel's research contributions emphasize experimental and computational techniques in fluid dynamics, with particular attention to turbulent flows, particle behavior in flow systems, and measurement methodologies.

Best Publications

Fundamentals of digital particle image velocimetry

J Westerweel

2055
Citations
Universal outlier detection for PIV data

Jerry Westerweel;Fulvio Scarano

1527
Citations
Fully developed turbulent pipe flow: a comparison between direct numerical simulation and experiment

J. G. M. Eggels;F. Unger;M. H. Weiss;J. Westerweel

1039
Citations
The effect of a discrete window offset on the accuracy of cross-correlation analysis of digital PIV recordings

J. Westerweel;D. Dabiri;M. Gharib

832
Citations
Digital particle image velocimetry: theory and application

J. Westerweel

746
Citations
Efficient detection of spurious vectors in particle image velocimetry data

J. Westerweel

723
Citations
Turbulence transition in pipe flow

Bruno Eckhardt;Tobias M. Schneider;Bjorn Hof;Jerry Westerweel

710
Citations
Particle Image Velocimetry for Complex and Turbulent Flows

Jerry Westerweel;Gerrit E. Elsinga;Ronald J. Adrian

650
Citations
Experimental Observation of Nonlinear Traveling Waves in Turbulent Pipe Flow

Björn Hof;Casimir W. H. van Doorne;Jerry Westerweel;Frans T. M. Nieuwstadt

584
Citations
Theoretical analysis of the measurement precision in particle image velocimetry

J. Westerweel

531
Citations
Micro-Particle Image Velocimetry (microPIV): recent developments, applications, and guidelines.

Ralph Lindken;Massimiliano Rossi;Sebastian Grosse;Jerry Westerweel

486
Citations
Finite lifetime of turbulence in shear flows

Björn Hof;Jerry Westerweel;Tobias M. Schneider;Bruno Eckhardt

396
Citations
Interfacial Layers Between Regions of Different Turbulence Intensity

Carlos B. da Silva;Julian C. R. Hunt;Ian Eames;Jerry Westerweel

347
Citations
Momentum and scalar transport at the turbulent/non-turbulent interface of a jet

J. Westerweel;C. Fukushima;Jakob Martin Pedersen;J. C. R. Hunt

322
Citations
Main results of the third international PIV Challenge

M. Stanislas;K. Okamoto;C. J. Kähler;J. Westerweel

321
Citations
Main results of the Second International PIV Challenge

M. Stanislas;K. Okamoto;C. J. Kähler;J. Westerweel

317
Citations
Mechanics of the turbulent-nonturbulent interface of a jet.

J. Westerweel;C. Fukushima;J.M. Pedersen;J.C.R. Hunt

316
Citations
Measurement of laminar, transitional and turbulent pipe flow using Stereoscopic-PIV

C. W. H. van Doorne;J. Westerweel

263
Citations
In vivo micro particle image velocimetry measurements of blood-plasma in the embryonic avian heart.

Peter Vennemann;Kenneth T. Kiger;Ralph Lindken;Bianca C.W. Groenendijk

262
Citations
On velocity gradients in PIV interrogation

J. Westerweel

228
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fulvio Scarano Delft University of Technology

Bendiks Jan Boersma Delft University of Technology

Andreas Schröder German Aerospace Center

Ronald J. Adrian Arizona State University

Robert E. Poelmann Leiden University

Bruno Eckhardt Philipp University of Marburg

NG Niels Deen Eindhoven University of Technology

Daniel Bonn University of Amsterdam

Patrick Onck University of Groningen

Jürgen Rühe University of Freiburg

External Links

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