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1611
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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1375
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546

Joseph E. Flaherty 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 Joseph E. Flaherty sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 150 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph E. Flaherty 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 Joseph E. Flaherty sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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

  • 2003 - THE J. TINSLEY ODEN MEDAL For pioneering work on adaptive methods including a posteriori error estimation, strategies for time dependent problems, order variation and refinement, and parallel computation with dynamic load balancing

Overview

Joseph E. Flaherty was affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their academic career focused on areas related to adaptive numerical methods and computational techniques in applied mathematics and engineering.

Flaherty's research included pioneering contributions to adaptive methods, specifically involving a posteriori error estimation, strategies for time-dependent problems, order variation and refinement, and parallel computation with dynamic load balancing.

Over the course of their career, Joseph E. Flaherty received recognition for their work, including the J. Tinsley Oden Medal in 2003. This award cited their research on adaptive methods and computational strategies that address dynamic and complex problem solving in numerical simulations.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of phase distribution in fully developed laminar bubbly two-phase flow

    S.P. Antal;R.T. Lahey;J.E. Flaherty

  • Parallel, adaptive finite element methods for conservation laws

    Rupak Biswas;Karen D. Devine;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • Shock detection and limiting with discontinuous Galerkin methods for hyperbolic conservation laws

    L. Krivodonova;J. Xin;J.-F. Remacle;N. Chevaugeon

  • New challanges in dynamic load balancing

    Karen D. Devine;Erik G. Boman;Robert T. Heaphy;Bruce A. Hendrickson

  • A posteriori error estimation for discontinuous Galerkin solutions of hyperbolic problems

    Slimane Adjerid;Karen D. Devine;Joseph E. Flaherty;Lilia Krivodonova

  • Post Buckling Behavior of Elastic Tubes and Rings with Opposite Sides in Contact

    Joseph E. Flaherty;Joseph B. Keller;S. I. Rubinow

  • Adaptive Local Refinement with Octree Load Balancing for the Parallel Solution of Three-Dimensional Conservation Laws

    J.E. Flaherty;R.M. Loy;M.S. Shephard;B.K. Szymanski

  • An Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Technique with an Orthogonal Basis Applied to Compressible Flow Problems

    Jean-François Remacle;Joseph E. Flaherty;Mark S. Shephard

  • A moving finite element method with error estimation and refinement for one-dimensional time dependent partial differential equations

    Slimane Adjerid;Joseph E Flaherty

  • An Adaptive Finite Element Method for Initial-Boundary Value Problems for Partial Differential Equations

    Stephen F. Davis;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • Frequency Entrainment of a Forced van der Pol Oscillator

    Joseph E Flaherty;Joseph E Flaherty;F C Hoppensteadt;F C Hoppensteadt;F C Hoppensteadt

  • Parallel adaptive hp -refinement techniques for conservation laws

    Karen D. Devine;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • Anisotropic adaptive simulation of transient flows using discontinuous Galerkin methods

    Jean‐François Remacle;Xiangrong Li;Mark S. Shephard;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • Parallel structures and dynamic load balancing for adaptive finite element computation

    J. E. Flaherty;R. M. Loy;C. Özturan;M. S. Shephard

  • The effect of virtual mass on the numerical stability of accelerating two-phase flows

    R.T. Lahey;L.Y. Cheng;D.A. Drew;J.E. Flaherty

  • Stage-structured infection transmission and a spatial epidemic: a model for Lyme disease.

    Thomas Caraco;Stephan Glavanakov;Gang Chen;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • Load balancing for the parallel adaptive solution of partial differential equations

    H. L. deCougny;K. D. Devine;J. E. Flaherty;R. M. Loy

  • Geometry representation issues associated with p-version finite element computations

    Saikat Dey;Mark S. Shephard;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • A moving-mesh finite element method with local refinement for parabolic partial differential equations

    S Adjerid;J E Flaherty

  • Modeling, mesh generation, and adaptive numerical methods for partial differential equations

    Ivo Babuska;William D. Henshaw;Joseph E. Oliger;Joseph E. Flaherty

  • Aspects of discontinuous Galerkin methods for hyperbolic conservation laws

    Joseph E. Flaherty;Lilia Krivodonova;Jean-Francois Remacle;Mark S. Shephard

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Shephard
Mark S. Shephard Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Boleslaw K. Szymanski
Boleslaw K. Szymanski Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jean-François Remacle
Jean-François Remacle Université Catholique de Louvain
Frank C. Hoppensteadt
Frank C. Hoppensteadt Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Kenneth E. Jansen
Kenneth E. Jansen University of Colorado Boulder
Rupak Biswas
Rupak Biswas Ames Research Center
Carlo L. Bottasso
Carlo L. Bottasso Technical University of Munich
Joseph B. Keller
Joseph B. Keller Stanford University
Victor H. Barocas
Victor H. Barocas University of Minnesota
Ivo Babuška
Ivo Babuška The University of Texas at Austin

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