2026 Matevž Dular: 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	38	2268	2112	6	5	108	5615

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Slovenia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Slovenia Leader Award

Overview

Matevž Dular is affiliated with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work is concentrated on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to ultrasound and cavitation phenomena, with a significant number of publications addressing cavitation in pumps, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics and mixing, coal combustion and slurry processing, aerosol filtration and electrostatic precipitation, as well as hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Recent notable papers authored by Dular include:

"Cavitation bubble interaction with a rigid spherical particle on a microscale" (2020, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry)
"Cavitation bubble collapse in a vicinity of a liquid-liquid interface - Basic research into emulsification process" (2020, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry)
"Visualization and measurements of shock waves in cavitating flow" (2020, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science)
"Characterization of cavitation under ultrasonic horn tip - Proposition of an acoustic cavitation parameter" (2022, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry)
"Kelvin-Helmholtz instability governs the cavitation cloud shedding in Venturi microchannel" (2021, International Journal of Multiphase Flow)

Dular frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, contributing together on multiple publications. These frequent coauthors include Martin Petkovšek, Mojca Zupanc, Jure Zevnik, Marko Hočevar, and Rok Petkovšek.

The primary venues in which Matevž Dular publishes their research include Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, Water Research, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Best Publications

Use of hydrodynamic cavitation in (waste)water treatment.

Matevž Dular;Tjaša Griessler-Bulc;Ion Gutierrez-Aguirre;Ester Heath

377
Citations
Relationship between cavitation structures and cavitation damage

Matevž Dular;Bernd Bachert;Bernd Stoffel;Brane Širok

352
Citations
Development of a cavitation erosion model

Matevž Dular;Matevž Dular;Bernd Stoffel;Brane Širok

273
Citations
Effects of cavitation on different microorganisms: The current understanding of the mechanisms taking place behind the phenomenon. A review and proposals for further research.

Mojca Zupanc;Žiga Pandur;Tadej Stepišnik Perdih;David Stopar

251
Citations
Experimental evaluation of numerical simulation of cavitating flow around hydrofoil

Matevž Dular;Rudolf Bachert;Bernd Stoffel;Brane Širok

242
Citations
The issue of cavitation number value in studies of water treatment by hydrodynamic cavitation.

Andrej Šarc;Tadej Stepišnik-Perdih;Martin Petkovšek;Matevž Dular

221
Citations
High speed observation of damage created by a collapse of a single cavitation bubble

Matevž Dular;Tomaž Požar;Jure Zevnik;Rok Petkovšek

187
Citations
On the mechanisms of cavitation erosion – Coupling high speed videos to damage patterns

Matevž Dular;Martin Petkovšek

157
Citations
Rotation generator of hydrodynamic cavitation for water treatment

Martin Petkovšek;Mojca Zupanc;Matevž Dular;Tina Kosjek

143
Citations
Shear-induced hydrodynamic cavitation as a tool for pharmaceutical micropollutants removal from urban wastewater.

Mojca Zupanc;Tina Kosjek;Martin Petkovšek;Matevž Dular

122
Citations
Scale effect on unsteady cloud cavitation

M. Dular;I. Khlifa;S. Fuzier;M. Adama Maiga

119
Citations
Thermodynamic effects during growth and collapse of a single cavitation bubble

Matevž Dular;Olivier Coutier-Delgosha

119
Citations
Observations of cavitation erosion pit formation.

Matevž Dular;Olivier Coutier Delgosha;Martin Petkovšek

114
Citations
An investigation of the relationship between acoustic emission, vibration, noise and cavitation structures on a Kaplan turbine

Tomaž Rus;Matevž Dular;Brane Širok;Marko Hočevar

112
Citations
Simultaneous observation of cavitation structures and cavitation erosion

Martin Petkovšek;Matevž Dular

110
Citations
Removal of bacteria Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis by (super)cavitation.

Andrej Šarc;Janez Kosel;David Stopar;Martina Oder

106
Citations
Modeling cavitation in a rapidly changing pressure field - application to a small ultrasonic horn.

Anton Žnidarčič;Robert Mettin;Matevž Dular

102
Citations
Hydrodynamic cavitation damage in water at elevated temperatures

Matevž Dular

99
Citations
Revision of the mechanisms behind oil-water (O/W) emulsion preparation by ultrasound and cavitation.

Tadej Stepišnik Perdih;Mojca Zupanc;Matevž Dular

94
Citations
Pit clustering in cavitation erosion

Matevž Dular;Aljaž Osterman

90
Citations
Investigation of a re-entrant jet reflection at an inclined cavity closure line

Matevž Dular;Rudolf Bachert;Christian Schaad;Bernd Stoffel

79
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ester Heath Jožef Stefan Institute

Claus-Dieter Ohl Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

External Links

Personal website of Matevž Dular

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