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Michael P. Païdoussis

Michael P. Païdoussis

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
73
Citations
22482
World Ranking
318
National Ranking
19

Michael P. Païdoussis 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 Michael P. Païdoussis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 387 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.

Michael P. Païdoussis 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 Michael P. Païdoussis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 1999 - Fluids Engineering Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Michael P. Païdoussis is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research profile centered on engineering, with significant contributions to computational mechanics and control and systems engineering. Their work spans aerospace and mechanical engineering fields, with an emphasis on vibration and dynamic analysis as well as fluid dynamics.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to vibration and dynamic analysis, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, and lattice Boltzmann simulation studies. Additional areas of study include biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, chaos control and synchronization, mechanical stress and fatigue analysis, and fluid dynamics and turbulent flows.

Michael P. Païdoussis's recent papers cover dynamic behaviors of fluid-conveying structures and fluid-structure interactions. Key recent publications include:

  • "Pipes conveying fluid: A fertile dynamics problem", 2022, Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • "Dynamics of cylindrical structures in axial flow: A review", 2021, Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • "Dynamics of a cantilevered pipe subjected to internal and reverse external axial flow: A review", 2021, Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • "Dynamics of pipes conveying fluid of axially varying density", 2020, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • "Instability and the post-critical behaviour of two-dimensional inverted flags in axial flow", 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Mohammad Tavallaeinejad, Arun K. Misra, Mahdi Chehreghani, M.F.J. Butt, and Meyer Nahon.

Michael P. Païdoussis has contributed to numerous publications in a variety of scientific journals. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Fluids and Structures
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics

The scientist's areas of expertise are identified as:

  • Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Michael P. Païdoussis has received professional recognitions including the Fluids Engineering Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1999, fellowship induction into the Royal Society of Canada in 1986 under the Academy of Science, and membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Fluid-Structure Interactions: Slender Structures and Axial Flow

    Michael P. Paidoussis

  • Dynamic stability of pipes conveying fluid

    M.P. Païdoussis;N.T. Issid

  • Fluid-Structure Interactions: Cross-Flow-Induced Instabilities

    Michael P. Païdoussis;Stuart J. Price;Emmanuel de Langre

  • Pipes Conveying Fluid: A Model Dynamical Problem

    M.P. Paı̈doussis;G.X. Li

  • Unstable oscillation of tubular cantilevers conveying fluid II. Experiments

    R. W. Gregory;M. P. Paidoussis

  • Review of studies on geometrically nonlinear vibrations and dynamics of circular cylindrical shells and panels, with and without fluid-structure interaction

    Marco Amabili;Michael P. Paı̈doussis

  • FLUID BEHAVIOUR OF SIDE-BY-SIDE CIRCULAR CYLINDERS IN STEADY CROSS-FLOW

    D Sumner;S.S.T Wong;S.J Price;M.P Païdoussis

  • Flow-pattern identification for two staggered circular cylinders in cross-flow

    D. Sumner;S. J. Price;M. P. Païdoussis

  • A review of flow-induced vibrations in reactors and reactor components

    M.P. Païdoussis

  • The Non-linear Equations of Motion of Pipes Conveying Fluid

    C. Semler;G.X. Li;M.P. Paı̈doussis

  • Unstable oscillation of tubular cantilevers conveying fluid I. Theory

    R. W. Gregory;M. P. Paidoussis

  • Dynamics of flexible slender cylinders in axial flow Part 1. Theory

    M. P. Paidoussis

  • Flow visualization around a circular cylinder near to a plane wall

    S.J. Price;D. Sumner;J.G. Smith;K. Leong

  • Cantilevered flexible plates in axial flow: Energy transfer and the concept of flutter-mill

    Liaosha Tang;Liaosha Tang;Michael P. Païdoussis;Jin Jiang

  • Stability of Rectangular Plates With Free Side-Edges in Two-Dimensional Inviscid Channel Flow

    C. Q. Guo;M. P. Paidoussis

  • Flow-induced Instabilities of Cylindrical Structures

    Michael P. Paidoussis

  • Dynamics of cylindrical structures subjected to axial flow

    M.P. Païdoussis

  • Dynamics of Tubular Cantilevers Conveying Fluid

    M. P. Paidoussis

  • Flow-Induced Vibrations in Nuclear Reactors and Heat Exchangers

    Michael P. Païdoussis

  • NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS AND STABILITY OF CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHELLS CONTAINING FLOWING FLUID. PART I: STABILITY

    M. Amabili;Francesco Pellicano;Mp Paidoussis

  • Flutter of thin cylindrical shells conveying fluid

    M.P. Païdoussis;J.-P. Denise

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Amabili
Marco Amabili Westlake University
Mergen H. Ghayesh
Mergen H. Ghayesh University of Adelaide
Arun K. Misra
Arun K. Misra McGill University
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi
Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hoi Dick Ng
Hoi Dick Ng Concordia University
Bogdan I. Epureanu
Bogdan I. Epureanu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ruxandra Botez
Ruxandra Botez University of Quebec
Jihong Wen
Jihong Wen National University of Defense Technology
Hamed Farokhi
Hamed Farokhi Northumbria University
Meyer Nahon
Meyer Nahon McGill University

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