2026 Moshe Matalon: 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	41	1896	1753	712	619	212	8074

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for seminal research in the hydrodynamic theory of premixed flames and the study of intrinsic flame instabilities in premixed and nonpremixed combustion
1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of flame propagation including the dynamics and stability of flame fronts, and to the mathematical modeling of diverse combustion problems

Overview

Moshe Matalon is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on combustion, flame dynamics, and related engineering disciplines.

Their recent publications encompass studies on flame instabilities, combustion processes, and flame propagation, including:

Propagation of premixed flames in the presence of Darrieus-Landau and thermal diffusive instabilities, 2020, Combustion and Flame
Numerical methodology for spontaneous wrinkling of centrally ignited premixed flames - linear theory, 2021, Combustion Theory and Modelling
Edge flames in mixing layers: Effects of heat recirculation through thermally active splitter plates, 2020, Combustion and Flame
Isolating effects of Darrieus-Landau instability on the morphology and propagation of turbulent premixed flames, 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
The Speed and Temperature of an Edge Flame Stabilized in a Mixing Layer: Dependence on Fuel Properties and Local Mixture Fraction Gradient, 2020, Combustion Science and Technology

Frequent co-authors of Moshe Matalon include:

Zhanbin Lu
Shikhar Mohan
Kaname Matsue
J.K. Bechtold
Gautham Krishnan

Their work has been published often in these venues:

Combustion and Flame
Combustion Theory and Modelling
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Combustion Science and Technology
Symmetry

Moshe Matalon's research fields of study include Engineering and Chemical Engineering.

Their subfields cover areas such as:

Computational Mechanics
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Aerospace Engineering
Computer Networks and Communications

Main topics addressed in their scientific contributions are:

Combustion and flame dynamics
Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
Fire dynamics and safety research
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Combustion and Detonation Processes
Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Moshe Matalon has received the following awards:

Fellow of the Combustion Institute (2018), for research in the hydrodynamic theory of premixed flames and intrinsic flame instabilities in premixed and nonpremixed combustion
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1995), for contributions to the mathematical theory of flame propagation and combustion modeling

Best Publications

Flames as gasdynamic discontinuities

M. Matalon;B. J. Matkowsky

947
Citations
The dependence of the Markstein length on stoichiometry

J.K. Bechtold;M. Matalon

441
Citations
On Flame Stretch

Moshe Matalon

429
Citations
Hydrodynamic and diffusion effects on the stability of spherically expanding flames

J.K. Bechtold;M. Matalon

405
Citations
Intrinsic Flame Instabilities in Premixed and Nonpremixed Combustion

Moshe Matalon

378
Citations
Wrinkling of spherically expanding flames

R. Addabbo;J.K. Bechtold;M. Matalon

312
Citations
Combustion theory and modeling

John Buckmaster;Paul Clavin;A. Linan;M. Matalon

293
Citations
Hydrodynamic theory of premixed flames: effects of stoichiometry, variable transport coefficients and arbitrary reaction orders

M. Matalon;C. Cui;J. K. Bechtold

284
Citations
On the burning velocity of stretched flames

J.H. Tien;M. Matalon

247
Citations
Influence of conductive heat-losses on the propagation of premixed flames in channels

J. Daou;M. Matalon

243
Citations
Consistent definitions of “Flame Displacement Speed” and “Markstein Length” for premixed flame propagation

George K. Giannakopoulos;Athanasios Gatzoulis;Christos E. Frouzakis;Moshe Matalon

173
Citations
The propagation of premixed flames in closed tubes

Moshe Matalon;Philippe Metzener

148
Citations
A general asymptotic theory of diffusion flames with application to cellular instability

Sally Cheatham;Moshe Matalon

136
Citations
Hydrodynamic and thermodiffusive instability effects on the evolution of laminar planar lean premixed hydrogen flames

C. Altantzis;C. E. Frouzakis;A. G. Tomboulides;M. Matalon

135
Citations
Flame propagation in Poiseuille flow under adiabatic conditions

J Daou;M Matalon

111
Citations
Propagation of wrinkled turbulent flames in the context of hydrodynamic theory

F. Creta;M. Matalon

107
Citations
Anomalous lewis number effects in tribrachial flames

J. Buckmaster;M. Matalon

105
Citations
The onset of oscillations in diffusion flames

S Kukuck;M Matalon

101
Citations
Propagation speed and stability of spherically expanding hydrogen/air flames: Experimental study and asymptotics

Joachim Beeckmann;Raik Hesse;Stephan Kruse;André Berens

100
Citations
Heat loss and Lewis number effects on the onset of oscillations in diffusion flames

S. Cheatham;M. Matalon

99
Citations
Radiation losses as a driving mechanism for flame oscillations

V. N. Kurdyumov;Moshe Matalon

94
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard J. Matkowsky Northwestern University

D. Scott Stewart University of Florida

Thomas L. Jackson University of Florida

Mitchell D. Smooke Yale University

Norbert Peters RWTH Aachen University

John Buckmaster University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Peter A. Monkewitz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Chung King Law Princeton University

Dimitrios C. Kyritsis NEOM

Gregory Sivashinsky Tel Aviv University

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