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D-Index
40
Citations
11927
World Ranking
1981
National Ranking
24

Peter A. Monkewitz 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 Peter A. Monkewitz 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.

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Peter A. Monkewitz 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 Peter A. Monkewitz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% 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

  • 1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the stabilitytheoretical interpretation of unsteady phenomena in shear flows and their control

Overview

Peter A. Monkewitz is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, with a particular focus on fluid dynamics and turbulent flows.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The hunt for the Kármán 'constant' revisited (2023, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • On the difficulty of determining Kármán "constants" from direct numerical simulations (2024, Physics of Fluids)
  • Reynolds number scaling and inner-outer overlap of stream-wise Reynolds stress in wall turbulence (2023, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • Asymptotics of streamwise Reynolds stress in wall turbulence (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • Reynolds number required to accurately discriminate between proposed trends of skin friction and normal stress in wall turbulence (2023, arXiv (Cornell University))

Monkewitz has collaborated frequently with other researchers, notably:

  • Hassan Nagib (three collaborations)
  • Katepalli R. Sreenivasan (one collaboration)

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), with four publications
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, with two publications
  • Physics of Fluids, with one publication

The scientist's research covers key topics such as:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

Monkewitz's work is situated within main fields of:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Further specialization is apparent in subfields such as:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Biomedical Engineering

Monkewitz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1992 for contributions to the stability-theoretical interpretation of unsteady phenomena in shear flows and their control.

Best Publications

  • LOCAL AND GLOBAL INSTABILITIES IN SPATIALLY DEVELOPING FLOWS

    Patrick Huerre;Peter A. Monkewitz

  • Absolute and convective instabilities in free shear layers

    P. Huerre;P. A. Monkewitz

  • Wall-bounded turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers: Recent advances and key issues

    Ivan Marusic;Beverley J McKeon;Peter A Monkewitz;Hassan M Nagib

  • Influence of the velocity ratio on the spatial instability of mixing layers

    Peter A. Monkewitz;Patrick Huerre

  • The need for a pressure-term representation in empirical Galerkin models of incompressible shear flows

    Bernd R. Noack;Paul Papas;Peter A. Monkewitz

  • The absolute and convective nature of instability in two-dimensional wakes at low Reynolds numbers

    Peter A. Monkewitz

  • Self-excited oscillations and mixing in a heated round jet

    Peter A. Monkewitz;Dietrich W. Bechert;Bernd Barsikow;Bernhard Lehmann

  • Criteria for assessing experiments in zero pressure gradient boundary layers

    Kapil A Chauhan;Peter A Monkewitz;Hassan M Nagib

  • Approach to an asymptotic state for zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers

    Hassan M Nagib;Kapil A Chauhan;Peter A Monkewitz

  • Self-excited oscillations in the wake of two-dimensional bluff bodies and their control

    Michael Schumm;Eberhard Berger;Peter A. Monkewitz

  • Absolute instability in hot jets

    Peter A. Monkewitz;Kiho D. Sohn

  • Computational study of high-speed liquid droplet impact

    K. K. Haller;Y. Ventikos;D. Poulikakos;P. Monkewitz

  • Global linear stability analysis of weakly non-parallel shear flows

    Peter A. Monkewitz;Patrick Huerre;Je An-M Arc Chomaz

  • Self-consistent high-Reynolds-number asymptotics for zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers

    Peter A. Monkewitz;Kapil A. Chauhan;Hassan M. Nagib

  • Absolute instability in the near-wake of two-dimensional bluff bodies

    P.A. Monkewitz;L.N. Nguyen

  • The effect of nonuniform density on the absolute instability of two‐dimensional inertial jets and wakes

    Ming‐Huei Yu;Peter A. Monkewitz

  • Subharmonic resonance, pairing and shredding in the mixing layer

    Peter A. Monkewitz

  • A model for the formation of oblique shedding and ‘‘chevron’’ patterns in cylinder wakes

    Pierre Albarède;Peter A. Monkewitz

  • A note on vortex shedding from axisymmetric bluff bodies

    Peter A. Monkewitz

  • Non-premixed jet flame pulsations near extinction

    Marc Füri;Paul Papas;Peter A. Monkewitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Hassan M. Nagib
Hassan M. Nagib Illinois Institute of Technology
Patrick Huerre
Patrick Huerre École Polytechnique
Moshe Matalon
Moshe Matalon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
P. Henrik Alfredsson
P. Henrik Alfredsson Royal Institute of Technology
Jean-Marc Chomaz
Jean-Marc Chomaz École Polytechnique
Bernd R. Noack
Bernd R. Noack Harbin Institute of Technology
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan New York University
Ananias G. Tomboulides
Ananias G. Tomboulides Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ronald J. Adrian
Ronald J. Adrian Arizona State University

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