2026 Peter A. Monkewitz: 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	40	1979	1832	24	23	150	11927

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

2630
Citations
Absolute and convective instabilities in free shear layers

P. Huerre;P. A. Monkewitz

1016
Citations
Wall-bounded turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers: Recent advances and key issues

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

940
Citations
Influence of the velocity ratio on the spatial instability of mixing layers

Peter A. Monkewitz;Patrick Huerre

433
Citations
The need for a pressure-term representation in empirical Galerkin models of incompressible shear flows

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

422
Citations
The absolute and convective nature of instability in two-dimensional wakes at low Reynolds numbers

Peter A. Monkewitz

380
Citations
Self-excited oscillations and mixing in a heated round jet

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

359
Citations
Criteria for assessing experiments in zero pressure gradient boundary layers

Kapil A Chauhan;Peter A Monkewitz;Hassan M Nagib

349
Citations
Approach to an asymptotic state for zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers

Hassan M Nagib;Kapil A Chauhan;Peter A Monkewitz

334
Citations
Self-excited oscillations in the wake of two-dimensional bluff bodies and their control

Michael Schumm;Eberhard Berger;Peter A. Monkewitz

313
Citations
Absolute instability in hot jets

Peter A. Monkewitz;Kiho D. Sohn

295
Citations
Computational study of high-speed liquid droplet impact

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

293
Citations
Global linear stability analysis of weakly non-parallel shear flows

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

287
Citations
Self-consistent high-Reynolds-number asymptotics for zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers

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

236
Citations
Absolute instability in the near-wake of two-dimensional bluff bodies

P.A. Monkewitz;L.N. Nguyen

209
Citations
The effect of nonuniform density on the absolute instability of two‐dimensional inertial jets and wakes

Ming‐Huei Yu;Peter A. Monkewitz

174
Citations
Subharmonic resonance, pairing and shredding in the mixing layer

Peter A. Monkewitz

146
Citations
A model for the formation of oblique shedding and ‘‘chevron’’ patterns in cylinder wakes

Pierre Albarède;Peter A. Monkewitz

137
Citations
A note on vortex shedding from axisymmetric bluff bodies

Peter A. Monkewitz

136
Citations
Non-premixed jet flame pulsations near extinction

Marc Füri;Paul Papas;Peter A. Monkewitz

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hassan M. Nagib Illinois Institute of Technology

Patrick Huerre École Polytechnique

Moshe Matalon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Katepalli R. Sreenivasan New York University

Bernd R. Noack Harbin Institute of Technology

Jean-Marc Chomaz École Polytechnique

P. Henrik Alfredsson Royal Institute of Technology

Dimos Poulikakos ETH Zurich

Ronald J. Adrian Arizona State University

Friedrich H. Busse University of Bayreuth

External Links

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