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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
70
Citations
22143
World Ranking
381
National Ranking
175

Richard J Goldstein 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 Richard J Goldstein sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 297 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Richard J Goldstein 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 Richard J Goldstein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 1985 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For his outstanding contributions in heat transfer measurement techniques and in film cooling, leading to improved efficiency of gas turbines.

Overview

Richard J Goldstein was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research predominantly focused on engineering, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, aerospace engineering, and atmospheric science.

The scientist contributed significantly to various topics within these fields, including:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Combustion and Flame Dynamics
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization

Frequent publication venues for their work were:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Nature Communications
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
  • Journal of Heat Transfer

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Effect of freestream turbulence on recovery factor of a thermocouple probe and its consequences, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • High-Rayleigh-number thermal convection of compressed gases in inclined rectangular enclosures, 2020, Physics of Fluids
  • Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection of compressed gas: effect of sidewall thermal conductance, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Local heat/mass transfer distributions on the bottom surface of a cavity exposed to an approaching turbulent boundary layer, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Local heat/mass transfer distributions on the bottom surface of a cavity exposed to an approaching turbulent boundary layer: Aspect ratio effects, 2022, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

The scientist collaborated regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors were:

  • Umesh Madanan
  • V. Srinivasan
  • Manish Sachdeva
  • Gokul Iyer
  • Alicia Zhao

Richard J Goldstein also authored a book titled Measurement techniques in heat transfer, published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology in 2021.

They received recognition for their contributions, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1985 for work related to heat transfer measurement techniques and film cooling, specifically improving the efficiency of gas turbines.

Best Publications

  • An experimental and theoretical study of natural convection in the annulus between horizontal concentric cylinders

    T. H. Kuehn;Richard J Goldstein

  • Effects of hole geometry and density on three-dimensional film cooling

    R.J. Goldstein;E.R.G. Eckert;F. Burggraf

  • Heat transfer and friction in tubes with repeated-rib roughness

    R.L Webb;E.R.G Eckert;R.J Goldstein

  • Flow and heat transfer in the boundary layer on a continuous moving surface

    F. K. Tsou;Ephraim M Sparrow;R. J. Goldstein

  • Fluid mechanics measurements

    Richard J. Goldstein

  • A review of mass transfer measurements using naphthalene sublimation

    R.J. Goldstein;H.H. Cho

  • Thermal instability in a horizontal fluid layer: effect of boundary conditions and non-linear temperature profile

    Ephraim M Sparrow;Richard J Goldstein;V. K. Jonsson

  • Flow Visualization in a Linear Turbine Cascade of High Performance Turbine Blades

    Hai Ping Wang;Steven J. Olson;Richard J. Goldstein;Ernst R G Eckert

  • An Experimental Study of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Concentric and Eccentric Horizontal Cylindrical Annuli

    T. H. Kuehn;R. J. Goldstein

  • Film Cooling With Large Density Differences Between the Mainstream and the Secondary Fluid Measured by the Heat-Mass Transfer Analogy

    D. R. Pedersen;E. R. G. Eckert;R. J. Goldstein

  • Turbulent Transport on the Endwall in the Region Between Adjacent Turbine Blades

    R. J. Goldstein;R. A. Spores

  • Numerical solution to the Navier-Stokes equations for laminar natural convection about a horizontal isothermal circular cylinder

    T.H. Kuehn;R.J. Goldstein

  • Streamwise distribution of the recovery factor and the local heat transfer coefficient to an impinging circular air jet

    R.J. Goldstein;A.I. Behbahani;K.Kieger Heppelmann

  • Correlating equations for natural convection heat transfer between horizontal circular cylinders

    T. H. Kuehn;Richard J Goldstein

  • Natural convection mass transfer adjacent to horizontal plates

    R.J. Goldstein;E.M. Sparrow;D.C. Jones

  • Turbulent convection in a horizontal layer of water

    T. Y. Chu;Richard J Goldstein

  • Flow visualization in a linear turbine cascade of high performance turbine blades

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  • Measurements in Heat Transfer

    E. R. G. Eckert;Richard J. Goldstein

  • Jet-impingement heat transfer in gas turbine systems.

    B. Han;Richard J Goldstein

  • Observations and other characteristics of thermals

    E. M. Sparrow;R. B. Husar;R. J. Goldstein

  • Heat transfer from a flat surface to an oblique impinging jet

    R. J. Goldstein;M. E. Franchett

Frequent Co-Authors

E. R. G. Eckert
E. R. G. Eckert University of Minnesota
Terrence W. Simon
Terrence W. Simon University of Minnesota
Suhas V. Patankar
Suhas V. Patankar University of Minnesota
Ephraim M Sparrow
Ephraim M Sparrow University of Minnesota
Kumar K. Tamma
Kumar K. Tamma University of Minnesota
Francis A Kulacki
Francis A Kulacki University of Minnesota
Jane H. Davidson
Jane H. Davidson University of Minnesota
Avram Bar-Cohen
Avram Bar-Cohen University of Maryland, College Park
Uwe R. Kortshagen
Uwe R. Kortshagen University of Minnesota
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago

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