2026 Simon Iwnicki: 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	33	3004	2822	218	197	135	4763

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Simon Iwnicki is affiliated with the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom and is active in the field of engineering, with a particular focus on mechanical and civil engineering disciplines. Their research spans multiple subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work centers around topics such as Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research, Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis, Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics, Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring.

Simon Iwnicki has published papers in several scholarly venues, including:

Vehicle System Dynamics
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Machines
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Recent published papers include:

Out-of-round railway wheels and polygonisation, 2023, Vehicle System Dynamics
Active control of independently-rotating wheels with gyroscopes and tachometers - simple solutions for perfect curving and high stability performance, 2020, Vehicle System Dynamics
Yaw compensation and yaw relaxation controls for active steering of railway wheelsets via electromechanical actuators, 2021, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
BoltVision: A Comparative Analysis of CNN, CCT, and ViT in Achieving High Accuracy for Missing Bolt Classification in Train Components, 2024, Machines
Estimating the marginal maintenance cost of different vehicle types on rail infrastructure, 2021, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon Iwnicki include:

R.M. Goodall
Xiaoyuan Liu
Gareth Tucker
Per-Anders Jönsson
Sebastian Stichel

Simon Iwnicki has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) since 2019.

Best Publications

Handbook of railway vehicle dynamics

Simon Iwnicki

1508
Citations
The Manchester Benchmarks for Rail Vehicle Simulation

S ( Iwnicki)

251
Citations
The Application of Roller Rigs to Railway Vehicle Dynamics

Alfred Jaschinski;Hugues Chollet;Simon D. Iwnicki;Alan H. Wickens

214
Citations
Application of power spectrum, cepstrum, higher order spectrum and neural network analyses for induction motor fault diagnosis

Bo Liang;S. D. Iwnicki;Y. Zhao

160
Citations
Prediction of wheel and rail wear under different contact conditions using artificial neural networks

Amer Shebani;Simon Iwnicki

148
Citations
Simulation of wheel–rail contact forces

Simon D. Iwnicki

137
Citations
Optimisation of railway wheel profiles using a genetic algorithm

Ingemar Persson;Simon D. Iwnicki

131
Citations
Dynamics of railway freight vehicles

S. D. Iwnicki;Sebastian Stichel;A. Orlova;M. Hecht

119
Citations
Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, Second Edition

Simon Iwnicki;Maksym Spiryagin;Colin Cole;Tim McSweeney

103
Citations
Geometry and stiffness optimization for switches and crossings, and simulation of material degradation

D. Nicklisch;E. Kassa;Jens C. O. Nielsen;Magnus Ekh

101
Citations
Simulation and fault detection of three-phase induction motors

B. Liang;B. S. Payne;A. D. Ball;S. D. Iwnicki

101
Citations
An Investigation of Sleeper Voids Using a Flexible Track Model Integrated With Railway Multi-body Dynamics

Y Bezin;S D Iwnicki;M Cavalletti;E de Vries

100
Citations
Assessing the accuracy of different simplified frictional rolling contact algorithms

E. A H Vollebregt;S. D. Iwnicki;Gongnan Xie;P. Shackleton

95
Citations
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Railway Wheel Squeal

Sin Sin Hsu;Zhenyu Huang;Simon D. Iwnicki;David J. Thompson

93
Citations
Comparison of wheel-rail contact codes for railway vehicle simulation: an introduction to the Manchester Contact Benchmark and initial results

Philip Shackleton;Simon D. Iwnicki

89
Citations
Railway wheel-flat and rail surface defect modelling and analysis by time–frequency techniques

Bo Liang;Simon Iwnicki;Yunshi Zhao;David Crosbee

86
Citations
Prediction of rail corrugation using a rotating flexible wheelset coupled with a flexible track model and a non-Hertzian/non-steady contact model

Luis Baeza;Paloma Vila;Gang Xie;Simon D. Iwnicki

84
Citations
Out-of-round railway wheels and polygonisation

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75
Citations
Validation of a MATLAB Railway Vehicle Simulation Using a Scale Roller Rig

S.D. Iwnicki;A.H. Wickens

74
Citations
The influence of wheelset flexibility on polygonal wear of locomotive wheels

Bo Peng;Simon Iwnicki;Philip Shackleton;David Crosbee

64
Citations
Adaptive noise cancelling and time-frequency techniques for rail surface defect detection

Bo Liang;S. Iwnicki;A. Ball;Andrew E Young

62
Citations
Using an inerter-based suspension to improve both passenger comfort and track wear in railway vehicles

Tim Lewis;Jason Zheng Jiang;Simon Neild;Cencen Gong

62
Citations
Simulation and fault detection of three-phase induction motors

B. Liang;A.D. Ball;S.D. Iwnicki

21
Citations
An investigation of sleeper voids using a flexible track

Yann Bezin;Simon D. Iwnicki;M. Cavalletti;E. de Vries

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger M. Goodall Loughborough University

Andrew Ball University of Huddersfield

Malcolm C. Smith University of Cambridge

Simon A Neild University of Bristol

Weihua Zhang Southwest Jiaotong University

David Thompson University of Southampton

C.J.C. Jones Aecom (United Kingdom)

Chris Baker University of Birmingham

Andrew G. Alleyne University of Minnesota

Clive J. Roberts University of Nottingham

External Links

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