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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
33
Citations
4763
World Ranking
3007
National Ranking
218

Simon Iwnicki 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 Simon Iwnicki sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 135 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Iwnicki 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 Simon Iwnicki sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% 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

  • 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

  • The Manchester Benchmarks for Rail Vehicle Simulation

    S ( Iwnicki)

  • The Application of Roller Rigs to Railway Vehicle Dynamics

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

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

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

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

    Amer Shebani;Simon Iwnicki

  • Simulation of wheel–rail contact forces

    Simon D. Iwnicki

  • Optimisation of railway wheel profiles using a genetic algorithm

    Ingemar Persson;Simon D. Iwnicki

  • Dynamics of railway freight vehicles

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

  • Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, Second Edition

    Simon Iwnicki;Maksym Spiryagin;Colin Cole;Tim McSweeney

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

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

  • Simulation and fault detection of three-phase induction motors

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

  • 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

  • Assessing the accuracy of different simplified frictional rolling contact algorithms

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

  • Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Railway Wheel Squeal

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

  • 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

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

    Bo Liang;Simon Iwnicki;Yunshi Zhao;David Crosbee

  • 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

  • Out-of-round railway wheels and polygonisation

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  • Validation of a MATLAB Railway Vehicle Simulation Using a Scale Roller Rig

    S.D. Iwnicki;A.H. Wickens

  • The influence of wheelset flexibility on polygonal wear of locomotive wheels

    Bo Peng;Simon Iwnicki;Philip Shackleton;David Crosbee

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

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

  • 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

  • Simulation and fault detection of three-phase induction motors

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

  • An investigation of sleeper voids using a flexible track

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger M. Goodall
Roger M. Goodall Loughborough University
Andrew Ball
Andrew Ball University of Huddersfield
Malcolm C. Smith
Malcolm C. Smith University of Cambridge
Simon A Neild
Simon A Neild University of Bristol
Weihua Zhang
Weihua Zhang Southwest Jiaotong University
David Thompson
David Thompson University of Southampton
C.J.C. Jones
C.J.C. Jones Aecom (United Kingdom)
Chris Baker
Chris Baker University of Birmingham
Andrew G. Alleyne
Andrew G. Alleyne University of Minnesota
Clive J. Roberts
Clive J. Roberts University of Nottingham

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