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D-Index
68
Citations
21086
World Ranking
430
National Ranking
22

Spencer J. Sherwin 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 Spencer J. Sherwin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 379 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Spencer J. Sherwin 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 Spencer J. Sherwin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Spencer J. Sherwin is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Engineering, with a specific focus on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Environmental Engineering, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's research centers primarily on fluid dynamics and related computational methods. Their key topics of work include:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

Spencer J. Sherwin has contributed to several papers published in various journals. Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Industry-Relevant Implicit Large-Eddy Simulation of a High-Performance Road Car via Spectral/hp Element Methods" (2021), published in SIAM Review
  • "Estimating central blood pressure from aortic flow: development and assessment of algorithms" (2020), published in American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • "Leading-edge vortex dynamics on plunging airfoils and wings" (2022), published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Nektar++: Design and implementation of an implicit, spectral/hp element, compressible flow solver using a Jacobian-free Newton Krylov approach" (2020), published in Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • "Gradient jump penalty stabilisation of spectral/hp element discretisation for under-resolved turbulence simulations" (2021), published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

The scientist has coauthored extensively with the following researchers:

  • Charbel Farhat
  • Cedric Taylor
  • Nigel Weatherill
  • Philip Gresho
  • David Gartling

Frequent publication venues associated with their work include:

  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the European Conference on Turbomachinery Fluid Dynamics & Thermodynamics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics

The scientist has authored books published by:

  • Springer Nature, including "Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations ICOSAHOM 2018" (2020)
  • Springer Science+Business Media, including "IUTAM Laminar-Turbulent Transition" (2021)
  • ETH Zurich, including "Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations ICOSAHOM 2018: Selected Papers from the ICOSAHOM Conference, London, UK, July 9-13, 2018" (2020)

Best Publications

  • Spectral/hp Element Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics

    George Karniadakis;Spencer J. Sherwin

  • Spectral/hp Element Methods for CFD

    George Em Karniadakis;Spencer J Sherwin

  • Nektar++: An open-source spectral/hp element framework ✩

    Chris D. Cantwell;David Moxey;A. Comerford;A. Bolis

  • One-dimensional modelling of a vascular network in space-time variables

    S.J. Sherwin;V. Franke;J. Peiró;K. Parker

  • Modelling the circle of Willis to assess the effects of anatomical variations and occlusions on cerebral flows

    Jordi Alastruey;K. H. Parker;J. Peiro;S. M. Byrd

  • Does low and oscillatory wall shear stress correlate spatially with early atherosclerosis? A systematic review

    Veronique Peiffer;Spencer J. Sherwin;Peter D. Weinberg

  • Pulse wave propagation in a model human arterial network: Assessment of 1-D visco-elastic simulations against in vitro measurements

    Jordi Alastruey;Ashraf W. Khir;Koen S. Matthys;Patrick Segers

  • Computational modelling of 1D blood flow with variable mechanical properties and its application to the simulation of wave propagation in the human arterial system

    S. J. Sherwin;Luca Formaggia;J. Peiro;V. Franke

  • Formulation of a Galerkin spectral element-fourier method for three-dimensional incompressible flows in cylindrical geometries

    H. M. Blackburn;S. J. Sherwin

  • Three-dimensional instabilities and transition of steady and pulsatile axisymmetric stenotic flows

    Spencer J Sherwin;Hugh Maurice Blackburn

  • A triangular spectral element method; applications to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

    S.J. Sherwin;G.E. Karniadakis

  • Lumped parameter outflow models for 1-D blood flow simulations: Effect on pulse waves and parameter estimation

    Jordi Alastruey;K. H. Parker;J. Peiro;S. J. Sherwin

  • Direct optimal growth analysis for timesteppers

    Dwight Barkley;Hugh Maurice Blackburn;Spencer John Sherwin

  • Convective instability and transient growth in flow over a backward-facing step

    Hugh Maurice Blackburn;Dwight Barkley;Spencer John Sherwin

  • Flow past a square-section cylinder with a wavy stagnation face

    Rupad M. Darekar;Spencer J. Sherwin

  • To CG or to HDG: A Comparative Study

    Robert M. Kirby;Spencer J. Sherwin;Bernardo Cockburn

  • Finite Difference, Finite Element and Finite Volume Methods for Partial Differential Equations

    Joaquim Peiró;Spencer Sherwin

  • Comparison of various fluid-structure interaction methods for deformable bodies

    R. van Loon;P. D. Anderson;F. N. van de Vosse;S. J. Sherwin

  • Computation in the rabbit aorta of a new metric - the transverse wall shear stress - to quantify the multidirectional character of disturbed blood flow.

    Véronique Peiffer;Spencer J. Sherwin;Peter D. Weinberg

  • A NEW TRIANGULAR AND TETRAHEDRAL BASIS FOR HIGH-ORDER (HP) FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

    Spencer J. Sherwin;George Em Karniadakis

  • Mesh generation in curvilinear domains using high‐order elements

    S. J. Sherwin;J. Peiró

Frequent Co-Authors

Joaquim Peiró
Joaquim Peiró Imperial College London
George Em Karniadakis
George Em Karniadakis Brown University
Hugh Maurice Blackburn
Hugh Maurice Blackburn Monash University
Robert M. Kirby
Robert M. Kirby University of Utah
Vassilios Theofilis
Vassilios Theofilis Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dwight Barkley
Dwight Barkley University of Warwick
Paul C. Evans
Paul C. Evans Queen Mary University of London
David N. Firmin
David N. Firmin National Institutes of Health
Tamer A. Zaki
Tamer A. Zaki Johns Hopkins University
Wayne Luk
Wayne Luk Imperial College London

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