2026 Spencer J. Sherwin: 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	68	429	388	22	19	379	21086

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

3504
Citations
Spectral/hp Element Methods for CFD

George Em Karniadakis;Spencer J Sherwin

1411
Citations
Nektar++: An open-source spectral/hp element framework ✩

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

631
Citations
One-dimensional modelling of a vascular network in space-time variables

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

611
Citations
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

570
Citations
Does low and oscillatory wall shear stress correlate spatially with early atherosclerosis? A systematic review

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

421
Citations
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

418
Citations
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

413
Citations
Formulation of a Galerkin spectral element-fourier method for three-dimensional incompressible flows in cylindrical geometries

H. M. Blackburn;S. J. Sherwin

310
Citations
Three-dimensional instabilities and transition of steady and pulsatile axisymmetric stenotic flows

Spencer J Sherwin;Hugh Maurice Blackburn

278
Citations
A triangular spectral element method; applications to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

S.J. Sherwin;G.E. Karniadakis

277
Citations
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

255
Citations
Direct optimal growth analysis for timesteppers

Dwight Barkley;Hugh Maurice Blackburn;Spencer John Sherwin

252
Citations
Convective instability and transient growth in flow over a backward-facing step

Hugh Maurice Blackburn;Dwight Barkley;Spencer John Sherwin

244
Citations
Flow past a square-section cylinder with a wavy stagnation face

Rupad M. Darekar;Spencer J. Sherwin

243
Citations
To CG or to HDG: A Comparative Study

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

229
Citations
Finite Difference, Finite Element and Finite Volume Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Joaquim Peiró;Spencer Sherwin

229
Citations
Comparison of various fluid-structure interaction methods for deformable bodies

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

221
Citations
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

213
Citations
A NEW TRIANGULAR AND TETRAHEDRAL BASIS FOR HIGH-ORDER (HP) FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

Spencer J. Sherwin;George Em Karniadakis

210
Citations
Mesh generation in curvilinear domains using high‐order elements

S. J. Sherwin;J. Peiró

198
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joaquim Peiró Imperial College London

George Em Karniadakis Brown University

Hugh Maurice Blackburn Monash University

Robert M. Kirby University of Utah

Dwight Barkley University of Warwick

Paul C. Evans Queen Mary University of London

Tamer A. Zaki Johns Hopkins University

David N. Firmin National Institutes of Health

Wayne Luk Imperial College London

Pedro G. Ferreira University of Oxford

External Links

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