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2026

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D-Index
72
Citations
18629
World Ranking
340
National Ranking
10

Wolfgang A. Wall 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 Wolfgang A. Wall sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 513 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang A. Wall 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 Wolfgang A. Wall sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2016 - Prandtl Medal, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Wolfgang A. Wall is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research output spans primarily within the field of engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics and related subfields.

The scientist's main subfields of study include:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Wolfgang A. Wall's research covers several specialized topics, such as:

  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

Their recent scholarly articles provide insight into their research directions and include the following publications:

  • "A novel smoothed particle hydrodynamics formulation for thermo-capillary phase change problems with focus on metal additive manufacturing melt pool modeling," 2021, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "A versatile SPH modeling framework for coupled microfluid-powder dynamics in additive manufacturing: binder jetting, material jetting, directed energy deposition and powder bed fusion," 2022, Engineering With Computers
  • "Hybrid multigrid methods for high-order discontinuous Galerkin discretizations," 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
  • "On phase change and latent heat models in metal additive manufacturing process simulation," 2020, Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences
  • "A novel smoothed particle hydrodynamics and finite element coupling scheme for fluid-structure interaction: The sliding boundary particle approach," 2021, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Wolfgang A. Wall has frequently published in various scientific venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • P Frey
  • Sergio R. Idelsohn
  • Mark Ainsworth
  • Álvaro L. G. A. Coutinho
  • Kazuo Kashiyama

Wolfgang A. Wall was awarded the Prandtl Medal by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) in 2016. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Fixed-point fluid-structure interaction solvers with dynamic relaxation

    Ulrich Küttler;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Tortuosity Determination of Battery Electrodes and Separators by Impedance Spectroscopy

    Johannes Landesfeind;Johannes Hattendorff;Andreas Ehrl;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Isogeometric structural shape optimization

    Wolfgang A. Wall;Moritz A. Frenzel;Christian Cyron

  • Artificial added mass instabilities in sequential staggered coupling of nonlinear structures and incompressible viscous flows

    Christiane Förster;Wolfgang A. Wall;Ekkehard Ramm

  • An eXtended Finite Element Method/Lagrange multiplier based approach for fluid-structure interaction

    Axel Gerstenberger;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Models and finite elements for thin-walled structures

    M. Bischoff;K.‐U. Bletzinger;W. A. Wall;E. Ramm

  • Critical Influences of Particle Size and Adhesion on the Powder Layer Uniformity in Metal Additive Manufacturing

    Christoph Meier;Christoph Meier;Reimbar Weissbach;Reimbar Weissbach;Johannes Weinberg;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Fluid-Struktur-Interaktion mit stabilisierten Finiten Elementen

    Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Truly monolithic algebraic multigrid for fluid–structure interaction

    M. W. Gee;U. Küttler;W. A. Wall

  • A new crack tip element for the phantom-node method with arbitrary cohesive cracks

    Timon Rabczuk;Goangseup Zi;Axel Gerstenberger;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • A Comparison of Diameter, Wall Stress, and Rupture Potential Index for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Prediction

    A. Maier;M. W. Gee;C. Reeps;J. Pongratz

  • Engineering Mechanics 2

    Dietmar Gross;Werner Hauger;Jörg Schröder;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • A finite deformation mortar contact formulation using a primal–dual active set strategy

    Alexander Popp;Michael W. Gee;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Extended meshfree methods without branch enrichment for cohesive cracks

    Goangseup Zi;Timon Rabczuk;Wolfgang Wall

  • A dual mortar approach for 3D finite deformation contact with consistent linearization

    Alexander Popp;Markus Gitterle;Michael W. Gee;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • A computational strategy for prestressing patient‐specific biomechanical problems under finite deformation

    M. W. Gee;Ch. Förster;W. A. Wall

  • Coupling strategies for biomedical fluid–structure interaction problems

    U. Küttler;M.W. Gee;Ch. Förster;A. Comerford

  • Geometrically Exact Finite Element Formulations for Curved Slender Beams: Kirchhoff-Love Theory vs. Simo-Reissner Theory

    Christoph Meier;Wolfgang A. Wall;Alexander Popp

  • Engineering Mechanics 3: Dynamics

    D. Gross;W. Hauger;J. Schröder;W.A. Wall

  • A strong coupling partitioned approach for fluid–structure interaction with free surfaces

    Wolfgang A. Wall;Steffen Genkinger;Ekkehard Ramm

  • Geometrically Exact Finite Element Formulations for Slender Beams: Kirchhoff–Love Theory Versus Simo–Reissner Theory

    Christoph Meier;Alexander Popp;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Engineering Mechanics 1

    Dietmar Gross;Werner Hauger;Jörg Schröder;Wolfgang A. Wall

  • Engineering Mechanics 3

    Dietmar Gross;Werner Hauger;Jörg Schröder;Wolfgang A. Wall

Frequent Co-Authors

Ekkehard Ramm
Ekkehard Ramm University of Stuttgart
Dietmar Gross
Dietmar Gross Technical University of Darmstadt
Hubert A. Gasteiger
Hubert A. Gasteiger Technical University of Munich
Timon Rabczuk
Timon Rabczuk Bauhaus University, Weimar
Andreas R. Bausch
Andreas R. Bausch Technical University of Munich
Javier Bonet
Javier Bonet International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Bernhard A. Schrefler
Bernhard A. Schrefler University of Padua
Sanjay Govindjee
Sanjay Govindjee University of California, Berkeley
Rainald Löhner
Rainald Löhner George Mason University
Barbara Wohlmuth
Barbara Wohlmuth Technical University of Munich

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