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D-Index
47
Citations
8530
World Ranking
1364
National Ranking
41

Wolfgang Polifke 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 Polifke sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 395 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Polifke 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 Polifke sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Polifke is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and chemical engineering. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including computational mechanics, fluid flow and transfer processes, environmental engineering, aerospace engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The primary focus of Polifke's research lies in combustion and flame dynamics, with additional interests in advanced combustion engine technologies, wind and air flow studies, combustion and detonation processes, radiative heat transfer studies, fire dynamics and safety research, and aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Polifke include:

  • Modeling and analysis of premixed flame dynamics by means of distributed time delays, 2020, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Short- and long-term predictions of chaotic flows and extreme events: a physics-constrained reservoir computing approach, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Control of intrinsic thermoacoustic instabilities using hydrogen fuel, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • On the spurious entropy generation encountered in hybrid linear thermoacoustic models, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Low-Order Modeling to Investigate Clusters of Intrinsic Thermoacoustic Modes in Annular Combustors, 2020, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Frequent collaborators of Wolfgang Polifke include:

  • Camilo F. Silva
  • Matthias Haeringer
  • Guillaume J. J. Fournier
  • Alexander J. Eder
  • Max Meindl

Polifke's research outputs are frequently published in venues such as the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Their work often addresses complex issues in flame dynamics and combustion instability, integrating computational and experimental methodologies to advance understanding in these areas. The research also contributes to knowledge on aerodynamics and acoustics linked to jet flows and engine technologies.

Wolfgang Polifke's extensive publication record and collaborations highlight a sustained engagement with specialized topics that intersect engineering disciplines related to combustion and fluid dynamics.

Best Publications

  • An efficient computational model for premixed turbulent combustion at high reynolds numbers based on a turbulent flame speed closure

    V. Zimont;W. Polifke;M. Bettelini;W. Weisenstein

  • Measurement of Transfer Matrices and Source Terms of Premixed Flames

    C. O. Paschereit;B. Schuermans;W. Polifke;O. Mattson

  • Impact of Swirl Fluctuations on the Flame Response of a Perfectly Premixed Swirl Burner

    Thomas Komarek;Wolfgang Polifke

  • RECONSTRUCTION OF ACOUSTIC TRANSFER MATRICES BY INSTATIONARY COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

    W. Polifke;A. Poncet;C.O. Paschereit;K. Döbbeling

  • Constructive and Destructive Interference of Acoustic and Entropy Waves in a Premixed Combustor with a Choked Exit

    Wolfgang Polifke;Christian Oliver Paschereit;Klaus Paschereit

  • On the low-frequency limit of flame transfer functions

    Wolfgang Polifke;Chris Lawn

  • Intrinsic Thermoacoustic Instability of Premixed Flames

    Thomas Emmert;Sebastian Bomberg;Wolfgang Polifke

  • Partially reflecting and non-reflecting boundary conditions for simulation of compressible viscous flow

    Wolfgang Polifke;Clifton Wall;Parviz Moin

  • Assessment of methods for the computation of the linear stability of combustors

    T. Sattelmayer;W. Polifke

  • Black-box system identification for reduced order model construction

    Wolfgang Polifke

  • Low-Order Acoustic Modelling for Annular Combustors: Validation and Inclusion of Modal Coupling

    Ste´phanie Evesque;Wolfgang Polifke

  • Optimization of rate coefficients for simplified reaction mechanisms with genetic algorithms

    Wolfgang Polifke;Weiqun Geng;Klaus Döbbeling

  • Modeling Transfer Matrices of Premixed Flames and Comparison With Experimental Results

    Bruno B. H. Schuermans;Wolfgang Polifke;Christian Oliver Paschereit

  • Comparative Validation Study on Identification of Premixed Flame Transfer Function

    Luis Tay-Wo-Chong;Sebastian Bomberg;Ahtsham Ulhaq;Thomas Komarek

  • Structure of locally quenched highly turbulent lean premixed Flames

    F. Dinkelacker;A. Soika;D. Most;D. Hofmann

  • Influence of the Swirler Design on the Flame Transfer Function of Premixed Flames

    C. Hirsch;D. Fanaca;P. Reddy;W. Polifke

  • Identification of Flame Transfer Functions From LES of a Premixed Swirl Burner

    Luis Tay Wo Chong;Thomas Komarek;Roland Kaess;Stephan Fo¨ller

  • Dynamics of Practical Premixed Flames, Part I: Model Structure and Identification

    A. Huber;W. Polifke

  • Modeling and analysis of premixed flame dynamics by means of distributed time delays

    Wolfgang Polifke

  • Numerical study on intrinsic thermoacoustic instability of a laminar premixed flame

    Camilo F. Silva;Thomas Emmert;Stefan Jaensch;Wolfgang Polifke

  • CFD-based application of the Nyquist criterion to thermo-acoustic instabilities

    J. Kopitz;W. Polifke

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Sattelmayer
Thomas Sattelmayer Technical University of Munich
Christian Oliver Paschereit
Christian Oliver Paschereit Technical University of Berlin
Raman Sujith
Raman Sujith Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Martin S. Brandt
Martin S. Brandt Technical University of Munich
Alfred Leipertz
Alfred Leipertz University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thierry Poinsot
Thierry Poinsot Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse
Franck Nicoud
Franck Nicoud University of Montpellier
Thierry Schuller
Thierry Schuller Paul Sabatier University
Olaf Hinrichsen
Olaf Hinrichsen Technical University of Munich
A Avraham Hirschberg
A Avraham Hirschberg Eindhoven University of Technology

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