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Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies

Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 7.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in fluid dynamics and mechanics, including numerical simulation, heat transfer, hydraulic ram pump, vortex flows, boundary layer, turbulence, thermal-stress distribution, and wind tunnel tests.

  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Mechanics
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydraulic Ram Pump
  • Vortex Flows
  • Boundary Layer
  • Turbulence
  • Thermal-Stress Distribution
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
Research works
7.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
811
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+26%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies

Which countries lead Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (472 and 247 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 472 works
  2. 2 United States 247 works
  3. 3 China 186 works
  4. 4 India 111 works
  5. 5 Russia 105 works
  6. 6 Japan 67 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 54 works
  8. 8 Germany 54 works
  9. 9 France 47 works
  10. 10 ?? 43 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 34.0%United States: 17.8%China: 13.4%India: 8.0%6 others listed: 26.7%34%largest
Indonesia472 · 34.0%United States247 · 17.8%China186 · 13.4%India111 · 8.0%6 others listed371 · 26.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 39 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 17 works
  3. 3 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 16 works
  4. 4 Politeknik Energi dan Mineral Akamigas 13 works
  5. 5 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 12 works
  6. 6 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 12 works
  7. 7 State University of MalangIndonesia 12 works
  8. 8 University of Notre DameUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 10 works
  10. 10 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies include Jacob Cohen, Tasawar Hayat and Stanley Osher.

  1. 1 Jacob Cohen Israel 170k citations
  2. 2 Tasawar Hayat Pakistan 135k citations
  3. 3 Stanley Osher United States 119k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies?

The most cited paper in Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies is "Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics" (Joel H. Ferziger, Milovan Perić, Anthony Leonard, 1997), with 6,030 citations. Next come "Navier Stokes Equations: Theory and Numerical Analysis" (4,051) and "Table of Integrals, Series, and Products" (3,295).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics Joel H. Ferziger, Milovan Perić, Anthony Leonard · Physics Today Mar 1997 6,030
2 Navier Stokes Equations: Theory and Numerical Analysis Roger Témam, ALEXANDRE JOEL CHORIN · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1978 4,051
3 Table of Integrals, Series, and Products I. S. Gradshteyn, I. M. Ryzhik, Alan Jeffrey et al. · Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Open access Feb 1981 3,295
4 An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics George Keith Batchelor Open access Feb 2000 1,073
5 An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics George Keith Batchelor, A. D. Young · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Sep 1968 1,016
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Where is Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies research done?

The largest centres of Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Moscow (Russia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 51 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 44 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 42 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 37 works
  5. 5 MalangIndonesia 28 works
  6. 6 SemarangIndonesia 25 works
  7. 7 PadangIndonesia 22 works
  8. 8 BandungIndonesia 20 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 19 works
  10. 10 MedanIndonesia 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangID · 22.1 works5.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies than the world average.

See Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Sebelas Maret University and Udayana University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 3.72%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Indone…Sebelas Maret Univer…Sepuluh Nopember Ins…Udayana University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 67.98.4%23.0×16 -23.3%
2Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 65.210.1%7.7×12 -30.6%
3Udayana UniversityIndonesia 47.73.5%9.6×12 +57.8%
4University of IndonesiaIndonesia 42.411.7%4.3×8 -40.6%
5Politeknik Energi dan Mineral Akamigas 39.80.1%345.8×13 +462.8%
6Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 37.92.4%9.6×10 +6.7%
7University of Notre DameUnited States 37.60.1%22.1×11 -
8State University of MalangIndonesia 36.10.7%7.4×12 +13.3%
9Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia 20.40.2%19.9×9 +0.3%
10Institut Teknologi PadangIndonesia 18.70.0%108.9×9 -

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies, country by country

Is Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies0.0084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics studies10.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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