Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Fluid Mechanics is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
FLM volume 944 Cover and Front matter121
Experimental investigations of linear and nonlinear periodic travelling waves in a viscous fluid conduit115
Averaging theory for heat transfer in circular hydraulic jumps with a separation bubble109
FLM volume 954 Cover and Front matter105
Drag reduction in wall-bounded turbulence by synthetic jet sheets93
Wave- and potential-driven instabilities in orbital pilot-wave dynamics82
Choking the flow in soft Hele-Shaw cells: the role of elastomer geometry79
Numerical simulations of spatiotemporal instabilities in discontinuous shear-thickening fluids78
Order–disorder transitions within deformable particle suspensions in planar Poiseuille flow71
FLM volume 990 Cover and Front matter66
Wave turbulence in a rotating channel: numerical implementation and results66
Fingering instability of self-similar radial flow of miscible fluids in a Hele-Shaw cell59
Upscale transfer of waves in one-dimensional rotating shallow water58
Breakage dynamics and scaling of wet aggregates of rigid particles57
On–off pumping for drag reduction in a turbulent channel flow57
Attachment-line, cross-flow and Tollmien–Schlichting instabilities on swept ONERA-D and Joukowski airfoils57
A weakly nonlinear amplitude equation approach to the bypass transition in the two-dimensional Lamb–Oseen vortex55
Laminar flow over I-shaped dual-step cylinders54
Principle of fundamental resonance in hypersonic boundary layers: an asymptotic viewpoint54
Stochastic dynamics of vortex-acoustic lock-in: effects of coloured, multiplicative noise52
Hyperbolic profile of free-surface jets52
Fracture patterns in viscoplastic gravity currents52
Linear stability of monopolar vortices over isolated topography51
Plate induced tones in installed supersonic jets50
On the analytic explanation of experiments where turbulence vanishes in pipe flow50
The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of microswimmers in channel flow50
Mechanisms and models of particle drag enhancements in turbulent environments49
Poiseuille flow of a concentrated suspension of squirmers49
Stabilising nonlinear travelling waves in pipe flow using time-delayed feedback49
Role of volatility and thermal properties in droplet spreading: a generalisation to Tanner's law48
Role of particle-laden interfaces in shear-induced deformation of colloidal droplets48
Scale-by-scale non-equilibrium with Kolmogorov-like scalings in non-homogeneous stationary turbulence47
Double-diffusive convection with gravitationally unstable temperature and concentration gradients in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media46
Electromagnetic field effect on a conducting liquid film flowing down an inclined or vertical plane46
Microscopic salt exclusion dynamics of directional freezing in brine46
Shape dynamics of nearly spherical, multicomponent vesicles under shear flow45
Improved assessment of the statistical stability of turbulent flows using extended Orr–Sommerfeld stability analysis45
An investigation of the secondary load cycle associated with wave scattering in severe wave–cylinder interactions45
Effects of settling on inertial particle slip velocity statistics in wall-bounded flows45
Asymptotic predictions on the velocity gradient statistics in low-Reynolds-number random flows: onset of skewness, intermittency and alignments44
Optimal body force for heat transfer in turbulent vertical heated pipe flow44
Vortex line entanglement in active Beltrami flows44
The dynamics of impinging plumes from a moving source43
Mean resolvent operator of a statistically steady flow43
Turbulent drag reduction with streamwise-travelling waves in the compressible regime43
Boundary-layer approach to the linear karren instability43
Dynamics of elongated bubbles in slightly inclined pipes with viscous fluids42
Searching for the log law in open channel flow42
A thin-plate approximation for ocean wave interactions with an ice shelf41
Transient deformation of a viscoelastic capsule in a cross-slot microchannel: effects of inertia and membrane viscosity40
Numerical study on topological change of viscous fingering induced by a phase separation with Korteweg force40
Energy, enstrophy and helicity transfers in polymeric turbulence39
A diffuse-interface Marangoni instability39
Reduced representations of Rayleigh–Bénard flows via autoencoders39
Viscosity stratification instability in two-layer, generalised Couette–Poiseuille flow39
The influence of bandwidth on the energetics of intermediate to deep water laboratory breaking waves39
A thermomechanical model for frost heave and subglacial frozen fringe39
Discontinuous transitions towards vortex condensates in buoyancy-driven rotating turbulence39
Instability of a weakly viscoelastic film flow on an oscillating inclined plane38
Prediction of flow and polymeric stresses in a viscoelastic turbulent channel flow using convolutional neural networks38
Adjoint-based linear sensitivity of a supersonic boundary layer to steady wall blowing–suction/heating–cooling38
FLM volume 1007 Cover and Front matter38
Investigations on the turbulentnon-turbulent interface in supersonic compressible plate turbulent boundary layer38
Thermals from finite sources in stable and unstable environments37
Gas-sheared falling liquid films beyond the absolute instability limit37
Decay rate of homogeneous isotropic turbulence laden with finite-size particles37
Towards a finite-time singularity of the Navier–Stokes equations. Part 3. Maximal vorticity amplification37
Effects of dilatation and turbulence on tangential strain rates in premixed hydrogen and iso-octane flames37
The impact of source fluctuations in a filling box with interior diffusive mixing36
These things take time: the first 1000 volumes of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics36
JFM in the electronic age36
Edge-driven collapse of fluid holes36
A laboratory study of wave-induced drift under rotation35
Shape of sessile drops at small contact angles35
The interaction of multiple bubbles in a Hele-Shaw channel35
Hanging droplets from liquid interfaces35
Liquid states in horizontal plate-inserted slits35
Dynamics of rotating helices in a viscous fluid34
Attenuating transmitted infragravity waves by a small heaving body34
A linear-elastic–nonlinear-swelling theory for hydrogels. Part 2. Displacement formulation34
Feigenbaum universality in subcritical Taylor–Couette flow34
Transient and steady convection in two dimensions34
The influence of the shock-to-reshock time on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in reshock34
Inundation, runup and flow velocity of wavemaker generated bores on a planar beach33
Two-dimensional stability analysis of finite-amplitude interfacial gravity waves in a two-layer fluid33
Effects of a short splitter plate on the wake characteristics and vortex evolution of flow around a circular cylinder in proximity to a wall33
Ill posedness in shallow multi-phase debris flow models – CORRIGENDUM33
Turbulence ingestion noise generation in rotating blades33
Continuum dynamics of suspensions at low Reynolds number33
Compressibility effects on the secondary instabilities of the circular cylinder wake33
Motion of bulk nanobubbles driven by thermal Marangoni flow33
Predicting convection configurations in coupled fluid–porous systems32
Global drag reduction and local flow statistics in Taylor–Couette turbulence with dilute polymer additives32
Asymptotic flow states in turbulent viscoelastic Taylor–Couette flow: transition between states and commensurate scale interaction32
Effect of fluid inertial torque on the rotational and orientational dynamics of tiny spheroidal particles in turbulent channel flow32
Dynamics of a self-propelled compound droplet32
Evaporation of non-circular droplets31
Wing sweep effects on laminar separated flows31
Hydroacoustic analysis of a marine propeller using large-eddy simulation and acoustic analogy31
Aerodynamics and fluid–structure interaction of an airfoil with actively controlled flexible leeward surface31
Turbulence kinetic energy transfers in direct numerical simulation of shock-wave–turbulence interaction in a compression/expansion ramp31
A unified theoretical model for spatiotemporal development of Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov fingers31
Linear dynamics of over-expanded annular supersonic jets31
Turbulent separations beneath semi-submerged bluff bodies with smooth and rough undersurfaces31
Dynamics-preserving compression for modal flow analysis31
Evolution of convection in a layered porous medium31
Steady periodic waves over a planar seabed: a global characterization31
Flow past two rotationally oscillating cylinders31
Atomisation of an acoustically levitated droplet: experimental observations of myriad complex phenomena31
Oscillatory flows in three-dimensional deformable microchannels31
Reduction of noise in cold and hot supersonic jets using active flow control guided by a genetic algorithm31
Electrophoretic trajectories of non-uniformly charged particles in viscoelastic fluids: the weak surface charge limit30
A freely suspended robotic swimmer propelled by viscoelastic normal stresses30
The Rayleigh prolongation factor at small bubble to wall stand-off distances30
Scaling and mechanism of the propagation speed of the upstream turbulent front in pipe flow30
Large-eddy simulations of conical hypersonic turbulent boundary layers over cooled walls via volumetric rescaling method30
Compressibility effects on statistics and coherent structures of compressible turbulent mixing layers30
Direct numerical simulation of supersonic and hypersonic turbulent boundary layers at moderate-high Reynolds numbers and isothermal wall condition30
Bubble nucleation and jetting inside a millimetric droplet30
Numerical study on the interaction between a shock wave and porous foam and the mitigation mechanism of porous foam filling a straight tube on a blast wave30
Water entry of an elastic conical shell30
Asymptotic theory of a flapping wing of a circular cross-section30
Prediction of energy harvesting efficiency through a wake–foil interaction model for oscillating foil arrays29
Global modes of viscous heated jets with real gas effects29
The role of Lagrangian drift in the geometry, kinematics and dynamics of surface waves29
Hydrodynamic coupling of a cilia–mucus system in Herschel–Bulkley flows29
Nucleation effects on cavitation about a sphere29
Hydrodynamic performance and scaling laws for a modelled wave-induced flapping-foil propulsor29
Conditional analysis on extreme wall shear stress and heat flux events in compressible turbulent boundary layers29
Bio-inspired variable-stiffness flaps for hybrid flow control, tuned via reinforcement learning29
Vortex ring connection to a free surface29
Reflectionless wave propagation on shallow water with variable bathymetry and current. Part 229
Log at first sight29
Elasto-inertial rectification of oscillatory flow in an elastic tube29
Separation length scaling for dual-incident shock wave–turbulent boundary layer interactions with different shock wave distances29
Oscillatory flow around a vertical circular cylinder placed in an open channel: coherent structures, sediment entrainment potential and drag forces28
Evidence that uniform momentum zones originate from roughness sublayer structure interactions in fully rough channel turbulence28
Converging material with two bulges28
Hydrodynamic response of an annular swirling liquid sheet surrounding a forced gas jet28
FLM volume 963 Cover and Front matter28
Shock attenuation of dense granular media28
Second-order analysis of hypersonic boundary-layer stability28
The limits of β-plane turbulence28
Consistent lattice Boltzmann model for reactive mixtures28
FLM volume 999 Cover and Front matter28
Bounds on dissipation in three-dimensional planar shear flows: reduction to two-dimensional problems28
Two-interface and thin-filament approximation in Hele-Shaw channel flow28
Influence of the gas-phase Lewis number and thermocapillary stress on motion of a slowly evaporating droplet in Stokes flow28
How does turbulence mix a stratified fluid?27
The transient spread of a circular liquid jet and hydraulic jump formation27
The onset of filamentation on vorticity interfaces in two-dimensional Euler flows27
Measurement and analysis of sub-convective wall pressure fluctuations in turbulent boundary layer flows27
Fake turbulence27
The skating of drops impacting over gas or vapour layers27
FLM volume 1001 Cover and Front matter27
Generalized Reynolds equation for microscale lubrication between eccentric circular cylinders based on kinetic theory27
Statistical properties of pressure-Hessian tensor in a turbulent channel flow27
The stability of stratified horizontal flows of carbon dioxide at supercritical pressures27
Floating active carpets drive transport and aggregation in aquatic ecosystems27
Role of streak secondary instabilities on free-stream turbulence-induced transition27
Asymmetry of motion: vortex rings crossing a density gradient27
Pair statistics of oblate spheroids settling in a turbulent flow27
Droplet jumping by modulated electrowetting27
Optimal growth in hypersonic flows over an inclined cone27
Emergence of long-range correlations and thermal spectra in forced turbulence26
Transition of solitary waves and undular bore from basin to channel with opposing current26
Slow-growth approximation for near-wall patch representation of wall-bounded turbulence26
Complex-network analysis of high-frequency combustion instability in a model single-element rocket engine combustor26
Effect of inhaled air temperature on mucus dynamics in the proximal airways26
Multi-scale method for the solution of the concentration distribution in a two-layered channel flow26
Attracting dynamical modes of highly elastic fibres settling under gravity in a viscous fluid26
Scaling analysis and self-similarity near breakup of elasto-viscoplastic liquid threads under creeping flow26
Multipolar spherical and cylindrical vortices26
A model for the dissipation rate in linear unsteady flow through porous media26
Experimental study of bubble competition and spike competition in Richtmyer–Meshkov flows26
Unsteady convective–diffusive transport in semicircular microchannels with irreversible wall reaction26
Particle segregation within bidisperse turbidity current evolution26
Weakly nonlinear behaviour of transonic buffet on airfoils26
Active control of transition to turbulence in laminar separation bubbles26
Nested travelling wave structures in elastoinertial turbulence26
Understanding the effect of Prandtl number on momentum and scalar mixing rates in neutral and stably stratified flows using gradient field dynamics26
Aerosol deposition in mucus-lined ciliated airways26
Shear flow over a surface containing a groove covered by an incompressible surfactant phase26
Coupled dynamics of wall pressure and transpiration, with implications for the modelling of tailored surfaces and turbulent drag reduction26
Emergence of lobed wakes during the sedimentation of spheres in viscoelastic fluids26
Scaling analysis for the frequency of Ostwaldian and Newtonian bead-on-fibre flows25
Near-wake dynamics of a vertical-axis turbine25
Stability and bifurcation of dynamic contact lines in two dimensions25
On the clustering of low-aspect-ratio oblate spheroids settling in ambient fluid25
Fourier-based proper orthogonal decomposition of a turbulent round jet25
The role of double‐layer vortex rings with the local swirl in the rapid transition to turbulent flows in Richtmyer–Meshkov instability with reshock25
Stratified horizontal convection25
Thermal convection in the internally heated sphere25
The energy cascade as the origin of intense events in small-scale turbulence25
Generalized Lagrangian heterogeneous multiscale modelling of complex fluids25
Opposing-buoyancy mixed convection through and around arrays of heated cylinders25
Droplet evaporation in inert gases25
Non-Newtonian and surfactant effects on the liquid plug rupture in an airway reopening model25
Aquatic locomotion due to a flexible foil flapping in a perfect fluid25
Elastohydrodynamic interactions in soft hydraulic knots25
Manipulation of Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on a heavy–light interface via successive shocks25
Mechanisms of wake asymmetry and secondary structures behind low aspect-ratio wall-mounted prisms25
Regime transitions in stratified shear flows: the link between horizontal and inclined ducts24
Aerodynamic deformation and breakup of wall-attached droplets in axisymmetric stagnation airflow24
Analysis of the choking condition of one-dimensional diabatic flows with wall friction24
Mixing enhancement of a compressible jet over a convex wall24
Influence of immersed particles on the stability of the liquid–liquid interface in a two-layer channel flow24
Bubble racing in a Hele-Shaw cell24
Characteristic scales during the onset of radiatively driven convection: linear analysis and simulations24
Non-locality of mean scalar transport in two-dimensional Rayleigh–Taylor instability using the macroscopic forcing method24
Viscoelastic fluid flow in a slowly varying planar contraction: the role of finite extensibility on the pressure drop24
Turbulent energy transfers in physical and scale spaces at dissipative length scales24
Spreading of a viscous drop after impact onto a spherical target24
Three-dimensional dynamics of a pair of deformable bubbles rising initially in line. Part 2. Highly inertial regimes24
Analysis and modelling of non-local eddy diffusivity for turbulent scalar flux24
A shear and elongational decomposition approach of the rate-of-deformation tensor for non-Newtonian flows with mixed kinematics24
Direct numerical simulation of 45° oblique flow past surface-mounted square cylinder24
Macroscopic model for generalised Newtonian inertial two-phase flow in porous media24
Capillary lubrication of a spherical particle near a fluid interface24
New formulations for the mean wall-normal velocity and Reynolds shear stress in a turbulent boundary layer under zero pressure gradient24
Atwood-number dependence of hydrodynamic instability driven by a strong shock wave24
Breaking bubbles across multiple time scales in turbulence24
Flow topology in the gap and wake of convex curved tandem cylinders24
Generation and characterization of fully developed state in open channel flow24
Spatial marching with subgrid-scale local exact coherent structures in non-uniformly curved channel flow24
Robust relation of streamwise velocity autocorrelation in atmospheric surface layers based on an autoregressive moving average model24
Emergent rheotaxis of shape-changing swimmers in Poiseuille flow24
Tripping effects on model-scale studies of flow over the DARPA SUBOFF24
A coherent composite approach for the continuous circular hydraulic jump and vortex structure24
Trapping and leakage of heavy inertial particles in an unequal strength counter-rotating vortex pair24
Drag reduction utilizing a wall-attached ferrofluid film in turbulent channel flow24
Linear stability theory and molecular simulations of nanofilm dewetting with disjoining pressure, strong liquid–solid slip and thermal fluctuations23
Finite-amplitude instability of the buoyancy boundary layer in a thermally stratified medium23
Bifurcation sequence in the wakes of a sphere and a cube23
Professor John Stewart Turner 11 January 1930 – 3 July 202223
Onset of spontaneous beating and whirling in the follower force model of an active filament – ERRATUM23
Leading-edge vortex dynamics on plunging airfoils and wings23
A point vortex model for spike-type instability leading to rotating stall23
Learning fluid physics from highly turbulent data using sparse physics-informed discovery of empirical relations (SPIDER)23
On the transition to dripping of an inverted liquid film23
Controlled stabilization of rotating toroidal drops in viscous linear flow23
A decoupled mechanism of interface growth in single-mode hydrodynamic instabilities23
Quasi-steady shock refraction phenomenon at a diffusive fast–slow interface23
An almost subharmonic instability in the flow past rectangular cylinders23
Cylinder flow and noise control by active base blowing23
Gravity current energetics and particle suspension23
Stability of two-dimensional Taylor–Green vortices in rotating stratified fluids23
A new propulsion enhancement mechanism in metachronal rowing at intermediate Reynolds numbers23
The effect of side walls on the stability of falling films23
Water entry of cups and disks23
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