Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Fluid Mechanics is 9. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
FLM volume 944 Cover and Front matter170
Averaging theory for heat transfer in circular hydraulic jumps with a separation bubble137
FLM volume 954 Cover and Front matter107
Wave- and potential-driven instabilities in orbital pilot-wave dynamics92
Choking the flow in soft Hele-Shaw cells: the role of elastomer geometry88
FLM volume 990 Cover and Front matter86
Breakage dynamics and scaling of wet aggregates of rigid particles77
A weakly nonlinear amplitude equation approach to the bypass transition in the two-dimensional Lamb–Oseen vortex73
Principle of fundamental resonance in hypersonic boundary layers: an asymptotic viewpoint71
Effects of settling on inertial particle slip velocity statistics in wall-bounded flows69
Improved assessment of the statistical stability of turbulent flows using extended Orr–Sommerfeld stability analysis66
Mean resolvent operator of a statistically steady flow66
A diffuse-interface Marangoni instability65
Viscosity stratification instability in two-layer, generalised Couette–Poiseuille flow65
Evaporation of non-circular droplets63
Steady periodic waves over a planar seabed: a global characterization62
A linear-elastic–nonlinear-swelling theory for hydrogels. Part 2. Displacement formulation61
FLM volume 1025 Cover and Front matter59
Stochastic dynamics of vortex-acoustic lock-in: effects of coloured, multiplicative noise57
Hyperbolic profile of free-surface jets55
On the analytic explanation of experiments where turbulence vanishes in pipe flow55
Motion of bulk nanobubbles driven by thermal Marangoni flow53
Role of particle-laden interfaces in shear-induced deformation of colloidal droplets53
FLM volume 1007 Cover and Front matter52
Decay rate of homogeneous isotropic turbulence laden with finite-size particles51
The impact of source fluctuations in a filling box with interior diffusive mixing51
Edge-driven collapse of fluid holes51
JFM in the electronic age51
These things take time: the first 1000 volumes of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics51
Liquid states in horizontal plate-inserted slits49
Shape of sessile drops at small contact angles49
A laboratory study of wave-induced drift under rotation47
Dynamics of elongated bubbles in slightly inclined pipes with viscous fluids46
Bio-inspired variable-stiffness flaps for hybrid flow control, tuned via reinforcement learning46
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow in a flexible pipe with imposed standing-wave vibration46
Attenuating transmitted infragravity waves by a small heaving body46
Fingering instability of self-similar radial flow of miscible fluids in a Hele-Shaw cell45
Role of volatility and thermal properties in droplet spreading: a generalisation to Tanner's law45
The interplay between bulk flow and boundary conditions on the distribution of microswimmers in channel flow45
A thin-plate approximation for ocean wave interactions with an ice shelf44
The influence of the shock-to-reshock time on the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in reshock44
Inundation, runup and flow velocity of wavemaker generated bores on a planar beach43
Adjoint-based linear sensitivity of a supersonic boundary layer to steady wall blowing–suction/heating–cooling42
Bounds on dissipation in three-dimensional planar shear flows: reduction to two-dimensional problems42
Mechanisms and models of particle drag enhancements in turbulent environments42
Order–disorder transitions within deformable particle suspensions in planar Poiseuille flow41
Continuum dynamics of suspensions at low Reynolds number41
Oscillatory flows in three-dimensional deformable microchannels41
On–off pumping for drag reduction in a turbulent channel flow41
Double-diffusive convection with gravitationally unstable temperature and concentration gradients in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media40
Stabilising nonlinear travelling waves in pipe flow using time-delayed feedback40
The interaction of multiple bubbles in a Hele-Shaw channel39
Microscopic salt exclusion dynamics of directional freezing in brine39
Energy, enstrophy and helicity transfers in polymeric turbulence39
Reduced representations of Rayleigh–Bénard flows via autoencoders39
Elasto-inertial rectification of oscillatory flow in an elastic tube39
Water entry of an elastic conical shell39
Transient deformation of a viscoelastic capsule in a cross-slot microchannel: effects of inertia and membrane viscosity38
Buoyant variable viscosity fluid flow and instability in a vertical porous slab with imperfectly conducting boundaries38
Effect of fluid inertial torque on the rotational and orientational dynamics of tiny spheroidal particles in turbulent channel flow38
Hydrodynamic coupling of a cilia–mucus system in Herschel–Bulkley flows38
Scaling and mechanism of the propagation speed of the upstream turbulent front in pipe flow38
Experimental measurement of the Prandtl–Meyer function in non-ideal supersonic flows37
Oscillatory flow around a vertical circular cylinder placed in an open channel: coherent structures, sediment entrainment potential and drag forces37
Scale-by-scale non-equilibrium with Kolmogorov-like scalings in non-homogeneous stationary turbulence37
Linear and nonlinear interactions between stationary cross-flow instabilities and a smooth surface hump37
Thermals from finite sources in stable and unstable environments36
Laminar flow over I-shaped dual-step cylinders36
Influence of relaxation time on the two-dimensional Kelvin–Helmholtz instability under dual-mode perturbations36
Towards a finite-time singularity of the Navier–Stokes equations. Part 3. Maximal vorticity amplification36
Flow past two rotationally oscillating cylinders36
A classification of mode-1 internal solitary waves in a three-layer fluid35
Optimal body force for heat transfer in turbulent vertical heated pipe flow35
Upscale transfer of waves in one-dimensional rotating shallow water35
Wave turbulence in a rotating channel: numerical implementation and results35
Hydrodynamic performance and scaling laws for a modelled wave-induced flapping-foil propulsor35
Compressibility effects on the secondary instabilities of the circular cylinder wake35
Liquid metal slug actuated by an unsteady magnetic field35
Log at first sight35
A thermomechanical model for frost heave and subglacial frozen fringe35
Reduction of noise in cold and hot supersonic jets using active flow control guided by a genetic algorithm35
Hydroacoustic analysis of a marine propeller using large-eddy simulation and acoustic analogy34
Bubble nucleation and jetting inside a millimetric droplet34
The Rayleigh prolongation factor at small bubble to wall stand-off distances34
Shape dynamics of nearly spherical, multicomponent vesicles under shear flow34
Linear stability of monopolar vortices over isolated topography34
Wave attenuation in drifting sea ice: a mechanistic model for observed decay profiles34
Transient and steady convection in two dimensions33
Hydrodynamic properties of a flexible pipe in bidirectionally sheared flows undergoing vortex-induced vibration33
On the algebraic stretching dynamics of variable-density mixing in shock–bubble interaction33
Scaling law for ventilation of a near-liquid-surface bubble induced by Rayleigh–Taylor instability33
Experimental investigations of linear and nonlinear periodic travelling waves in a viscous fluid conduit33
Compressibility effects on statistics and coherent structures of compressible turbulent mixing layers33
Searching for the log law in open channel flow33
Vortex ring connection to a free surface33
Feigenbaum universality in subcritical Taylor–Couette flow33
Prediction of energy harvesting efficiency through a wake–foil interaction model for oscillating foil arrays33
Turbulent drag reduction with streamwise-travelling waves in the compressible regime32
A freely suspended robotic swimmer propelled by viscoelastic normal stresses32
Large-eddy simulations of conical hypersonic turbulent boundary layers over cooled walls via volumetric rescaling method32
Asymptotic predictions on the velocity gradient statistics in low-Reynolds-number random flows: onset of skewness, intermittency and alignments32
Predicting convection configurations in coupled fluid–porous systems32
Instability of a weakly viscoelastic film flow on an oscillating inclined plane32
Aerodynamics and fluid–structure interaction of an airfoil with actively controlled flexible leeward surface32
Two-dimensional turbulence over topography of varying roughness32
Nucleation effects on cavitation about a sphere32
Electromagnetic field effect on a conducting liquid film flowing down an inclined or vertical plane32
Dynamics of rotating helices in a viscous fluid32
Boundary-layer approach to the linear karren instability32
Effects of dilatation and turbulence on tangential strain rates in premixed hydrogen and iso-octane flames31
Gas-sheared falling liquid films beyond the absolute instability limit31
Ill posedness in shallow multi-phase debris flow models – CORRIGENDUM31
Dynamics of a self-propelled compound droplet31
Vortex line entanglement in active Beltrami flows31
Conditional analysis on extreme wall shear stress and heat flux events in compressible turbulent boundary layers31
Wing sweep effects on laminar separated flows31
A unified theoretical model for spatiotemporal development of Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov fingers31
Separation length scaling for dual-incident shock wave–turbulent boundary layer interactions with different shock wave distances31
Poiseuille flow of a concentrated suspension of squirmers31
Dynamics-preserving compression for modal flow analysis31
Prediction of flow and polymeric stresses in a viscoelastic turbulent channel flow using convolutional neural networks31
Self-similar pinch-off in surfactant-laden flows in a capillary tube31
Structure of microlayer at water pool boiling for various bubble growth rates31
Investigations on the turbulentnon-turbulent interface in supersonic compressible plate turbulent boundary layer30
Plate induced tones in installed supersonic jets30
Flow structure in fully developed open-channel flow over a mussel bed30
Numerical simulations of spatiotemporal instabilities in discontinuous shear-thickening fluids30
Global drag reduction and local flow statistics in Taylor–Couette turbulence with dilute polymer additives30
Hanging droplets from liquid interfaces30
Linear dynamics of over-expanded annular supersonic jets30
Turbulent separations beneath semi-submerged bluff bodies with smooth and rough undersurfaces30
Local and global bifurcations to large-scale oblique patterns in inclined layer convection30
The role of Lagrangian drift in the geometry, kinematics and dynamics of surface waves30
Direct numerical simulation of supersonic and hypersonic turbulent boundary layers at moderate-high Reynolds numbers and isothermal wall condition30
Turbulence ingestion noise generation in rotating blades30
Electrophoretic trajectories of non-uniformly charged particles in viscoelastic fluids: the weak surface charge limit30
Effects of a short splitter plate on the wake characteristics and vortex evolution of flow around a circular cylinder in proximity to a wall30
Asymptotic flow states in turbulent viscoelastic Taylor–Couette flow: transition between states and commensurate scale interaction30
Converging material with two bulges29
Attachment-line, cross-flow and Tollmien–Schlichting instabilities on swept ONERA-D and Joukowski airfoils29
The influence of bandwidth on the energetics of intermediate to deep water laboratory breaking waves29
Second-order analysis of hypersonic boundary-layer stability29
Weakly nonlinear behaviour of transonic buffet on airfoils29
FLM volume 963 Cover and Front matter29
The dynamics of impinging plumes from a moving source29
FLM volume 999 Cover and Front matter29
The limits of β-plane turbulence29
Curved detonation equations with analysis and its applications29
An investigation of the secondary load cycle associated with wave scattering in severe wave–cylinder interactions29
Atomisation of an acoustically levitated droplet: experimental observations of myriad complex phenomena29
Hydrodynamic response of an annular swirling liquid sheet surrounding a forced gas jet29
FLM volume 1001 Cover and Front matter29
Aerosol deposition in mucus-lined ciliated airways28
Generalized Lagrangian heterogeneous multiscale modelling of complex fluids28
Influence of immersed particles on the stability of the liquid–liquid interface in a two-layer channel flow28
Non-locality of mean scalar transport in two-dimensional Rayleigh–Taylor instability using the macroscopic forcing method28
Studying propagating turbulent structures in the near wake of a sphere using Hilbert proper orthogonal decomposition28
New formulations for the mean wall-normal velocity and Reynolds shear stress in a turbulent boundary layer under zero pressure gradient28
Low-frequency wake modulation governs back-side particle deposition on cylinders28
Drag reduction utilizing a wall-attached ferrofluid film in turbulent channel flow28
Atwood-number dependence of hydrodynamic instability driven by a strong shock wave28
An almost subharmonic instability in the flow past rectangular cylinders27
Experimental study of bubble competition and spike competition in Richtmyer–Meshkov flows27
Mechanisms of wake asymmetry and secondary structures behind low aspect-ratio wall-mounted prisms27
Optimising subgrid-scale closures for spectral energy transfer in turbulent flows27
A point vortex model for spike-type instability leading to rotating stall27
How does turbulence mix a stratified fluid?27
The onset of filamentation on vorticity interfaces in two-dimensional Euler flows27
Generalized Reynolds equation for microscale lubrication between eccentric circular cylinders based on kinetic theory27
Spatial instability analysis and mode transition of a viscoelastic jet in a co-flowing gas stream27
Flow topology in the gap and wake of convex curved tandem cylinders27
Asymmetry of motion: vortex rings crossing a density gradient27
Three-dimensional dynamics of a pair of deformable bubbles rising initially in line. Part 2. Highly inertial regimes27
Effect of orifice geometry on bubble dynamics and induced flow structures in quiescent fluids27
Mixing enhancement of a compressible jet over a convex wall27
Effect of inhaled air temperature on mucus dynamics in the proximal airways27
Robust relation of streamwise velocity autocorrelation in atmospheric surface layers based on an autoregressive moving average model27
Floating active carpets drive transport and aggregation in aquatic ecosystems27
Aquatic locomotion due to a flexible foil flapping in a perfect fluid26
Attracting dynamical modes of highly elastic fibres settling under gravity in a viscous fluid26
Coupled effects of viscosity contrast and phase separation in hydrodynamically stable radial Hele-Shaw flow26
Pair statistics of oblate spheroids settling in a turbulent flow26
Linear stability theory and molecular simulations of nanofilm dewetting with disjoining pressure, strong liquid–solid slip and thermal fluctuations26
Slow-growth approximation for near-wall patch representation of wall-bounded turbulence26
Two-interface and thin-filament approximation in Hele-Shaw channel flow26
Convective mesoscale turbulence at very low Prandtl numbers26
Spatial marching with subgrid-scale local exact coherent structures in non-uniformly curved channel flow26
The influence of body anisotropy on wake characteristics and enstrophy production for prolate ellipsoids at Re D 26
A shear and elongational decomposition approach of the rate-of-deformation tensor for non-Newtonian flows with mixed kinematics26
Microstreaming induced by a micro-cantilever vibrating elliptically in a viscous fluid26
The role of double‐layer vortex rings with the local swirl in the rapid transition to turbulent flows in Richtmyer–Meshkov instability with reshock26
Solute dispersion in pulsatile Casson fluid flow with exchange between phases using the extended Gill’s approach26
Scaling analysis and self-similarity near breakup of elasto-viscoplastic liquid threads under creeping flow26
Active control of transition to turbulence in laminar separation bubbles26
Learning fluid physics from highly turbulent data using sparse physics-informed discovery of empirical relations (SPIDER)25
The stability of stratified horizontal flows of carbon dioxide at supercritical pressures25
Shock attenuation of dense granular media25
Multi-scale method for the solution of the concentration distribution in a two-layered channel flow25
A coherent composite approach for the continuous circular hydraulic jump and vortex structure25
Fake turbulence25
A model for the dissipation rate in linear unsteady flow through porous media25
Stabilising large-scale motions to enhance passive scalar transport in spanwise rotating plane Poiseuille flows25
Nested travelling wave structures in elastoinertial turbulence25
Scaling analysis for the frequency of Ostwaldian and Newtonian bead-on-fibre flows25
Transition of solitary waves and undular bore from basin to channel with opposing current25
Macroscopic model for generalised Newtonian inertial two-phase flow in porous media25
Manipulation of Richtmyer–Meshkov instability on a heavy–light interface via successive shocks25
Coupled dynamics of wall pressure and transpiration, with implications for the modelling of tailored surfaces and turbulent drag reduction25
Stratified horizontal convection25
Trapping and leakage of heavy inertial particles in an unequal strength counter-rotating vortex pair25
Unsteady convective–diffusive transport in semicircular microchannels with irreversible wall reaction25
Opposing-buoyancy mixed convection through and around arrays of heated cylinders24
The effects of surfactants on plunging breakers24
Breaking bubbles across multiple time scales in turbulence24
Aerodynamic deformation and breakup of wall-attached droplets in axisymmetric stagnation airflow24
Direct numerical simulation of 45° oblique flow past surface-mounted square cylinder24
On the clustering of low-aspect-ratio oblate spheroids settling in ambient fluid24
Thin-film flow due to an asymmetric distribution of surface tension and applications to surfactant deposition – ERRATUM24
Direct numerical simulations of non-coalescing floating bubbles: geometry and self-organisation24
Influence of the gas-phase Lewis number and thermocapillary stress on motion of a slowly evaporating droplet in Stokes flow24
Diffusio-osmotic corner flows24
Stability and bifurcation of dynamic contact lines in two dimensions24
Characteristic scales during the onset of radiatively driven convection: linear analysis and simulations24
Cylindrical shock waves in a rotating van der Waals gas under the variable viscosity and heat conduction24
Spreading of a viscous drop after impact onto a spherical target24
Emergent rheotaxis of shape-changing swimmers in Poiseuille flow24
Revisiting the oscillation of large-scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection: a perspective from linear-amplification mechanism24
Fourier-based proper orthogonal decomposition of a turbulent round jet24
Non-Newtonian and surfactant effects on the liquid plug rupture in an airway reopening model24
Understanding the effect of Prandtl number on momentum and scalar mixing rates in neutral and stably stratified flows using gradient field dynamics23
Pattern selection between two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection and electroconvection near electrochemical surfaces23
The transient spread of a circular liquid jet and hydraulic jump formation23
Emergence of lobed wakes during the sedimentation of spheres in viscoelastic fluids23
Boundary layer transition in choked nozzles23
Evidence that uniform momentum zones originate from roughness sublayer structure interactions in fully rough channel turbulence23
Elastohydrodynamic interactions in soft hydraulic knots23
Intrinsic nucleation dynamics of cloud cavitation23
A decoupled mechanism of interface growth in single-mode hydrodynamic instabilities23
Thermal convection in the internally heated sphere23
A generalised inner product-based wave scattering from an underwater source in a compressible ocean23
Droplet evaporation in inert gases23
A self-consistent numerical model of internal wave-induced mean flow oscillations in polar geometry23
Droplet jumping by modulated electrowetting23
The skating of drops impacting over gas or vapour layers23
Particle segregation within bidisperse turbidity current evolution23
Bubble racing in a Hele-Shaw cell23
Water entry of cups and disks23
Analysis and modelling of non-local eddy diffusivity for turbulent scalar flux23
Role of streak secondary instabilities on free-stream turbulence-induced transition23
Regime transitions in stratified shear flows: the link between horizontal and inclined ducts23
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