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D-Index
40
Citations
5982
World Ranking
7376
National Ranking
2018

Overview

Ali Mani is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on computational mechanics. The subfields they work in include biomedical engineering, ocean engineering, materials chemistry, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's main topics of study span fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, particle dynamics in fluid flows, lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, wind and air flow studies, and solidification and crystal growth phenomena.

Ali Mani has authored several research papers published in various scientific journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • "A conservative diffuse-interface method for compressible two-phase flows" (2020) in Journal of Computational Physics
  • "Direct 3D observation and unraveling of electroconvection phenomena during concentration polarization at ion-exchange membranes" (2021) in Journal of Membrane Science
  • "A computational model for interfacial heat and mass transfer in two-phase flows using a phase field method" (2022) in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "A benchmark for particle-laden turbulent duct flow: A joint computational and experimental study" (2020) in International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • "Macroscopic forcing method: A tool for turbulence modeling and analysis of closures" (2021) in Physical Review Fluids

Frequent co-authors of Ali Mani include Shahab Mirjalili, Jessie Liu, Suhas S. Jain, Omkar B. Shende, and Jeremy Horwitz.

The scientist's work has been published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Computational Physics, Physical Review Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and International Journal of Multiphase Flow.

Best Publications

  • Theory and experiments of concentration polarization and ion focusing at microchannel and nanochannel interfaces.

    Thomas A. Zangle;Ali Mani;Juan G. Santiago

  • Overlimiting Current in a Microchannel

    E. Victoria Dydek;Boris Zaltzman;Boris Zaltzman;Isaak Rubinstein;D. S. Deng

  • On the propagation of concentration polarization from microchannel-nanochannel interfaces. Part I: Analytical model and characteristic analysis.

    Ali Mani;Thomas A. Zangle;Juan G. Santiago

  • Physics and Computation of Aero-Optics

    Meng Wang;Ali Mani;Stanislav Gordeyev

  • Direct numerical simulation of electroconvective instability and hydrodynamic chaos near an ion-selective surface

    C. L. Druzgalski;M. B. Andersen;A. Mani

  • On the propagation of concentration polarization from microchannel-nanochannel interfaces. Part II: Numerical and experimental study

    Thomas A. Zangle;Ali Mani;Juan G. Santiago

  • Analysis and optimization of numerical sponge layers as a nonreflective boundary treatment

    Ali Mani

  • On the Dynamical Regimes of Pattern-Accelerated Electroconvection

    Scott M. Davidson;Matthias Wessling;Matthias Wessling;Ali Mani

  • Current-Induced Membrane Discharge

    Mathias Bækbo Andersen;M. van Soestbergen;A. Mani;Henrik Bruus

  • Deionization shocks in microstructures.

    Ali Mani;Martin Z. Bazant

  • Overlimiting Current and Shock Electrodialysis in Porous Media

    Daosheng Deng;E. Victoria Dydek;Ji-Hyung Han;Sven Schlumpberger

  • Accurate calculation of Stokes drag for point-particle tracking in two-way coupled flows

    J.A.K. Horwitz;A. Mani

  • Chaotic induced-charge electro-osmosis.

    Scott M. Davidson;Scott M. Davidson;Mathias B. Andersen;Mathias B. Andersen;Ali Mani;Ali Mani

  • Suitability of artificial bulk viscosity for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flows with shocks

    Ali Mani;Johan Larsson;Parviz Moin

  • Pressure fluctuations and interfacial robustness in turbulent flows over superhydrophobic surfaces

    J. Seo;R. García-Mayoral;A. Mani

  • Prediction of Sound Generated by Complex Flows at Low Mach Numbers

    Yaser Khalighi;Ali Mani;Frank Ham;Parviz Moin

  • Electroconvection Near Electrochemical Interfaces: Experiments, Modeling, and Computation

    Ali Mani;Karen May Wang

  • On the scaling of the slip velocity in turbulent flows over superhydrophobic surfaces

    Jongmin Seo;Ali Mani

  • Direct numerical simulation of a turbulent hydraulic jump: turbulence statistics and air entrainment

    Milad Mortazavi;Vincent Le Chenadec;Parviz Moin;Ali Mani

  • Ion transport through electrolyte/polyelectrolyte multi-layers

    Robert Femmer;Ali Mani;Matthias Wessling

Frequent Co-Authors

Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin Stanford University
Gianluca Iaccarino
Gianluca Iaccarino Stanford University
Matthias Wessling
Matthias Wessling RWTH Aachen University
Filippo Coletti
Filippo Coletti University of Minnesota
Juan G. Santiago
Juan G. Santiago Stanford University
Henrik Bruus
Henrik Bruus Technical University of Denmark
John K. Eaton
John K. Eaton Stanford University
P.M. Biesheuvel
P.M. Biesheuvel Wageningen University & Research
Sanjiva K. Lele
Sanjiva K. Lele Stanford University

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