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D-Index
50
Citations
9204
World Ranking
1179
National Ranking
16

Overview

Assensi Oliva is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics. Their research output encompasses 91 publications in engineering, including significant work in subfields such as computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, and atmospheric science.

Their primary research topics include fluid dynamics and heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, fluid dynamics and thin films, advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics, and fluid dynamics and mixing. These areas highlight a broad interest in the dynamics of fluids and the application of advanced computational techniques to simulate and analyze complex physical phenomena.

Oliva's frequent co-authors include F. Xavier Trias, Néstor Balcázar, Joaquim Rigola, A. Gorobets, and Jesús Castro González, reflecting collaborative ties in related research domains.

Key venues for Oliva's publications are the Journal of Physics Conference Series, SSRN Electronic Journal, International Journal of Refrigeration, Applied Thermal Engineering, and UPCommons (Polytechnic University of Catalonia). This range of journals and platforms demonstrates engagement with both academic conferences and journals in thermal and mechanical engineering fields.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Oliva include:

  • On the feasibility of affordable high-fidelity CFD simulations for indoor environment design and control, 2020, Building and Environment
  • A CFD-based surrogate model for predicting flow parameters in a ventilated room using sensor readings, 2022, Energy and Buildings
  • Tetrahedral adaptive mesh refinement for two-phase flows using conservative level-set method, 2020, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • Flow topology dynamics in a three-dimensional phase space for turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection, 2020, Physical Review Fluids
  • Energy and exergy analysis of an absorption system with working pairs LiBr-H₂O and Carrol-H₂O at applications of cooling and heating, 2021, International Journal of Refrigeration

Best Publications

  • Heat transfer analysis and numerical simulation of a parabolic trough solar collector

    A.A. Hachicha;I. Rodríguez;R. Capdevila;A. Oliva

  • Numerical simulation of a latent heat thermal energy storage system with enhanced heat conduction

    M. Costa;D. Buddhi;A. Oliva

  • Turbulent flow around a square cylinder at Reynolds number 22,000: A DNS study

    F.X. Trias;A. Gorobets;A. Gorobets;A. Oliva

  • Direct numerical simulation of the flow over a sphere at Re = 3700

    Ivette Rodriguez;Ricard Borell;Oriol Lehmkuhl;Carlos D. Perez Segarra

  • Direct numerical simulations of two- and three-dimensional turbulent natural convection flows in a differentially heated cavity of aspect ratio 4

    F. X. Trias;M. Soria;A. Oliva;C. D. Pérez-Segarra

  • Three-dimensional numerical simulation of convection and radiation in a differentially heated cavity using the discrete ordinates method

    G. Colomer;M. Costa;R. Cònsul;A. Oliva

  • Parametric studies on automotive radiators

    C. Oliet;A. Oliva;J. Castro;C.D. Pérez-Segarra

  • Low-frequency unsteadiness in the vortex formation region of a circular cylinder

    O. Lehmkuhl;I. Rodríguez;R. Borrell;A. Oliva

  • Verification of Finite Volume Computations on Steady-State Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

    J. Cadafalch;C. D. Pérez-Segarra;R. Cònsul;A. Oliva

  • Numerical investigation of the location of maximum erosive wear damage in elbow: Effect of slurry velocity, bend orientation and angle of elbow

    Hao Zhang;Hao Zhang;Yuanqiang Tan;Dongmin Yang;Dongmin Yang;Francesc Xavier Trias

  • Symmetry-preserving discretization of Navier-Stokes equations on collocated unstructured grids

    F.X. Trias;O. Lehmkuhl;A. Oliva;C.D. Pérez-Segarra

  • Direct numerical simulation of a differentially heated cavity of aspect ratio 4 with Rayleigh numbers up to 1011 – Part I: Numerical methods and time-averaged flow

    F.X. Trias;A. Gorobets;M. Soria;A. Oliva

  • A coupled volume-of-fluid/level-set method for simulation of two-phase flows on unstructured meshes

    Néstor Balcázar;Oriol Lehmkuhl;Lluís Jofre;Joaquim Rigola

  • Flow and turbulent structures around simplified car models

    D.E. Aljure;O. Lehmkuhl;I. Rodríguez;A. Oliva

  • On the flow past a circular cylinder from critical to super-critical Reynolds numbers: Wake topology and vortex shedding

    I. Rodríguez;O. Lehmkuhl;J. Chiva;R. Borrell

  • Numerical Study of Plane and Round Impinging Jets using RANS Models

    J. E. Jaramillo;C. D. Pérez-Segarra;I. Rodriguez;A. Oliva

  • Unsteady forces on a circular cylinder at critical Reynolds numbers

    O. Lehmkuhl;I. Rodríguez;R. Borrell;J. Chiva

  • Detailed thermodynamic characterization of hermetic reciprocating compressors

    C.D. Pérez-Segarra;J. Rigola;M. Sòria;A. Oliva

  • Direct numerical simulation of a differentially heated cavity of aspect ratio 4 with Rayleigh numbers up to 1011 – Part II: Heat transfer and flow dynamics

    F.X. Trias;A. Gorobets;M. Soria;A. Oliva

  • Multi-layered solid-PCM thermocline thermal storage concept for CSP plants. Numerical analysis and perspectives

    P.A. Galione;P.A. Galione;C.D. Pérez-Segarra;I. Rodríguez;A. Oliva

  • TermoFluids: A new Parallel unstructured CFD code for the simulation of turbulent industrial problems on low cost PC Cluster

    O. Lehmkuhl;C.D. Perez-Segarra;R. Borrell;M. Soria

Frequent Co-Authors

Aibing Yu
Aibing Yu Monash University
Ugo Piomelli
Ugo Piomelli Queen's University
de Lph Philip Goey
de Lph Philip Goey Eindhoven University of Technology

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