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Djamel Lakehal

Djamel Lakehal

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
38
Citations
4679
World Ranking
2319
National Ranking
27

Djamel Lakehal publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Djamel Lakehal sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 144 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Djamel Lakehal D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Djamel Lakehal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Djamel Lakehal is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to fluid mechanics and thermal processes. Key research areas include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Heat Transfer Mechanisms, and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics. Additional subjects explored in their publications are Model Reduction and Neural Networks, Combustion and Detonation Processes, and Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics.

Djamel Lakehal has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • Computers & Fluids
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • Physics of Fluids

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as Joel-Steven Singh, Chidambaram Narayanan, Silvia Nauer, Sotiris Catsoulis, and Roel Belt.

Notable recent papers by Djamel Lakehal include:

  • "Embedding data analytics and CFD into the digital twin concept," 2020, Computers & Fluids
  • "A collaborative effort towards the accurate prediction of turbulent flow and heat transfer in low-Prandtl number fluids," 2020, Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • "Predicting pressure-drop for pseudo-homogeneous slurry flows using the mixture model at high solids concentrations," 2022, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • "Integrating supervised learning and applied computational multi-fluid dynamics," 2022, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • "Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over irregular rough surfaces," 2024, Physics of Fluids

Best Publications

  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulence in a sheared air-water flow with a deformable interface

    M. Fulgosi;D. Lakehal;S. Banerjee;V. De Angelis

  • Calculation of the flow past a surface-mounted cube with two-layer turbulence models

    D. Lakehal;W. Rodi

  • Interface tracking towards the direct simulation of heat and mass transfer in multiphase flows

    D. Lakehal;M. Meier;M. Fulgosi

  • Mechanisms of particle deposition in a fully developed turbulent open channel flow

    Chidambaram Narayanan;Djamel Lakehal;Lorenzo Botto;Alfredo Soldati

  • Three-dimensional flow and heat transfer calculations of film cooling at the leading edge of a symmetrical turbine blade model

    D. Lakehal;G.S. Theodoridis;W. Rodi

  • Perspectives in Modeling Film Cooling of Turbine Blades by Transcending Conventional Two-Equation Turbulence Models

    A. Azzi;D. Lakehal

  • Surface divergence models for scalar exchange between turbulent streams

    Sanjoy Banerjee;Djamel Lakehal;Marco Fulgosi

  • Computing Shear Flow and Sludge Blanket in Secondary Clarifiers

    Djamel Lakehal;Peter Krebs;Johan Krijgsman;Wolfgang Rodi

  • A 3D unsplit-advection volume tracking algorithm with planarity-preserving interface reconstruction

    Petar Liovic;Murray Rudman;Jong-Leng Liow;Djamel Lakehal

  • Computation of film cooling of a flat plate by lateral injection from a row of holes

    D. Lakehal;G.S. Theodoridis;W. Rodi

  • Multi-physics treatment in the vicinity of arbitrarily deformable gas-liquid interfaces

    Petar Liovic;Djamel Lakehal

  • Large-eddy simulation of bubbly turbulent shear flows

    Djamel Lakehal;Brian L Smith;Massimo Milelli

  • Near-Wall Modeling of Turbulent Convective Heat Transport in Film Cooling of Turbine Blades With the Aid of Direct Numerical Simulation Data

    Djamel Lakehal

  • Accurate numerical estimation of interphase momentum transfer in Lagrangian–Eulerian simulations of dispersed two-phase flows

    R. Garg;C. Narayanan;D. Lakehal;S. Subramaniam

  • On the modelling of multiphase turbulent flows for environmental and hydrodynamic applications

    Djamel Lakehal

  • Adherence and bouncing of liquid droplets impacting on dry surfaces

    D. Caviezel;C. Narayanan;D. Lakehal

  • Computational heat transfer and two-phase flow topology in miniature tubes

    Djamel Lakehal;Guillaume Larrignon;Chidambaram Narayanan

  • Interface-turbulence interactions in large-scale bubbling processes

    Petar Liovic;Djamel Lakehal

  • Turbulence structure and interaction with steep breaking waves

    Djamel Lakehal;Petar Liovic

  • Investigation of the flow field in a three-dimensional Confined Impinging Jets Reactor by means of microPIV and DNS

    Matteo Icardi;Emmanuela Gavi;Emmanuela Gavi;Daniele L. Marchisio;Antonello A. Barresi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Rodi
Wolfgang Rodi Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dirk Lucas
Dirk Lucas Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Sanjoy Banerjee
Sanjoy Banerjee City College of New York
Geoffrey F. Hewitt
Geoffrey F. Hewitt Imperial College London
Rodney O. Fox
Rodney O. Fox Iowa State University
Daniele Marchisio
Daniele Marchisio Polytechnic University of Turin
Antonello Barresi
Antonello Barresi Polytechnic University of Turin
Darren Robinson
Darren Robinson University of Sheffield
Willi H. Hager
Willi H. Hager ETH Zurich

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