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D-Index
68
Citations
18795
World Ranking
438
National Ranking
205

Elaine S. Oran 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 Elaine S. Oran sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 445 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elaine S. Oran 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 Elaine S. Oran sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for exceptional advances in the numerical modeling of large-scale complex reacting systems
  • 2013 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the simulation of reactive flows and other complex processes.
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For unifying engineering, scientific, and mathematical disciplines into a computational methodology to solve challenging aerospace combustion problems.
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovations using cutting edge computers to model and explain important physical mechanisms involving fluid dynamics, chemistry, and nonequilibrium material properties in complex reacting flows ranging from laboratory to astrophysical systems

Overview

Elaine S. Oran is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific attention to computational mechanics, safety and risk management, aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, and applied mathematics.

Their work encompasses a range of topics related to fire dynamics and safety research, combustion and detonation processes, energetic materials and combustion, combustion and flame dynamics, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, gas dynamics and kinetic theory, and advanced combustion engine technologies.

Elaine S. Oran has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Combustion and Flame
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • Computers & Fluids

Notable recent publications include:

  • Flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition in hydrogen-air mixture in a channel with an array of obstacles of different shapes, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Flame acceleration and DDT in large-scale obstructed channels filled with methane-air mixtures, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • A chemical-diffusive model for simulating detonative combustion with constrained detonation cell sizes, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • Predictions of flame acceleration, transition to detonation, and detonation propagation using the Chemical-Diffusive Model, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • Dilatational-wave-induced aerodynamic cooling in transitional hypersonic boundary layers, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Their frequent co-authors include Carolyn Kaplan, Xiaoyi Lu, Joseph Chung, Michael J. Gollner, and Sriram Bharath Hariharan.

Elaine S. Oran has received several awards and honors throughout their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute, 2018, for exceptional advances in the numerical modeling of large-scale complex reacting systems
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
  • Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012
  • SIAM Fellow, 2009, for contributions to the simulation of reactive flows and other complex processes
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2003, for unifying engineering, scientific, and mathematical disciplines into a computational methodology to solve challenging aerospace combustion problems
  • Fellow of American Physical Society, 1993, citation for innovations using cutting-edge computers to model and explain important physical mechanisms involving fluid dynamics, chemistry, and nonequilibrium material properties in complex reacting flows ranging from laboratory to astrophysical systems

Best Publications

  • New Insights into Large Eddy Simulation

    J P Boris;F F Grinstein;E S Oran;R L Kolbe

  • Origins of the deflagration-to-detonation transition in gas-phase combustion

    Elaine S. Oran;Vadim N. Gamezo

  • Thermonuclear Supernovae: Simulations of the Deflagration Stage and Their Implications

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Alexei M. Khokhlov;Elaine S. Oran;Almadena Y. Chtchelkanova

  • A Numerical Study of a Two-Dimensional H2-O2-Ar Detonation Using a Detailed Chemical Reaction Model

    Elaine S. Oran;James W. Weber;Eliza I. Stefaniw;Michel H. Lefebvre

  • Direct Simulation Monte Carlo: Recent Advances and Applications

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  • Flame acceleration and DDT in channels with obstacles: Effect of obstacle spacing

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Takanobu Ogawa;Elaine S. Oran

  • Numerical Simulation of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition: The Role of Shock-Flame Interactions in Turbulent Flames

    A.M. Khokhlov;E.S. Oran;G.O. Thomas

  • LCPFCT-A Flux-Corrected Transport Algorithm for Solving Generalized Continuity Equations

    Jay P. Boris;Alexandra M. Landsberg;Elaine S. Oran;John H. Gardner

  • Detonation structures behind oblique shocks

    Chiping Li;K. Kailasanath;Elaine S. Oran

  • Numerical simulations of flame propagation and DDT in obstructed channels filled with hydrogen–air mixture

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Takanobu Ogawa;Elaine S. Oran

  • Formation and evolution of two-dimensional cellular detonations

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Daniel Desbordes;Elaine S. Oran

  • Simulations of flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transitions in methane–air systems

    D.A. Kessler;V.N. Gamezo;E.S. Oran

  • The interaction of high-speed turbulence with flames: Global properties and internal flame structure

    Alexei Y. Poludnenko;Elaine S. Oran

  • Formation and evolution of distorted tulip flames

    Huahua Xiao;Ryan W. Houim;Elaine S. Oran

  • Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Thermonuclear Supernovae

    A. M. Khokhlov;E. S. Oran;John C Wheeler

  • Detailed modelling of combustion systems

    Elaine S. Oran;Jay P. Boris

  • Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Thermonuclear Supernovae

    A. M. Khokhlov;E. S. Oran;J. Craig Wheeler

  • Interactions between turbulence and flames in premixed reacting flows

    Peter E. Hamlington;Peter E. Hamlington;Alexei Y. Poludnenko;Elaine S. Oran

  • Determination of detonation cell size and the role of transverse waves in two-dimensional detonations☆

    K. Kailasanath;E.S. Oran;J.P. Boris;T.R. Young

  • Weak and strong ignition. I. Numerical simulations of shock tube experiments

    E.S. Oran;T.R. Young;J.P. Boris;A. Cohen

  • Spontaneous transition of turbulent flames to detonations in unconfined media

    Alexei Y. Poludnenko;Thomas A. Gardiner;Elaine S. Oran

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay P. Boris
Jay P. Boris United States Naval Research Laboratory
Bakhtier Farouk
Bakhtier Farouk Drexel University
David A. Kessler
David A. Kessler United States Naval Research Laboratory
Fernando F. Grinstein
Fernando F. Grinstein Los Alamos National Laboratory
John C Wheeler
John C Wheeler The University of Texas at Austin
Werner J. A. Dahm
Werner J. A. Dahm Arizona State University
Gerard M. Faeth
Gerard M. Faeth University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frances S. Ligler
Frances S. Ligler Texas A&M University
Forman A. Williams
Forman A. Williams University of California, San Diego
Joel P. Golden
Joel P. Golden United States Naval Research Laboratory

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