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Overview

Elias Balaras is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Computational Mechanics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Aerospace Engineering, Epidemiology, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

The scientist's frequent collaborators consist of:

  • Francesco Capuano
  • Yue-Hin Loke
  • Laura Olivieri
  • Antonio Posa
  • Riccardo Broglia

They publish regularly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physics of Fluids
  • International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Balaras has contributed to several research papers, including:

  • The wake structure of a propeller operating upstream of a hydrofoil, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Instability of the tip vortices shed by an axial-flow turbine in uniform flow, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • The dynamics of the tip and hub vortices shed by a propeller: Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches, 2022, Computers & Fluids
  • Moving beyond size: vorticity and energy loss are correlated with right ventricular dysfunction and exercise intolerance in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, 2021, Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Recovery in the wake of in-line axial-flow rotors, 2022, Physics of Fluids

In addition to journal papers, the scientist has published a book titled Immersed Boundary Method, released in 2020 under Springer Nature, which has received citations relevant to their research field.

Best Publications

  • Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations

    Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras

  • An embedded-boundary formulation for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flows interacting with moving boundaries

    Jianming Yang;Elias Balaras

  • Modeling complex boundaries using an external force field on fixed Cartesian grids in large-eddy simulations

    Elias Balaras

  • Two-layer approximate boundary conditions for large-eddy simulations

    Elias Balaras;Carlo Benocci;Ugo Piomelli

  • The inner–outer layer interface in large-eddy simulations with wall-layer models

    Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras;Hugo Pasinato;Kyle D. Squires

  • A priori and a posteriori tests of inflow conditions for large-eddy simulation

    Anthony Keating;Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras;Hans-Jakob Kaltenbach

  • Short Note: A moving-least-squares reconstruction for embedded-boundary formulations

    Marcos Vanella;Elias Balaras

  • Influence of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering wing.

    Marcos Vanella;Timothy Fitzgerald;Sergio Preidikman;Elias Balaras

  • A general reconstruction algorithm for simulating flows with complex 3D immersed boundaries on Cartesian grids

    A. Gilmanov;F. Sotiropoulos;E. Balaras

  • Turbulent structures in accelerating boundary layers

    Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras;Andrea Pascarelli

  • Scale-Similar Models for Large-Eddy Simulations

    F. Sarghini;U. Piomelli;E. Balaras

  • A strongly coupled, embedded-boundary method for fluid–structure interactions of elastically mounted rigid bodies

    J. Yang;S. Preidikman;E. Balaras

  • Direct numerical simulation of the pulsatile flow through an aortic bileaflet mechanical heart valve

    M. D. De Tullio;A. Cristallo;E. Balaras;R. Verzicco

  • A direct-forcing embedded-boundary method with adaptive mesh refinement for fluid-structure interaction problems

    Marcos Vanella;Patrick Rabenold;Elias Balaras

  • Self-similar states in turbulent mixing layers

    Elias Balaras;Ugo Piomelli;James M. Wallace

  • A numerical investigation of the wake of an axisymmetric body with appendages

    A. Posa;E. Balaras

  • Large–eddy simulations in mixed–flow pumps using an immersed boundary method

    Antonio Posa;Antonio Lippolis;Roberto Verzicco;Elias Balaras

  • Wake structure of a single vertical axis wind turbine

    Antonio Posa;Colin M. Parker;Megan C. Leftwich;Elias Balaras

  • Characterization of the wake of a submarine propeller via Large-Eddy simulation

    Antonio Posa;Riccardo Broglia;Mario Felli;Massimo Falchi

  • Subgrid scale models in finite difference simulations of complex wall bounded flows

    Elias Balaras;Carlo Benocci

  • Modeling the interaction of coils with the local blood flow after coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms.

    Kyung Se Cha;Elias Balaras;Baruch B. Lieber;Chander Sadasivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ugo Piomelli
Ugo Piomelli Queen's University
Kyle D. Squires
Kyle D. Squires Arizona State University
Jungho Kim
Jungho Kim University of Maryland, College Park
Balakumar Balachandran
Balakumar Balachandran University of Maryland, College Park
Roberto Verzicco
Roberto Verzicco University of Rome Tor Vergata
Philippe R. Spalart
Philippe R. Spalart Boeing (United States)
Sutanu Sarkar
Sutanu Sarkar University of California, San Diego
Fotis Sotiropoulos
Fotis Sotiropoulos Pennsylvania State University
Bartley P. Griffith
Bartley P. Griffith University of Maryland, Baltimore
Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Alistair G.L. Borthwick University of Edinburgh

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