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D-Index
47
Citations
10743
World Ranking
1340
National Ranking
533

Overview

J. Gordon Leishman is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering with a strong emphasis on Aerospace Engineering as a subfield. Additional subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's published work covers a range of topics related to aerospace and aviation technology, meteorological phenomena and simulations, model reduction and neural networks, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, air traffic management and optimization, as well as target tracking and data fusion in sensor networks.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Ebenezer P. Gnanamanickam, Nicholas Zhu, Dhuree Seth, and Zheng Zhang, indicating collaborative work across multiple studies and experiments.

J. Gordon Leishman's recent publications demonstrate ongoing research in ship airwake dynamics and atmospheric boundary layer effects. Notable papers include:

  • Time-Resolved Ship Airwake Measurements in a Simulated Atmospheric Boundary Layer, 2021, Journal of Aircraft
  • Space-Time Characterization of Ship Airwakes, 2023, AIAA Journal
  • Time-Resolved PIV Measurements of a Ship Airwake in a Simulated Atmospheric Boundary Layer, 2020, AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM
  • Flow Structures of Ship Airwakes with Quartering Winds, 2023, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • Effects of a Simulated Atmospheric Boundary Layer on Ship Airwakes, 2023, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum

The frequent publication venues for this scientist include AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, AIAA Journal, AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM, Journal of Aircraft, and AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. These venues suggest a focus on aerospace technology and engineering conferences and journals that align with their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics

    J. Gordon Leishman

  • A Semi-Empirical Model for Dynamic Stall

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  • Challenges in Modeling the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines

    J. Gordon Leishman

  • Challenges in modelling the unsteady aerodynamics of wind turbines

    J. Gordon Leishman

  • Free-Vortex Filament Methods for the Analysis of Helicopter Rotor Wakes

    J. Gordon Leishman;Mahendra J. Bhagwat;Ashish Bagai

  • Rotor Free-Wake Modeling Using a Pseudo-Implicit Technique — Including Comparisons with Experimental Data

    Ashish Bagai;J. Gordon Leishman

  • State-space representation of unsteady airfoil behavior

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  • Fluid Dynamics of Interacting Blade Tip Vortices with a Ground Plane

    Timothy E. Lee;J. Gordon Leishman;Manikandan Ramasamy

  • Dynamic stall modelling of the S809 aerofoil and comparison with experiments

    Sandeep Gupta;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Stability, Consistency and Convergence of Time-Marching Free-Vortex Rotor Wake Algorithms

    Mahendra J. Bhagwat;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Validation of approximate indicial aerodynamic functions for two-dimensional subsonic flow

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  • Unsteady lift of a flapped airfoil by indicial concepts

    J. Gordon Leishman

  • Dynamic stall experiments on the NACA 23012 aerofoil

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  • Flowfield of a Rotating-Wing Micro Air Vehicle

    Manikandan Ramasamy;Timothy E. Lee;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Unsteady aerodynamics of a flapped airfoil in subsonic flow by indicial concepts

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  • Challenges in Understanding the Vortex Dynamics of Helicopter Rotor Wakes

    J. Gordon Leishman;Ashish Bagai

  • Correlation of Helicopter Rotor Tip Vortex Measurements

    Mahendra J. Bhagwat;J. Gordon Leishman

  • On the Influence of Time-Varying Flow Velocity on Unsteady Aerodynamics

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  • Free-Wake Analysis of Tandem, Tilt-Rotor and Coaxial Rotor Configurations

    Ashish Bagai;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Flow visualization of compressible vortex structures using density gradient techniques

    Ashish Bagai;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Role of Filament Strain in the Free-Vortex Modeling of Rotor Wakes

    Shreyas Ananthan;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Measurements of Rotor Tip Vortices Using Three-Component Laser Doppler Velocimetry

    J. Gordon Leishman;Andrew Baker;Alan Coyne

  • Stability Analysis of Helicopter Rotor Wakes in Axial Flight

    Mahendra J. Bhagwat;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Measurements of the aperiodic wake of a hovering rotor

    J. Gordon Leishman

  • A Reynolds Number-Based Blade Tip Vortex Model

    Manikandan Ramasamy;J. Gordon Leishman

  • Flow Visualization of Micro Air Vehicle Scaled Insect-Based Flapping Wings.

    Matthew J. Tarascio;Manikandan Ramasamy;Inderjit Chopra;J. Gordon Leishman

Frequent Co-Authors

Inderjit Chopra
Inderjit Chopra University of Maryland, College Park
Ramani Duraiswami
Ramani Duraiswami University of Maryland, College Park

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