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Leonhard Kleiser

Leonhard Kleiser

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
5936
World Ranking
2795
National Ranking
31

Leonhard Kleiser 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 Leonhard Kleiser sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 214 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leonhard Kleiser 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 Leonhard Kleiser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the development of accurate numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics, and for their application to elucidate phenomena of transition and turbulence in wallbounded flows, compressible turbulence, and gravitydriven and particleladen flows

Overview

Leonhard Kleiser is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their work is primarily grounded in the field of computational fluid dynamics, focusing on numerical methods and their applications.

Kleiser has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2010. This fellowship was awarded for their contributions to developing accurate numerical techniques in computational fluid dynamics and for applying these methods to study phenomena such as transition and turbulence in wall-bounded flows, compressible turbulence, and gravity-driven and particle-laden flows.

Best Publications

  • An approximate deconvolution model for large-eddy simulation with application to incompressible wall-bounded flows

    S. Stolz;Nikolaus A. Adams;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Numerical Simulation of Transition in Wall-Bounded Shear Flows

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  • High-resolution simulations of particle-driven gravity currents

    F. Necker;C. Härtel;L. Kleiser;E. Meiburg

  • Treatment of incompressibility and boundary conditions in 3-D numerical spectral simulations of plane channel flows

    L. Kleiser;U. Schumann

  • The approximate deconvolution model for large-eddy simulations of compressible flows and its application to shock-turbulent-boundary-layer interaction

    S. Stolz;N. A. Adams;L. Kleiser

  • Mixing and dissipation in particle-driven gravity currents

    F. Necker;C. Härtel;L. Kleiser;E. Meiburg

  • LES of transitional flows using the approximate deconvolution model

    Philipp Schlatter;Steffen Stolz;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Direct simulation of turbulent supersonic boundary layers by an extended temporal approach

    Thierry Maeder;Nikolaus A. Adams;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Small particles in homogeneous turbulence: Settling velocity enhancement by two-way coupling

    Thorsten Bosse;Leonhard Kleiser;Eckart Meiburg

  • Energy transfer in numerically simulated wall-bounded turbulent flows

    J. Andrzej Domaradzki;Wei Liu;Carlos Härtel;Leonhard Kleiser

  • The late stages of transition to turbulence in channel flow

    N. D. Sandham;L. Kleiser

  • Subgrid‐scale energy transfer in the near‐wall region of turbulent flows

    Carlos Härtel;Leonhard Kleiser;Friedemann Unger;Rainer Friedrich

  • Numerical simulation of boundary-layer transition and transition control

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  • High-pass filtered eddy-viscosity models for large-eddy simulations of transitional and turbulent flow

    S. Stolz;Philipp Schlatter;L. Kleiser

  • Large-Eddy Simulation of Shock-Turbulence Interaction

    R. von Kaenel;L. Kleiser;N. A. Adams;J. B. Vos

  • Analysis and modelling of subgrid-scale motions in near-wall turbulence

    Carlos Härtel;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Computational analysis of the two-dimensional three-dimensional transition in forward-facing step flow

    Dirk Wilhelm;Carlos Härtel;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Large-Eddy Simulation of a Round Jet in Crossflow

    Jörg Ziefle;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Numerical simulation of finite Reynolds number suspension drops settling under gravity

    Thorsten Bosse;Leonhard Kleiser;Carlos Härtel;Eckart Meiburg

  • High-order accurate solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on massively parallel computers

    R. Henniger;D. Obrist;L. Kleiser

  • Growth of turbulent spots in high-speed boundary layers on a flat plate☆

    Andreas Jocksch;Leonhard Kleiser

  • Subharmonic transition to turbulence in a flat-plate boundary layer at Mach number 4.5

    N. A. Adams;L. Kleiser

  • Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation II

    Jean-Pierre Chollet;Peter R. Voke;Leonhard Kleiser

  • A direct Numerical Simulation Approach to the Study of Intrusion Fronts

    Carlos Härtel;Leonhard Kleiser;Manuel Michaud;C.F. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaus A. Adams
Nikolaus A. Adams Technical University of Munich
Philipp Schlatter
Philipp Schlatter Royal Institute of Technology
Eckart Meiburg
Eckart Meiburg University of California, Santa Barbara
Neil D. Sandham
Neil D. Sandham University of Southampton
Christophe Bogey
Christophe Bogey École Centrale de Lyon
Ian S. Curthoys
Ian S. Curthoys University of Sydney
François Gallaire
François Gallaire École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
J. Andrzej Domaradzki
J. Andrzej Domaradzki University of Southern California

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