Luciano Castillo

Luciano Castillo publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

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Luciano Castillo 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 Luciano Castillo sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For demonstrating the importance of the initial conditions of scaling arguments in turbulent boundary layers, and for demonstrating the importance of turbulence in wind energy, and for mentoring and creating new opportunities for underrepresented minorities in fluid dynamics
• 2013 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Best Publications

• Zero-Pressure-Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer

  William K. George;Luciano Castillo

  473
  Citations

• Unrestricted wind farm layout optimization (UWFLO): Investigating key factors influencing the maximum power generation

  Souma Chowdhury;Jie Zhang;Achille Messac;Luciano Castillo

  380
  Citations

• Experimental study of the horizontally averaged flow structure in a model wind-turbine array boundary layer

  Raúl Bayoán Cal;José Lebrón;Luciano Castillo;Hyung Suk Kang

  377
  Citations

• Optimizing the arrangement and the selection of turbines for wind farms subject to varying wind conditions

  Souma Chowdhury;Jie Zhang;Achille Messac;Luciano Castillo

  282
  Citations

• A theory for turbulent pipe and channel flows

  Martin Wosnik;Luciano Castillo;William K. George

  245
  Citations

• Similarity Analysis for Turbulent Boundary Layer with Pressure Gradient: Outer Flow

  Luciano Castillo;William K. George

  196
  Citations

• A Multivariate and Multimodal Wind Distribution model

  Jie Zhang;Souma Chowdhury;Achille Messac;Luciano Castillo

  119
  Citations

• A dynamic multi-scale approach for turbulent inflow boundary conditions in spatially developing flows

  Guillermo Araya;Luciano Castillo;Charles Meneveau;Kenneth Jansen

  108
  Citations

• Separation criterion for turbulent boundary layers via similarity analysis

  Luciano Castillo;Xia Wang;William K. George

  100
  Citations

• Influence of the external conditions on transitionally rough favorable pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers

  Unknown

  83
  Citations

• Effect of Upstream Conditions on the Outer Flow of Turbulent Boundary Layers

  Unknown

  72
  Citations

• The effects of the upstream conditions on a low Reynolds number turbulent boundary layer with zero pressure gradient

  Unknown

  68
  Citations

• Inner and outer scalings in rough surface zero pressure gradient turbulent boundary layers

  Unknown

  64
  Citations

• Structural impact assessment of low level jets over wind turbines

  Unknown

  62
  Citations

• Outer flow scaling of smooth and rough wall turbulent boundary layers

  O. G. Akinlade;D. J. Bergstrom;M. F. Tachie;L. Castillo

  60
  Citations

• Optimizing the Unrestricted Placement of Turbines of Differing Rotor Diameters in a Wind Farm for Maximum Power Generation

  Souma Chowdhury;Achille Messac;Jie Zhang;Luciano Castillo

  57
  Citations

• DNS of a turbulent boundary layer with surface roughness

  James Cardillo;Yi Chen;Guillermo Araya;Jensen Newman

  53
  Citations

• Impacts of the Low-Level Jet's Negative Wind Shear on the Wind Turbine

  Unknown

  49
  Citations

• Mangrove roots model suggest an optimal porosity to prevent erosion.

  Unknown

  45
  Citations

• A Response Surface-Based Cost Model for Wind Farm Design

  Jie Zhang;Souma Chowdhury;Achille Messac;Luciano Castillo

  41
  Citations