2026 Nagi N. Mansour: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	51	1096	1008	445	382	255	12333

Research.com Recognitions

1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his leading role in the use of numerical simulations to investigate fundamental problems of fluid mechanics including turbulence and drop and bubble flows

Overview

Nagi N. Mansour is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within engineering and applied mathematics. They have contributed notably to the understanding of fluid mechanics and porous media, with significant emphasis on gas dynamics and thermal processes.

Their scholarly output includes publications in reputable venues such as Computational Materials Science, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, and Aerospace Science and Technology. Among the recent published works is "Flow Mechanics in Ablative Thermal Protection Systems" (2024) featured in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. Other publications include:

"Anisotropic analysis of fibrous and woven materials part 2: Computation of effective conductivity" (2020) in Computational Materials Science
"Update 3.0 to "PuMA: The Porous Microstructure Analysis software"" (2021) in SoftwareX
"Anisotropic analysis of fibrous and woven materials part 1: Estimation of local orientation" (2020) in Computational Materials Science
"Competitive kinetic model for the pyrolysis of the Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator" (2020) in Aerospace Science and Technology

The main fields of study for Mansour are engineering, with 32 publications, and mathematics with 13 publications. More specifically, their subfields of study include applied mathematics, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Thematic areas of their research cover several topics, including:

Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
Thermal properties of materials
Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics
Plasma Diagnostics and Applications

Mansour has collaborated frequently with several researchers over their career. Notable co-authors include Francesco Panerai, Jeremie B. Meurisse, Joseph C. Ferguson, Marco Panesi, and Arnaud Borner.

Regarding venues where Mansour has contributed multiple works, these include:

Computational Materials Science
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
Aerospace Science and Technology
AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum

Mansour was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1995, with a citation referencing their leading role in the use of numerical simulations to investigate fundamental problems in fluid mechanics, including turbulence and multiphase flows involving drops and bubbles.

Best Publications

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow up to Reτ=590

Robert D. Moser;John Kim;Nagi N. Mansour

2938
Citations
Reynolds-stress and dissipation-rate budgets in a turbulent channel flow

N. N. Mansour;J. Kim;P. Moin

1024
Citations
Energy transfer in rotating turbulence

Claude Cambon;N. N. Mansour;F. S. Godeferd

338
Citations
Topology of fine-scale motions in turbulent channel flow

Hugh M. Blackburn;Nagi N. Mansour;Brian J. Cantwell

334
Citations
Oscillations of drops in zero gravity with weak viscous effects

T. S. Lundgren;N. N. Mansour

322
Citations
Low Reynolds number k —ε modelling with the aid of direct simulation data

W. Rodi;N. N. Mansour

319
Citations
Nozzleless droplet formation with focused acoustic beams

S. A. Elrod;B. Hadimioglu;B. T. Khuri‐Yakub;E. G. Rawson

280
Citations
Compressibility effects on the growth and structure of homogeneous turbulent shear flow

G. A. Blaisdell;N. N. Mansour;W. C. Reynolds

245
Citations
An algebraic model for the turbulent flux of a passive scalar

Michael M. Rogers;Nagi N. Mansour;William C. Reynolds

213
Citations
Satellite formation in capillary jet breakup

Nagi N. Mansour;Thomas S. Lundgren

207
Citations
Decay of Isotropic Turbulence at Low Reynolds Number

N. N. Mansour;A. A. Wray

192
Citations
Modeling of Turbulence in Internal Combustion Engines

T. Morel;N. N. Mansour

189
Citations
Porous-Material Analysis Toolbox Based on OpenFOAM and Applications

Jean Lachaud;Nagi N. Mansour

186
Citations
Multiscale Approach to Ablation Modeling of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablators

Jean Lachaud;Ioana Cozmuta;Nagi N. Mansour

177
Citations
Vortex ring bubbles

T. S. Lundgren;N. N. Mansour

170
Citations
Direct numerical simulation of a three‐dimensional turbulent boundary layer

P. Moin;T.‐H. Shih;D. Driver;N. N. Mansour

163
Citations
Microburst modelling and scaling

T. S. Lundgren;J. Yao;N. N. Mansour

152
Citations
Differential Rotation in Solar-like Stars from Global Simulations

G. Guerrero;P. K. Smolarkiewicz;A. G. Kosovichev;A. G. Kosovichev;N. N. Mansour

137
Citations
Near-wall k-epsilon turbulence modeling

N. N. Mansour;J. Kim;P. Moin

137
Citations
Micro-tomography based analysis of thermal conductivity, diffusivity and oxidation behavior of rigid and flexible fibrous insulators

Francesco Panerai;Francesco Panerai;Joseph C. Ferguson;Joseph C. Ferguson;Jean Lachaud;Alexandre Martin

135
Citations
Compressibility effects on the growth and structure of homogeneous turbulent shear flow

G. A. Blaisdell;W. C. Reynolds;N. N. Mansour

7
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander G. Kosovichev New Jersey Institute of Technology

Parviz Moin Stanford University

Sanjiva K. Lele Stanford University

William C. Reynolds Stanford University

Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Brian J. Cantwell Stanford University

Timothy K. Minton University of Colorado Boulder

John Kim University of California, Los Angeles

Jacqueline H. Chen Sandia National Laboratories

Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub Stanford University

External Links

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