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D-Index
51
Citations
12333
World Ranking
1097
National Ranking
446

Nagi N. Mansour 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 Nagi N. Mansour sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 255 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nagi N. Mansour 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 Nagi N. Mansour sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Energy transfer in rotating turbulence

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

  • Topology of fine-scale motions in turbulent channel flow

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

  • Oscillations of drops in zero gravity with weak viscous effects

    T. S. Lundgren;N. N. Mansour

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

    W. Rodi;N. N. Mansour

  • Nozzleless droplet formation with focused acoustic beams

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

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

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

  • An algebraic model for the turbulent flux of a passive scalar

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

  • Satellite formation in capillary jet breakup

    Nagi N. Mansour;Thomas S. Lundgren

  • Decay of Isotropic Turbulence at Low Reynolds Number

    N. N. Mansour;A. A. Wray

  • Modeling of Turbulence in Internal Combustion Engines

    T. Morel;N. N. Mansour

  • Porous-Material Analysis Toolbox Based on OpenFOAM and Applications

    Jean Lachaud;Nagi N. Mansour

  • Multiscale Approach to Ablation Modeling of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablators

    Jean Lachaud;Ioana Cozmuta;Nagi N. Mansour

  • Vortex ring bubbles

    T. S. Lundgren;N. N. Mansour

  • Direct numerical simulation of a three‐dimensional turbulent boundary layer

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

  • Microburst modelling and scaling

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

  • Differential Rotation in Solar-like Stars from Global Simulations

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

  • Near-wall k-epsilon turbulence modeling

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

  • 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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander G. Kosovichev
Alexander G. Kosovichev New Jersey Institute of Technology
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin Stanford University
Sanjiva K. Lele
Sanjiva K. Lele Stanford University
William C. Reynolds
William C. Reynolds Stanford University
Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz
Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Brian J. Cantwell
Brian J. Cantwell Stanford University
Timothy K. Minton
Timothy K. Minton University of Colorado Boulder
John Kim
John Kim University of California, Los Angeles
Jacqueline H. Chen
Jacqueline H. Chen Sandia National Laboratories
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub Stanford University

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