2026 Paolo Orlandi: 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	43	1679	1556	45	44	217	11646

Overview

Paolo Orlandi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science as key subfields.

Their main topics of expertise include:

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

Paolo Orlandi has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Fluids
Journal of Computational Physics
Journal of Turbulence
arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paolo Orlandi reflect a focus on turbulent flows and computational methods, including:

One-point statistics for turbulent pipe flow up to, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Natural grid stretching for DNS of wall-bounded flows, 2021, Journal of Computational Physics
DNS of passive scalars in turbulent pipe flow, 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
A finite-difference scheme for three-dimensional incompressible flows in spherical coordinates, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
On the relationship between drag and vertical velocity fluctuations in flow over riblets and liquid infused surfaces, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

The scientist has worked with a number of frequent collaborators, who contribute to and co-author their research projects. These include:

Sergio Pirozzoli
Roberto Verzicco
Joshua Romero
Massimiliano Fatica
Alessandro Ceci

Best Publications

Combined Immersed-Boundary Finite-Difference Methods for Three-Dimensional Complex Flow Simulations

E.A. Fadlun;R. Verzicco;P. Orlandi;J. Mohd-Yusof

2434
Citations
A Finite-Difference Scheme for Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flows in Cylindrical Coordinates

R. Verzicco;P. Orlandi

1490
Citations
Direct numerical simulations of turbulent channel flow with transverse square bars on one wall

S. Leonardi;P. Orlandi;R. J. Smalley;L. Djenidi

509
Citations
Fluid Flow Phenomena: A Numerical Toolkit

Paolo Orlandi

433
Citations
Fluid Flow Phenomena

Paolo Orlandi

404
Citations
Velocity statistics in turbulent channel flow up to

Matteo Bernardini;Sergio Pirozzoli;Paolo Orlandi

304
Citations
Vortex dipole rebound from a wall

Paolo Orlandi

285
Citations
Large eddy simulation in complex geometric configurations using boundary body forces

Roberto Verzicco;Jamaludin Mohd-Yusof;Jamaludin Mohd-Yusof;Paolo Orlandi;Daniel Connell Haworth

262
Citations
Direct simulations of turbulent flow in a pipe rotating about its axis

P. Orlandi;M. Fatica

250
Citations
DNS of turbulent channel flows with two- and three-dimensional roughness

P. Orlandi;S. Leonardi

232
Citations
Vortex rings impinging on walls : axisymmetric and three-dimensional simulations

Paolo Orlandi;Roberto Verzicco

224
Citations
Structure of turbulent channel flow with square bars on one wall

S. Leonardi;P. Orlandi;L. Djenidi;R.A. Antonia

204
Citations
Properties of d- and k-type roughness in a turbulent channel flow

S. Leonardi;P. Orlandi;R. A. Antonia

189
Citations
On the generation of turbulent wall friction

Paolo Orlandi;Javier Jiménez

187
Citations
Passive scalars in turbulent channel flow at high Reynolds number

Sergio Pirozzoli;Matteo Bernardini;Paolo Orlandi

170
Citations
Turbulence and secondary motions in square duct flow

Sergio Pirozzoli;Davide Modesti;Paolo Orlandi;Francesco Grasso

164
Citations
A numerical study of three-dimensional vortex ring instabilities: viscous corrections and early nonlinear stage

Karim Shariff;Roberto Verzicco;Paolo Orlandi

140
Citations
Turbulence statistics in Couette flow at high Reynolds number

Sergio Pirozzoli;Matteo Bernardini;Paolo Orlandi

138
Citations
Turbulent channel flow with either transverse or longitudinal roughness elements on one wall

P. Orlandi;S. Leonardi;R. A. Antonia

132
Citations
Reynolds stress anisotropy of turbulent rough wall layers

R. J. Smalley;S. Leonardi;R. A. Antonia;L. Djenidi

123
Citations
Numerical simulation of tripolar vortices in 2D flow

Paolo Orlandi;GertJan F. van Heijst

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Pirozzoli Sapienza University of Rome

Stefano Leonardi Sapienza University of Rome

R. A. Antonia University of Newcastle Australia

Roberto Verzicco University of Rome Tor Vergata

Matteo Bernardini Sapienza University of Rome

Javier Jiménez Technical University of Madrid

Sanjiva K. Lele Stanford University

Ian P. Castro University of Southampton

Tongming Zhou University of Western Australia

Gianluca Iaccarino Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Paolo Orlandi Google Scholar page

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