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Perumal Nithiarasu

Perumal Nithiarasu

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 45 1508 1396 105 93 225 9998

Perumal Nithiarasu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Perumal Nithiarasu between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Perumal Nithiarasu published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2005. 31 of the 285 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2005. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 28 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 23 publications
1995 2025

285 publications in total across all disciplines

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Perumal Nithiarasu: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 1
1997 4
1998 7
1999 4
2000 5
2001 2
2002 5
2003 3
2004 4
2005 28
2006 16
2007 3
2008 18
2009 7
2010 9
2011 14
2012 9
2013 13
2014 15
2015 7
2016 7
2017 9
2018 15
2019 9
2020 4
2021 12
2022 10
2023 13
2024 8
2025 23
Total 285
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Perumal Nithiarasu 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 Perumal Nithiarasu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 217–226 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 225 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117 225
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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Perumal Nithiarasu 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 Perumal Nithiarasu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 45 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79 45
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Overview

Perumal Nithiarasu is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and medicine. Within these domains, their work prominently covers subfields such as computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and surgery.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various topics, including lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, heat transfer and optimization, model reduction and neural networks, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, coronary interventions and diagnostics, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, as well as advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nithiarasu include Rainald Löhner, Charbel Farhat, Cedric Taylor, Nigel Weatherill, and Philip Gresho. These collaborations indicate a strong engagement with peers in numerical methods and computational mechanics.

Nithiarasu's research outputs are often published in specific scholarly venues. The most common publication sources include:

  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Thermal Sciences An International Journal
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • High performance, microarchitected, compact heat exchanger enabled by 3D printing, 2022, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Towards enabling a cardiovascular digital twin for human systemic circulation using inverse analysis, 2020, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  • Data-driven inverse modelling through neural network (deep learning) and computational heat transfer, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Numerical evaluation of additively manufactured lattice architectures for heat sink applications, 2020, International Journal of Thermal Sciences
  • Stiff-PDEs and Physics-Informed Neural Networks, 2023, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of the Finite Element Method for Heat and Fluid Flow

    R. W. Lewis;Perumal Nithiarasu;K. N. Seetharamu

  • The Finite Element Method for Fluid Dynamics

    O. C. Zienkiewicz;R. L. Taylor;Perumal Nithiarasu

  • Natural convective heat transfer in a fluid saturated variable porosity medium

    P. Nithiarasu;K.N. Seetharamu;T. Sundararajan

  • A 1D arterial blood flow model incorporating ventricular pressure, aortic valve and regional coronary flow using the locally conservative Galerkin (LCG) method

    J. P. Mynard;P. Nithiarasu

  • An efficient artificial compressibility (AC) scheme based on the characteristic based split (CBS) method for incompressible flows

    Perumal Nithiarasu

  • High performance, microarchitected, compact heat exchanger enabled by 3D printing

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  • A benchmark study of numerical schemes for one‐dimensional arterial blood flow modelling

    Etienne Boileau;Perumal Nithiarasu;Pablo J. Blanco;Pablo J. Blanco;Lucas O. Müller;Lucas O. Müller

  • The characteristic-based-split procedure: an efficient and accurate algorithm for fluid problems

    O.C. Zienkiewicz;P Nithiarasu;Ramon Codina;M. Vázquez

  • The Characteristic-Based Split (CBS) scheme : a unified approach to fluid dynamics

    P Nithiarasu;Ramon Codina;O.C. Zienkiewicz

  • Fundamentals of the Finite Element Method for Heat and Mass Transfer

    Perumal Nithiarasu;Kankanhalli N Seetharamu;Roland W Lewis

  • An improved unsteady, unstructured, artificial compressibility, finite volume scheme for viscous incompressible flows: Part I. Theory and implementation

    A. G. Malan;R. W. Lewis;P. Nithiarasu

  • The Finite Element Method

    Roland W. Lewis;Perumal Nithiarasu;Kankanhalli N. Seetharamu

  • DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION IN AN ENCLOSURE FILLED WITH FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM: A GENERALIZED NON-DARCY APPROACH

    P. Nithiarasu;K. N. Seetharamu;T. Sundararajan

  • Characteristic‐based‐split (CBS) algorithm for incompressible flow problems with heat transfer

    N. Massarotti;P. Nithiarasu;O.C. Zienkiewicz

  • Experimental investigation of the performance of a counter-flow, packed-bed mechanical cooling tower

    S.V Bedekar;P Nithiarasu;K.N Seetharamu

  • Three‐dimensional incompressible flow calculations using the characteristic based split (CBS) scheme

    P. Nithiarasu;J. S. Mathur;N. P. Weatherill;K. Morgan

  • An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation for free surface flows using the characteristic‐based split (CBS) scheme

    P. Nithiarasu

  • A new semi-implicit time stepping procedure for buoyancy driven flow in a fluid saturated porous medium

    Perumal Nithiarasu;Kanagaraj Ravindran

  • Explicit and semi-implicit CBS procedures for incompressible viscous flows

    N. Massarotti;F. Arpino;R. W. Lewis;P. Nithiarasu

  • Analysis of an explicit and matrix free fractional step method for incompressible flows

    Perumal Nithiarasu;Olgierd Zienkiewicz

  • Convection Heat Transfer

    Roland W. Lewis;Perumal Nithiarasu;Kankanhalli N. Seetharamu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kankanhalli N. Seetharamu
Kankanhalli N. Seetharamu Universiti Sains Malaysia
Roland W. Lewis
Roland W. Lewis Swansea University
O.C. Zienkiewicz
O.C. Zienkiewicz Swansea University
Thirumalachari Sundararajan
Thirumalachari Sundararajan Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
Paul G. Tucker
Paul G. Tucker University of Cambridge
Kenneth Morgan
Kenneth Morgan Swansea University
Ramon Codina
Ramon Codina Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Farshid Guilak
Farshid Guilak Washington University in St. Louis
Leslie M. Loew
Leslie M. Loew University of Connecticut
Mark I. Rees
Mark I. Rees Swansea University

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