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D-Index
74
Citations
20948
World Ranking
298
National Ranking
145

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering contributions to thermal radiation transport and general heat transfer engineering.
  • 1986 - Max Jakob Memorial Award
  • 1976 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1976 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

R. Viskanta was affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research contributions were primarily in the field of engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics and mechanical engineering as subfields.

The main topics of their work included heat transfer mechanisms, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, and combustion and flame dynamics.

Among their recent publications was the paper titled In Memoriam: Professor Ephraim Maurice Sparrow, published in 2020 in the Journal of Heat Transfer.

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  • Journal of Heat Transfer

R. Viskanta received several awards during their career. In 1987, they were named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for pioneering contributions to thermal radiation transport and general heat transfer engineering.

Other recognitions included the Max Jakob Memorial Award in 1986, the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1976, and designation as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Heat transfer to impinging isothermal gas and flame jets

    R. Viskanta

  • Melting and Solidification of a Pure Metal on a Vertical Wall

    Chie Gau;R. Viskanta

  • Three-dimensional conjugate heat transfer in the microchannel heat sink for electronic packaging

    Andrei G. Fedorov;Raymond Viskanta

  • Radiation heat transfer in combustion systems

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  • Journal of Heat Transfer Policy on Reporting Uncertainties in Experimental Measurements and Results

    Jong H. Kim;Terrence W. Simon;Raymond Viskanta

  • Natural convection solid/liquid phase change in porous media

    C. Beckermann;R. Viskanta

  • Experimental determination of the volumetric heat transfer coefficient between stream of air and ceramic foam

    L.B. Younis;R. Viskanta

  • Natural convection flow and heat transfer between a fluid layer and a porous layer inside a rectangular enclosure

    C. Beckermann;S. Ramadhyani;R. Viskanta

  • Effect of nozzle geometry on local convective heat transfer to a confined impinging air jet

    D.W. Colucci;R. Viskanta

  • Mathematical Modeling of Transport Phenomena During Alloy Solidification

    C. Beckermann;R. Viskanta

  • Effect of jet-jet spacing on convective heat transfer to confined, impinging arrays of axisymmetric air jets

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  • Jet Impingement Boiling

    D.H. Wolf;F.P. Incropera;R. Viskanta

  • On ‘‘Radiative transfer in three-dimensional rectangular enclosures containing inhomogeneous,anisotropically scattering media’’

    Mustafa Pınar Mengüç;Mustafa Pınar Mengüç;R. Viskanta

  • A NUMERICAL STUDY OF NON-DARCIAN NATURAL CONVECTION IN A VERTICAL ENCLOSURE FILLED WITH A POROUS MEDIUM

    C. Beckermann;R. Viskanta;S. Ramadhyani

  • Heat Transfer During Melting and Solidification of Metals

    R. Viskanta

  • Natural convection in vertical enclosures containing simultaneously fluid and porous layers

    C. Beckermann;R. Viskanta;S. Ramadhyani

  • Heat Transfer During Melting From an Isothermal Vertical Wall

    C.-J. Ho;R. Viskanta

  • Turbulent natural convection heat transfer in an asymmetrically heated, vertical parallel-plate channel

    A.G. Fedorov;R. Viskanta

  • Solidification of a pure metal at a vertical wall in the presence of liquid superheat

    F. Wolff;R. Viskanta

  • Local jet impingement boiling heat transfer

    D.H. Wolf;F.P. Incropera;R. Viskanta

  • A study of the structure of submerged reaction zone in porous ceramic radiant burners

    R. Mital;J.P. Gore;R. Viskanta

  • The three-level scaling approach with application to the Purdue University Multi-Dimensional Integral Test Assembly (PUMA)

    M. Ishii;S.T. Revankar;T. Leonardi;R. Dowlati

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank P. Incropera
Frank P. Incropera University of Notre Dame
Christoph Beckermann
Christoph Beckermann University of Iowa
Jay P. Gore
Jay P. Gore Purdue University West Lafayette
Brent W. Webb
Brent W. Webb Brigham Young University
Masud Behnia
Masud Behnia Macquarie University
Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad
Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad University of Calgary
Andrei G. Fedorov
Andrei G. Fedorov Georgia Institute of Technology
Ching-Jenq Ho
Ching-Jenq Ho National Cheng Kung University
S. Ramadhyani
S. Ramadhyani Purdue University West Lafayette
Ephraim M Sparrow
Ephraim M Sparrow University of Minnesota

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