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76
Citations
26044
World Ranking
266
National Ranking
131

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the development of immersed boundary methods in computational fluid dynamics and for the understanding of the structure of bluff body wakes, fluid dynamics of locomotion, active flow control, and biomimetics bioinspired engineering
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Rajat Mittal is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within engineering and medicine, with a particular emphasis on computational mechanics and aerospace engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of fluid dynamics, as demonstrated through topics such as fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, and aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows. Their work also covers subjects related to cardiac valve diseases and treatments, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, and lattice Boltzmann simulation studies.

Mittal's publication record features numerous articles in high-impact venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Mittal are:

  • "A mathematical framework for estimating risk of airborne transmission of COVID-19 with application to face mask use and social distancing," 2020, Physics of Fluids
  • "Adaptive separation control of a laminar boundary layer using online dynamic mode decomposition," 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Quantitative analysis of the kinematics and induced aerodynamic loading of individual vortices in vortex-dominated flows: A computation and data-driven approach," 2021, Journal of Computational Physics
  • "An ensemble approach for electricity price forecasting in markets with renewable energy resources," 2021, Utilities Policy
  • "Dynamic mode decomposition based analysis of flow over a sinusoidally pitching airfoil," 2020, Journal of Fluids and Structures

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Jung-Hee Seo
  • Sharun Kuhar
  • Pankaj J. Pasricha
  • Karthik Menon
  • Jung Hee Seo

Rajat Mittal's primary research areas encompass:

  • Engineering
  • Medicine

Subfields of study include:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Artificial Intelligence

Recognition of their work is reflected in awards such as:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2011, for contributions to immersed boundary methods in computational fluid dynamics and studies of bluff body wakes, fluid dynamics of locomotion, active flow control, and bioinspired engineering
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2011

Best Publications

  • IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS

    Rajat Mittal;Gianluca Iaccarino

  • A versatile sharp interface immersed boundary method for incompressible flows with complex boundaries

    R. Mittal;H. Dong;M. Bozkurttas;F. M. Najjar

  • Regular Article: An Accurate Cartesian Grid Method for Viscous Incompressible Flows with Complex Immersed Boundaries

    T. Ye;R. Mittal;H. S. Udaykumar;W. Shyy

  • The flow physics of COVID-19

    Rajat Mittal;Rui Ni;Jung Hee Seo

  • A sharp interface Cartesian Ggid method for simulating flows with complex moving boundaries: 345

    H. S. Udaykumar;R. Mittal;P. Rampunggoon;A. Khanna

  • Formation Criterion for Synthetic Jets

    Ryan Holman;Yogen Utturkar;Rajat Mittal;Barton L. Smith

  • Suitability of upwind-biased finite difference schemes for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flows

    Rajat Mittal;Parviz Moin

  • Computation of Solid-Liquid Phase Fronts in the Sharp Interface Limit on Fixed Grids

    H.S Udaykumar;R Mittal;Wei Shyy

  • A sharp-interface immersed boundary method with improved mass conservation and reduced spurious pressure oscillations

    Jung Hee Seo;Rajat Mittal

  • Wake topology and hydrodynamic performance of low-aspect-ratio flapping foils

    H. Dong;R. Mittal;F. M. Najjar

  • Harvesting ambient wind energy with an inverted piezoelectric flag

    Santiago Orrego;Kourosh Shoele;Kourosh Shoele;Andre Ruas;Kyle Doran

  • A sharp interface immersed boundary method for compressible viscous flows

    R. Ghias;R. Mittal;H. Dong

  • Effect of three‐dimensionality on the lift and drag of nominally two‐dimensional cylinders

    R. Mittal;S. Balachandar

  • Hydrodynamics of a biologically inspired tandem flapping foil configuration

    Imran Akhtar;Imran Akhtar;Rajat Mittal;George V. Lauder;Elliot Drucker

  • Integral wall model for large eddy simulations of wall-bounded turbulent flows

    X. I. A. Yang;J. Sadique;R. Mittal;C. Meneveau

  • A high-order immersed boundary method for acoustic wave scattering and low-Mach number flow-induced sound in complex geometries

    Jung Hee Seo;Rajat Mittal

  • An immersed-boundary method for flow-structure interaction in biological systems with application to phonation

    Haoxiang Luo;Rajat Mittal;Xudong Zheng;Steven A. Bielamowicz

  • Study of flow in a planar asymmetric diffuser using large-eddy simulation

    H.-J. Kaltenbach;M. Fatica;R. Mittal;T. S. Lund

  • Large-eddy simulation analysis of mechanisms for viscous losses in a turbomachinery tip-clearance flow

    Donghyun You;Meng Wang;Parviz Moin;Rajat Mittal

  • Computational modeling of cardiac hemodynamics

    Rajat Mittal;Jung Hee Seo;Vijay Vedula;Young J. Choi

  • On the virtual aeroshaping effect of synthetic jets

    R. Mittal;P. Rampunggoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin Stanford University
Louis N. Cattafesta
Louis N. Cattafesta Illinois Institute of Technology
Charles Meneveau
Charles Meneveau Johns Hopkins University
Tyson L. Hedrick
Tyson L. Hedrick University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fady Najjar
Fady Najjar Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
H. S. Udaykumar
H. S. Udaykumar University of Iowa
George V. Lauder
George V. Lauder Harvard University
Wei Shyy
Wei Shyy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kamran Mohseni
Kamran Mohseni University of Florida
Sahjendra N. Singh
Sahjendra N. Singh University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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