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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
32
Citations
3261
World Ranking
3221
National Ranking
1090

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Best Publications

  • Turbulence structure in rough- and smooth-wall boundary layers

    R.J. Volino;M.P. Schultz;K.A. Flack

  • Turbulence structure in a boundary layer with two-dimensional roughness

    R. J. Volino;M. P. Schultz;K. A. Flack

  • Measurements in Separated and Transitional Boundary Layers Under Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil Conditions

    Ralph J. Volino;Lennart S. Hultgren

  • Turbulence structure in boundary layers over periodic two- and three-dimensional roughness

    Ralph J. Volino;Michael P. Schultz;Karen A. Flack

  • Separation Control on Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoils Using Synthetic Vortex Generator Jets

    Ralph J. Volino

  • Separated Flow Transition Under Simulated Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil Conditions: Part 1 — Mean Flow and Turbulence Statistics

    Ralph J. Volino

  • Effect of Jet Pulsing on Film Cooling—Part I: Effectiveness and Flow-Field Temperature Results

    Sarah M. Coulthard;Ralph J. Volino;Karen A. Flack

  • Passive Flow Control on Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoils

    Ralph J. Volino

  • Secondary Flow Measurements in a Turbine Passage With Endwall Flow Modification

    Nicole V. Aunapu;Ralph J. Volino;Karen A. Flack;Ryan M. Stoddard

  • Use of simultaneous IR temperature measurements and DPIV to investigate thermal plumes in a thick layer cooled from above

    R. J. Volino;G. B. Smith

  • A New Model for Free-Stream Turbulence Effects on Boundary Layers

    Ralph J. Volino

  • Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of turbomachinery

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  • Conditional Sampling in a Transitional Boundary Layer Under High Freestream Turbulence Conditions

    Ralph J. Volino;Michael P. Schultz;Christopher M. Pratt

  • Separated Flow Transition Under Simulated Low-Pressure Turbine Airfoil Conditions: Part 2 — Turbulence Spectra

    Ralph J. Volino

  • Onset and Development of Natural Convection Above a Suddenly Heated Horizontal Surface

    R. J. Goldstein;R. J. Volino

  • Non-equilibrium development in turbulent boundary layers with changing pressure gradients

    Ralph J. Volino

  • A New Model for Free-Stream Turbulence Effects on Boundary Layers

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  • Measurements in Film Cooling Flows With Periodic Wakes

    Kristofer M. Womack;Ralph J. Volino;Michael P. Schultz

  • Turbulent boundary layer flow over regularly and irregularly arranged truncated cone surfaces

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  • Determination of wall shear stress from mean velocity and Reynolds shear stress profiles

    Ralph J. Volino;Michael P. Schultz

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