2026 Ram Balachandar: 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	34	2871	2694	124	118	251	4390

Overview

Ram Balachandar is affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada, specializing in research across engineering and environmental science fields. Their work spans numerous topics primarily in fluid dynamics, mechanics, and environmental processes.

The main fields of study in their research include:

Engineering
Environmental Science

Within these broader areas, Balachandar's work focuses on the following subfields:

Computational Mechanics
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Ecology
Environmental Engineering

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of fluid flow and environmental dynamics:

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Hydraulic flow and structures
Wind and Air Flow Studies

Balachandar has contributed to multiple articles published in a range of journals. Noteworthy recent papers include:

"Time-resolved wake dynamics of finite wall-mounted circular cylinders submerged in a turbulent boundary layer" (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
"A Review on Hydrodynamics of Free Surface Flows in Emergent Vegetated Channels" (2020, Water)
"Characterization of a Jet Impingement Heat Sink for Power Electronics Cooling" (2022, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress)
"Characteristics of flow past elongated bluff bodies with underbody gaps due to varying inflow turbulence" (2021, Physics of Fluids)
"Effects of approach flow conditions on the unsteady three-dimensional wake structure of a square-back Ahmed body" (2021, Physical Review Fluids)

The researcher frequently publishes in the following venues:

Physics of Fluids
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations have been established with several co-authors, including:

R. M. Barron
G. Nasif
Vesselina Roussinova
Prashanth Reddy Hanmaiahgari
Ebenezer E. Essel

Best Publications

An experimental and numerical study of water jet cleaning process

Anirban Guha;Ronald M. Barron;Ram Balachandar

215
Citations
Rough wall turbulent boundary layers in shallow open channel flow

M. F. Tachie;D. J. Bergstrom;R. Balachandar

183
Citations
Climate change impact assessment on hydropower generation using multi-model climate ensemble

Vinod Chilkoti;Tirupati Bolisetti;Ram Balachandar

109
Citations
Roughness effects on turbulent plane wall jets in an open channel

M. F. Tachie;R. Balachandar;D. J. Bergstrom

103
Citations
The effect of tailwater depth on the dynamics of local scour

R Balachandar;J A Kells;R J Thiessen

102
Citations
Variable threshold outlier identification in PIV data

A.-M. Shinneeb;J. D. Bugg;R. Balachandar

102
Citations
Higher-Order Moments of Velocity Fluctuations in an Open-Channel Flow with Large Bottom Roughness

Ram Balachandar;Ram Balachandar;Faruk Bhuiyan;Faruk Bhuiyan

95
Citations
Effect of grain size on local channel scour below a sluice gate

J A Kells;R Balachandar;K P Hagel

93
Citations
Roughness effects in low- Re θ open-channel turbulent boundary layers

M. F. Tachie;D. J. Bergstrom;R. Balachandar

91
Citations
Spray-induced air motion in single and twin ultra-high injection diesel sprays

A. Ghasemi;R.M. Barron;R. Balachandar

78
Citations
Assessment of PIV to measure mean velocity and turbulence in open-channel flow

B. S. Hyun;R. Balachandar;K. Yu;V. C. Patel

71
Citations
Two-dimensional scour hole problem: Role of fluid structures.

Alex Bey;M. A. A. Faruque;Ram Balachandar

70
Citations
Agricultural sprays in cross-flow and drift

M. Farooq;R. Balachandar;Dvoralai Wulfsohn;T. M. Wolf

68
Citations
Time-resolved wake dynamics of finite wall-mounted circular cylinders submerged in a turbulent boundary layer

Ebenezer E. Essel;Mark F. Tachie;Ram Balachandar

67
Citations
Confinement Effects in Shallow-Water Jets

A.-M. Shinneeb;A.-M. Shinneeb;A.-M. Shinneeb;R. Balachandar;R. Balachandar;R. Balachandar;J. D. Bugg;J. D. Bugg;J. D. Bugg

64
Citations
Application of power laws to low Reynolds number boundary layers on smooth and rough surfaces

D. J. Bergstrom;M. F. Tachie;R. Balachandar

63
Citations
Rough Wall Boundary Layer on Plates in Open Channels

Ram Balachandar;V. C. Patel

57
Citations
Numerical simulation of high-speed turbulent water jets in air

Anirban Guha;Ronald M. Barron;Ram Balachandar

54
Citations
Revisiting turbulence in smooth uniform open channel flow

Vesselina Roussinova;Nihar Biswas;Ram Balachandar

44
Citations
Influence of tailwater depth, sediment size and densimetric Froude number on scour by submerged square wall jets

Partha Sarathi;M.A.A. Faruque;Ram Balachandar

40
Citations
Detached eddy simulation of flow past an isolated inclined solar panel

M. Shademan;R. Balachandar;R.M. Barron

38
Citations
Open channel flow past a train of rib roughness

Vesselina Roussinova;Ram Balachandar

37
Citations
Reynolds number effects in the near-field of a turbulent square jet

A. Ghasemi;V. Roussinova;Ram Balachandar;R.M. Barron

36
Citations
Concentration Profiles in Shallow Turbulent Wakes

R. Balachandar;M. F. Tachie;V. H. Chu

35
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Berruti University of Western Ontario

Neil M. Ribe University of Paris-Saclay

Mehrdad Massoudi United States Department of Energy

Daniel Bonn University of Amsterdam

Khashayar Khoshmanesh RMIT University

Umberto Morbiducci Polytechnic University of Turin

Anastasios J. Karabelas The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

Traian Iliescu Virginia Tech

Victor Vilarrasa Spanish National Research Council

Stephen Wilson University of Strathclyde

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