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Ricardo Martinez-Botas

Ricardo Martinez-Botas

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
7718
World Ranking
1530
National Ranking
109

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Ricardo Martinez-Botas is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields, including Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, notably:

  • Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps

Martinez-Botas has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
  • Journal of Turbomachinery
  • Proceedings
  • Biosystems
  • Aerospace Science and Technology

Recent publications include:

  • Understanding of Secondary Flows and Losses in Radial and Mixed Flow Turbines, 2020, Journal of Turbomachinery
  • Rotor flow-field timescale and unsteady effects on pulsed-flow turbocharger turbine, 2021, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • A generative design framework for passive thermal control with macroscopic metamaterials, 2024, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
  • Experimental and Numerical Study of Supersonic Non-ideal Flows for Organic Rankine Cycle Applications, 2020, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
  • Study of unsteady shear flow near stall in a shrouded supercritical carbon dioxide centrifugal compressor, 2024, Physics of Fluids

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Bijie Yang
  • Matei C. Ignuta-Ciuncanu
  • Mingyang Yang
  • Philip Tabor
  • Mengying Shu

Ricardo Martinez-Botas was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A review of Battery Electric Vehicle technology and readiness levels

    Amin Mahmoudzadeh Andwari;Amin Mahmoudzadeh Andwari;Apostolos Pesiridis;Srithar Rajoo;Ricardo Martinez-Botas

  • Coupled thermal–electrochemical modelling of uneven heat generation in lithium-ion battery packs

    Billy Wu;Vladimir Yufit;Monica Marinescu;Gregory J. Offer

  • Film cooling characteristics of a single round hole at various streamwise angles in a crossflow: Part I effectiveness

    C.H.N. Yuen;R.F. Martinez-Botas

  • Ultra Boost for Economy: Extending the Limits of Extreme Engine Downsizing

    J. W. G. Turner;A. Popplewell;R. Patel;T. R. Johnson

  • Reducing China’s road transport sector CO2 emissions to 2050: Technologies, costs and decomposition analysis

    Ajay Gambhir;Lawrence K.C. Tse;Danlu Tong;Ricardo Martinez-Botas

  • Jet impingement on a dimpled surface with different crossflow schemes

    Koonlaya Kanokjaruvijit;Ricardo F. Martinez-botas

  • Modelling of a Turbocharger Turbine Under Pulsating Inlet Conditions

    H Chen;I Hakeem;R F Martinez-Botas

  • Novel application of differential thermal voltammetry as an in-depth state-of-health diagnosis method for lithium-ion batteries

    Yu Merla;Billy Wu;Vladimir Yufit;Nigel P. Brandon

  • Solid oxide fuel cell/gas turbine trigeneration system for marine applications

    Lawrence Kar Chung Tse;S Steven Wilkins;S Steven Wilkins;Niall McGlashan;Bernhard Urban

  • Differential thermal voltammetry for tracking of degradation in lithium-ion batteries

    Billy Wu;Vladimir Yufit;Yu Merla;Ricardo F. Martinez-Botas

  • The Pulsating Flow Field in a Mixed Flow Turbocharger Turbine: An Experimental and Computational Study

    D. Palfreyman;R. F. Martinez-Botas

  • Heat transfer analysis in a turbocharger turbine: An experimental and computational evaluation

    Alessandro Romagnoli;Ricardo Martinez-Botas

  • Experimental Evaluation of Turbocharger Turbine Performance Under Pulsating Flow Conditions

    S. Szymko;R. F. Martinez-Botas;K. R. Pullen

  • Engine turbocharger performance prediction: One-dimensional modeling of a twin entry turbine

    M.S. Chiong;S. Rajoo;R.F. Martinez-Botas;A.W. Costall

  • Mixed Flow Turbines: Inlet and Exit Flow Under Steady and Pulsating Conditions

    N. Karamanis;R. F. Martinez-Botas;C. C. Su

  • A Review of Heat Transfer in Turbochargers

    A. Romagnoli;A. Manivannan;S. Rajoo;M.S. Chiong

  • Mixed-flow turbines for automotive turbochargers: Steady and unsteady performance

    N Karamanis;R. F. Martinez-Botas

  • Film cooling characteristics of rows of round holes at various streamwise angles in a crossflow: Part II. Heat transfer coefficients

    C.H.N. Yuen;R.F. Martinez-Botas

  • Comparative analysis of the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of 40 electric, plug-in hybrid electric, hybrid electric and internal combustion engine vehicles

    Clemens Lorf;Ricardo F. Martínez-Botas;David A. Howey;Luca Lytton

  • Performance prediction of a nozzled and nozzleless mixed-flow turbine in steady conditions

    A. Romagnoli;R. Martinez-Botas

  • Design methodology for radial turbo expanders in mobile organic Rankine cycle applications

    A.W. Costall;A. Gonzalez Hernandez;P.J. Newton;R.F. Martinez-Botas

  • International Conference of Applied Energy 2015

    A. M. I. Mamat;R. F. Martinez-Botas;M. C. Chiong;S. Rajoo

Frequent Co-Authors

Srithar Rajoo
Srithar Rajoo University of Technology Malaysia
Alessandro Romagnoli
Alessandro Romagnoli Nanyang Technological University
Gregory J. Offer
Gregory J. Offer Imperial College London
Vladimir Yufit
Vladimir Yufit Imperial College London
Nigel P. Brandon
Nigel P. Brandon Imperial College London
Nina F. Thornhill
Nina F. Thornhill Imperial College London
David A. Howey
David A. Howey University of Oxford
C. Arcoumanis
C. Arcoumanis City, University of London
Guilin Yang
Guilin Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kang Li
Kang Li Imperial College London

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