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Stéphane Zaleski

Stéphane Zaleski

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
58
Citations
20844
World Ranking
754
National Ranking
10

Stéphane Zaleski publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stéphane Zaleski sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 287 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Stéphane Zaleski D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stéphane Zaleski sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in France Leader Award

Overview

Stéphane Zaleski is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and specializes primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Computational Mechanics, Ocean Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively addresses topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films, Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions.

Stéphane Zaleski has contributed to multiple papers published in a variety of scientific journals and venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • Host-to-host airborne transmission as a multiphase flow problem for science-based social distance guidelines, 2020, International Journal of Multiphase Flow
  • A geometric VOF method for interface resolved phase change and conservative thermal energy advection, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics
  • A mass-momentum consistent, Volume-of-Fluid method for incompressible flow on staggered grids, 2020, Computers & Fluids
  • PArallel, Robust, Interface Simulator (PARIS), 2021, Computer Physics Communications
  • On the dynamics of a collapsing bubble in contact with a rigid wall, 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics, Physics of Fluids, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Co-authorship has been a notable aspect of Zaleski's research activities, collaborating frequently with Stéphane Popinet, Jieyun Pan, Ruben Scardovelli, Daniel Fuster, and Leonardo Chirco.

Best Publications

  • DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FREE-SURFACE AND INTERFACIAL FLOW

    Ruben Scardovelli;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Lattice Boltzmann model of immiscible fluids

    Andrew K. Gunstensen;Daniel H. Rothman;Stéphane Zaleski;Gianluigi Zanetti

  • Modelling Merging and Fragmentation in Multiphase Flows with SURFER

    Bruno Lafaurie;Carlo Nardone;Ruben Scardovelli;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Volume-of-Fluid Interface Tracking with Smoothed Surface Stress Methods for Three-Dimensional Flows

    Denis Gueyffier;Jie Li;Ali Nadim;Ruben Scardovelli

  • Scaling of hard thermal turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Bernard Castaing;Gemunu Gunaratne;François Heslot;Leo Kadanoff

  • A front-tracking algorithm for accurate representation of surface tension

    Stéphane Popinet;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Drop dynamics after impact on a solid wall: Theory and simulations

    Jens Eggers;Marco A. Fontelos;Christophe Josserand;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Droplet splashing on a thin liquid film

    Christophe Josserand;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Lattice-gas models of phase separation: interfaces, phase transitions, and multiphase flow

    Daniel H. Rothman;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Interface reconstruction with least-square fit and split Eulerian–Lagrangian advection

    Ruben Scardovelli;Stephane Zaleski

  • Simulation of primary atomization with an octree adaptive mesh refinement and VOF method

    Daniel Fuster;Anne Bagué;Thomas Boeck;Luis Le Moyne

  • A mesh-dependent model for applying dynamic contact angles to VOF simulations

    S. Afkhami;S. Zaleski;M. Bussmann

  • Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas–Liquid Multiphase Flows: Frontmatter

    Grétar Tryggvason;Ruben Scardovelli;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Interface reconstruction with least-squares fit and split advection in three-dimensional Cartesian geometry

    E. Aulisa;S. Manservisi;R. Scardovelli;S. Zaleski

  • Jet formation in bubbles bursting at a free surface

    Laurent Duchemin;Stéphane Popinet;Christophe Josserand;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Bubble collapse near a solid boundary: a numerical study of the influence of viscosity

    Stéphane Popinet;Stéphane Zaleski

  • Order and complexity in the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky model of weakly turbulent interfaces

    J H Hyman;B Nicolaenko;S Zaleski;S Zaleski

  • TWO-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES SIMULATION OF BREAKING WAVES

    Gang Chen;Christian Kharif;Stéphane Zaleski;Jie Li

  • Pyramidal and toroidal water drops after impact on a solid surface

    Yuriko Renardy;Stéphane Popinet;Laurent Duchemin;Michael Renardy

  • Coalescence of liquid drops by surface tension.

    A. Menchaca-Rocha;A.N.R.S. Martinez-Davalos;R. Nunez;S. Popinet

  • Modelling merging and fragmentation in multiphase flows with SURFER

    Bruno Lafaurie;Carlo Nardon;Ruben Scardovelli;Stephane Zaleski

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Josserand
Christophe Josserand École Polytechnique
Gretar Tryggvason
Gretar Tryggvason Johns Hopkins University
Stéphane Popinet
Stéphane Popinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Pomeau
Yves Pomeau École Polytechnique
Goodarz Ahmadi
Goodarz Ahmadi Clarkson University
S. Balachandar
S. Balachandar University of Florida
Gustav Amberg
Gustav Amberg Royal Institute of Technology
Feng Xiao
Feng Xiao Tokyo Institute of Technology

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