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D-Index
50
Citations
8493
World Ranking
1188
National Ranking
479

Sumanta Acharya 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 Sumanta Acharya sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 366 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sumanta Acharya 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 Sumanta Acharya sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

  • 2011 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Sumanta Acharya is affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering. Additional interests include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Surfaces, Coatings, and Films.

Their work engages deeply with topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Heat Transfer Mechanisms, and the interplay of Fluid Dynamics with Heat Transfer and Thin Films. Other areas of study include Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies, and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems.

Sumanta Acharya's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Numerical simulation of falling film flow hydrodynamics over round horizontal tubes" (2021), published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "Wettability Effects on Falling Film Flow and Heat Transfer Over Horizontal Tubes in Jet Flow Mode" (2020), published in the Journal of Heat Transfer
  • "Dynamics of circular and rectangular jets in crossflow" (2021), published in Computers & Fluids
  • "Numerical simulation of falling film sensible heat transfer over round horizontal tubes" (2022), published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "Numerical simulation of evaporating wavy falling liquid films in laminar gas streams" (2022), published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Their frequent coauthors include Avijit Karmakar, Yousef Kanani, F. E. Ames, S. A. Sherif, and Tom I-P. Shih. The leading publication venues for their work are:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Journal of Turbomachinery
  • Journal of Heat Transfer
  • Computational Thermal Sciences An International Journal
  • Computers & Fluids

Sumanta Acharya received the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Comparison of the Piso, Simpler, and Simplec Algorithms for the Treatment of the Pressure-Velocity Coupling in Steady Flow Problems

    D. S. Jang;R. Jetli;S. Acharya

  • Natural convection in the annulus between concentric horizontal circular and square cylinders

    F. Moukalled;S. Acharya

  • Large Eddy Simulation of Film Cooling Flow From an Inclined Cylindrical Jet

    Mayank Tyagi;Sumanta Acharya

  • NATURAL CONVECTION AND RADIATION IN A SQUARE ENCLOSURE

    A. Yücel;S. Acharya;M. L. Williams

  • Flow and Heat Transfer Predictions for Film Cooling

    Sumanta Acharya;Mayank Tyagi;Asif Hoda

  • Periodically developed flow and heat transfer in a ribbed duct

    S. Acharya;S. Dutta;T.A. Myrum;R.S. Baker

  • Natural Convection in an Externally Heated Vertical or Inclined Square Box Containing Internal Energy Sources

    S. Acharya;R. J. Goldstein

  • Dynamics, NOx and flashback characteristics of confined premixed hydrogen-enriched methane flames

    O. Tuncer;S. Acharya;J.H. Uhm

  • Pressure-Based Finite-Volume Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics

    S. Acharya;B. R. Baliga;K. Karki;Jayathi Murthy

  • Handbook of thermal science and engineering

    F. A. Kulacki;S. Acharya;Y. Chudnovsky;R. M. Cotta

  • Predictions of a Film Coolant Jet in Crossflow With Different Turbulence Models

    Asif Hoda;Sumanta Acharya

  • Improvements to Incompressible Flow Calculation on a Nonstaggered Curvilinear Grid

    S. Acharya;F. H. Moukalled

  • Improved film cooling from cylindrical angled holes with triangular tabs: effect of tab orientations

    Hasan Nasir;Sumanta Acharya;Srinath Ekkad

  • Predictions of a Film Coolant Jet in Crossflow With Different Turbulence Models

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  • Effect of compound angle injection on flat surface film cooling with large streamwise injection angle

    Hasan Nasir;Srinath V. Ekkad;Sumanta Acharya

  • A Natural Convection Fin with a Solution-Determined Nonmonotonically Varying Heat Transfer Coefficient

    E. M. Sparrow;S. Acharya

  • Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer Past a Turbine Blade With a Squealer-Tip

    Huitao Yang;Sumanta Acharya;Srinath V. Ekkad;Chander Prakash

  • Laminar mixed convection in a partially blocked, vertical channel

    S. Habchi;S. Acharya

  • Numerical solution of ocular fluid dynamics in a rabbit eye: parametric effects.

    Satish Kumar;Sumanta Acharya;Roger Beuerman;Arto Palkama

  • Parametric study of unsteady flow and heat transfer in a pin-fin heat exchanger

    A.K. Saha;Sumanta Acharya

  • Turbulent Flow Past a Surface-Mounted Two-Dimensional Rib

    S. Acharya;S. Dutta;T. A. Myrum;R. S. Baker

  • Free convection heat transfer in a partially divided vertical enclosure with conducting end walls

    E. Zimmerman;S. Acharya

Frequent Co-Authors

Ephraim Gutmark
Ephraim Gutmark University of Cincinnati
Srinath V. Ekkad
Srinath V. Ekkad North Carolina State University
Suhas V. Patankar
Suhas V. Patankar University of Minnesota
Richard J Goldstein
Richard J Goldstein University of Minnesota
Kemin Zhou
Kemin Zhou Shandong University of Science and Technology
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Renato M. Cotta
Renato M. Cotta Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
S. Sitharama Iyengar
S. Sitharama Iyengar Florida International University

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