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D-Index
48
Citations
12427
World Ranking
1260
National Ranking
514

Overview

Sutanu Sarkar is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with significant contributions in Computational Mechanics and Oceanography. These areas are further complemented by work in Geology, Atmospheric Science, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their scholarly output covers a range of topics primarily connected to fluid mechanics and environmental processes. Key research themes include:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Sarkar's recent publications illustrate a broad engagement with fluid dynamics applications and stratified flow phenomena. Notable papers include:

  • "The wake of a three-dimensional underwater obstacle: Effect of bottom boundary conditions" (2020), published in Ocean Modelling
  • "Second Moment Closure Modeling and Direct Numerical Simulation of Stratified Shear Layers" (2022), published in Journal of Fluids Engineering
  • "A comparative study of turbulent stratified shear layers: effect of density gradient distribution" (2022), published in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • "Lagrangian surface signatures reveal upper-ocean vertical displacement conduits near oceanic density fronts" (2022), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Stratified Taylor-Green vortex by lattice Boltzmann methods: Influence of stencils, forcing schemes, and collision models" (2023), published in Computers & Fluids

Frequent collaborators in Sarkar's research include Pranav Puthan, Hieu T. Pham, Vicky Verma, Mara Freilich, and Amala Mahadevan. Their work has appeared predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ocean Modelling, Journal of Fluids Engineering, and Environmental Fluid Mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Modelling the pressure-strain correlation of turbulence - An invariant dynamical systems approach

    Charles G. Speziale;Sutanu Sarkar;Thomas B. Gatski

  • The analysis and modelling of dilatational terms in compressible turbulence

    S. Sarkar;G. Erlebacher;M. Y. Hussaini;H. O. Kreiss

  • The analysis and modeling of dilatational terms in compressible turbulence

    S. Sarkar;G. Erlebacher;M. Y. Hussaini;H. O. Kreiss

  • The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea

    Matthew H. Alford;Matthew H. Alford;Thomas Peacock;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash

  • A study of compressibility effects in the high-speed turbulent shear layer using direct simulation

    C. Pantano;S. Sarkar

  • Application of a Reynolds stress turbulence model to the compressible shear layer

    S. Sarkar;L. Balakrishnan

  • THE STABILIZING EFFECT OF COMPRESSIBILITY IN TURBULENT SHEAR FLOW

    S. Sarkar

  • The pressure-dilatation correlation in compressible flows

    S. Sarkar

  • A study of the flow-field evolution and mixing in a planar turbulent jet using direct numerical simulation

    S. A. Stanley;S. Sarkar;J. P. Mellado

  • An investigation of stably stratified turbulent channel flow using large-eddy simulation

    Vincenzo Armenio;Sutanu Sarkar

  • Compressibility effects and turbulence scalings in supersonic channel flow

    H. Foysi;S. Sarkar;R. Friedrich

  • Observation of Exclusive Charmonium Production and gamma gamma -> mu(+)mu(-) in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV

    T. Aaltonen;J. Adelman;T. Akimoto;M. G. Albrow

  • Direct numerical simulations of the turbulence evolution in a uniformly sheared and stably stratified flow

    Frank G. Jacobitz;Sutanu Sarkar;Charles W. Van Atta

  • The analysis and simulation of compressible turbulence

    Gordon Erlebacher;M. Y. Hussaini;H. O. Kreiss;S. Sarkar

  • A simple nonlinear model for the return to isotropy in turbulence

    Sutanu Sarkar;Charles G. Speziale

  • A comparative study of self-propelled and towed wakes in a stratified fluid

    Kyle A. Brucker;Sutanu Sarkar

  • Large eddy simulation of a plane jet

    C. Le Ribault;S. Sarkar;S. A. Stanley

  • Mixing of a conserved scalar in a turbulent reacting shear layer

    C. Pantano;S. Sarkar;F. A. Williams

  • Studies in turbulence

    Thomas B. Gatski;Sutanu Sarkar;Charles G. Speziale

  • Direct simulation of compressible turbulence in a shear flow

    S. Sarkar;G. Erlebacher;M. Y. Hussaini

  • Modeling the pressure-strain correlation of turbulence: An invariant dynamical systems approach

    Charles G. Speziale;Sutanu Sarkar;Thomas B. Gatski

Frequent Co-Authors

R. A. Antonia
R. A. Antonia University of Newcastle Australia
M. Y. Hussaini
M. Y. Hussaini Florida State University
Charles G. Speziale
Charles G. Speziale Boston University
James N. Moum
James N. Moum Oregon State University
Jonathan D. Nash
Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University
Yuri Bazilevs
Yuri Bazilevs Brown University
Daniel L. Rudnick
Daniel L. Rudnick Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Luc Rainville
Luc Rainville University of Washington
Harper L. Simmons
Harper L. Simmons University of Alaska Fairbanks
Luca Centurioni
Luca Centurioni University of California, San Diego

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