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Ugo Piomelli

Ugo Piomelli

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
25041
World Ranking
829
National Ranking
35

Ugo Piomelli 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 Ugo Piomelli sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 262 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ugo Piomelli 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 Ugo Piomelli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important and insightful contributions to the development of large eddy simulation techniques and to the understanding of wallbounded turbulent flows

Overview

Ugo Piomelli is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has made significant contributions to the fields of engineering and environmental science, focusing primarily on fluid dynamics and turbulent flows. Their research integrates computational mechanics and aerospace engineering, with considerable involvement in environmental and mechanical engineering subfields.

Piomelli's research topics encompass:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

They have published extensively in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Journal of Turbulence
  • Fluids
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Piomelli highlight topics linked to turbulent boundary layers, roughness effects, and scalar transport. These works include:

  • "Challenges and perspective on the modelling of high-Re, incompressible, non-equilibrium, rough-wall boundary layers" (2024, Journal of Turbulence)
  • "Wall-Modeled and Hybrid Large-Eddy Simulations of the Flow over Roughness Strips" (2022, Fluids)
  • "Characterization of unsteady separation in a turbulent boundary layer: mean and phase-averaged flow" (2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • "Questions on the effects of roughness and its analysis in non-equilibrium flows" (2022, Journal of Turbulence)
  • "Roughness effects on scalar transport" (2020, Physical Review Fluids)

They have collaborated frequently with researchers Zvi Hantsis, Francesco Ambrogi, David E. Rival, Beverley McKeon, and Teresa Salomone.

Piomelli's contributions have been recognized through several fellowships in professional societies. Awards include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2015) in the Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2002) with a citation for important and insightful contributions to large eddy simulation techniques and understanding of wall-bounded turbulent flows

Best Publications

  • A dynamic subgrid‐scale eddy viscosity model

    Massimo Germano;Ugo Piomelli;Parviz Moin;William H. Cabot

  • Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations

    Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras

  • Large-eddy simulation: achievements and challenges

    U. Piomelli

  • Large-eddy simulation of rotating channel flows using a localized dynamic model

    Ugo Piomelli;Junhui Liu

  • Subgrid-scale backscatter in turbulent and transitional flows

    Ugo Piomelli;William H. Cabot;Parviz Moin;Sangsan Lee

  • Two-layer approximate boundary conditions for large-eddy simulations

    Elias Balaras;Carlo Benocci;Ugo Piomelli

  • Wall-layer models for large-eddy simulations

    Ugo Piomelli

  • Model consistency in large eddy simulation of turbulent channel flows

    Ugo Piomelli;Parviz Moin;Joel H. Ferziger

  • New approximate boundary conditions for large eddy simulations of wall-bounded flows

    Ugo Piomelli;Joel Ferziger;Parviz Moin;John Kim

  • High Reynolds number calculations using the dynamic subgrid‐scale stress model

    Ugo Piomelli

  • Subgrid-Scale Models for Compressible Large-Eddy Simulations ?

    M. Pino Martín;Ugo Piomelli;Graham V. Candler

  • The inner–outer layer interface in large-eddy simulations with wall-layer models

    Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras;Hugo Pasinato;Kyle D. Squires

  • A priori and a posteriori tests of inflow conditions for large-eddy simulation

    Anthony Keating;Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras;Hans-Jakob Kaltenbach

  • Large-Eddy Simulations: Theory and Applications

    U. Piomelli;J. R. Chasnov

  • Numerical simulation of pulsating turbulent channel flow

    Alberto Scotti;Ugo Piomelli

  • Effect of the subgrid scales on particle motion

    Vincenzo Armenio;Ugo Piomelli;Virgilio Fiorotto

  • Turbulent structures in accelerating boundary layers

    Ugo Piomelli;Elias Balaras;Andrea Pascarelli

  • Immersed-boundary methods for general finite-difference and finite-volume Navier-Stokes solvers

    A. Pinelli;I. Z. Naqavi;U. Piomelli;J. Favier

  • On the large‐eddy simulation of transitional wall‐bounded flows

    Ugo Piomelli;Thomas A. Zang;Charles G. Speziale;M. Yousuff Hussaini

  • Scale-Similar Models for Large-Eddy Simulations

    F. Sarghini;U. Piomelli;E. Balaras

Frequent Co-Authors

Elias Balaras
Elias Balaras George Washington University
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin Stanford University
Meelan M. Choudhari
Meelan M. Choudhari Langley Research Center
Bernardus J. Geurts
Bernardus J. Geurts University of Twente
Graham V. Candler
Graham V. Candler University of Minnesota
Kyle D. Squires
Kyle D. Squires Arizona State University
Philippe R. Spalart
Philippe R. Spalart Boeing (United States)
Joel H. Ferziger
Joel H. Ferziger Stanford University
John Kim
John Kim University of California, Los Angeles
Colin D. Funk
Colin D. Funk Queen's University

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