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D-Index
58
Citations
13478
World Ranking
761
National Ranking
328

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For work on boiling heat transfer and nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics and safety.
  • 2004 - Max Jakob Memorial Award
  • 1992 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Vijay K. Dhir is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research is concentrated primarily in the field of Engineering, with a focus on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Journal of Heat Transfer
  • International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Vijay K. Dhir include:

  • Forced convection heat transfer of molten Salts: A review, 2020, Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • ENHANCEMENT OF AIR-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER IN AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGERS USING DIMPLED FINS, 2020, Enhanced heat transfer/Journal of enhanced heat transfer
  • Parametric Effects of Heater Size, Contact Angle, and Surrounding Vessel Size on Pool Boiling Critical Heat Flux From Horizontal Surfaces, 2021, Journal of Electronic Packaging
  • An experimental study of dynamic flashing in a square tube using tap water, 2024, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Experimental Results for a Novel Flash Evaporation and Phase Separation System for Desalination of Sea Water, 2022, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Vijay K. Dhir are:

  • Ekta Singh
  • Er. Simran
  • Debjyoti Banerjee
  • P. S. Ayyaswamy
  • Vasudevan Chandramouli

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2006, for work on boiling heat transfer and nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics and safety
  • Max Jakob Memorial Award, 2004
  • Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1989

Best Publications

  • Effect of Surface Wettability on Active Nucleation Site Density During Pool Boiling of Water on a Vertical Surface

    C. H. Wang;V. K. Dhir

  • Dynamics and Heat Transfer Associated With a Single Bubble During Nucleate Boiling on a Horizontal Surface

    G. Son;V. K. Dhir;N. Ramanujapu

  • BOILING HEAT TRANSFER

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  • Heat transfer and pressure drop in narrow rectangular channels

    Gopinath R. Warrier;Vijay K. Dhir;Leslie A. Momoda

  • Hydrodynamic Prediction of Peak Pool-boiling Heat Fluxes from Finite Bodies

    J. H. Lienhard;V. K. Dhir

  • Handbook of phase change : boiling and condensation

    S. G. Kandlikar;正弘 庄司;V. K. Dhir

  • Onset of Nucleate Boiling and Active Nucleation Site Density During Subcooled Flow Boiling

    Nilanjana Basu;Gopinath R. Warrier;Vijay K. Dhir

  • Numerical Simulation of Film Boiling Near Critical Pressures With a Level Set Method

    G. Son;V. K. Dhir

  • Wall Heat Flux Partitioning During Subcooled Flow Boiling: Part 1—Model Development

    Nilanjana Basu;Gopinath R. Warrier;Vijay K. Dhir

  • Mechanistic Prediction of Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer-Achievable or a Hopeless Task?

    Vijay K. Dhir

  • SUBCOOLED FILM-BOILING HEAT TRANSFER FROM SPHERES

    V.K. Dhir;G.P. Purohit

  • Turbulent flow field in tangentially injected swirl flows in tubes

    F. Chang;V.K. Dhir

  • Study of Lateral Merger of Vapor Bubbles During Nucleate Pool Boiling

    A. Mukherjee;V. K. Dhir

  • Numerical simulation of wavy falling film flow using VOF method

    D. Gao;N. B. Morley;V. Dhir

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of the contact angle of liquids on solid surfaces.

    Bo Shi;Vijay K. Dhir

  • Peak Pool Boiling Heat-Flux Measurements on Finite Horizontal Flat Plates

    J. H. Lienhard;V. K. Dhir;D. M. Riherd

  • Framework for a Unified Model for Nucleate and Transition Pool Boiling

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  • A hydrodynamic model for two-phase flow through porous media

    V.X. Tung;V.K. Dhir

  • Laminar Film Condensation on Plane and Axisymmetric Bodies in Nonuniform Gravity

    Vijay Dhir;John Lienhard

  • Numerical Simulations of Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer

    Vijay K. Dhir

  • Numerical simulation of nucleate boiling on a horizontal surface at high heat fluxes

    Gihun Son;Vijay K. Dhir

  • Shape of a vapor stem during nucleate boiling of saturated liquids

    J. H. Lay;V. K. Dhir

  • Handbook of thermal science and engineering

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Catton
Ivan Catton University of California, Los Angeles
Gautam Biswas
Gautam Biswas Vanderbilt University
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Jonathan B. Freund
Jonathan B. Freund University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
Satish G. Kandlikar
Satish G. Kandlikar Rochester Institute of Technology
Neil B. Morley
Neil B. Morley University of California, Los Angeles
Timothy S. Fisher
Timothy S. Fisher University of California, Los Angeles
Nasr M. Ghoniem
Nasr M. Ghoniem University of California, Los Angeles

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