2026 Viswanath R. Katta: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	37	2441	2283	871	772	231	4504

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for outstanding contributions to the fundamental research of laminar and turbulent flames and detonation combustion
2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Viswanath R. Katta is affiliated with Innovative Scientific Solutions in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and chemical engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics, fluid flow and transfer processes, aerospace engineering, molecular biology, and safety, risk, reliability, and quality.

The research topics covered by Viswanath R. Katta include combustion and flame dynamics, advanced combustion engine technologies, combustion and detonation processes, heat transfer and supercritical fluids, fire dynamics and safety research, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins.

Viswanath R. Katta has contributed to several publications, including work published in well-known venues such as the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Combustion and Flame, Combustion Science and Technology, and the SSRN Electronic Journal. This includes multiple papers in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute and Combustion and Flame.

Numerical and experimental studies of extinguishment of cup-burner flames by C6F12O (2020) in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Equivalence Ratio Influence on the Flame Suppressant Concentration of 2-BTP and Novec 1230 (2020) in Combustion Science and Technology
Propagation of ignition kernel in CO2-diluted, CH4/air mixtures (2021) in Combustion and Flame
Critical conditions at liftoff limit of a laminar n-butane-air jet diffusion flame (2022) in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Soot emission reduction in oxygenated co-flow jet flames (2020) in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Frequent co-authors include Fumiaki Takahashi, Valeri I. Babushok, Jonathan M. Bonebrake, David L. Blunck, and Timothy Ombrello. This collaboration suggests active engagement with researchers specializing in combustion and related fields.

Viswanath R. Katta's contributions have been recognized through fellowships awarded by both the Combustion Institute and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Specifically, the Fellow of the Combustion Institute was awarded in 2019 for work related to laminar and turbulent flames and detonation combustion research, while the fellowship from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was awarded in 2004.

Best Publications

Numerical investigations of transitional H2/N2 jet diffusion flames

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174
Citations
Attachment mechanisms of diffusion flames

Fumiaki Takahashi;W. John Schmoll;Viswanath R. Katta

121
Citations
Role of inner and outer structures in transitional jet diffusion flame

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115
Citations
Study on Trapped-Vortex Combustor-Effect of Injection on Flow Dynamics

Viswanath R. Katta;W. M. Roquemore

112
Citations
Stirred reactor calculations to understand unwanted combustion enhancement by potential halon replacements

Gregory T. Linteris;Donald R. Burgess;Fumiaki Takahashi;Viswanath R. Katta

106
Citations
Flame-vortex dynamics in an inverse partially premixed combustor - The Froude number effects

Zhuang Shu;Suresh K. Aggarwal;Viswanath R. Katta;Ishwar K. Puri

106
Citations
Effect of increasing channel width on the structure of rotating detonation wave

Viswanath R. Katta;Kevin Y. Cho;John L. Hoke;Joshua R. Codoni

103
Citations
Unwanted combustion enhancement by C6F12O fire suppressant

Gregory T. Linteris;Valeri I. Babushok;Peter B. Sunderland;Fumiaki Takahashi

103
Citations
Interaction of a vortex with a flat flame formed between opposing jets of hydrogen and air

V.R. Katta;C.D. Carter;G.J. Fiechtner;W.M. Roquemore

102
Citations
A reaction kernel hypothesis for the stability limit of methane jet diffusion flames

Fumiaki Takahashi;Viswanath R. Katta

99
Citations
Extinguishment mechanisms of coflow diffusion flames in a cup-burner apparatus

Fumiaki Takahashi;Gregory T. Linteris;Viswanath R. Katta

96
Citations
Role of flow visualization in the development of UNICORN

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95
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Calculation of Multidimensional Flames Using Large Chemical Kinetics

Viswanath R. Katta;William M. Roquemore

89
Citations
Fire-suppression characteristics of CF3H in a cup burner

Viswanath R. Katta;Fumiaki Takahashi;Gregory T. Linteris

87
Citations
A numerical investigation of flame liftoff, stabilization, and blowout

Alejandro M. Briones;Suresh K. Aggarwal;Viswanath R. Katta

86
Citations
Effects of H2 enrichment on the propagation characteristics of CH4-air triple flames

Alejandro M. Briones;Suresh K. Aggarwal;Viswanath R. Katta

82
Citations
Vortex combustor concept for gas turbine engines

W. Roquemore;Dale Shouse;Dave Burrus;Art Johnson

79
Citations
Measurements of OH mole fraction and temperature up to 20 kHz by using a diode-laser-based UV absorption sensor.

Terrence R. Meyer;Sukesh Roy;Thomas N. Anderson;Joseph D. Miller

76
Citations
An experimental and numerical investigation of the structure of steady two-dimensional partially premixed methane-air flames

Zhuang Shu;Brady J. Krass;Chun W. Choi;Suresh K. Aggarwal

74
Citations
Burner Platform for Sub-Atmospheric Pressure Flame Studies

Timothy Ombrello;Campbell Carter;Viswanath Katta

69
Citations
Impact of soot on flame flicker

Viswanath R. Katta;William M. Roquemore;Arvind Menon;Seong Young Lee

68
Citations
Two-color, two-photon laser-induced polarization spectroscopy (LIPS) measurements of atomic hydrogen in near-adiabatic, atmospheric pressure hydrogen/air flames

Waruna D. Kulatilaka;Robert P. Lucht;Sherif F. Hanna;Viswanath R. Katta

68
Citations
Simulation of Dynamic Methane Jet Diffusion Flames Using Finite Rate Chemistry Models

Viswanath R. Katta;W. M. Roquemore

67
Citations
A Numerical Study of Droplet-Vortex Interactions in an Evaporating Spray,

T.W. Park;S.K. Aggarwal;V.R. Katta

66
Citations
Triple flame propagation and stabilization in a laminar axisymmetric jet

Xiao Qin;Chun W Choi;Achintya Mukhopadhyay;Ishwar K Puri

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumiaki Takahashi Case Western Reserve University

Suresh K. Aggarwal University of Illinois at Chicago

James R. Gord United States Air Force Research Laboratory

Ishwar K. Puri University of Southern California

Thomas A. Litzinger Pennsylvania State University

Robert J. Santoro Pennsylvania State University

Ephraim Gutmark University of Cincinnati

Jay P. Gore Purdue University West Lafayette

Campbell D. Carter United States Air Force Research Laboratory

Kalyanasundaram Seshadri University of California, San Diego

External Links

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