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D-Index
49
Citations
9141
World Ranking
1224
National Ranking
497

William S. Saric 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 William S. Saric sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 213 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William S. Saric 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 William S. Saric sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% 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

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the fundamental understanding and control of shear flow and boundary-layer transition.
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1982 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

William S. Saric is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Computational Mechanics. Saric's work extensively covers topics related to Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Combustion and Flame Dynamics, and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

The scientist has contributed to publications in notable venues such as Experiments in Fluids and the AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. Two recent papers demonstrate their research interests: "Mack-mode instabilities on a cooled flared cone with discrete roughness elements at Mach 6" published in 2021 in Experiments in Fluids, and "Interaction of Second-Mode Disturbances and 3-D Roughness on a Cooled Flared Cone at Mach 6," also from 2021, presented at the AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum.

  • Mack-mode instabilities on a cooled flared cone with discrete roughness elements at Mach 6, 2021, Experiments in Fluids
  • Interaction of Second-Mode Disturbances and 3-D Roughness on a Cooled Flared Cone at Mach 6, 2021, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum

Frequent collaborators include Farhan Siddiqui, Rodney Bowersox, and Mark Gragston, with coauthorship counts notably higher with Siddiqui and Bowersox. This collaboration network supports research endeavors focused on aerodynamic instability and boundary-layer transition phenomena.

  • Farhan Siddiqui
  • Rodney Bowersox
  • Mark Gragston

Award recognitions include being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for contributions to the fundamental understanding and control of shear flow and boundary-layer transition. Saric is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1991 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1982.

Best Publications

  • STABILITY AND TRANSITION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOUNDARY LAYERS

    William S. Saric;Helen L. Reed;Edward B. White

  • BOUNDARY-LAYER RECEPTIVITY TO FREESTREAM DISTURBANCES

    William S. Saric;Helen L. Reed;Edward J. Kerschen

  • Stability of three-dimensional boundary layers

    Helen L. Reed;William S. Saric

  • Linear Stability Theory Applied to Boundary Layers

    Helen L. Reed;William S. Saric;Daniel Arnal

  • Effect of Isolated Micron-Sized Roughness on Transition in Swept-Wing Flows

    Ronald H. Radeztsky;Mark S. Reibert;William S. Saric

  • Nonparallel stability of boundary‐layer flows

    William S. Saric;Ali Hasan Nayfeh

  • Stability of Goertler vortices in boundary layers

    Jerzy M. Floryan;William S. Saric

  • Secondary instability of crossflow vortices

    Edward B. White;William S. Saric

  • Leading-Edge Roughness as a Transition Control Mechanism

    William Saric;Ruben Carrillo;Mark Reibert

  • Experiments in nonlinear saturation of stationary crossflow vortices in a swept-wing boundary layer

    Mark Reibert;William Saric;Ruben Carrillo;Keith Chapman

  • Experiments on the subharmonic route to turbulence in boundary layers

    W. S. Saric;A. S. W. Thomas

  • A high-frequency, secondary instability of crossflow vortices that leads to transition

    Yasuaki Kohama;William S. Saric;Jon A. Hoos

  • Forced and unforced subharmonic resonance in boundary-layer transition

    W. S. Saric;V. V. Kozlov;V. Ia. Levchenko

  • Effect of micron-sized roughness on transition in swept-wing flows

    Ronald H. Radeztsky;Mark S. Reibert;William S. Saric;Shohei Takagi

  • Supersonic laminar flow control on swept wings using distributed roughness

    H. Reed;W. Saric

  • Passive control of transition in three-dimensional boundary layers, with emphasis on discrete roughness elements.

    William S. Saric;Andrew L. Carpenter;Helen L. Reed

  • Nonlinear waves in a Kelvin-Helmholtz flow

    Ali Hasan Nayfeh;William S. Saric

  • Nonlinear Stability and Transition in 3-D Boundary Layers

    William S. Saric;Ruben B. Carrillo;Mark S. Reibert

  • Effect of leading-edge geometry on boundary-layer receptivity to freestream sound

    Nay Lin;Helen L. Reed;W. S. Saric

  • Crossflow instability in a hypersonic boundary layer

    Stuart A. Craig;William S. Saric

  • Experiments on the stability of the flat-plate boundary layer with suction

    G. A. Reynolds;W. S. Saric

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen L. Reed
Helen L. Reed Texas A&M University
Ali H. Nayfeh
Ali H. Nayfeh University of Jordan
Mark Glauser
Mark Glauser Syracuse University
Rodney D. W. Bowersox
Rodney D. W. Bowersox Texas A&M University
Miguel R. Visbal
Miguel R. Visbal United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Eli Reshotko
Eli Reshotko Case Western Reserve University
Steven P. Schneider
Steven P. Schneider Purdue University West Lafayette
Joseph E. Shepherd
Joseph E. Shepherd California Institute of Technology
Hermann F. Fasel
Hermann F. Fasel University of Arizona
Juan Lopez
Juan Lopez Arizona State University

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