Alessandro Bianchini

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
207 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Bianchini is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Bianchini has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 87 papers in Computational Mechanics and 82 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Bianchini's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (120 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (77 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (61 papers). Alessandro Bianchini is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (120 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (77 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (61 papers). Alessandro Bianchini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United Kingdom. Alessandro Bianchini's co-authors include Lorenzo Ferrari, Francesco Balduzzi, Giovanni Ferrara, Francesco Papi, Riccardo Maleci, Sandro Magnani, Ennio Carnevale, M. Sergio Campobasso, Carlo Carcasci and Peter Bachant and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Bianchini

191 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Critical issues in the CFD simulation of Darrieus wind tu... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2023 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Critical issues in the CFD simulation of Darrieus wind turbines
    2015 316 citations Francesco Balduzzi, Alessandro Bianchini et al. Renewable Energy profile →
  2. Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems
    2023 91 citations Paul Veers, Carlo L. Bottasso et al. Wind energy science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Bianchini Italy 28 2.8k 1.6k 1.4k 392 300 207 3.5k
Giovanni Ferrara Italy 26 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 263 0.7× 147 0.5× 232 3.2k
Francesco Balduzzi Italy 23 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 160 0.4× 127 0.4× 116 2.4k
Ujjwal K. Saha India 37 2.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 264 0.7× 278 0.9× 168 5.4k
Mohamed H. Mohamed Egypt 28 2.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 138 0.4× 392 1.3× 81 2.9k
Xifeng Liang China 29 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 350 0.9× 85 0.3× 95 2.6k
G.J.W. van Bussel Netherlands 27 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 956 0.7× 528 1.3× 220 0.7× 81 2.9k
Helge Aagaard Madsen Denmark 38 4.7k 1.7× 2.9k 1.8× 2.7k 1.9× 509 1.3× 550 1.8× 218 5.4k
M. Rafiuddin Ahmed Fiji 26 1.4k 0.5× 571 0.4× 656 0.5× 242 0.6× 372 1.2× 100 2.2k
Christian Bak Denmark 26 2.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 217 0.6× 248 0.8× 123 2.7k
R. Lanzafame Italy 23 1.1k 0.4× 711 0.4× 590 0.4× 228 0.6× 100 0.3× 101 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Bianchini

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bianchini, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Mitigating curtailments in offshore wind energy: a comparative analysis of new and second-life battery storage solutions. Journal of Cleaner Production. 519. 146055–146055.
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Balduzzi, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Towards a comprehensive, high-fidelity, multi-physics simulation framework for alkaline water electrolyzers. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 111. 238–250.
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Bianchini, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Techno-Economic Analysis of Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Offshore Wind Farms: Two Italian Study Cases. Processes. 13(4). 1219–1219. 2 indexed citations
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Papi, Francesco, et al.. (2025). Blade-resolved CFD analysis of a floating wind turbine: new insights on unsteady aerodynamics, loads, and wake. Ocean Engineering. 341. 122746–122746. 1 indexed citations
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Galli, Cláudio, et al.. (2024). Enhancing the prediction of electric load demand: a comparative analysis of ARIMA and ANN models for the case of a small touristic island. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2893(1). 12120–12120. 2 indexed citations
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Brighenti, A., et al.. (2024). Design Guidelines for Arrays of Closely Spaced Darrieus Turbines. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Bianchini, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Towards the development of offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea: A techno‐economic analysis including green hydrogen production during curtailments. IET Renewable Power Generation. 18(15). 3112–3126. 6 indexed citations
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Papi, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Is the Actuator line method able to reproduce the interaction between closely-spaced Darrieus rotors? a critical assessment on wind and hydrokinetic turbines. Energy Conversion and Management. 293. 117473–117473. 7 indexed citations
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Veers, Paul, Carlo L. Bottasso, Lance Manuel, et al.. (2023). Grand challenges in the design, manufacture, and operation of future wind turbine systems. Wind energy science. 8(7). 1071–1131. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Balduzzi, Francesco, et al.. (2022). Development of an improved and versatile 2D+t modelling methodology for planing crafts. Ocean Engineering. 265. 112617–112617. 5 indexed citations
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Attene, Federico, Francesco Balduzzi, Alessandro Bianchini, & M. Sergio Campobasso. (2020). Using Experimentally Validated Navier-Stokes CFD to Minimize Tidal Stream Turbine Power Losses Due to Wake/Turbine Interactions. Sustainability. 12(21). 8768–8768. 11 indexed citations
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Papi, Francesco, et al.. (2020). Uncertainty Quantification of the Effects of Blade Damage on the Actual Energy Production of Modern Wind Turbines. Energies. 13(15). 3785–3785. 15 indexed citations
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Campobasso, M. Sergio, et al.. (2018). Low-speed preconditioning for strongly coupled integration of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations and two-equation turbulence models. Aerospace Science and Technology. 77. 286–298. 25 indexed citations
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Balduzzi, Francesco, Alessandro Bianchini, Giovanni Ferrara, & Lorenzo Ferrari. (2016). Dimensionless numbers for the assessment of mesh and timestep requirements in CFD simulations of Darrieus wind turbines. Energy. 97. 246–261. 138 indexed citations
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Bianchini, Alessandro, Francesco Balduzzi, Joaquim Peiró, et al.. (2015). On the influence of virtual camber effect on airfoil polars for use in simulations of Darrieus wind turbines. Energy Conversion and Management. 106. 373–384. 90 indexed citations

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