Charitha de Silva

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Charitha de Silva is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Charitha de Silva has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Computational Mechanics, 29 papers in Environmental Engineering and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Charitha de Silva's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (41 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (29 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (17 papers). Charitha de Silva is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (41 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (29 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (17 papers). Charitha de Silva collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Charitha de Silva's co-authors include Ivan Marušič, Nicholas Hutchins, Jimmy Philip, Prateek Bahl, Con J. Doolan, C. Raina MacIntyre, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Lydia Bourouiba, Kapil Chauhan and Charles Meneveau and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Charitha de Silva

67 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Airborne or Droplet Precautions for Health Workers Treati... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 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. Airborne or Droplet Precautions for Health Workers Treating Coronavirus Disease 2019?
    2020 363 citations Prateek Bahl, Con J. Doolan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charitha de Silva Australia 21 986 499 408 350 293 82 1.7k
İsmail Çelik United States 27 1.8k 1.8× 769 1.5× 746 1.8× 932 2.7× 74 0.3× 135 4.1k
Rainer Hain Germany 19 953 1.0× 248 0.5× 149 0.4× 470 1.3× 94 0.3× 48 1.4k
Thomas H. Kuehn United States 28 1.4k 1.5× 647 1.3× 341 0.8× 248 0.7× 57 0.2× 122 3.5k
Lydia Bourouiba United States 27 879 0.9× 236 0.5× 2.0k 5.0× 318 0.9× 197 0.7× 54 4.1k
David Katoshevski Israel 17 351 0.4× 309 0.6× 2.2k 5.4× 337 1.0× 212 0.7× 86 3.1k
André Nicolle France 26 641 0.7× 123 0.2× 432 1.1× 330 0.9× 32 0.1× 66 2.0k
Talib Dbouk France 18 347 0.4× 144 0.3× 822 2.0× 263 0.8× 47 0.2× 56 2.0k
Eldad Avital United Kingdom 20 711 0.7× 181 0.4× 178 0.4× 585 1.7× 68 0.2× 136 1.6k
Con J. Doolan Australia 32 1.9k 1.9× 1.1k 2.3× 402 1.0× 2.3k 6.7× 47 0.2× 229 3.7k
Daniel Wei United States 22 162 0.2× 369 0.7× 546 1.3× 307 0.9× 47 0.2× 63 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charitha de Silva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charitha de Silva

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All Works

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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2024). Design and characterisation of an open-jet pressure gradient test rig for an aeroacoustic wind tunnel. Applied Acoustics. 227. 110214–110214.
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Bahl, Prateek, Shovon Bhattacharjee, C. Raina MacIntyre, Con J. Doolan, & Charitha de Silva. (2024). Experimental framework to examine turbulent puffs generated by human coughing. Physics of Fluids. 36(10).
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Ayton, Lorna J., et al.. (2024). A mathematical model for the interaction of anisotropic turbulence with porous surfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1001.
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Green, Donna, Charitha de Silva, Prateek Bahl, et al.. (2023). Demonstrating the most effective interventions to improve classroom air quality. What novel in situ tests of real-world conditions show is still missing in our guidance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 41001–41001. 4 indexed citations
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Mallinson, S. G., et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of the dispersed-phase continuum model for investigating the airflow in the print gap of inkjet printers. Physical Review Fluids. 8(9). 1 indexed citations
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Bahl, Prateek, et al.. (2023). Vortex Generators for Passive Cooling of Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems Under Free Convection. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 13(5). 743–749.
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Ayton, Lorna J., et al.. (2023). A mathematical model for the interaction of anisotropic turbulence with a rigid leading edge. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 970. 3 indexed citations
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Baidya, R., et al.. (2023). Investigation of a Near-Field Cylinder Wake in the Subsonic, Transonic, and Supersonic Regimes. AIAA Journal. 61(12). 5415–5428.
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2022). Modelling the downstream development of a turbulent boundary layer following a step change of roughness. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 949. 15 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal characteristics of uniform momentum zones: Experiments and modeling. Physical Review Fluids. 7(10). 3 indexed citations
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Bahl, Prateek, Charitha de Silva, Victoria Timchenko, et al.. (2022). Passive PV module cooling under free convection through vortex generators. Renewable Energy. 190. 319–329. 25 indexed citations
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Mallinson, S. G., et al.. (2022). Investigation of the vortex instability in a two-dimensional inkjet print-zone using numerical analysis. Physical Review Fluids. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2021). Third-order structure function in the logarithmic layer of boundary-layer turbulence. Physical Review Fluids. 6(7). 10 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2021). Experimental study of a turbulent boundary layer with a rough-to-smooth change in surface conditions at high Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 923. 21 indexed citations
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Geyer, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Experimental Investigation of Tip Vortex Formation Noise Produced by Wall-Mounted Finite Airfoils. Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 34(6). 5 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2021). Prograde vortices, internal shear layers and the Taylor microscale in high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 920. 13 indexed citations
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Bahl, Prateek, Shovon Bhattacharjee, Charitha de Silva, et al.. (2020). Face coverings and mask to minimise droplet dispersion and aerosolisation: a video case study. Thorax. 75(11). 1024–1025. 41 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2020). On the mixing length eddies and logarithmic mean velocity profile in wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 887. 27 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, Amirreza Rouhi, R. Baidya, et al.. (2019). Recovery of wall-shear stress to equilibrium flow conditions after a rough-to-smooth step change in turbulent boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 872. 472–491. 28 indexed citations
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Silva, Charitha de, et al.. (2019). Defining the eddies responsible for the logarithmic velocity profile in wall turbulence. arXiv (Cornell University).

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