Nicolas Bénard

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Bénard is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Bénard has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 38 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Bénard's work include Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics (74 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (34 papers) and Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation (31 papers). Nicolas Bénard is often cited by papers focused on Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics (74 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (34 papers) and Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation (31 papers). Nicolas Bénard collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Lebanon. Nicolas Bénard's co-authors include Éric Moreau, Éric Moreau, Antoine Debien, N. Balcon, J. Jolibois, Jean-Paul Bonnet, Noureddine Zouzou, G. Touchard, D Coisne and Akira Mizuno and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Bénard

88 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Electrical and mechanical characteristics of surface AC dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators applied to airflow control

2014 444 citations Nicolas Bénard, Éric Moreau Experiments in Fluids profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Bénard France	33	2.3k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	322	90	3.1k
Sven Grundmann Germany	26	1.6k 0.7×	897 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	520 0.5×	146 0.5×	120	2.4k
Kozlov Av Russia	12	937 0.4×	409 0.3×	511 0.4×	235 0.2×	76 0.2×	78	1.2k
Éric Moreau France	33	2.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	438 1.4×	88	3.4k
Hua Liang China	24	1.0k 0.4×	382 0.2×	655 0.5×	263 0.2×	195 0.6×	103	1.5k
Marios Kotsonis Netherlands	26	1.8k 0.8×	436 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	288 0.3×	37 0.1×	110	2.1k
J.R. Stewart United States	22	192 0.1×	546 0.3×	364 0.3×	87 0.1×	29 0.1×	65	1.3k
George Huang United States	18	742 0.3×	232 0.1×	833 0.7×	149 0.1×	20 0.1×	65	1.3k
Tony W. H. Sheu Taiwan	25	198 0.1×	150 0.1×	1.2k 1.0×	88 0.1×	101 0.3×	158	1.8k
В. Б. Бетелин Russia	14	1.1k 0.5×	107 0.1×	1.2k 1.0×	27 0.0×	48 0.1×	64	1.9k
Xiao-Jun Gu United Kingdom	26	1.2k 0.5×	313 0.2×	2.1k 1.8×	14 0.0×	214 0.7×	84	3.0k

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Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Electroaerodynamic thrusters: Influence of a freestream on the current, ionic wind, and force produced by a DC corona discharge. Journal of Electrostatics. 130. 103950–103950. 8 indexed citations

Bénard, Nicolas, Huijie Yan, & Éric Moreau. (2024). Voltage-Driven Changes in Surface Charge: Refining Boundary Conditions for Phenomenological Model of Surface Plasma Actuators. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2024). Current, thrust, and power of a corona discharge plasma thruster at tropospheric altitude. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 58(9). 95201–95201. 2 indexed citations

Moreau, Éric & Nicolas Bénard. (2024). Ionic wind produced by volume corona discharges and surface dielectric barrier discharges: What role do streamers play?. Journal of Electrostatics. 132. 103988–103988. 4 indexed citations

Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Combined and simultaneous electro-optical diagnostics for oscillatory plasma discharges. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations

Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Mixing enhancement downstream of an active square mesh grid using plasma actuation. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. 1 indexed citations

Pereira, Ricardo, et al.. (2023). On the interplay of body-force distributions and flow speed for dielectric-barrier discharge plasma actuators. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 56(37). 375205–375205. 2 indexed citations

Moreau, Éric, et al.. (2020). Streamer propagation and pressure waves produced by a nanosecond pulsed surface sliding discharge: effect of the high-voltage electrode shape. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(7). 75207–75207. 19 indexed citations

Bénard, Nicolas, Jordi Pons‐Prats, Jacques Périaux, et al.. (2015). Multi-Input Genetic Algorithm for Experimental Optimization of the Reattachment Downstream of a Backward-Facing-Step with Surface Plasma Actuator. 6 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2015). Electrical and mechanical characteristics of nanosecond pulsed sliding dielectric barrier discharges with different electrode gaps. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 646. 12054–12054. 5 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas & Éric Moreau. (2014). Electrical and mechanical characteristics of surface AC dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators applied to airflow control. Experiments in Fluids. 55(11). 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2013). DBD Control of a Turbulent Shear Layer downstream of a Backward Facing Step. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Moreau, Éric, et al.. (2013). Electrohydrodynamic force produced by a wire-to-cylinder dc corona discharge in air at atmospheric pressure. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 46(47). 475204–475204. 109 indexed citations

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Zouzou, Noureddine, et al.. (2013). Effect of dielectric aging on the behavior of a surface nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 20(5). 1554–1560. 17 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas & Éric Moreau. (2012). EHD Force and Electric Wind Produced by Plasma Actuators Used for Airflow Control. 25 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas, Akira Mizuno, & Éric Moreau. (2009). A large-scale multiple dielectric barrier discharge actuator based on an innovative three-electrode design. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 42(23). 235204–235204. 67 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas, N. Balcon, G. Touchard, & Éric Moreau. (2008). Control of diffuser jet flow: turbulent kinetic energy and jet spreading enhancements assisted by a non-thermal plasma discharge. Experiments in Fluids. 45(2). 333–355. 35 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2006). Computational Approach to Estimating the Effects of Blood Properties on Changes in Intra-stent Flow. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 34(8). 1259–1271. 31 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2005). Blood flow in stented coronary artery : numerical fluid dynamics analysis. PubMed. 4. 3800–3803. 5 indexed citations

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Bénard, Nicolas, et al.. (2003). Experimental study of laminar blood flow through an artery treated by a stent implantation: characterisation of intra-stent wall shear stress. Journal of Biomechanics. 36(7). 991–998. 81 indexed citations

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