Olivier Métais

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Olivier Métais is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Métais has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Computational Mechanics, 19 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Olivier Métais's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (54 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (16 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (14 papers). Olivier Métais is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (54 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (16 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (14 papers). Olivier Métais collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Portugal. Olivier Métais's co-authors include Marcel Lesieur, Jackson R. Herring, Carlos B. da Silva, Guillaume Balarac, Rainer Friedrich, Éric Lamballais, Peter Bartello, Dominique Le Grand, Mariano Vázquez and Shinichiro Yanase and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Métais

62 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

New Trends in Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulence 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750
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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. New Trends in Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulence
    1996 819 citations Marcel Lesieur, Olivier Métais profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olivier Métais France 28 2.7k 912 806 590 413 62 3.2k
Geert Brethouwer Sweden 21 1.9k 0.7× 723 0.8× 545 0.7× 503 0.9× 388 0.9× 77 2.4k
Sutanu Sarkar United States 28 2.2k 0.8× 857 0.9× 622 0.8× 986 1.7× 305 0.7× 96 3.3k
J. Andrzej Domaradzki United States 30 2.3k 0.8× 883 1.0× 305 0.4× 622 1.1× 121 0.3× 81 2.7k
Bernard J. Geurts Netherlands 37 4.1k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 848 1.1× 711 1.2× 571 1.4× 200 5.0k
Geneviève Comte-Bellot France 18 2.1k 0.8× 977 1.1× 940 1.2× 263 0.4× 273 0.7× 52 2.5k
Nagi N. Mansour United States 23 4.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.6× 983 1.2× 345 0.6× 856 2.1× 72 4.5k
F. K. Browand United States 21 2.2k 0.8× 524 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 520 0.9× 170 0.4× 38 2.8k
Thomas Lund United States 26 4.4k 1.6× 2.1k 2.3× 1.5k 1.8× 1.3k 2.3× 480 1.2× 84 5.6k
Garry L. Brown United States 17 3.7k 1.4× 944 1.0× 2.3k 2.8× 330 0.6× 334 0.8× 53 4.1k
Gary N. Coleman United States 23 2.0k 0.7× 679 0.7× 561 0.7× 290 0.5× 354 0.9× 57 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olivier Métais

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All Works

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Moureau, Vincent, Guillaume Balarac, Renaud Mercier, et al.. (2023). Toward the use of LES for industrial complex geometries. Part I: automatic mesh definition. Journal of Turbulence. 24(6-7). 280–310. 3 indexed citations
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Métais, Olivier, et al.. (2023). Reconstruction of proper numerical inlet boundary conditions for draft tube flow simulations using machine learning. Computers & Fluids. 254. 105792–105792. 6 indexed citations
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Balarac, Guillaume, et al.. (2023). Toward the use of LES for industrial complex geometries. Part II: Reduce the time-to-solution by using a linearised implicit time advancement. Journal of Turbulence. 24(6-7). 311–329. 2 indexed citations
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Balarac, Guillaume, et al.. (2016). Analysis of Head Losses in a Turbine Draft Tube by Means of 3D Unsteady Simulations. Flow Turbulence and Combustion. 97(4). 1255–1280. 60 indexed citations
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Brugière, Olivier, et al.. (2012). Numerical prediction of a draft tube flow taking into account uncertain inlet conditions. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 15(3). 32039–32039. 2 indexed citations
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Balarac, Guillaume, et al.. (2009). Simulation des grandes échelles d'un aspirateur de centrale hydraulique. Mécanique & Industries. 10(3-4). 211–215. 2 indexed citations
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Münch, Cécile & Olivier Métais. (2007). Large eddy simulations in curved square ducts: variation of the curvature radius. Journal of Turbulence. 8. N28–N28. 4 indexed citations
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Balarac, Guillaume, Olivier Métais, & Marcel Lesieur. (2007). Mixing enhancement in coaxial jets through inflow forcing: A numerical study. Physics of Fluids. 19(7). 27 indexed citations
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Ducros, F., et al.. (2004). LES of turbulent heat transfer: proper convection numerical schemes for temperature transport. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 44(9). 1017–1044. 27 indexed citations
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Fautrelle, Y., et al.. (2003). Numerical modelling of electromagnetically-driven turbulent flows using LES methods. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 28(1). 15–27. 56 indexed citations
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Silva, Carlos B. da & Olivier Métais. (2002). Vortex control of bifurcating jets: A numerical study. Physics of Fluids. 14(11). 3798–3819. 90 indexed citations
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Silva, Carlos B. da & Olivier Métais. (2002). On the influence of coherent structures upon interscale interactions in turbulent plane jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 473. 103–145. 96 indexed citations
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Vázquez, Mariano & Olivier Métais. (2002). Large-eddy simulation of the turbulent flow through a heated square duct. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 453. 201–238. 71 indexed citations
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Friedrich, Rainer, et al.. (2001). Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation IV. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 98 indexed citations
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Lesieur, Marcel, et al.. (2000). Baroclinic instability and severe storms. Journal of Turbulence. 1. N2–N2. 7 indexed citations
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Métais, Olivier, et al.. (1998). Synoptic and Frontal-Cyclone Scale Instabilities in Baroclinic Jet Flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55(8). 1316–1335. 15 indexed citations
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Métais, Olivier, et al.. (1996). Inverse cascade in stably stratified rotating turbulence. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 23(1-4). 193–203. 44 indexed citations
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Bartello, Peter, Olivier Métais, & Marcel Lesieur. (1994). Coherent structures in rotating three-dimensional turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 273. 1–29. 120 indexed citations
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Métais, Olivier & Marcel Lesieur. (1992). Spectral large-eddy simulation of isotropic and stably stratified turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 239. 157–194. 350 indexed citations
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Chollet, Jean‐Pierre & Olivier Métais. (1989). Predictability of three dimensional turbulence in large eddy simulations. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 8(6). 523–548. 1 indexed citations

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