Ponnampalam Balakumar

898 total citations
52 papers, 715 citations indexed

About

Ponnampalam Balakumar is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ponnampalam Balakumar has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Computational Mechanics, 33 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Ponnampalam Balakumar's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (50 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (43 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (25 papers). Ponnampalam Balakumar is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (50 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (43 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (25 papers). Ponnampalam Balakumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and Australia. Ponnampalam Balakumar's co-authors include Kursat Kara, Osama A. Kandil, Michael A. Kegerise, Helen L. Reed, Lewis R. Owens, Rudolph A. King, Hongwu Zhao, Harold Atkins, George Ilhwan Park and Amanda Chou and has published in prestigious journals such as AIAA Journal, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics and The Physics of Fluids.

In The Last Decade

Ponnampalam Balakumar

50 papers receiving 694 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ponnampalam Balakumar United States 15 704 398 164 67 53 52 715
Carlos Weber France 5 614 0.9× 313 0.8× 122 0.7× 29 0.4× 68 1.3× 7 645
И. В. Егоров Russia 16 844 1.2× 411 1.0× 257 1.6× 78 1.2× 87 1.6× 92 894
Christoph Hader United States 10 567 0.8× 258 0.6× 104 0.6× 48 0.7× 44 0.8× 58 585
Cyril Gacherieu France 4 586 0.8× 303 0.8× 120 0.7× 27 0.4× 55 1.0× 5 608
Vitaly Soudakov Russia 10 446 0.6× 288 0.7× 90 0.5× 26 0.4× 44 0.8× 41 471
Rudolph A. King United States 14 559 0.8× 334 0.8× 144 0.9× 29 0.4× 59 1.1× 50 590
A. A. Sidorenko Russia 12 467 0.7× 273 0.7× 98 0.6× 32 0.5× 51 1.0× 63 526
Raymond Humble United States 14 696 1.0× 400 1.0× 81 0.5× 34 0.5× 100 1.9× 27 718
А. Д. Косинов Russia 13 658 0.9× 373 0.9× 88 0.5× 62 0.9× 106 2.0× 116 690
Sébastien Piponniau France 8 645 0.9× 423 1.1× 73 0.4× 17 0.3× 57 1.1× 13 652

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ponnampalam Balakumar

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All Works

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Balakumar, Ponnampalam, Prahladh S. Iyer, Eric J. Nielsen, et al.. (2024). Assessment of UMUSCL Scheme for DNS of Turbulent Flows.
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Wang, Li, W. Kyle Anderson, Eric J. Nielsen, et al.. (2022). Wall-Modeled Large-Eddy Simulations for High-Lift Configurations using FUN3D (Invited). AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum. 5 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam & Prahladh S. Iyer. (2021). Laminar to Turbulence Transition in Boundary Layers Due to Tripping Devices. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum.
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Owens, Lewis R., et al.. (2019). Supersonic Crossflow Transition Control in Ground and Flight Tests. AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum. 4 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam, Rudolph A. King, Amanda Chou, Lewis R. Owens, & Michael A. Kegerise. (2016). Receptivity and Forced Response to Acoustic Disturbances in High-Speed Boundary Layers. 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference. 3 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam & Amanda Chou. (2016). Transition Prediction in Hypersonic Boundary Layers Using Receptivity and Freestream Spectra. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 6 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam & George Ilhwan Park. (2015). DNS/LES Simulations of Separated Flows at High Reynolds Numbers. 19 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam, Robert Rubinstein, & Christopher L. Rumsey. (2013). DNS, Enstrophy Balance, and the Dissipation Rate Equation in a Separated Turbulent Channel Flow. 4 indexed citations
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Kara, Kursat, Ponnampalam Balakumar, & Osama A. Kandil. (2011). Effects of Nose Bluntness on Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Receptivity and Stability over Cones. AIAA Journal. 49(12). 2593–2606. 70 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam & Michael A. Kegerise. (2011). Receptivity of Hypersonic Boundary Layers to Acoustic and Vortical Disturbances. 49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 33 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam & Lewis R. Owens. (2010). Stability of Hypersonic Boundary Layers on a Cone at an Angle of Attack. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 35 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hongwu & Ponnampalam Balakumar. (2005). Nonlinear Disturbance Evolution Across a Hypersonic Compression Corner. AIAA Journal. 43(5). 1034–1041. 8 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam, Hongwu Zhao, & Harold Atkins. (2002). Stability of Hypersonic Boundary-Layers over a Compression Corner. 32 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam, et al.. (1999). On the Stability of Three-Dimensional Boundary Layers. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations
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Balakumar, Ponnampalam & Sheila E. Widnall. (1986). Application of unsteady aerodynamics to large-eddy breakup devices in a turbulent flow. The Physics of Fluids. 29(6). 1779–1787. 11 indexed citations

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