William S. Saric

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

William S. Saric is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Saric has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Computational Mechanics, 81 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 25 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in William S. Saric's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (132 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (60 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (38 papers). William S. Saric is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (132 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (60 papers) and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (38 papers). William S. Saric collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. William S. Saric's co-authors include Helen L. Reed, Edward White, Mark Reibert, Ali H. Nayfeh, E. J. Kerschen, J. M. Floryan, Ruben Carrillo, D. Arnal, Ronald H. Radeztsky and Matthew W. Tufts and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

William S. Saric

162 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Krishnan Mahesh United States

Mujeeb R. Malik United States

Hermann F. Fasel United States

Neil D. Sandham United Kingdom

Sergio Pirozzoli Italy

Sharath S. Girimaji United States

Helen L. Reed United States

Suresh Menon United States

Roddam Narasimha India

Fernando F. Grinstein United States

Krishnan Mahesh United States

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946 ×1.5

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372 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by William S. Saric

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William S. Saric

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2015). Flight Test Experiments on Discrete Roughness Element Technology for Laminar Flow Control. 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 15 indexed citations

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2013). Laminar-Turbulent Boundary Layer Transition Imaging Using IR Thermography. Optics and Photonics Journal. 3(3). 233–239. 35 indexed citations

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2011). Boundary-layer instability & transition on a flared cone in a Mach 6 quiet wind tunnel. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 64. 1 indexed citations

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Reed, Helen L. & William S. Saric. (2011). Attachment-Line Heating in a Compressible Flow. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 64. 1 indexed citations

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White, Edward, et al.. (2010). Flow Quality Measurements in the Klebanoff-Saric Wind Tunnel. 26 indexed citations

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2010). Roughness receptivity in swept-wing boundary layers – experiments. International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation. 2(1/2). 128–128. 34 indexed citations

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Rizzetta, Donald P., Miguel R. Visbal, Helen L. Reed, & William S. Saric. (2010). Direct Numerical Simulation of Distributed Roughness on a Swept Wing Leading Edge. 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 3 indexed citations

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Reed, Helen L., et al.. (2008). Roughness receptivity in swept-wing boundary layers - Computations. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2008). Roughness receptivity in swept-wing boundary layers - Experiments. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 61. 2 indexed citations

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2008). Complete CFD Analysis of a Velocity XL-5 RG with Flight-Test Verification.

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Avila, Marc, et al.. (2008). Mode competition in modulated Taylor–Couette flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 601. 381–406. 24 indexed citations

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Klewicki, Joseph, William S. Saric, Ivan Marušič, & John K. Eaton. (2007). Wall-bounded flows. 9 indexed citations

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Saric, William S., et al.. (2004). Flight Testing of Laminar Flow Control in High-Speed Boundary Layers. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 11 indexed citations

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Reed, Helen L., et al.. (2003). A Computational Study of the Effect of Winglets on the Performance of Micro-Aerial Vehicles. APS. 56. 2 indexed citations

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Reed, Helen L. & William S. Saric. (2002). Supersonic laminar flow control on swept wings using distributed roughness. 71 indexed citations

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White, Edward, et al.. (2001). Stages of swept-wing transition. 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 27 indexed citations

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Fasel, Hermann F. & William S. Saric. (2000). Laminar-turbulent transition : IUTAM Symposium, Sedona/AZ, September 13-17, 1999. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Kohama, Yasuaki, et al.. (1994). Boundary-Layer Receptivity to Freestream Sound (Effect of Two-Dimensional Roughness). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13(1). 38–45. 1 indexed citations

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Nayfeh, Ali H. & William S. Saric. (1975). Non-parallel stability of boundary layer flows. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 75. 22654. 21 indexed citations

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Nayfeh, Ali H. & William S. Saric. (1972). An Analysis of Asymmetric Rolling Bodies with Nonlinear Aerodynamics. AIAA Journal. 10(8). 1004–1011. 15 indexed citations

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