R. Panneer Selvam Source Confirmed

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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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22 h-index 127 pubs 2,152 cited

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R. Panneer Selvam's research focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and its applications in wind engineering. His work investigates the performance of different inflow turbulence methods for wind engineering, the effects of grid spacing on peak pressure computation, and the comparison of tornado-induced pressures on buildings using CFD models against experimental measurements. Selvam also studies heat transfer in hybrid nanofluids within porous media, employing non-Fourier heat flux models.

In addition to his research, Selvam is involved in engineering education. He teaches modeling turbulent flow around buildings using large eddy simulation (LES) and open-source software like OpenFOAM. He also incorporates open-source software lab modules into CFD and fluids courses to enhance student learning. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 22, with 127 total publications and 2,152 citations. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Selvam collaborates with other researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Quentin S. Ragan, Irina N. Afanasyeva, Bailey Downing, and Sudarshan Kolar.

Metrics

h-index: 22
Publications: 127
Citations: 2,152

Selected Publications

Effect of Swirl Ratio on Simulated VorTECH Chamber Vortex Parameters (2025) DOI
Determining Tornado Velocity for Tornado Force Coefficients for a Thin-Cylinder Structure and Comparison to ASCE 7 (2024) DOI
Turbulence Generators and Turbulence Structure (2024) DOI
Fourier Modes in Fluid Flow and Energy Cascade (2024) DOI
Implementation of a Simple CFD Tornado Simulator in Open-Source Software OpenFOAM (2023) DOI
Comparative heat transfer analysis of electroconductive Fe3O4–MWCNT– water and Fe3O4–MWCNT– kerosene hybrid nanofluids in a square porous cavity using the non-Fourier heat flux model (2022) DOI
Performance of different inflow turbulence methods for wind engineering applications (2022) DOI
Introduction to Wind Engineering (2022) DOI
Advanced Topics (2022) DOI
Introduction (2022) DOI
CFD for Turbulent Flow (2022) DOI
Appendix B: Random Process for Wind Engineering (2022) DOI
Front Matter (2022) DOI
Comparison of Tornado-induced pressures on building from CFD model with TTU experimental measurements (2022) DOI
Maximum grid spacing effect on peak pressure computation using inflow turbulence generators (2022) DOI