A. Bedford

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

A. Bedford is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Bedford has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in A. Bedford's work include Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (10 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (9 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (8 papers). A. Bedford is often cited by papers focused on Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (10 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (9 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (8 papers). A. Bedford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. A. Bedford's co-authors include Douglas S. Drumheller, Morris Stern, Stephen L. Passman, C. Denson Hill, Kevin S. Channer, Denise Barrow, Graham C. Ives, Laurence O’Toole, Harry Millwater and R. Daniel Costley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

A. Bedford

61 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Theories of immiscible and structured mixtures

1983 465 citations A. Bedford, Douglas S. Drumheller International Journal of Engineering Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Bedford United States	20	787	372	333	324	254	64	1.6k
Douglas S. Drumheller United States	20	693 0.9×	309 0.8×	297 0.9×	313 1.0×	209 0.8×	43	1.4k
Jace W. Nunziato United States	17	2.1k 2.6×	465 1.3×	921 2.8×	758 2.3×	231 0.9×	60	3.4k
Morris Stern United States	18	1.1k 1.3×	132 0.4×	82 0.2×	138 0.4×	203 0.8×	32	1.4k
Ioan R. Ionescu France	20	564 0.7×	104 0.3×	412 1.2×	122 0.4×	422 1.7×	87	1.5k
Mark L. Wilkins United States	9	804 1.0×	188 0.5×	540 1.6×	737 2.3×	148 0.6×	22	1.6k
Julius Miklowitz United States	14	781 1.0×	201 0.5×	98 0.3×	160 0.5×	158 0.6×	37	1.2k
J.A. Trapp United States	16	277 0.4×	351 0.9×	301 0.9×	128 0.4×	117 0.5×	33	1.0k
John L. Tassoulas United States	26	1.4k 1.8×	205 0.6×	541 1.6×	111 0.3×	274 1.1×	102	3.2k
Bojan B. Guzina United States	23	909 1.2×	453 1.2×	87 0.3×	66 0.2×	291 1.1×	96	1.7k
Thomas L. Geers United States	19	498 0.6×	317 0.9×	507 1.5×	513 1.6×	52 0.2×	57	1.5k

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Bedford, A. & Douglas S. Drumheller. (2023). Introduction to Elastic Wave Propagation. 9 indexed citations

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Bedford, A. & Kenneth M. Liechti. (2019). Mechanics of Materials. 11 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (2014). Simulation based design of reluctance motors for traction applications in hybrid and electric vehicles. 6.2.03–6.2.03. 10 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (2002). Mechanics of Materials. Applied Mechanics Reviews. 55(3). B51–B52. 1 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (2000). Statics and Mechanics of Materials. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Simha, C. Hari Manoj, Stephan Bless, & A. Bedford. (1999). What is the Peak Stress in Ceramic Bar Impacts. APS. 2 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (1995). Dynamics : engineering mechanics. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Costley, R. Daniel & A. Bedford. (1988). An experimental study of acoustic waves in saturated glass beads. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 83(6). 2165–2174. 5 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (1986). Acceleration waves in a particulate suspension. International Journal of Engineering Science. 24(8). 1339–1349. 3 indexed citations

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Stern, Morris, A. Bedford, & Harry Millwater. (1983). Wave reflection from a sediment layer with depth-dependent properties. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 74(S1). S43–S43. 1 indexed citations

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Bedford, A.. (1982). On the Current Status of Theoretical Modeling of Acoustic Waves in Saturated Sediments.. 1 indexed citations

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Bedford, A. & Douglas S. Drumheller. (1979). A variational theory of porous media. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 15(12). 967–980. 35 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (1977). Variational solution for the reflection and transmission of waves at a material interface between waveguides. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 62(2). 370–374. 1 indexed citations

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Bedford, A. & Douglas S. Drumheller. (1974). On a Generalized Effective Stiffness Theory. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 41(1). 305–307. 4 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (1973). Reflection and transmission of waves by a fiber-reinforced material. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 54(5). 1273–1276. 1 indexed citations

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Choi, D.S. & A. Bedford. (1973). Transient pulse propagation in a fiber-reinforced material. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 54(3). 676–684. 3 indexed citations

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Bedford, A., et al.. (1972). On Theoretical and Experimental Wave Propagation in a Fiber-Reinforced Elastic Material. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 39(2). 597–598. 15 indexed citations

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Stern, Morris & A. Bedford. (1972). Wave propagation in elastic laminates using a multi-continuum theory. Acta Mechanica. 15(1-2). 21–38. 20 indexed citations

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Stern, Morris, A. Bedford, & Ching H. Yew. (1971). Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic Laminates. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 38(2). 448–454. 16 indexed citations

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Bedford, A. & Morris Stern. (1970). On Wave Propagation in Fiber-Reinforced Viscoelastic Materials. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 37(4). 1190–1192. 6 indexed citations

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