Ayech Benjeddou

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

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Ayech Benjeddou is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ayech Benjeddou has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 67 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 53 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ayech Benjeddou's work include Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (69 papers), Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control (67 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (29 papers). Ayech Benjeddou is often cited by papers focused on Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (69 papers), Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control (67 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (29 papers). Ayech Benjeddou collaborates with scholars based in France, Austria and Brazil. Ayech Benjeddou's co-authors include Marcelo A. Trindade, Roger Ohayon, Jean‐François Deü, Alessandro Robaldo, Erasmo Carrera, Arnaud Deraemaeker, André Preumont, Houssein Nasser, Gaël Chevallier and Wajdi Zouari and has published in prestigious journals such as AIAA Journal, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering and Journal of Sound and Vibration.

In The Last Decade

Ayech Benjeddou

96 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Advances in piezoelectric finite element modeling of adaptive structural elements: a survey

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ayech Benjeddou	2.1k	1.7k	1.5k	817	419	101	2.8k
Javier Luis	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	533 0.7×	202 0.5×	24	2.4k
Dimitris A. Saravanos	3.0k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	749 0.9×	539 1.3×	166	3.8k
Haim Abramovich	1.7k 0.8×	523 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	264 0.3×	472 1.1×	133	2.1k
Zhiguang Song	1.9k 0.9×	954 0.6×	998 0.6×	381 0.5×	362 0.9×	71	2.6k
Marcelo A. Trindade	788 0.4×	716 0.4×	815 0.5×	372 0.5×	290 0.7×	62	1.4k
Sarp Adali	2.2k 1.1×	681 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	187 0.2×	416 1.0×	237	3.0k
A. von Flotow	506 0.2×	1.0k 0.6×	841 0.5×	752 0.9×	409 1.0×	21	1.6k
Onur Bilgen	595 0.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	624 0.8×	990 2.4×	118	3.1k
Ji-Hwan Kim	1.6k 0.8×	411 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	196 0.2×	238 0.6×	94	2.1k
H.J. Ding	2.4k 1.2×	328 0.2×	917 0.6×	391 0.5×	489 1.2×	92	2.7k

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Saravanos, Dimitris A., Ayech Benjeddou, & Nikolaos A. Chrysochoidis. (2025). Smart structures and materials: Vibration, semi-active/active control, energy harvesting and shunted damping. Journal of Vibration and Control. 31(1-2). 3–3.

Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2023). Experimental characterization of piezoelectric and elastic operational field-dependent non-linearities of multilayer benders for resonant driving of bone-conduction hearing aids via a dual-actuators side-by-side device. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. 31(14). 3138–3160. 2 indexed citations

Benjeddou, Ayech, Nazih Mechbal, & Jean‐François Deü. (2020). Smart structures and materials: Vibration and control. Journal of Vibration and Control. 26(13-14). 1109–1109. 2 indexed citations

Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2019). Free vibration of actual aircraft and spacecraft hexagonal honeycomb sandwich panels: A practical detailed FE approach. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 16 indexed citations

Benjeddou, Ayech. (2018). Field-dependent nonlinear piezoelectricity: a focused review. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. 9(1). 68–84. 24 indexed citations

Krommer, Michael, et al.. (2012). Piezoelectric d ₁₅ shear-response-based torsion actuation mechanism: An exact 3D Saint-Venant type solution. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. 3(2). 82–102. 18 indexed citations

Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2011). Advanced materials and structures response prediction and monitoring. Structural Control and Health Monitoring. 18(7). 721–722. 2 indexed citations

Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2011). A New Discrete-Layer Finite Element for Electromechanically Coupled Analyses of Piezoelectric Adaptive Composite Structures. Cmc-computers Materials & Continua. 23(3). 265–286. 2 indexed citations

Benjeddou, Ayech. (2011). Assessment of a smart concept for d15 shear piezoceramic direct torsion actuation. European Journal of Computational Mechanics. 20(1-4). 103–124. 4 indexed citations

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Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2011). Static experimentations of the piezoceramic d₁₅-shear actuation mechanism for sandwich structures with opposite or same poled patches-assembled core and composite faces. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. 1–15. 6 indexed citations

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Deraemaeker, Arnaud, et al.. (2007). Analytical and numerical computation of homogenized properties of MFCs: Application to a composite boom with MFC actuators and sensors. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 20 indexed citations

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Robaldo, Alessandro, Erasmo Carrera, & Ayech Benjeddou. (2006). A UNIFIED FORMULATION FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF PIEZOELECTRIC PLATES. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 2 indexed citations

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Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2006). On analytical and finite element modelling of piezoelectric extension and shear bimorphs. Computers & Structures. 84(22-23). 1426–1437. 22 indexed citations

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Benjeddou, Ayech, B.H.V. Topping, & C.A. Mota Soares. (2006). Composite Adaptive Structures: Modelling and Simulation. Computers & Structures. 84(22-23). 1381–1383. 2 indexed citations

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Robaldo, Alessandro, Erasmo Carrera, & Ayech Benjeddou. (2005). Unified Formulation for Finite Element Thermoelastic Analysis of Multilayered Anisotropic Composite Plates. Journal of Thermal Stresses. 28(10). 1031–1065. 29 indexed citations

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Trindade, Marcelo A., Ayech Benjeddou, & Roger Ohayon. (2001). Finite element modelling of hybrid active–passive vibration damping of multilayer piezoelectric sandwich beams—part II: System analysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 51(7). 855–864. 2 indexed citations

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Trindade, Marcelo A., Ayech Benjeddou, & Roger Ohayon. (2001). Finite element modelling of hybrid active–passive vibration damping of multilayer piezoelectric sandwich beams—part I: Formulation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 51(7). 835–854. 8 indexed citations

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Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2001). Piezoelectric Transverse Shear Actuation and Sensing of Plates, Part 1: A Three-Dimensional Mixed State Space Formulation. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 12(7). 435–449. 1 indexed citations

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Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (2001). Use of Piezoelectric Shear Response in Adaptive Sandwich Shells of Revolution - Part 1: Theoretical Formulation. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 12(4). 235–245. 14 indexed citations

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Benjeddou, Ayech, et al.. (1999). New shear actuated smart structure beam finite element. AIAA Journal. 37. 378–383. 1 indexed citations

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