G. Kerschen

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

G. Kerschen is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Kerschen has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 6 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 4 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in G. Kerschen's work include Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (11 papers), Bladed Disk Vibration Dynamics (10 papers) and Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids (6 papers). G. Kerschen is often cited by papers focused on Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (11 papers), Bladed Disk Vibration Dynamics (10 papers) and Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids (6 papers). G. Kerschen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Greece. G. Kerschen's co-authors include Alexander F. Vakakis, Lawrence A. Bergman, D. Michael McFarland, Y. S. Lee, Ludovic Renson, Luc Masset, Jean‐Claude Golinval, Régis Viguié, Marc Peeters and F. Nucera and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Journal of Sound and Vibration and Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

G. Kerschen

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Stru... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems
    2008 569 citations Alexander F. Vakakis, D. Michael McFarland et al. Solid mechanics and its applications profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Kerschen Belgium 13 1.3k 580 370 191 136 18 1.6k
A. F. Vakakis United States 25 1.4k 1.1× 724 1.2× 397 1.1× 343 1.8× 226 1.7× 51 2.0k
Mohammad A. AL-Shudeifat United Arab Emirates 29 1.9k 1.5× 1.1k 1.9× 762 2.1× 162 0.8× 88 0.6× 77 2.3k
Samir A. Nayfeh United States 20 988 0.8× 655 1.1× 398 1.1× 199 1.0× 62 0.5× 45 1.5k
Ludovic Renson United Kingdom 18 825 0.6× 445 0.8× 254 0.7× 155 0.8× 132 1.0× 49 1.2k
A. Carrella United Kingdom 16 2.4k 1.9× 645 1.1× 712 1.9× 320 1.7× 78 0.6× 27 2.9k
Maryam Ghandchi Tehrani United Kingdom 19 678 0.5× 382 0.7× 421 1.1× 140 0.7× 61 0.4× 75 1.1k
S.L. Lau Hong Kong 18 795 0.6× 838 1.4× 297 0.8× 208 1.1× 217 1.6× 29 1.6k
Alireza Ture Savadkoohi France 16 753 0.6× 322 0.6× 183 0.5× 179 0.9× 39 0.3× 73 894
Guoping Cai China 24 742 0.6× 876 1.5× 296 0.8× 128 0.7× 55 0.4× 137 1.7k
Giuseppe Habib Hungary 17 643 0.5× 320 0.6× 210 0.6× 113 0.6× 68 0.5× 51 931

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. Kerschen

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Raze, Ghislain, et al.. (2025). Experimental Nonlinear Modal Analysis of an F-16 Aircraft Using Phase-Locked Loop Control. Journal of Aircraft. 62(6). 1592–1604.
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Marchesiello, Stefano, et al.. (2019). Experimental identification of distributed nonlinearities in the modal domain. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 458. 426–444. 15 indexed citations
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Gourc, Étienne, et al.. (2017). A robust equal-peak method for uncertain mechanical systems. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 414. 97–109. 20 indexed citations
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Noël, Jean‐Philippe, Alireza Esfahani, G. Kerschen, & J. Schoukens. (2016). A nonlinear state-space approach to hysteresis identification. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 84. 171–184. 54 indexed citations
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Renson, Ludovic, et al.. (2015). The harmonic balance method for bifurcation analysis of large-scale nonlinear mechanical systems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 296. 18–38. 223 indexed citations
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Noël, Jean‐Philippe, J. Schoukens, & G. Kerschen. (2015). Grey-box nonlinear state-space modelling for mechanical vibrations identification. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(28). 817–822. 3 indexed citations
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Habib, Giuseppe, et al.. (2015). Performance, robustness and sensitivity analysis of the nonlinear tuned vibration absorber. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 60-61. 799–809. 82 indexed citations
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Renson, Ludovic, et al.. (2014). An effective finite-element-based method for the computation of nonlinear normal modes of nonconservative systems. Meccanica. 49(8). 1901–1916. 25 indexed citations
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Renson, Ludovic, Jean‐Philippe Noël, & G. Kerschen. (2014). Complex dynamics of a nonlinear aerospace structure: numerical continuation and normal modes. Nonlinear Dynamics. 79(2). 1293–1309. 38 indexed citations
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Kerschen, G., Marc Peeters, Jean‐Claude Golinval, & Cyrille Stéphan. (2013). Nonlinear Modal Analysis of a Full-Scale Aircraft. Journal of Aircraft. 50(5). 1409–1419. 52 indexed citations
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Peeters, Marc, G. Kerschen, Jean‐Claude Golinval, & Cyrille Stéphan. (2011). Nonlinear Normal Modes of Real-World Structures: Application to a Full-Scale Aircraft. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 475–492. 2 indexed citations
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Peeters, Marc, G. Kerschen, & Jean‐Claude Golinval. (2010). Dynamic testing of nonlinear vibrating structures using nonlinear normal modes. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 330(3). 486–509. 109 indexed citations
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Viguié, Régis, G. Kerschen, & Massimo Ruzzene. (2009). Exploration of nonlinear shunting strategies as effective vibration absorbers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7288. 72882B–72882B. 8 indexed citations
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Viguié, Régis & G. Kerschen. (2009). Nonlinear vibration absorber coupled to a nonlinear primary system: A tuning methodology. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 326(3-5). 780–793. 88 indexed citations
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Vakakis, Alexander F., et al.. (2008). Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems. Solid mechanics and its applications. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Viguié, Régis, G. Kerschen, Jean‐Claude Golinval, et al.. (2007). Using passive nonlinear targeted energy transfer to stabilize drill-string systems. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 23(1). 148–169. 74 indexed citations
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Nucera, F., Alexander F. Vakakis, D. Michael McFarland, Lawrence A. Bergman, & G. Kerschen. (2007). Targeted energy transfers in vibro-impact oscillators for seismic mitigation. Nonlinear Dynamics. 50(3). 651–677. 197 indexed citations
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Kerschen, G. & Jean‐Claude Golinval. (2004). Comments on “Interpreting proper orthogonal modes of randomly excited linear vibration systems”. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 274(3-5). 1091–1092. 4 indexed citations

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