K. Ranjith

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 835 citations indexed

About

K. Ranjith is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Ranjith has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 835 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in K. Ranjith's work include Conducting polymers and applications (7 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (6 papers) and Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities (5 papers). K. Ranjith is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (7 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (6 papers) and Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities (5 papers). K. Ranjith collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Germany. K. Ranjith's co-authors include J. R. Rice, N. Lapusta, Praveen C. Ramamurthy, Prajwal Kumar, Jinlong Xie, Teck Neng Wong, R. Narasimhan, Satyajit Gupta, S. Saravanan and Huajian Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Electrochimica Acta and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

K. Ranjith

23 papers receiving 798 citations

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Rate and state dependent friction and the stability of sliding between elastically deformable solids

2001 443 citations J. R. Rice, N. Lapusta et al. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Ranjith India	10	476	278	95	94	84	25	835
M. Mello United States	11	153 0.3×	118 0.4×	65 0.7×	12 0.1×	62 0.7×	30	407
Jianmin Long China	13	170 0.4×	369 1.3×	98 1.0×	5 0.1×	16 0.2×	26	615
Omprakash Samudrala United States	7	302 0.6×	403 1.4×	44 0.5×	4 0.0×	16 0.2×	10	704
S. Kanaun Mexico	18	107 0.2×	861 3.1×	146 1.5×	5 0.1×	26 0.3×	97	1.1k
Sanjeev A. Sahu India	25	195 0.4×	1.2k 4.4×	78 0.8×	3 0.0×	111 1.3×	103	1.5k
П. В. Макаров Russia	16	142 0.3×	408 1.5×	229 2.4×	9 0.1×	10 0.1×	83	649
В. Е. Панин Russia	15	63 0.1×	390 1.4×	337 3.5×	6 0.1×	70 0.8×	84	818
Eric P. Fahrenthold United States	15	17 0.0×	279 1.0×	106 1.1×	16 0.2×	69 0.8×	99	772
Chris Newman United States	4	29 0.1×	96 0.3×	129 1.4×	33 0.4×	68 0.8×	5	681
М.V. Silnikov Russia	16	38 0.1×	160 0.6×	88 0.9×	10 0.1×	53 0.6×	55	787

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Ranjith, K., et al.. (2023). Spectral boundary integral equation method for simulation of 2D and 3D slip ruptures at bi‐material interfaces. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 48(1). 123–153. 1 indexed citations

Ranjith, K., et al.. (2022). Antiplane spectral boundary integral equation method for an interface between a layer and a half-plane. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 171. 105170–105170. 1 indexed citations

Ranjith, K.. (2021). Love Wave or Slip Wave?. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 88(12).

Ranjith, K.. (2017). Antiplane Slip and Bonded Contact Waves at a Planar Interface Between Two Elastic Layers. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 84(10).

Ranjith, K.. (2016). A slip wave solution in antiplane elasticity. Geophysical Journal International. 208(3). 1305–1307. 2 indexed citations

Ranjith, K.. (2015). Spectral formulation of the elastodynamic boundary integral equations for bi-material interfaces. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 59. 29–36. 2 indexed citations

Ranjith, K., et al.. (2014). Various architectures of electrosprayed photoactive materials: A step towards light management. MRS Proceedings. 1668. 1 indexed citations

Ramamurthy, Praveen C., et al.. (2014). Fabrication of Hollow Microspheres Using Single Step Electrospraying Process. 3(2). 108–113. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Prajwal, S. Saravanan, K. Ranjith, & Praveen C. Ramamurthy. (2013). D–A–D-structured conducting polymer-modified electrodes for detection of lead(II) ions in water. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 44(1). 133–139. 7 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K.. (2013). Instabilities in Dynamic Anti-plane Sliding of an Elastic Layer on a Dissimilar Elastic Half-Space. Journal of Elasticity. 115(1). 47–59. 9 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K., et al.. (2012). Random copolymers consisting of dithienylcyclopentadienone, thiophene and benzothiadiazole for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 105. 263–271. 16 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K., et al.. (2011). Dithienylcyclopentadienone derivative-co-benzothiadiazole: An alternating copolymer for organic photovoltaics. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 98. 448–454. 16 indexed citations

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Kumar, Prajwal, K. Ranjith, Satyajit Gupta, & Praveen C. Ramamurthy. (2011). Electrochemical copolymerization of thiophene derivatives; a precursor to photovoltaic devices. Electrochimica Acta. 56(24). 8184–8191. 17 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K., et al.. (2011). Novel thiophene derivative hybrid composite solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 96. 101–107. 14 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K., et al.. (2010). Pulsed laser deposition film of a donor–acceptor–donor polymer as possible active layer in devices. Journal of Materials Science. 46(7). 2259–2266. 17 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K.. (2009). Destabilization of long-wavelength Love and Stoneley waves in slow sliding. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 46(16). 3086–3092. 11 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K.. (2008). Dynamic anti-plane sliding of dissimilar anisotropic linear elastic solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 45(14-15). 4211–4221. 3 indexed citations

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Ranjith, K. & Huajian Gao. (2006). Stability of frictional slipping at an anisotropic/isotropic interface. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(13). 4318–4328. 2 indexed citations

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Rice, J. R., N. Lapusta, & K. Ranjith. (2001). Rate and state dependent friction and the stability of sliding between elastically deformable solids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 49(9). 1865–1898. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ranjith, K.. (2001). Slip dynamics at an interface between dissimilar materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 49(2). 341–361. 172 indexed citations

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