M. Heckl

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

M. Heckl is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Heckl has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Computational Mechanics, 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in M. Heckl's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (21 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (14 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (12 papers). M. Heckl is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (21 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (14 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (12 papers). M. Heckl collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and India. M. Heckl's co-authors include Lothar Cremer, Eric E. Ungar, Björn Petersson, A. P. Dowling, D. G. Crighton, F. G. Leppington, J. E. Ffowcs Williams, I. David Abrahams, M. S. Howe and James F. Bartram and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

M. Heckl

49 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Structure-Borne Sound

1973 850 citations M. Heckl et al. profile →
Modern Methods in Analytical Acoustics

1992 428 citations M. Heckl et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Heckl United Kingdom	18	1.2k	844	778	753	667	54	2.8k
Malcolm J. Crocker United States	25	1.7k 1.4×	698 0.8×	285 0.4×	480 0.6×	589 0.9×	144	2.8k
M.L. Munjal India	26	1.8k 1.4×	411 0.5×	499 0.6×	268 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	155	2.4k
A. F. Seybert United States	25	1.6k 1.3×	393 0.5×	420 0.5×	228 0.3×	754 1.1×	83	2.4k
Ahmet Selamet United States	29	1.7k 1.4×	273 0.3×	743 1.0×	395 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	145	2.5k
F.J. Fahy United Kingdom	23	1.9k 1.5×	962 1.1×	670 0.9×	418 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	100	3.3k
Mats Åbom Sweden	25	1.7k 1.4×	224 0.3×	845 1.1×	287 0.4×	1.7k 2.6×	179	2.6k
Paul Sas Belgium	31	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	547 0.7×	1.8k 2.4×	428 0.6×	360	4.4k
Robert J. Bernhard United States	24	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	255 0.3×	384 0.5×	405 0.6×	144	2.2k
S. Narayanan India	35	674 0.5×	1.7k 2.0×	405 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	795 1.2×	157	3.7k
Anil K. Bajaj United States	31	500 0.4×	962 1.1×	538 0.7×	551 0.7×	231 0.3×	173	3.1k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Heckl, M., et al.. (2025). Hydrogen-blended fuels: Nonlinear flame dynamics and safe operation limits. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 111. 371–384.

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Zhou, Weiwei, Xiaoyu Wang, Guangyu Zhang, M. Heckl, & Xiaofeng Sun. (2024). Three-dimensional interaction of thermoacoustic modes in a circular tube. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 600. 118899–118899.

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Heckl, M., et al.. (2024). Green’s function analysis of nonlinear thermoacoustic effects under the influence of noise in a combustion chamber. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 594. 118621–118621.

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Heckl, M., et al.. (2022). A unified framework for acoustic instabilities based on the tailored Green’s function. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 541. 117279–117279. 7 indexed citations

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Bigongiari, Alessandra, et al.. (2020). Analytical approximations for heat release rate laws in the time- and frequency-domains. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. 12. 4 indexed citations

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Heckl, M., et al.. (2017). Passive instability control by a heat exchanger in a combustor with nonuniform temperature. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. 9(4). 380–393. 6 indexed citations

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Bigongiari, Alessandra & M. Heckl. (2016). A Green’s function approach to the rapid prediction of thermoacoustic instabilities in combustors. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 798. 970–996. 25 indexed citations

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Heckl, M.. (2015). A New Perspective on the Flame Describing Function of a Matrix Flame. International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. 7(2). 91–112. 7 indexed citations

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Heckl, M.. (2010). The Rijke Tube: A Green's Function Approach in the Frequency Domain. Acta acustica united with Acustica. 96(4). 743–752. 4 indexed citations

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Heckl, M. & M. S. Howe. (2007). Stability analysis of the Rijke tube with a Green's function approach. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 305(4-5). 672–688. 53 indexed citations

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Heckl, M., et al.. (1996). STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND AND VIBRATION FROM RAIL TRAFFIC. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 193(1). 175–184. 107 indexed citations

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Heckl, M.. (1995). RAILWAY NOISE - CAN RANDOM SLEEPER SPACINGS HELP?. 81. 16 indexed citations

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Heckl, M., et al.. (1994). Statistical energy analysis as a tool for quantifying sound and vibration transmission paths. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 346(1681). 449–464. 8 indexed citations

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Heckl, M.. (1994). Oblique sound transmission through tube bundles and tube gratings. Ultrasonics. 32(4). 275–286. 5 indexed citations

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Heckl, M.. (1987). SUPPRESSING VIBRATIONS FROM METRO TRAINS. Railway gazette international. 143(1).

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Heckl, M. & I. M�ller. (1983). Frame dependence, entropy, entropy flux, and wave speeds in mixtures of gases. Acta Mechanica. 50(1-2). 71–95. 27 indexed citations

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Munjal, M.L. & M. Heckl. (1982). Vibrations of a periodic rail-sleeper system excited by an oscillating stationary transverse force. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 81(4). 491–500. 24 indexed citations

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Heckl, M.. (1977). Radiation from plane sound sources. 37. 155. 15 indexed citations

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Howe, M. S. & M. Heckl. (1972). Sound radiation from plates with density and stiffness discontinuities. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 21(2). 193–203. 5 indexed citations

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Heckl, M., et al.. (1967). Körperschall. 4 indexed citations

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