Michel Tournour

746 total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

Michel Tournour is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Tournour has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 12 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Michel Tournour's work include Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (22 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (14 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (10 papers). Michel Tournour is often cited by papers focused on Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (22 papers), Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows (14 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (10 papers). Michel Tournour collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Germany. Michel Tournour's co-authors include Domenico Mundo, Bert Van Genechten, Noureddine Atalla, Christophe Schram, Luc Cremers, A. Selmane, Franck Sgard, Olivier Chiello, R.J. Astley and Julien Christophe and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering and Composites Part B Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Michel Tournour

34 papers receiving 556 citations

Hit Papers

Damping in composite materials: Properties and models 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Damping in composite materials: Properties and models
    2015 299 citations Bert Van Genechten, Domenico Mundo et al. Composites Part B Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Tournour Belgium 11 242 227 202 148 120 37 596
Annie Ross Canada 15 141 0.6× 375 1.7× 123 0.6× 198 1.3× 155 1.3× 48 615
Bert Van Genechten Belgium 12 393 1.6× 359 1.6× 267 1.3× 137 0.9× 33 0.3× 35 687
Yu Xue China 15 209 0.9× 332 1.5× 495 2.5× 328 2.2× 129 1.1× 43 974
Meiying Zhao China 17 588 2.4× 269 1.2× 246 1.2× 290 2.0× 106 0.9× 59 1.0k
J. M. Hale United Kingdom 18 402 1.7× 258 1.1× 262 1.3× 296 2.0× 83 0.7× 53 764
K.W. Wang United States 12 251 1.0× 162 0.7× 307 1.5× 221 1.5× 163 1.4× 25 753
Tao Fu China 11 236 1.0× 143 0.6× 202 1.0× 241 1.6× 66 0.6× 17 488
Rani W. Sullivan United States 13 559 2.3× 87 0.4× 381 1.9× 235 1.6× 81 0.7× 70 854
Xiyue An China 18 209 0.9× 594 2.6× 403 2.0× 552 3.7× 100 0.8× 30 1.0k
Changliang Lai China 17 282 1.2× 311 1.4× 470 2.3× 701 4.7× 58 0.5× 32 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Michel Tournour

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel Tournour

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Tournour

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michel Tournour. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michel Tournour based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michel Tournour. Michel Tournour is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schram, Christophe, et al.. (2017). Trailing-edge noise prediction using synthetic turbulence and acoustic perturbation equations in a hybrid methodology. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Schram, Christophe, Julien Christophe, M. L. Shur, et al.. (2017). Fan noise predictions using scale-resolved, statistical, stochastic and semi-analytical models. elib (German Aerospace Center). 3 indexed citations
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Astley, R.J., et al.. (2016). An integral formulation for wave propagation on weakly non-uniform potential flows. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 385. 184–201. 24 indexed citations
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Mundo, Domenico, et al.. (2016). Dynamic response of laminated structures using a Refined Zigzag Theory shell element. Composite Structures. 159. 197–205. 19 indexed citations
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Genechten, Bert Van, et al.. (2015). Damping in composite materials: Properties and models. Composites Part B Engineering. 78. 144–152. 299 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lefteriu, Sanda, et al.. (2012). On a fast frequency sweep approach for the Helmholtz FE problem via model reduction. Lirias (KU Leuven).
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Bériot, Hadrien, et al.. (2011). On the use of model order reduction for acoustics: second-order Arnoldi and the adaptive windowing algorithm. 1 indexed citations
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Christophe, Julien, et al.. (2010). An Extension of Amiet's Theory for Spanwise-Varying Incident Turbulence and Broadband Noise Scattering Using a Boundary Element Method. 3 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel, et al.. (2007). Fast Acoustic Trim Modeling using Transfer Admittance and Finite Element Method. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 10 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel, et al.. (2001). Acoustic transfer vectors for numerical modeling of engine noise. Sound&Vibration. 36(7). 20–25. 18 indexed citations
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Cremers, Luc, et al.. (2001). PANEL ACOUSTIC CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BASED ON ACOUSTIC TRANSFER VECTORS. 3 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel, Noureddine Atalla, Olivier Chiello, & Franck Sgard. (2001). Validation, performance, convergence and application of free interface component mode synthesis. Computers & Structures. 79(20-21). 1861–1876. 32 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel, et al.. (2001). Numerical Modeling of Engine Noise Radiation through the use of Acoustic Transfer Vectors - A Case Study. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 27 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel & Noureddine Atalla. (2000). Pseudostatic corrections for the forced vibroacoustic response of a structure-cavity system. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 107(5). 2379–2386. 31 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel & Noureddine Atalla. (1999). Efficient evaluation of the acoustic radiation using multipole expansion. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 46(6). 825–837. 17 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel & Noureddine Atalla. (1998). Vibroacoustic behavior of an elastic box using state-of-the-art FEM-BEM approaches. Noise Control Engineering Journal. 46(3). 83–83. 9 indexed citations
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Tournour, Michel & Noureddine Atalla. (1998). A novel acceleration method for the variational boundary element approach based on multipole expansion. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 42(7). 1199–1214. 5 indexed citations
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Atalla, Noureddine, et al.. (1998). Sound transmission through multilayer structures with isotropic elastic porous materials. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 103(5_Supplement). 2930–2930.

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