S. Gopalakrishnan

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

S. Gopalakrishnan is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Gopalakrishnan has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 81 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 51 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in S. Gopalakrishnan's work include Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (66 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (52 papers) and Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (41 papers). S. Gopalakrishnan is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (66 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (52 papers) and Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (41 papers). S. Gopalakrishnan collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Singapore. S. Gopalakrishnan's co-authors include S. Narendar, Mira Mitra, A. Chakraborty, D. Roy Mahapatra, J. N. Reddy, Mahindra Rautela, G. Narayana Naik, J. Senthilnath, S. N. Omkar and Rahul Khandelwal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Expert Systems with Applications and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

S. Gopalakrishnan

176 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Guided wave based structural health monitoring: A review

2016 781 citations Mira Mitra, S. Gopalakrishnan Smart Materials and Structures profile →
A new beam finite element for the analysis of functionally graded materials

2003 496 citations A. Chakraborty, S. Gopalakrishnan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Gopalakrishnan India	40	4.4k	2.4k	1.7k	1.3k	648	179	5.8k
Jacob Fish United States	47	5.9k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 2.3×	224	8.6k
Isaac Elishakoff United States	49	4.3k 1.0×	5.6k 2.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	795 1.2×	506	9.9k
Aditi Chattopadhyay United States	35	3.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	685 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	524 0.8×	471	5.2k
Cosmin Anitescu Germany	28	2.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	612 0.4×	835 0.6×	337 0.5×	62	4.5k
G. Maier Italy	44	3.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	644 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	760 1.2×	205	6.0k
Grégoire Allaire France	43	5.9k 1.3×	5.7k 2.4×	291 0.2×	658 0.5×	554 0.9×	159	10.4k
Lin Wang China	59	3.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	3.1k 1.8×	2.6k 2.0×	1.8k 2.7×	330	10.1k
Mario Di Paola Italy	38	1.5k 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	833 0.5×	599 0.5×	651 1.0×	194	5.1k
Zhongqing Su Hong Kong	49	6.9k 1.6×	4.7k 2.0×	351 0.2×	3.7k 2.8×	1.7k 2.6×	314	9.2k
Ye Lu United States	21	6.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	501 0.3×	784 0.6×	292 0.5×	57	7.1k

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Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2025). Elastic wave propagation in textured polycrystalline materials: A computationally-efficient and experimentally-supported approach. Materialia. 42. 102465–102465. 1 indexed citations

Saini, Rahul & S. Gopalakrishnan. (2023). Nonlocal boundaries and paradoxes in thermoelastic vibrations of functionally graded Non-Uniform cantilever nanobeams and annular nanoplates. Structures. 55. 1292–1305. 6 indexed citations

Rautela, Mahindra, J. Senthilnath, Jochen Moll, & S. Gopalakrishnan. (2021). Temperature compensation for guided waves using convolutional denoising autoencoders. 40–40. 8 indexed citations

Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2021). Elastic and viscoelastic flexural wave motion in woodpecker-beak-inspired structures. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 16(4). 46021–46021. 6 indexed citations

Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2020). Impact force identification in structures using time-domain spectral finite elements. Acta Mechanica. 231(11). 4513–4528. 5 indexed citations

Mitra, Mira & S. Gopalakrishnan. (2016). Guided wave based structural health monitoring: A review. Smart Materials and Structures. 25(5). 53001–53001. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

Samaratunga, Hemamali, et al.. (2015). WSFE-based User-Defined Elements in ABAQUS for Modeling 2D Laminated Composites with Complex Features. 3 indexed citations

Narendar, S., et al.. (2013). THERMAL VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF MONOLAYER GRAPHENE EMBEDDED IN ELASTIC MEDIUM BASED ON NONLOCAL CONTINUUM MECHANICS. International journal of nanodimension.. 4(113). 29–49. 31 indexed citations

Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2013). Automatic finite element formulation and assembly of hyperelastic higher order structural models. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 38(11-12). 2867–2883. 3 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2012). Wave propagation in a porous composite beam: Porosity determination, location and quantification. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 50(3-4). 556–569. 9 indexed citations

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Rathod, Vivek T., et al.. (2011). Rapid Localization and Ultrasonic Imaging of Multiple Damages in Structural Panel with Piezoelectric Sensor-Actuator Network. Structural Health Monitoring. 5 indexed citations

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Narendar, S., Shakti S. Gupta, & S. Gopalakrishnan. (2011). Wave propagation in single-walled carbon nanotube under longitudinal magnetic field using nonlocal Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 36(9). 4529–4538. 154 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2009). Frequency Domain based Damage Index for Structural Health Monitoring. 5(1). 1–32. 2 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2009). Dynamic Instabilities in Slender Space Launch Vehicles under Propulsive Thrust and Aerodynamic Forces. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 45(2). 97–140. 1 indexed citations

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Mitra, Mira & S. Gopalakrishnan. (2008). Wave characteristics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 27(2). 125–136. 1 indexed citations

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Murthy, M.V.V., S. Gopalakrishnan, & P.S. Nair. (2007). A New Locking Free Higher Order Finite Element Formulation for Composite Beams. Cmc-computers Materials & Continua. 5(1). 43–62. 2 indexed citations

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Mitra, Mira, et al.. (2007). Nano-composite insert in 1D waveguides for control of elastic power flow. Nanotechnology. 18(3). 35706–35706. 1 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, A., et al.. (2005). Spectral element based model for wave propagation analysis in multi-wall carbon nanotubes. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 43(2). 279–294. 32 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, S., et al.. (2004). Role of coupling terms in constitutive relationships of magnetostrictive materials. Cmc-computers Materials & Continua. 1(3). 213–228. 5 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, A. & S. Gopalakrishnan. (2004). A higher-order spectral element for wave propagation analysis in functionally graded materials. Acta Mechanica. 172(1-2). 17–43. 28 indexed citations

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