W. Akl

799 total citations
45 papers, 677 citations indexed

About

W. Akl is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Akl has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 677 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 18 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Akl's work include Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (24 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (14 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (9 papers). W. Akl is often cited by papers focused on Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (24 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (14 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (9 papers). W. Akl collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, United States and Saudi Arabia. W. Akl's co-authors include A. Baz, Adel Elsabbagh, Osama J. Aldraihem, Khalid H. Almitani, Tamer Elnady, S. Poh, Ahmed Allam, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Mustafa Arafa and Massimo Ruzzene and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. Akl

43 papers receiving 649 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Akl Egypt 16 461 220 197 150 132 45 677
Huijie Shen China 18 595 1.3× 187 0.8× 187 0.9× 131 0.9× 181 1.4× 29 895
Tommaso Delpero Switzerland 10 678 1.5× 221 1.0× 182 0.9× 394 2.6× 135 1.0× 19 894
Fuh-Gwo Yuan United States 9 356 0.8× 175 0.8× 119 0.6× 173 1.2× 183 1.4× 30 637
Gui‐Lan Yu China 16 585 1.3× 174 0.8× 92 0.5× 209 1.4× 250 1.9× 57 778
Miles V. Barnhart United States 10 734 1.6× 254 1.2× 240 1.2× 277 1.8× 117 0.9× 11 825
Adriano Todorovic Fabro Brazil 13 479 1.0× 224 1.0× 92 0.5× 172 1.1× 135 1.0× 48 634
Matteo Senesi United States 7 392 0.9× 111 0.5× 89 0.5× 103 0.7× 149 1.1× 11 469
Joong Seok Lee South Korea 15 621 1.3× 221 1.0× 140 0.7× 74 0.5× 210 1.6× 32 758
Zhihui Wen China 16 615 1.3× 144 0.7× 202 1.0× 366 2.4× 103 0.8× 21 894
Claus Claeys Belgium 13 808 1.8× 214 1.0× 131 0.7× 227 1.5× 142 1.1× 53 903

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Akl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Akl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Akl 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 W. Akl. W. Akl 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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Akl, W. & A. Baz. (2018). Dynamic behavior and damping characteristics of carbon black polymer composites at high strain rates. Advances in Polymer Technology. 37(8). 3364–3375. 2 indexed citations
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Elnady, Tamer, et al.. (2016). Sound attenuation in ducts using locally resonant periodic aluminum patches. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 139(6). 3277–3287. 15 indexed citations
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Allam, Ahmed, Adel Elsabbagh, & W. Akl. (2016). Modeling and design of two-dimensional membrane-type active acoustic metamaterials with tunable anisotropic density. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 140(5). 3607–3618. 17 indexed citations
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Elsabbagh, Adel, et al.. (2015). Dynamic and Static Characterization of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades Using Dimensionless Analysis of Scaled-Down Models. International Journal of Renewable Energy Research. 5(2). 404–418. 1 indexed citations
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Akl, W., Ahmed Elsabbagh, & A. Baz. (2012). Acoustic metamaterials with circular sector cavities and programmable densities. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 132(4). 2857–2865. 10 indexed citations
6.
Akl, W. & A. Baz. (2012). A technique for physical realization of anisotropic density matrices with application to acoustic beam shifters. Journal of Applied Physics. 111(2). 3 indexed citations
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Akl, W., et al.. (2011). Acoustic metamaterial with controllable directivity and dispersion characteristics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7977. 79771D–79771D. 1 indexed citations
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Akl, W.. (2010). Smart Foam for Active Vibration and Noise Control. Saudi Medical Journal. 29(7). 946–51. 1 indexed citations
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Akl, W. & A. Baz. (2010). Configurations of active acoustic metamaterial with programmable bulk modulus. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7643. 76432K–76432K. 5 indexed citations
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Akl, W.. (2010). Topology Optimization of Fluid-Loaded Shells by Minimizing the Acoustic Coupling to the Fluid Domain. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics. 11(6). 337–353. 4 indexed citations
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Akl, W., Adel Elsabbagh, Khalid H. Almitani, & A. Baz. (2008). Topology optimization of a plate coupled with acoustic cavity. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 46(10). 2060–2074. 56 indexed citations
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Aldraihem, Osama J., W. Akl, & A. Baz. (2008). Nanocomposite functional paint sensor for vibration and noise monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 149(2). 233–240. 17 indexed citations
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Akl, W., Ahmed Elsabbagh, & A. Baz. (2008). Finite Element Modeling of Plates with Arbitrary Oriented Isogrid Stiffeners. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. 15(2). 130–141. 5 indexed citations
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Akl, W., Adel Elsabbagh, Khalid H. Almitani, & A. Baz. (2008). Topology optimization of a plate coupled with acoustic cavity. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6928. 692811–692811. 3 indexed citations
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Akl, W. & A. Baz. (2007). Finite Element Modeling of Smart Foam for Active Vibration and Noise Control Applications. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. 14(6). 477–498. 7 indexed citations
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Akl, W., S. Poh, & A. Baz. (2007). Wireless and distributed sensing of the shape of morphing structures. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 140(1). 94–102. 40 indexed citations
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Akl, W., S. Poh, & A. Baz. (2006). Wireless and distributed sensing of the shape of morphing structures. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6174. 61740V–61740V.
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Akl, W. & A. Baz. (2005). Efficient virtual reality design of quiet underwater shells. Virtual Reality. 9(1). 57–69. 3 indexed citations
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Akl, W., Massimo Ruzzene, & A. Baz. (2002). Optimal design of underwater stiffened shells. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 23(4). 297–310. 19 indexed citations
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Akl, W., A. Baz, & Massimo Ruzzene. (2002). Virtual Reality Design of Underwater Shells with Active Stiffeners. 9th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization. 1 indexed citations

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