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D-Index
42
Citations
10174
World Ranking
1788
National Ranking
678

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - SPIE Fellow
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Ajit K. Mal is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with particular attention to mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their work spans various topics including:

  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Optical Measurement and Interference Techniques
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Composite Structures
  • Journal of Applied Physics

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ajit K. Mal are:

  • "Application of Lamb wave and its coda waves to disbond detection in an aeronautical honeycomb composite sandwich," 2020, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Determination of geometric role and damage assessment in hybrid fiber metal laminate (FML) joints based on acoustic emission," 2021, Composite Structures
  • "Modeling Ultrasonic Elastic Waves in Fiber-Metal Laminate Structures in Presence of Sources and Defects," 2020, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems
  • "Frequency conversion through nonlinear mixing in acoustic waves," 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
  • "An Improved Damage Index for Nondestructive Evaluation of a Disbond in Honeycomb Sandwich Structure Using Guided Waves," 2020, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems

Ajit K. Mal has collaborated frequently with colleagues including:

  • Lifu Wang
  • Steffen Tai
  • Leonardo Araque
  • Jacob Rome
  • Fei Gao

The scientist's recognition includes:

  • SPIE Fellow (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1994)

Best Publications

  • A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material

    Xiangxu Chen;Matheus A. Dam;Kanji Ono;Ajit Mal

  • New Thermally Remendable Highly Cross-Linked Polymeric Materials

    Xiangxu Chen;Fred Wudl;Ajit K. Mal;Hongbin Shen

  • Deformation of Elastic Solids

    A. K. Mal;Sarva Jit Singh

  • WAVE PROPAGATION IN LAYERED COMPOSITE LAMINATES UNDER PERIODIC SURFACE LOADS

    A.K. Mal

  • Elastic Wave Velocities in Two-component Systems

    A. K. Mal;L. Knopoff

  • Interaction of elastic waves with a Griffith crack

    A.K. Mal

  • Scattering of Lamb waves from a rivet hole with edge cracks

    Zensheu Chang;Ajit Mal

  • Inversion of leaky Lamb wave data by simplex algorithm

    M. R. Karim;A. K. Mal;Y. Bar‐Cohen

  • Elastic waves in a fiber-reinforced composite

    S.K. Bose;A.K. Mal

  • Longitudinal shear waves in a fiber-reinforced composite

    S.K. Bose;A.K. Mal

  • Elastic waves in a multilayered solid due to a dislocation source

    T. Kundu;A.K. Mal

  • Dynamic elastic moduli of a suspension of imperfectly bonded spheres

    A. K. Mal;S. K. Bose

  • Response of an Elastic Plate to Localized Transient Sources

    N. Vasudevan;A. K. Mal

  • A CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON VIBRATION AND WAVE PROPAGATION

    Ajit Mal;Fabrizio Ricci;Sauvik Banerjee;Frank Shih

  • Multiple scattering of elastic waves in a fiber-reinforced composite

    Ruey-Bin Yang;Ajit K. Mal

  • Mechanical stress analysis of a rigid inclusion in distensible material: a model of atherosclerotic calcification and plaque vulnerability.

    Tetsuya Hoshino;Lori A. Chow;Jeffrey J. Hsu;Alice A. Perlowski

  • Interaction of elastic waves with a penny-shaped crack

    A.K. Mal

  • A wave propagation and vibration-based approach for damage identification in structural components

    Sauvik Banerjee;Fabrizio Ricci;Ernesto Monaco;Ajit Mal

  • Guided waves in layered solids with interface zones

    A.K. Mal

  • On the accuracy of approximate plate theories for wave field calculations in composite laminates

    Shyh-Shiuh Lih;Ajit K. Mal

  • Direct correlation between mechanical failure and metallurgical reaction in flip chip solder joints

    C. Y. Liu;Chih Chen;A. K. Mal;King-Ning Tu

  • Observation of 1- to 5-second microtremors and their application to earthquake engineering. Part III. A two-dimensional study of site effects in the San Fernando Valley

    Hiroshi Kagami;Shigeyuki Okada;Keishi Shiono;Mete Oner

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoseph Bar-Cohen
Yoseph Bar-Cohen Jet Propulsion Lab
Tribikram Kundu
Tribikram Kundu University of Arizona
Jeffrey C. Wang
Jeffrey C. Wang University of Southern California
Fred Wudl
Fred Wudl University of California, Santa Barbara
King-Ning Tu
King-Ning Tu City University of Hong Kong
Rob N. Candler
Rob N. Candler University of California, Los Angeles
Linda L. Demer
Linda L. Demer University of California, Los Angeles
Steven Nutt
Steven Nutt University of Southern California
Chih Chen
Chih Chen National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Gregory P. Carman
Gregory P. Carman University of California, Los Angeles

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