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Gaëtan Kerschen

Gaëtan Kerschen

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
16702
World Ranking
832
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Gaëtan Kerschen is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and is recognized for research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research topics include Bladed Disk Vibration Dynamics, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control, Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids, Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies.

Recent publications by Gaëtan Kerschen encompass the following works:

  • H optimization of multiple tuned mass dampers for multimodal vibration control, 2021, published in Computers & Structures
  • Stepped and swept control-based continuation using adaptive filtering, 2021, published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Bayesian model updating and class selection of a wing-engine structure with nonlinear connections using nonlinear normal modes, 2021, published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Interpretable sparse identification of a bistable nonlinear energy sink, 2023, published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • A consistency analysis of phase-locked-loop testing and control-based continuation for a geometrically nonlinear frictional system, 2022, published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Gaëtan Kerschen has collaborated frequently with Ghislain Raze, Cheng Li, Jennifer Dietrich, Martin Volvert, and Christophe Collette, reflecting sustained partnerships in their research endeavors.

Publication venues where Gaëtan Kerschen has contributed most include:

  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Kerschen has contributed to book publications as well, with a title in the River Publishers eBooks catalog: Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1, released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Past, present and future of nonlinear system identification in structural dynamics

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Keith Worden;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;Jean Claude Golinval

  • The Method of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Dynamical Characterization and Order Reduction of Mechanical Systems: An Overview

    Gaetan Kerschen;Gaetan Kerschen;Gaetan Kerschen;Jean Claude Golinval;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;Lawrence A. Bergman

  • Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems

    Alexander F. Vakakis;O. V. Gendelman;L. A. Bergman;D. M. McFarland

  • Nonlinear normal modes, Part I: A useful framework for the structural dynamicist

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Maxime Peeters;Jean-Claude Golinval;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Structural damage diagnosis under varying environmental conditions—Part I: A linear analysis

    A.-M. Yan;G. Kerschen;P. De Boe;J.-C. Golinval

  • Nonlinear normal modes, Part II: Toward a practical computation using numerical continuation techniques

    Maxime Peeters;Régis Viguié;Guillaume Sérandour;Gaëtan Kerschen

  • Nonlinear system identification in structural dynamics: 10 more years of progress

    Jean-Philippe Noël;Gaëtan Kerschen

  • PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE PROPER ORTHOGONAL MODES USING THE SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Jean-Claude Golinval

  • Complicated dynamics of a linear oscillator with a light, essentially nonlinear attachment

    Young Sup Lee;Gaetan Kerschen;Alexander F. Vakakis;Panagiotis Panagopoulos

  • Structural damage diagnosis under varying environmental conditions—part II: local PCA for non-linear cases

    A. M. Yan;Gaëtan Kerschen;P. De Boe;Jean-Claude Golinval

  • Output-only modal analysis using blind source separation techniques

    Fabien Poncelet;Gaëtan Kerschen;Jean-Claude Golinval;Damien Verhelst

  • Physical interpretation of independent component analysis in structural dynamics

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Fabien Poncelet;Jean-Claude Golinval

  • The harmonic balance method for bifurcation analysis of large-scale nonlinear mechanical systems

    Thibaut Detroux;Ludovic Renson;Luc Masset;Gaëtan Kerschen

  • Targeted energy transfers in vibro-impact oscillators for seismic mitigation

    F. Nucera;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;D. M. McFarland;L. A. Bergman

  • Irreversible Passive Energy Transfer in Coupled Oscillators with Essential Nonlinearity

    Gaetan Kerschen;Young Sup Lee;Alexander F. Vakakis;D. Michael McFarland

  • Suppression Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 1: Theory

    Young S. Lee;Alexander F. Vakakis;Lawrence A. Bergman;D. Michael McFarland

  • Dynamic testing of nonlinear vibrating structures using nonlinear normal modes

    Maxime Peeters;Gaëtan Kerschen;Jean-Claude Golinval

  • Suppressing Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 2: Experiments

    Young S. Lee;Gaetan Kerschen;D. Michael McFarland;W. Joel Hill

  • Numerical computation of nonlinear normal modes in mechanical engineering

    Ludovic Renson;Gaëtan Kerschen;Bruno Cochelin

  • Passive non-linear targeted energy transfer and its applications to vibration absorption: A review

    Y. S. Lee;A. F. Vakakis;Lawrence Bergman;D. M. McFarland

  • Modal testing of nonlinear vibrating structures based on nonlinear normal modes: Experimental demonstration

    Maxime Peeters;Gaëtan Kerschen;Jean-Claude Golinval

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander F. Vakakis
Alexander F. Vakakis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lawrence A. Bergman
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D. Michael McFarland
D. Michael McFarland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Johan Schoukens
Johan Schoukens Eindhoven University of Technology
Oleg Gendelman
Oleg Gendelman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Keith Worden
Keith Worden University of Sheffield
Massimo Ruzzene
Massimo Ruzzene University of Colorado Boulder
Leonid I. Manevitch
Leonid I. Manevitch Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics
Lawrence N. Virgin
Lawrence N. Virgin Duke University
Rodolphe Sepulchre
Rodolphe Sepulchre University of Cambridge

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