Refereed Publications

Published and Accepted Journal Articles

100. *Pooja Dubey, Nico F. Declercq, Min Zhai, Alexandre Locquet, Mi Jung, Deokha Woo, D. S. Citrin, "Acoustic Microscopy Characterization of Highly-Ordered Anodized Nanoporous Alumina Films for Nanotechnology Applications", Surfaces and Interfaces 42, 103450, 1-12, 2023.
99. *Nico F. Declercq, "Rayleigh angle incident ultrasonic beam shape design influence on reflected beam", The European Journal of Acoustics, Acta Acustica 7, 41, 1-8, 2023.
98. *Sarah Herbison, Pooja Dubey, Nico F. Declercq, "Ultrasonic examination of a thin, textured metal plate with Penrose tile structure consisting of pitched indentations," Ultrasonics Elsevier 134, 107094, 1-12, 2023.
97. *Nico F. Declercq, "Numerical study of beam shape adaptation by anisotropic disk covering transducer or metamaterial", The European Journal of Acoustics, Acta Acustica 2023, 7, 30, 1-11, 2023.
96. *Pascal Pomarède, Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Nico Felicien Declercq, "Assessing the number of twists of stranded wires using ultrasound", The European Journal of Acoustics, Acta Acustica, 7, 17, 1-9, 2023.
95. *Dicky Silitonga, Nico F. Declercq, "Evaluation of laminated glass adhesion strength based on Lamb waves through the observation of the Schoch effect", accepted for publication in The European Journal of Acoustics, Acta Acustica, 2023.
94. *Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Pascal Pomarede, Pierre Mangin, Nico F. Declercq, "Ultrasonic testing of the biomechanical properties of donation blood", Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express (BPEX) 9, 035019, p 1-8, 2023.
93. *Dicky Silitonga, Nico F. Declercq, Pascal Pomarède, Fodil Meraghni, Bertrand Boussert, Pooja Dubey, "Ultrasonic guided waves interaction with cracks in the front glass of thin-film solar photovoltaic module", Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 251, 112179, 1-8, 2023.
92. *Lynda Chehami, Jingfei Liu, Pascal Pomarède, Paul Lohmuller, Boris Pittrowski, Fodil Meraghni, Nico F. Declercq, "Ultrasonic investigation of the effect of compressive strains on 3D periodic bi-material structures", Acta Acustica United with Acustica 6, 26, 1-8, 2022.
91. *Othmane-Latif Ouabi, Pascal Pomarede, Nico F. Declercq, Neil Zeghidour, Matthieu Geist, Cédric Pradalier, “Learning the Propagation Properties of Plate-like Structures for Lamb Wave-based Mapping”, Ultrasonics 123, 106705, 2022.
90. *Min Zhai, Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Alexandre Locquet, G. Schneider, R. Kalmar, M. Fendler, N.F. Declercq, D. S. Citrin, “Diagnosis of injection-molded weld lines in ABS thermoplastic by polarized terahertz reflecting imaging”, NDT & E International 122, 102497, 2021.
89. *Othmane-Latif Ouabi, Pascal Pomarede, Matthieu Geist, Nico F. Declercq, Cedric Pradalier, “A FastSLAM Approach Integrating Beamforming Maps for Ultrasound-based Robotic Inspection of Metal Structures”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6(2), 2908-2913, 2021.
88. *Jan Dirk Heyns, Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Nico F. Declercq, “Non-Linear ultrasonic and viscoelastic properties of gelatine investigated in the temperature range 300 C-600 C”, Physics of Fluids 33, 022002, 2021.
87. *N. Miqoi, P. Pomarede, N. F. Declercq, L. Guillaumat, G. Le Coz, S. Delalande , F. Meraghni , “Detection and evaluation of barely visible impact damage in woven glass fabric reinforced polyamide 6.6/6 using ultrasonic imaging, X-ray tomography and optical profilometry”, International Journal of Damage Mechanics 30(3), 323-348, 2021. (online in 2020)
86. *Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Min Zhai, G. Schneider, R. Kalmar, M. Fendler, Alexandre Locquet, D. S. Citrin, N. F. Declercq, “Scanning acoustic microscopy investigation of weld lines in injection-molded parts manufactured from industrial thermoplastic polymer”, Micron 138, 102925, 2020.
85. *E. T. Ahmed Mohamed, and N. F. Declercq, “Giga-Hertz ultrasonic microscopy: Getting over the obscurity: A review on the biomedical applications”, Physics in Medicine, 9, 100025, 2020.
84. *Pascal Pomarede, Lynda Chehami, Nico Felicien Declercq, Fodil Meraghni, Junliang Dong, Alexandre Locquet, D. S. Citrin, “Application of Ultrasonic Coda Wave Interferometry for Micro-cracks Monitoring in Woven Fabric Composites”, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Springer Verlag, 38 (1), pp.26-34, 2019.
83. *Jingfei Liu, Nico F. Declercq, “New Perspectives on the Physical Origin of Acoustic Wood Anomalies”, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Hirzel Verlag, 2019, 105 (2), pp.265-272.
82. *Laurence Mathieu, Anaïs Keraval, Nico F. Declercq, Jean-Claude Block, “Assessment of low-frequency ultrasound device on prevention of biofilm formation and carbonate deposition in drinking water systems”, Ultrasonics – Sonochemistry 52, 41-49, 2019.
81. *Esam T. Ahmed Mohamed, Jean-Marc Perone, Sebastian Brand, Michael Koegel, Nico F. Declercq, “Scanning acoustic microscopy comparison of Descemet’s membrane normal tissue and tissue with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (FECD)”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS), 59, 5627-5632, 2018.
80. *Junliang Dong, Pascal Pomarede, Lynda Chehami, Alexandre Locquet, Fodil Meraghni, Nico F. Declercq, D. S. Citrin, “Visualization of subsurface damage in woven carbon fiber-reinforced composites using polarization-sensitive terahertz imaging”, NDT and E International 99, 72-79, 2018.
79. *Pascal Pomarède, Fodil Meraghni, Laurent Peltier, Stéphane Delalande, Nico F. Declercq, “Damage evaluation in woven glass reinforced polyamide 6.6/6 composites using ultrasound phase-shift analysis and X-Ray tomography”, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation 73(12), 1-21, 2018.
78. *Nico F. Declercq, Lynda Chehami, Rayisa P. Moiseyenko, “The transmission spectrum of sound through a phononic crystal subjected to liquid flow”, Applied Physics Letters 112, 024102, 1-4, 2018.
77. *Slah Yaacoibi, Lynda Chehami, Marwen Aouini, Nico F. Declercq, “Ultrasonic guided waves for reinforced plastics safety”, Reinforced Plastics (Elsevier) 61(2), 87-91, 2017.
76. *Slah Yaacoubi, Peter McKeon, Weina Ke, Nico F. Declercq, Fethi Dahmene, “Towards an Ultrasonic Guided Wave Procedure for Health Monitoring of Composite Vessels: Application to Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft”, Materials 2017, 10, 1097, doi:10.3390/ma10091097, 2017.
75. *Jingfei Liu and Nico F. Declercq, “Acoustic Wood anomaly in transmitted diffraction field”, Journal of Applied Physics 121(11), 114902, 2017.
74. *Jingfei Liu and Nico F. Declercq, “ Pulsed ultrasonic comb filtering effect and its applications in the measurement of sound velocity and thickness of thin plates”, Ultrasonics 75, 199–208, 2017.
73. *Jingfei Liu, Nico F. Declercq, “Experimental investigation of the dispersion of Scholte-Stoneley waves on a periodically corrugated surface”, Applied Physics Letters 109, 261603, 1-4, 2016.
72. *S. Eckel, F. Meraghni, P. Pomarede, N. F. Declercq, "Investigation of damage in composites using nondestructive nonlinear acoustic spectroscopy", Experimental Mechanics 57(2), 207-217, 2017.
71. *Junliang Dong, Alexandre Locquet, Nico F. Declercq, David S. Citrin, “Polarization-resolved terahertz imaging of intra- and inter-laminar damages in hybrid fiber-reinforced composite laminate subject to low-velocity impact”, Composites Part B- Engineering 92, 167-174, 2016.
70. *Anurupa Shaw, Jingfei Liu, Suk Wang Yoon, Nico F. Declercq, “Characterization of the geometry of microscale periodic structures using acoustic microscopy”, Ultrasonics 70, 258–265, 2016.
69. *Jingfei Liu, Nico F. Declercq, “A secondary diffraction effect and the generation of Scholte-Stoneley acoustic wave on periodically corrugated surface”, Journal of Applied Physics 19, 174901-1-7, 2016.
68. *Jingfei Liu, Nico F. Declercq, “Investigation of the origin of acoustic Wood anomaly”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 138(2), 1168-1179, 2015.
67. *Junliang Dong, Kim Byungchil, Alexandre Locquet, Peter McKeon, Nico Declercq, D. S. Citrin, “Nondestructive evaluation of forced delamination in glass fiber-reinforced composites by terahertz and ultrasonic waves”, Composites Part B-Engineering 79, 667-675, 2015.
66. *Anurupa Shaw, Nico F. Declercq, "Determination of Ice Thickness on Lakes and Canals using Audio Sound.", Acta Acustica united with Acustica 101(3), 484-493, 2015.
65. *Rayisa P. Moiseyenko, Jingfei Liu, Sarah Benchabane, Nico F. Declercq, Vincent Laude, “Excitation of surface waves on one-dimensional solid-fluid phononic crystals and the beam displacement effect”, American Institute of Physics Advances 4(12), 124202, 2014.
64. *Ebrahim Lamkanfi, Nico F. Declercq, Wim Van Paepegem, Joris Degrieck, “Scholte-Stoneley waves on an immersed solid dihedral: Generation, propagation and scattering effects”, Ultrasonics 54(6), 1685-1691, 2014.
63. *Alem Teklu, Nico F. Declercq, and Michael McPherson, "Acousto-Optic Bragg Imaging of Biological Tissue", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136(2), 634-637, 2014.
62. *Jingfei Liu, Nico F. Declercq, “Experimental observation of acoustic sub-harmonic diffraction by a grating”, Journal of Applied Physics 115 (24), 244902, 1-11, 2014.
61. *Nico Felicien Declercq, “Inhomogeneous waves obliquely incident on a periodic structure”, the European Journal for Acoustics, Acta Acustica United with Acustica 100(1), 1-4, 2014.
60. *Peter McKeon, Slah Yaacoubi, Nico F. Declercq, Salah Ramadan, Weina K. Yaacoubi, "Baseline subtraction technique in the frequency-wavenumber domain for high sensitivity damage detection", Ultrasonics 54(2), 592-603, 2013.
59. *Nico Felicien Declercq, "Experimental study of ultrasonic beam sectors for energy conversion into Lamb waves and Rayleigh waves", Ultrasonics 54(2), 609-613, 2013.
58. *Rayisa P. Moiseyenko, Nico F. Declercq, Vincent Laude, “Guided wave propagation along the surface of a one-dimensional solid–fluid phononic crystal”, Journal of Physics D (Applied Physics) 46(36), 365305, 2013.
57. *Rayisa P. Moiseyenko, Jingfei Liu, Nico F. Declercq, Vincent Laude, “Blazed phononic crystal grating”, Applied Physics Letters 102, 034108, 2013.
56. *Jingfei Liu and Nico F.Declercq, “Ultrasonic geometrical characterization of periodically corrugated surfaces”, Ultrasonics 53(4), 853-861, 2012.
55. *Jingfei Liu and Nico F. Declercq, "Air-Coupled ultrasonic investigation of stacked cylindrical rods", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 131(6), 4500-4507, 2012.
54. *Rayisa P. Moiseyenko, Sarah Herbison, Nico F. Declercq, Sarah Benchabane, Vincent Laude, “Phononic crystal diffraction gratings”, Journal of Applied Physics 111(3), 034907, 2012.
53b. *Nico F. Declercq, “Reply on Comment on article "Nico F. Declercq et al.: An acoustic diffraction study of a specifically designed auditorium having a corrugated ceiling: Alvar Aalto's lecture room”, Acta Acustica United with Acustica 97(5), 909-910, 2011.
53a. *Nico F. Declercq, Katrien Dewijngaert, Katelijn Vanderhaeghe, Patricia Verleysen, ”An acoustic diffraction study of a specifically designed auditorium having a corrugated ceiling : Alvar Aalto’s lecture room”, Acta Acustica United with Acustica 97(4), 599-606, 2011.
52. *Vincent Laude, Rayisa P. Moiseyenko, Sarah Benchabane, and Nico F. Declercq, "Bloch wave deafness and modal conversion at a phononic crystal boundary," American Institute of Physics Advances 1(4), 041402, 2011.
51. *Nico F. Declercq, Oswald Leroy, “A feasibility study of the use of bounded beams resembling the shape of evanescent and inhomogeneous waves”, Ultrasonics 51(6), 752-757, 2011
50. *James S. Hall, Peter McKeon, L. Satyanarayan, Jennifer E. Michaels, Nico F. Declercq, and Yves H. Berthelot, “Minimum variance guided wave imaging in a quasi-isotropic composite plate”, Smart Materials and Structures 20(2), 025013 (8p), 2011.
49. *Sarah W. Herbison, John M. Vander Weide, Nico F. Declercq, “Observation of ultrasonic backward beam displacement in transmission through a solid having superimposed periodicity”, Applied Physics Letters 97, 041908, 2010.
48. *Nico Declercq, Michael McPherson, Mack Breazeale, Alem Teklu, “Optical Bragg imaging of acoustic fields after reflection”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127(6), 3466-3469, 2010.
47. *L. Satyanarayan, John. M.Vander Weide, Nico. F. Declercq, “Ultrasonic Polar Scan Imaging of Damaged Fiber Reinforced Composites”, Materials Evaluation 68(6), 733-739, 2010.
46. *Sarah Herbison, Nico Declercq, and Mack Breazeale, “Angular and frequency spectral analysis of the ultrasonic backward beam displacement on a periodically grooved solid”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126(6), 2939-2948, 2009.
45. *Ebrahim Lamkanfi, Nico F. Declercq, Wim Van Paepegem, Joris Degrieck, "Numerical study of Rayleigh wave transmission through an acoustic barrier", Journal of Applied Physics 105, 114902, 1-5, 2009.
44. *Jorge Antonio Cruz Calleja, Nico F. Declercq, “The acoustic raindrop effect at Mexican Pyramids: the architects’ homage to the rain god Chac?”, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 95(5), 849-856, 2009 | reported by New Scientist 16 September 2009 by Linda Geddes “Mayans 'played' pyramids to make music for rain god”, magazine issue 2726, page 12, 2009.
43. *Vitaly Voloshinov, Nataliya Polikarpova, and Nico F. Declercq, "Reflection of plane elastic waves in tetragonal crystals with strong anisotropy", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125(2), 772-779, 2009.
42. *Nico F. Declercq, Ebrahim Lamkanfi , “Study by means of liquid side acoustic barrier of the influence of leaky Rayleigh waves on bounded beam reflection”, Applied Physics Letters 93, 054103, 1-2, 2008 .
41. *Nico F. Declercq, Filip Van den Abeele, “On the linearity of Leaky Lamb waves’ damping dependence on the impedance difference between two liquids separated by a thin solid plate”, Acta Acustica United with Acustica 93, 1060-1062, 2007.
40. *Nico F. Declercq, Bart Sarens, "Increased efficiency of surface wave stimulation on the inaccessible side of a thick isotropic plate with superimposed periodicity", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 54(7), 1409-1422, 2007.
39. *Ebrahim Lamkanfi, Nico F. Declercq, Wim Van Paepegem, Joris Degrieck, “Finite element analysis of transmission of leaky Rayleigh waves at the extremity of a fluid-loaded thick plate”, Journal of Applied Physics 101, p114907 1-10, 2007.
38. *Nico F. Declercq, Cindy S. A. Dekeyser, “Acoustic diffraction effects at the Hellenistic amphitheater of Epidaurus: seat rows responsible for the marvelous acoustics”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(4), 2011-2022, 2007 Reported by Nature News: Published online: 23 March 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070319-16 .
37b. *A. Teklu, Michael S. McPherson, M. A. Breazeale, Roger D. Hasse, Nico F. Declercq, “Authors’ Response to Strasberg’s “Comment on ‘Measurement of the frequency dependence of the ultrasonic parametric threshold amplitude for a fluid-filled cavity’ ”[J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 1857 (2009)] (L)”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126(6), 2854-2855 , 2009.
37a. *A. Teklu, Michael S. McPherson, M. A. Breazeale, Roger D. Hasse, Nico F. Declercq, “Measurement of the Frequency Dependence of the Ultrasonic Parametric Threshold Amplitude for a Fluid-Filled Cavity”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120(2), 657-660, 2006.
36. *Nico F. Declercq, “Fast beating null strip during the reflection of pulsed Gaussian beams incident at the Rayleigh angle”, Ultrasonics 44 (Supplement 1), e1447-e1451, 2006.
35. *Voichita Bucur, Nico F. Declercq, “The anisotropy of biological composites studied with ultrasonic technique”, Ultrasonics 44 (Supplement 1), e829-e831, 2006.
34. *Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, “A double leaky type of surface wave on brass immersed in water”, Acta Acustica United with Acustica 92(6), 976-981(6), 2006.
33. *Nico F. Declercq, Nataliya V. Polikarpova, Vitaly B. Voloshinov, Oswald Leroy, Joris Degrieck, "Enhanced anisotropy in Paratellurite for inhomogeneous waves and its possible importance in the future development of acousto-optic devices", Ultrasonics 44 (Supplement 1), 833-837,2006
32. *Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Fringed sound fields and their interaction with liquid-solid interfaces", Ultrasonics 44 (Supplement 1), e1117-e1122, 2006.
31. *Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, “Ultrasonic polar scans: numerical simulation on generally anisotropic media”, Ultrasonics 45(1/4), 32-39, 2006.
30. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Simulations of Harmonic and Pulsed Ultrasonic Polar Scans", NDT & E International 39(3), 205-216, 2006.
29. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Diffraction of Complex Harmonic Plane Waves and the Stimulation of Transient Leaky Rayleigh Waves", Journal of Applied Physics 98(11), p115321, 2005.
28. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "On the theoretical possibility to apply an acoustic diffraction grating as a complex frequency filter device for electronic signals", Ultrasonics 43(9), 764-768, 2005.
27. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Sound in Biased Piezoelectric Materials of General Anisotropy", Annalen der Physik (Ann. Phys. - Berlin) 14 (11-12), 705-722, 2005.
26. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Inhomogeneous waves in piezoelectric crystals", Acta Acustica United with Acustica 91, 840-845, 2005.
25. Nico F. Declercq, A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Roger D. Hasse, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Detection of fiber direction in composites by means of high frequency wide bounded ultrasonic beam and schlieren photography", Research in Nondestructive Evaluation 16(2), 55-64, 2005.
24. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers and Oswald Leroy, "Diffraction of homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves on a doubly corrugated liquid/solid interface", Ultrasonics 43(8), 605-618, 2005.
23. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Schlieren photography to study sound interaction with highly absorbing materials", Ultrasonics 43 (7), 505-507, 2005.
22. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "A useful analytical description of the coefficients in an Inhomogeneous Wave Decomposition of a symmetrical bounded beam", Ultrasonics 43(4), 279-282, 2005.
21. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Focal length control of complex harmonic and complex pulsed ultrasonic bounded beams", Journal of Applied Physics, 97(5), 054904 1-8, 2005.
20. A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Nico F. Declercq, Roger D. Hasse, Michael S. McPherson, "Backward Displacement of Ultrasonic Waves Reflected from a Periodically Corrugated Interface", Journal of Applied Physics 97(8), 084904 1-4, 2005.
19. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Bounded beam interaction with plate-edge at Lamb angle", Acta Acustica United with Acustica 91, 326-332, 2005.
18. Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The History and Properties of Ultrasonic Inhomogeneous Waves", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 52(5), 776-791, 2005.
17. Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, Gennady Shkerdin, Joris Degrieck, "The radiation mode theory in ultrasonics", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 52(5), 802-808, 2005.
16. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "A theoretical study of special acoustic effects caused by the staircase of the El Castillo pyramid at the Maya ruins of Chichen-Itza in Mexico", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(6), 3328-3335, 2004 Reported by Nature News 14 December 2004; | doi:10.1038/news041213-5.
15. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "Theory of the backward beam displacement on periodically corrugated surfaces and its relation to leaky Scholte-Stoneley waves", Journal of Applied Physics 96(11), 6869-6877, 2004.
14. Nico F. Declercq, A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, Joris Degrieck, Gennady N. Shkerdin, "Study of the scattering of leaky Rayleigh waves at the extremity of a fluid loaded thick plate", Journal of Applied Physics 96(10),5836-5840, 2004.
13. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The Double Sided Ultrasonic Beam Displacement", Applied Physics Letters 85(18), 4234-4236, 2004.
12. Nico F. Declercq, Oswald Leroy, Joris Degrieck, Jeroen Vandeputte "The interaction of inhomogeneous waves and Gaussian beams with mud in between a hard solid and an ideal liquid", Acta Acustica United with Acustica 90, 819-829, 2004.
11. Nico F. Declercq, Filip Van den Abeele, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The Schoch effect to distinguish between different liquids in closed containers", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control 51(10), 1354-1357, 2004.
10. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Frequency bandgap for Rayleigh waves on coated surfaces", Applied Physics Letters 85(1), 148-150, 2004.
9. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The Laplace transform to describe bounded inhomogeneous waves", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(1), 51-60, 2004.
8. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Generalized Snell’s law and its possible relation to coherent backscattering of ultrasonic waves", Applied Physics Letters , 4245-4247, 84(21), 2004.
7. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The representation of 3D gaussian beams by means of inhomogeneous waves ", Ultrasonics 42, 273-276, 2004.
6. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "On the influence of fatigue on ultrasonic polar scans of fiber reinforced composites", Ultrasonics 42, 173-177, 2004.
5. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The Principle of a Chopped Series Equilibrium to Determine the Expansion Coefficients in the Inhomogeneous Waves Decomposition of a Bounded Beam", Acta Acustica United with Acustica 89, 1038-1040, 2003.
4. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "Theoretical verification of the backward displacement of waves reflected from an interface having superimposed periodicity", Applied Physics Letters 82(15), 2533-2535, 2003.
3. Joris Degrieck, Nico F. Declercq, Oswald Leroy, "Ultrasonic Polar Scans as a possible means of nondestructive testing and characterization of composite plates", Insight - The Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, 45(3), 196-201, 2003.
2. Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Diffraction of horizontally polarized ultrasonic plane waves on a periodically corrugated solid-liquid interface for normal incidence and Brewster angle incidence", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 49(11), 1516-1521, 2002.
1. Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "The use of polarized bounded beams to determine the groove direction of a surface corrugation at normal incidence, the generation of surface waves and the insonification at Bragg-angles", Ultrasonics 40/1-8 pp. 345-348, 2002.

Conf. Presentation with Proceedings (Refereed)

7. *Ouabi, O. L., Zeghidour, N., Geist, M., Declercq, N., and Pradalier, C. , “Pose-graph SLAM Using Multi-order Ultrasonic Echoes and Beamforming for Long-range Inspection Robots,” Peer-reviewed paper accepted in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE. 2023.
6. *Ouabi, O. L. , Pomarede, P., Zeghidour, N., Geist, M., Declercq, N., and Pradalier, C., “Combined Grid and Feature-based Mapping of Metal Structures with Ultrasonic Guided Waves.” Peer-reviewed paper in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (pp. 5056-5062). IEEE. 2022.
5. *Othmane-Latif Ouabi, Jiawei Yi, Neil Zeghidour, Nico F. Declercq, Matthieu Geist, Cédric Pradalier, “Polygonal Shapes Reconstruction from Acoustic Echoes Using a Mobile Sensor and Beamforming”. Peer-reviewed paper in Proceedings of the European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO). 2022.”
4. *Ayoub Ridani, Othmane-Latif Ouabi, Nico F Declercq, Cédric Pradalier, "On-plate autonomous exploration for an inspection robot using ultrasonic guided waves", Peer-reviewed paper in Proceedings of the European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR). IEEE. 2021.
3. *Ouabi, O. L. , Pomarede, P., Geist, M., Declercq, N. F., and Pradalier, C., “Monte-Carlo Localization on Metal Plates Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves.” Peer-reviewed paper in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (pp. 345-353). Springer, Cham. 2020.
2. *Lynda Chehami, Nico Declercq, Paul Lohmuller, Pascal Pomarède, Boris Pitrowski, Fodil Meraghni, Esam Ahmed Mohamed, Othmane Ez-Zahraouy, “Non destructive evaluation of bi-material structures: a case study”, Manuscript POMA-D-17-00126R2 in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Volume 30, page 1-9, 2017.
1. Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, “Two Improved Methods To Determine The Coefficients In The Inhomogeneous Wave Decomposition Of Bounded Beams”, manuscript 1127W, 1-4, proceedings of the Western Pacific Acoustics Conference, April 7-9, Melbourne, Australia, 2003.