OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mechanics Research Communications is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental analysis on metamaterials boundary layers by means of a pantographic structure under large deformations	43
A mixed formulation of the plane-stress problem to facilitate reuse of constitutive models in finite-element programs	40
Role of cohesion in the formation of kink wave fronts in vibrofluidized granular materials	34
Energy preservation in POD based reduced order models for linearly vibrating systems	21
Influence of residual stress in failure of soft materials	21
Transition to instability of the leapfrogging vortex quartet	20
Effect of magnetic fields on the formation of the neck of a flat aluminum sample with inclusions during stretching	19
Numerical evaluation of 3D time-harmonic elastodynamic Green's function and its derivatives for anisotropic solids	19
Two kinds of contact problems for two-dimensional hexagonal quasicrystals	18
Detecting transverse cracks initiation in composite laminates via statistical analysis of sensitivity data	18
Editorial Board	17
Virtual element method for modeling the deformation of multiphase composites	16
Sequential shape heritability during confined comminution	15
Strong ellipticity within the Toupin–Mindlin first strain gradient elasticity theory	15
Effect of imperfect contact on the cloaking of a circular elastic cylinder from antiplane elastic waves	15
A gradient micromorphic modeling for plasticity softening	15
Young modulus of healthy and cancerous epithelial tissues from indirect measurements	15
Impact of vertical vibration and gyrotactic microorganisms on stability of thermo-bioconvection	14
A note on a new constitutive model for rubber-like solids	14
Waves in elastically coupled sandwich beams: An analytical investigation	14
Mechanical design of an asymmetric-deformation-driven rotating machinery	14
Size-dependent and piezoelectric effects on SH wave propagation in functionally graded plates	14
Editorial Board	13
Peeling of a film from a flexible cantilever substrate	12
Topology identification for super-stable tensegrity structure from a given number of nodes in two dimensional space	12

An adhesive detachment paradox: Does the substrate thickness matter?	11
Breakdown of smooth solutions in one dimensional nonlinear nonlocal elasticity	11
FIB manufactured microstructures with low coefficients of thermal expansion	11
Monotonic energy stability for inclined laminar flows	11
Mechanics of deformation of malaria-infected red blood cells	11
An experimental study of the aerodynamic performance of a maple wing model at low Reynolds numbers	11
Slip lines versus shear bands: Two competing localization modes	10
Higher-order averaging procedure for performance analysis of a mono-stable Duffing piezoelectric energy harvesting system under white noise excitation	10
Independent friction-restitution description of billiard ball collisions	10
RECENT ADVANCES ON MULTISCALE ENGINEERED METAMATERIALS AND STRUCTURES	10
Frequency dependent exact trial functions in Galerkin boundary method for free vibration analysis of thin plate	9
Discrete dynamical model for the hydrodynamic analog of a quantum mirage	9
Kinematic Solutions and Bifurcation Analysis of Single Vertex Origami Pattern	9
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes as hard templates to yield advanced geopolymer-based self-assembled nanostructured ceramics	9
3D-printed composites with a programmable response to tension and torsion: A design guide	9
Preface: Special issue in origami engineering and physics	9
Exact augmented perpetual manifolds of periodic motions, a corollary for natural perpetual mechanical systems behaving partially as perpetual machines of third kind	8
Dislocation equilibrium in a misfitted composite structure with partially coherent interfaces	8
Deployable structure based on double-layer Miura-ori pattern	8
Variational phase-field fracture with controlled nucleation	8
Equilibrium and transient response of photo-actuated Liquid Crystal Elastomer beams	8
Improving Composite Low Velocity Impact Performance Using SMA: A Multiscale Analysis	8
Editorial: SI: Cristescu	8
Independent friction-restitution approach to analyze anomalies in normal kinematic restitution in oblique impact	8
A brief review of solitary waves in nonlinear metamaterials	7
Ratcheting assessment of additively manufactured SS316 alloys at elevated temperatures within the dynamic strain aging domain	7
Internally balanced hyperelastic constitutive model in terms of principal stretches	7
Generalizing rigid-foldable tubular structures of T-hedral type	7
Transformation of surface H-forces in high grade elasticity	7
Kresling tube metamaterial exhibits extreme large-displacement buckling behavior	7
Study of circumferential SH-wave interaction with a piezoelectric cylinder having pre-stressed viscoelastic imperfect coating	7
Analytical solution for the free transverse vibration of an elastically connected annular plate system with discontinuities	7
Numerical modelling the influence of water content on the mechanical behaviour of concrete under high confining pressures	7
Modelling and analysis of a novel E-shape piezoelectric vibration energy harvester with dynamic magnifier	7
Analytical definitions of connectivity, incidence and node matrices for t-struts tensegrity prisms	7
An energy-based strategy to find admissible thrust networks compatible with foundation settlements in masonry structures	7
On the use of peridynamics in fracture of ultra-high performance concrete	7
Free vibration of three-layer sandwich plate with viscoelastic core modelled with fractional theory	7
A singularity analysis in Keer’s elastic indentation problem	6
Analytical solution of an orthotropic elasticity for a frictional rigid flat punch on a half plane with an oblique edge crack using a mapping function	6
Strain-path dependent hardening models with rigorously identical predictions under monotonic loading	6
Self-consistent homogenization approach for polycrystals within second gradient elasticity	6
A rate-independent internal friction to describe the hysteretic behavior of pantographic structures under cyclic loads	6
Bandgap widening and resonator mass reduction through wave locking	6
When does the onset of convection in an inclined porous layer become subcritical?	6
Frontiers in homogenization methods towards generalized continua for architected materials	6
Motion behavior of a 30-strut locomotive tensegrity robot	6
Mechanics and transient morphing of soft hygroscopic bilayers	6
Generalized continuum methodologies in acoustics: Selected case studies	6
On the view of considering regularization parameter as material constant	6

Assessing measurement uncertainties on high-speed DCB testing of composites	6
Effect of tension-compression asymmetry of AZ31B magnesium alloys on four-point bending	6
Experimental and numerical studies of a reinforced concrete component subjected to corrosion	6
Flexoelectric anisotropy and shear contributions in lead-free piezocomposites	6
Analysis of a tensegrity camber morphing airfoil	6
Discrete modeling of elastic heterogeneous media	5
Designing multistable metamaterials inspired by Kresling tubes	5
Editorial Board	5
The infinite Schmidt number limit of the salt fingering convection model and the inertial free salt convection model	5
Flexoelectric and transverse shear effects on band gaps in periodic microbeams	5
SH surface waves in a coated half-space with various types of interfaces	5
Centrifugal and gyroscopic effects on dynamic response of rotating cantilever beams under step loading	5
Editorial Board	5
Vehicle crashworthiness performance in frontal impact: Mathematical model using elastic pendulum	5
The role of dissipation regarding the concept of purely mechanical theories in plasticity	5
A new set of physically-based unified viscoplastic constitutive equations for superplastic deformation of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy	5
A formulation for Gurson’s criterion in limit analysis	5
Electroelastic waveguide: Analysis of the effect of prestresses	5
Peridynamic modeling of stochastic fractures in bolted glass plates	5
Piola transformations in second-gradient continua	5
Book Review	5
Effect of graded pre-stress on the propagation of guided waves in functionally graded piezoelectric–piezomagnetic materials	5
On the net displacement of contact surface centroid in contractile bodies	5
Periodic rhomboidal cells for symmetry-preserving homogenization and isotropic metamaterials	5
A modified dynamic relaxation form-finding method for symmetrical tensegrity structures with group theory and fuzzy clustering	5
A finite element framework for the simulation of bio-inspired adhesives with mushroom-shaped microstructures	5
A new approach for rapid fatigue limit assessment for C45 steel based on contrast damage parameters	5
Elaboration, Characterization and Modelling of Periodic Viscoelastic Sandwich Beams for Lightening and Vibration Damping	5
A review of theories to calculate pore pressures when fluids penetrate into rocks	5
Numerical investigation of movement patterns of particles falling in a viscous fluid	5
Energy absorption and deformation of cellular structures with dovetail joints	5
Conservation laws for defect fields in non-contractible domains	5
Variational multiscale methods in mechanics: Special issue honoring 2019 G.I. Taylor medalist Prof. Arif Masud	4
Capillary-induced deformation of an initially stressed neoHookean solid: A sessile liquid droplet	4
Analysis of two types of harmonic waves in a Zener viscoelastic material	4
Impact of an interface electrode charge and materials polarization to a conductive interface crack	4
A novel variational perturbation approach for formulating both linear and nonlinear acoustic model equations	4
PREFACE: Brian Straughan 75th birthday celebratory issue	4
Primary resonance of a vertically suspended cable under the interaction of mutually perpendicular gravitational and electrostatic fields	4
Editorial Board	4
Causality in strain gradient elasticity: An internal variables approach	4
An improved upper bound analysis for study of the void closure behavior in the plane strain extrusion	4
Editorial Board	4
Added point-like weight increases the levitation time of the falling soft coil spring	4
Editorial Board	4
An efficient high-order asymptotic approach for the elastodynamic homogenization of periodic composites	4
Lattice modes of periodic origami tessellations with voids	4
An elastica theory for compressible imperfect beams with application to mechanical metamaterials	4
A comprehensive investigation of compressive behavior of architectured materials based on topologically interlocking structures: Experimental and numerical approaches	4
A model for the bio-mechanical stimulus in bone remodelling as a diffusive signalling agent for bones reconstructed with bio-resorbable grafts	4
Buckling instability and dynamic response of a planar gridshell under thermal load	4
The effect of geometric imperfections on the mechanical response of isotropic closed-cell plate lattices	4
Modified Stoney’s equation with anisotropic substrates undergoing large deformations	4
Nonlinear subgrid-scale models employing the non-persistence-of-straining tensor	4
Reprint of: Variational multiscale modeling of Langmuir turbulent boundary layers in shallow water using Isogeometric Analysis	4
A numerical method based on Polonsky-Keer's conjugate gradient iterative scheme for solving axisymmetric contact of layered half-space	4
Editorial Board	4
On the Λ-fractional spherical ballons	4
Effective elastic properties of loosely connected fibrous bio-inspired materials	4
Rayleigh waves in an elastic half-space with a hard sphere-filled metasurface	4
Static and transient thermal conductions and associated thermal stresses in an elastic strip with a rigid line inclusion	4