OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mechanics Research Communications is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Breakdown of smooth solutions in one dimensional nonlinear nonlocal elasticity	86
Virtual element method for modeling the deformation of multiphase composites	54
Energy absorption and deformation of cellular structures with dovetail joints	50
Periodic rhomboidal cells for symmetry-preserving homogenization and isotropic metamaterials	44
Corrigendum to “Uncertainty quantification of effective mechanical characteristics of hexagonal cellular material” [Mechanics Research Communications 144 (2025): 104368]	34
Vehicle crashworthiness performance in frontal impact: Mathematical model using elastic pendulum	32
3D-printed composites with a programmable response to tension and torsion: A design guide	31
Size-dependent and piezoelectric effects on SH wave propagation in functionally graded plates	28
Novel discrete Kutznetsov–Ma breather solutions of the focusing Ablowitz–Ladik equation	28
Kresling tube metamaterial exhibits extreme large-displacement buckling behavior	27
Improving Composite Low Velocity Impact Performance Using SMA: A Multiscale Analysis	26
Numerical investigation of fluid pressure on elastic-plastic contact between a hemisphere and a rigid flat surface	25
Mechanical behaviour of third-generation steel subjected to strain path changes	25
Kinematic Solutions and Bifurcation Analysis of Single Vertex Origami Pattern	23
An FFT-based micromechanical model for gradient enhanced brittle fracture	22
Physics-informed extreme learning machine for rapid form-finding of frame-supported lightweight tensile membrane structures	22
Causality in strain gradient elasticity: An internal variables approach	21
Centrifugal and gyroscopic effects on dynamic response of rotating cantilever beams under step loading	21
Editorial Board	21
The influence of out-of-plane motion on the deformation measurement of planar biaxial tests on biological soft tissue	20
Analysis of two types of harmonic waves in a Zener viscoelastic material	20
The effect of geometric imperfections on the mechanical response of isotropic closed-cell plate lattices	20
Strain-stiffening in elastic solids reinforced by stiff wavy fibers	19
Attenuation effects of seismic metamaterials based on local resonance and Rayleigh wave dispersion phenomena	18
On aspects of continualization of 2D lattices antiplane dynamical problem	18

Piezoelectric flutter energy harvesting: Absolute nodal coordinate formulation model and wind tunnel experiment	18
Effective toughness estimation by FFT based phase field fracture: Application to composites and polycrystals	18
Fully analytical calculation of the strain gradient effective coefficients of periodic bilayered metamaterials with spring-type interlayer defects	18
A comprehensive investigation of compressive behavior of architectured materials based on topologically interlocking structures: Experimental and numerical approaches	17
Dispersive wave propagation in piezoelectric–piezomagnetic imperfectly bonded media with surface effects based on strain gradient theory	17
Impact of an interface electrode charge and materials polarization to a conductive interface crack	17
Analysis of void coalescence accounting for nonuniform void distributions	17
Thermal recovery of the Mullins effect in filled rubbers: Experiments and modeling	16
On the Fermi-Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou recurrence of anomalous (rogue) waves in partial differential equations of nonlinear Schrödinger type	16
A folding strategy for enhanced composites: Linking graphene origami characteristics to higher-order plate mechanics	16
Optimal resonator damping for wave propagation control in mechanical metamaterials	14
Intuitive analytical solution for the uniformly loaded elastica using elliptic integrals	14
On the instability for an incremental problem in elastodynamics	14
Numerical algorithms for the phase-field models using discrete cosine transform	13
The zeta potential for cancellous bone is calculated by poroelasticity	13
Influence of nozzle design on flow, mixing, and fluidisation in a bubbling bed fluidised by a single nozzle	13
Active elastic metamaterials with equidistant solely resonant bandgaps	13
Fabric controls on fracture surface roughness of an architected rock material	13
Effect of shape and interpenetration of ellipsoidal pores on effective physical properties of closed-cell porous materials	13
Recurrent neural networks as a physics-based self-learning solver to satisfy plane stress viscoplasticity undergoing isotropic damage	13
On the dynamic response of a building model equipped with multiple curved-surface sliders	12
Analysis of APB in vertical wells with evaporite layers: A 1D axisymmetric multilayer thermomechanical model	12
Constitutive modeling of electro-magneto-rheological fluids before yielding	11
Transient phenomena under the Crighton–Westervelt–Klein–Gordon equation: Controlling the onset of gradient catastrophe in bubbly liquids	11
Denis Louis Blackmore (20 July 1943 – 24 April 2022)	11
Application of vibroacoustic metamaterials for structural vibration reduction in space structures	11
Editorial Board	11
Toward patient-specific prediction of orthodontic tooth movement (OTM): A Maxwell-based phenomenological approach	10
Erratum to "Multiscale hydrodynamics in line contacts" [Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 111 (2021) 103658]	10
Design and analysis of a double-helix tensegrity spherical lander	10
A fractional nonlocal elastic model for lattice wave analysis	10
A review of the scaled boundary finite element framework for fully-automated computational engineering analysis	10
Chaos identification and parameter optimization for vibration suppression in composite bistable structures	10
Vibrations and bending of thin laminated square plates with holes in gradient elasticity: A finite element solution	10
Editorial Board	10
3D microstructure reconstruction of heterogeneous materials using a descriptor-enhanced conditional GAN	10
Optimization of tensegral roofs for innovative greenhouses	10
Discontinuity waves in temperature and diffusion models	10
Control of the piezoelectric and flexoelectric homogenized properties of architected materials by tuning their inner topology	9
Flow rate–pressure drop relations for new configurations of slender compliant tubes arising in microfluidics experiments	9
Implicit implementation of the cell-micropillars interaction during cell drop under gravity	9
Probabilistic analysis of the effects of uncertainty in the material anisotropy and yield surface shape on the geometry of deep-drawn cup	9
Prediction of the texture evolution during forming of an 6016 aluminum alloy based on VPSC and macroscopic anisotropic model	9
An integrated methodology to estimate the effective elastic parameters of amorphous TiO2 nanostructured films, combining SEM images, finite element simulations and homogenization techniques	9
Thermomechanical buckling response of precompressed sandwich plate with foam metal core and symmetric FGM face layers subjected to magnetic field and Pasternak foundation	9
Analytic shapes of air-filled thin-walled membranes impacted upon a variable transmural pressure	9
Adhesive depth-sensing indentation tests: Slopes of the force–displacement curves	9
Bacterial inactivation mechanisms under impact loading generated by ultrasonic cavitation	9
Buckling analysis of embedded thermo-magneto-electro-elastic nano cylindrical shell subjected to axial load with nonlocal strain gradient theory	9
Eshelby-like tensor for human cancellous bone	9

Effects of magnetically highly and weakly conducting interfaces on flexomagnetic waveguide layered system	9
Editorial Board	9
Response of 2D and 3D crystal plasticity models subjected to plane strain condition	8
Finite difference displacement integration for linear buckling analysis of non-uniform columns	8
Dynamic behavior of self-acting gas-lubricated long journal bearing	8
Editorial Board	8
Effect of imperfect contact on the cloaking of a circular elastic cylinder from antiplane elastic waves	8
Energy-efficient cable-actuation strategies of the V-Expander tensegrity structure subjected to five shape changes	8
Dynamic response of 3D orthogonal U-shaped accordion honeycomb structures with zero Poisson’s ratio	8
Continuum models for pantographic blocks with second gradient energies which are incomplete	8
Assessing measurement uncertainties on high-speed DCB testing of composites	8
Monotonic energy stability for inclined laminar flows	8
Earth concrete under cyclic loadings: Stress-strain curves and damage assessment by means of acoustic emission and digital image correlation techniques	8
Development of a methodology for prediction and calibration of parameters of DEM simulations based on machine learning	8
Multipole distributions and hyper-fluxes	8
Experimental analysis on metamaterials boundary layers by means of a pantographic structure under large deformations	8
When does the onset of convection in an inclined porous layer become subcritical?	8
An investigation of thermoelastic behavior in periodic and functionally graded multilayered composite structures using tolerance modeling and finite element methods	8
Editorial Board	7
Editorial Board	7
An efficient high-order asymptotic approach for the elastodynamic homogenization of periodic composites	7
New hinge design for fibrous metamaterial enables for filament 3D printing	7
Strong ellipticity within the Toupin–Mindlin first strain gradient elasticity theory	7
Variational phase-field fracture with controlled nucleation	7
An energy correction for symmetric stress and frame consistency in nonlinear electro-elasticity	7
The Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem extended with viscoelastic effects	7
A new approach for rapid fatigue limit assessment for C45 steel based on contrast damage parameters	7
Propagation of Love waves in a homogeneous layer overlying a heterogeneous half-space	7
Generalizing rigid-foldable tubular structures of T-hedral type	7
An adhesive detachment paradox: Does the substrate thickness matter?	7
Comprehensive FE modeling of worn casing collapse strength: Parametric analysis and assessment of a wear log case study	7
On the Λ-fractional spherical ballons	7
Investigation of random nonlinear vibration of functionally graded carbon-nanotube reinforced composite microbeams using modified couple stress theory	7
An improved upper bound analysis for study of the void closure behavior in the plane strain extrusion	7
A model of strain gradient plasticity with interfacial effects	7
Designing multistable metamaterials inspired by Kresling tubes	7
Editorial Board	7
Derivation of strain gradient reduced models of thin architected plates and analysis of finite size effects	7
Lattice modes of periodic origami tessellations with voids	6
Vibration analysis of transversely loaded arches using Hencky bar-chain model	6
Analysis of the effects of nonlinear damping on a multiple-degree-of-freedom quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolator	6
A homogenization scheme for viscoplastic composites based on the plane-wave decomposition of constitutive potentials	6
Effect of finite mass on phononic band structure of face centered pentamodal lattice	6
Geometric modelling of polycrystalline materials: Laguerre tessellations and periodic semi-discrete optimal transport	6
An ecologically aware modification of the Morison’s equation for long term marine growth effects	6
Modified meshless simulation of violent sloshing in tuned liquid dampers with limited freeboard for structural vibration control	6
Experimental study of negative Poisson’s ratio in a tensegrity-like lattice	6
Editorial Board	6
Gravitational settling effect of nanoparticles on the onset of thermal convection in a rotating nanofluid layer	6
Analysis of multi-directional coupled nonlinear vibrations in rotor-bearing-disk systems: Lateral, torsional, and axial dynamic interactions	6
Non-Fourier heat conduction: Discrete vs continuum approaches	6
Artificial Intelligence for Dynamic Characterization of Composite Panel Structures: A Structured Review	6
Free vibration analysis of bi-directional FGM beams based on first-order shear deformation theory	6
Prediction of nonlinear specific heat during single crystal HMX phase transition	6
On the bending problem of a polar linearly elastic cantilever	6
The effect of constituent materials on dispersion behaviors of SH waves in magnetoelectric sandwich plates	5
Dispersion relation and velocity characteristics of pendulum-type and rotational waves in 2D discrete blocky rock masses	5
Different erosion and entrainment mechanisms in snow avalanches	5
On the transition of the contact eccentricity of an elastic layer resting on a rigid frictionless substrate	5
Resonance-induced band gaps of elastic waves traveling along corrugated-plate sidewalls	5
Editorial Board	5
Jeffery’s paradox for the rotation of a single ‘stick–slip’ cylinder	5
Hybrid finite element theory in dynamic analysis of an imperfect plate	5
Second-sound phenomena in type II conductors with Stefan–Boltzmann source	5
Connectivity of rough contacts in plane and axially symmetric cases	5
Reciprocal theorem for calculating the flow rate of oscillatory channel flows	5
Applicability of the Wöhler Curve Method for fatigue life assessment of metallic materials in low and extremely low cycle fatigue regime	5
Editorial Board	5
Transverse vibration of an embedded nanotube made of functionally graded porous material based on NSGT	5
Comparative analysis of beam responses via Hencky and fractional models under different mass distributions	5
A flexural edge wave in a thin semi-infinite elastic orthotropic plate stiffened by an orthotropic strip plate	5
Relationship between subsurface stress and wear particle size in sliding contacts during running-in	5
Nonlinear Finite Element Model for the Dynamic Analysis of Sandwich Beams with a Frequency-Dependent Viscoelastic Core Layer Considering Normal Transverse Stresses	5
Mechanical behavior and wave-mitigation potential of metaconcretes with solidified/stabilized soil aggregates	5
Quasi-3D dynamic analysis of functionally graded auxetic graphene-origami-reinforced plates on viscoelastic foundations under pulse loading	5
Design of purely compressive shells under vertical and horizontal loads through Machine Learning-driven form-finding	5
Anisotropy can imply exponential decay in micropolar elasticity	5
Experimental and numerical investigation of defect modes in periodic expansion chamber mufflers	5
A nonlinear correspondence model for three-dimensional continuum-kinematics-inspired peridynamics	5