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Composite Material Mechanics

Composite Material Mechanics is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the multi-scale modeling and computational homogenization of heterogeneous materials, particularly emphasizing the size-dependent behavior and elastic properties of nanostructures and composite materials. The research covers topics such as micromechanics, effective properties, and the influence of surface/interface energies on material behavior.

  • Multi-Scale
  • Heterogeneous Materials
  • Computational Homogenization
  • Elastic Properties
  • Nanostructures
  • Composite Materials
  • Size-Dependent Behavior
  • Micromechanics
  • Effective Properties
  • Material Modeling
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Composite Material Mechanics

Which countries lead Composite Material Mechanics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (957 and 467 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 957 works
  2. 2 United States 467 works
  3. 3 Germany 315 works
  4. 4 France 286 works
  5. 5 India 172 works
  6. 6 Russia 170 works
  7. 7 Italy 143 works
  8. 8 Japan 113 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 111 works
  10. 10 Canada 71 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 34.1%United States: 16.6%Germany: 11.2%France: 10.2%6 others listed: 27.8%34%largest
China957 · 34.1%United States467 · 16.6%Germany315 · 11.2%France286 · 10.2%6 others listed779 · 27.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Composite Material Mechanics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Composite Material Mechanics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Dalian University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 116 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 62 works
  3. 3 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 32 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 30 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
  6. 6 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 29 works
  7. 7 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 29 works
  8. 8 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 28 works
  9. 9 Tongji UniversityChina 25 works
  10. 10 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Composite Material Mechanics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Composite Material Mechanics include Rodney S. Ruoff and Tasawar Hayat.

  1. 1 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k citations
  2. 2 Tasawar Hayat Pakistan 135k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Composite Material Mechanics?

The most cited paper in Composite Material Mechanics is "The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems" (John Douglas Eshelby, 1957), with 13,025 citations. Next come "Average stress in matrix and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions" (8,161) and "Generating optimal topologies in structural design using a homogenization method" (7,508).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems John Douglas Eshelby · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences Open access 20 Aug 1957 13,025
2 Average stress in matrix and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions T. Mori, Kōichi Tanaka · Acta Metallurgica May 1973 8,161
3 Generating optimal topologies in structural design using a homogenization method Martin Philip Bendsøe, Noboru Kikuchi · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Nov 1988 7,508
4 A variational approach to the theory of the elastic behaviour of multiphase materials Zvi Hashin, S. Shtrikman · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Mar 1963 5,867
5 Elastic properties of reinforced solids: Some theoretical principles R. Hill · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Sep 1963 4,905
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Composite Material Mechanics research done?

The largest centres of Composite Material Mechanics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Champs-sur-Marne and Karlsruhe.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 159 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 97 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 88 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 81 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 68 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 61 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 49 works
  8. 8 DalianChina 38 works
  9. 9 HarbinChina 36 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Champs-sur-MarneFR · 23.0 works26×
  2. KarlsruheDE · 27.8 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Composite Material Mechanics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Composite Material Mechanics?

Among universities, judged by research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.23%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Huazhong University …Northwestern Polytec…Beijing Institute of…Dalian University of…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 74.232.7%3.4×20 +57.6%
2Dalian University of TechnologyChina 73.616.2%10.6×32 +55.8%
3Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 70.919.8%7.5×28 +46.1%
4Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 63.218.8%6.3×24 +101.6%
5Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 61.515.1%5.7×30 +44.5%
6Tongji UniversityChina 61.117.0%5.0×25 +29.7%
7Hohai UniversityChina 59.515.3%9.5×18 +22.3%
8Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 57.712.5%10.0×29 +5.7%
9Leibniz University HannoverGermany 55.415.8%13.5×13 +28.7%
10Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 54.519.1%3.5×20 +24.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Composite Material Mechanics, country by country

Is Composite Material Mechanics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Composite Material Mechanics.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Composite Material Mechanics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Composite Material Mechanics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Composite Material Mechanics9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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