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Mechanical Behavior of Composites

Mechanical Behavior of Composites is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advances in composite materials and structures, with a particular emphasis on topics such as delamination, cohesive zone models, fiber-reinforced composites, finite element analysis, adhesive joints, ballistic impact, damage modeling, fracture mechanics, and textile composites. The papers cover a wide range of research areas including simulation, experimental analysis, and mechanical behavior of composite materials.

  • Delamination
  • Cohesive Zone Models
  • Fiber-Reinforced Composites
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Adhesive Joints
  • Ballistic Impact
  • Damage Modeling
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Textile Composites
  • Mechanical Behavior
Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mechanical Behavior of Composites

Which countries lead Mechanical Behavior of Composites research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.9k and 798 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.9k works
  2. 2 India 798 works
  3. 3 United States 667 works
  4. 4 Germany 415 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 347 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 304 works
  7. 7 France 289 works
  8. 8 Japan 278 works
  9. 9 Italy 248 works
  10. 10 Iran 242 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: 45.1%India: 12.2%United States: 10.2%Germany: 6.4%6 others listed: 26.2%45%largest
China2,943 · 45.1%India798 · 12.2%United States667 · 10.2%Germany415 · 6.4%6 others listed1,708 · 26.2%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical Behavior of Composites research?

By volume in 2022-now, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Mechanical Behavior of Composites research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 120 works
  2. 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 115 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 108 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 100 works
  5. 5 Donghua UniversityChina 70 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 65 works
  7. 7 Beihang UniversityChina 60 works
  8. 8 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 57 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57 works
  10. 10 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 55 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechanical Behavior of Composites?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanical Behavior of Composites include Wei Huang, Takashi Taniguchi and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  5. 5 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  6. 6 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  7. 7 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  8. 8 Zhanhu Guo United States 148k 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 Mechanical Behavior of Composites?

The most cited paper in Mechanical Behavior of Composites is "Elastic properties of reinforced solids: Some theoretical principles" (R. Hill, 1963), with 4,905 citations. Next come "Failure Criteria for Unidirectional Fiber Composites" (4,592) and "On the Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack" (3,403).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Elastic properties of reinforced solids: Some theoretical principles R. Hill · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Sep 1963 4,905
2 Failure Criteria for Unidirectional Fiber Composites Zvi Hashin · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1980 4,592
3 On the Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack Malcolm L. Williams · Journal of Applied Mechanics Mar 1957 3,403
4 Measurement of mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites with mixed-mode bending apparatus M.L. Benzeggagh, M. Kenane · Composites Science and Technology 1996 3,009
5 A new approach to the application of Mori-Tanaka's theory in composite materials Yakov Benveniste · Mechanics of Materials Jun 1987 2,714
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Where is Mechanical Behavior of Composites research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical Behavior of Composites research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 444 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 265 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 243 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 226 works
  5. 5 HarbinChina 148 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 140 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 130 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 119 works
  9. 9 TianjinChina 113 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 109 works
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Where is the best place to study Mechanical Behavior of Composites?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 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.

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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
1Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 71.422.9%8.0×100 +61.5%
2Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 69.018.5%13.3×115 +65.8%
3Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 63.411.5%17.9×120 +35.3%
4Zagazig UniversityEgypt 60.238.1%4.6×13 -6.4%
5Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 59.915.4%6.4×57 +132.7%
6Dalian University of TechnologyChina 59.517.9%7.7×55 +16.8%
7Donghua UniversityChina 58.312.7%24.8×70 +25.1%
8Saveetha UniversityIndia 57.829.0%2.4×18 +150.9%
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 57.216.6%2.6×53 +84.6%
10Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 56.719.1%5.5×41 +111.3%

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 Mechanical Behavior of Composites, country by country

Is Mechanical Behavior of Composites research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanical Behavior of Composites.

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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 Mechanical Behavior of Composites as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.036% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Mechanical Behavior of Composites 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%Mechanical Behavior of Composites9.7% 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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