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Metal Forming Simulation Techniques

Metal Forming Simulation Techniques is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 42k 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 study of ductile fracture in sheet metal forming processes, with an emphasis on anisotropic yield functions, plasticity, and fracture mechanics. It covers topics such as incremental forming, formability, triaxial loading effects, void growth, microforming, and springback simulation.

  • Ductile Fracture
  • Sheet Metal Forming
  • Anisotropic Yield Function
  • Plasticity and Fracture
  • Incremental Forming
  • Formability
  • Triaxial Loading
  • Void Growth
  • Microforming
  • Springback Simulation
Research works
42k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Metal Forming Simulation Techniques

Which countries lead Metal Forming Simulation Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2k and 589 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2k works
  2. 2 India 589 works
  3. 3 Germany 452 works
  4. 4 United States 380 works
  5. 5 Japan 314 works
  6. 6 South Korea 169 works
  7. 7 Russia 163 works
  8. 8 France 152 works
  9. 9 Iran 150 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 140 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: 44.5%India: 13.0%Germany: 10.0%United States: 8.4%6 others listed: 24.1%45%largest
China2,016 · 44.5%India589 · 13.0%Germany452 · 10.0%United States380 · 8.4%6 others listed1,089 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Metal Forming Simulation Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Metal Forming Simulation Techniques research, followed by Central South University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 72 works
  2. 2 Central South UniversityChina 60 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 57 works
  4. 4 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 56 works
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 56 works
  6. 6 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 55 works
  7. 7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 55 works
  8. 8 Yanshan UniversityChina 49 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 41 works
  10. 10 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 40 works

Who are the leading researchers in Metal Forming Simulation Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Metal Forming Simulation Techniques include Xiaogang Wang, Lei Jiang and Seeram Ramakrishna.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  3. 3 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  4. 4 Hui–Ming Cheng China 183k citations
  5. 5 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k citations
  6. 6 Masayuki P. Yamamoto Japan 162k 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 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques?

The most cited paper in Metal Forming Simulation Techniques is "A Path Independent Integral and the Approximate Analysis of Strain Concentration by Notches and Cracks" (JAMES R. RICE, 1968), with 8,399 citations. Next come "The Deformation and Ageing of Mild Steel: III Discussion of Results" (7,874) and "Yielding of steel sheets containing slits" (7,746).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Path Independent Integral and the Approximate Analysis of Strain Concentration by Notches and Cracks JAMES R. RICE · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1968 8,399
2 The Deformation and Ageing of Mild Steel: III Discussion of Results E.O. Hall · Proceedings of the Physical Society Section B Open access Sep 1951 7,874
3 Yielding of steel sheets containing slits D.S. Dugdale · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids May 1960 7,746
4 Continuum Theory of Ductile Rupture by Void Nucleation and Growth: Part I—Yield Criteria and Flow Rules for Porous Ductile Media A.L. Gurson · Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 1977 6,700
5 Fracture characteristics of three metals subjected to various strains, strain rates, temperatures and pressures Gordon R. Johnson, William H. Cook · Engineering Fracture Mechanics 1985 6,353
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Where is Metal Forming Simulation Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Metal Forming Simulation Techniques research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Paderborn, Chemnitz and Qinhuangdao.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 299 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 163 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 135 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 102 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 101 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 85 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 83 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 78 works
  9. 9 TaiyuanChina 75 works
  10. 10 ShenyangChina 75 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PaderbornDE · 25.1 works25×
  2. ChemnitzDE · 22.8 works24×
  3. QinhuangdaoCN · 49.9 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metal Forming Simulation Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Metal Forming Simulation Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Central South University and Taiyuan University of Technology 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 20.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…Taiyuan University o…Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Central South Univer…
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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
1Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 69.919.2%4.7×72 +30.4%
2Central South UniversityChina 68.419.2%5.8×60 +63.9%
3Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 61.722.4%12.8×28 +115.5%
4Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 61.527.6%3.1×14 +22.9%
5University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 61.312.4%13.5×56 +63.2%
6Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 61.121.0%6.4×20 +1.6%
7University of New HampshireUnited States 61.129.4%23.6×11 -7.0%
8Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 61.020.2%9.0×55 -13.0%
9Dalian University of TechnologyChina 60.115.3%7.9×40 +81.8%
10Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 59.417.4%6.4×56 -0.3%

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 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques, country by country

Is Metal Forming Simulation Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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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 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Metal Forming Simulation Techniques0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Metal Forming Simulation Techniques 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%Metal Forming Simulation Techniques9.9% 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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