Topic · Rock Mechanics and Modeling
Most cited papers in Rock Mechanics and Modeling
What are the most cited papers in Rock Mechanics and Modeling?
The most cited paper in Rock Mechanics and Modeling is "A discrete numerical model for granular assemblies" (Peter A. Cundall, Otto D. L. Strack, 1979), with 17,351 citations. Next come "The Elastic Behaviour of a Crystalline Aggregate" (11,561) and "Average stress in matrix and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions" (8,161).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 836 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A discrete numerical model for granular assemblies Peter A. Cundall, Otto D. L. Strack · Géotechnique | Mar 1979 | 17,351 |
| 2 | The Elastic Behaviour of a Crystalline Aggregate R. Hill · Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A | May 1952 | 11,561 |
| 3 | Average stress in matrix and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions T. Mori, Kōichi Tanaka · Acta Metallurgica | May 1973 | 8,161 |
| 4 | A bonded-particle model for rock D.O. Potyondy, Peter A. Cundall · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | Dec 2004 | 5,046 |
| 5 | Friction of rocks James D. Byerlee · Pure and Applied Geophysics | Jul 1978 | 4,060 |
| 6 | Plastic-Damage Model for Cyclic Loading of Concrete Structures Jee-Ho Lee, Gregory L. Fenves · Journal of Engineering Mechanics | Aug 1998 | 4,035 |
| 7 | Crack band theory for fracture of concrete Zdeněk P. Bažant, Byung Hwan Oh · Materials and Structures | May 1983 | 3,561 |
| 8 | Practical estimates of rock mass strength Evert Hoek, Edwin T. Brown · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | Dec 1997 | 3,398 |
| 9 | Thermoelasticity and Irreversible Thermodynamics M. A. Biot · Journal of Applied Physics | Mar 1956 | 3,143 |
| 10 | The shear strength of rock joints in theory and practice Nick R. Barton, Vishnu D. Choubey · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | Dec 1977 | 2,992 |
| 11 | Granular solids, liquids, and gases Heinrich M. Jaeger, Sidney R. Nagel, Robert Behringer · Reviews of Modern Physics | Oct 1996 | 2,941 |
| 12 | Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support Nick R. Barton, R. Lien, Jenny Lunde · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | Dec 1974 | 2,937 |
| 13 | Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials John W. Rudnicki, JAMES R. RICE · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | Dec 1975 | 2,576 |
| 14 | Mechanical properties and the hierarchical structure of bone Jae‐Young Rho, Liisa T. Kuhn, Peter Zioupos · Medical Engineering & Physics | Mar 1998 | 2,570 |
| 15 | A meshfree method based on the peridynamic model of solid mechanics Stewart A. Silling, Ebrahim Askari · Computers & Structures | 23 Mar 2005 | 2,550 |
| 16 | Peridynamic States and Constitutive Modeling Stewart A. Silling, Michael A. Epton, Olaf Weckner et al. · Journal of Elasticity | 14 Jul 2007 | 2,532 |
| 17 | Theory of Elasticity and Consolidation for a Porous Anisotropic Solid M. A. Biot · Journal of Applied Physics | Feb 1955 | 2,169 |
| 18 | Solutions for effective shear properties in three phase sphere and cylinder models Richard M. Christensen, King Him Lo · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | Aug 1979 | 2,116 |
| 19 | Computational modelling of impact damage in brittle materials Guamán Camacho, Michael Garcia Ortiz · International Journal of Solids and Structures | Aug 1996 | 2,012 |
| 20 | Elastic Fracture Mechanics Concepts for Interfacial Cracks JAMES R. RICE · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Mar 1988 | 1,973 |
| 21 | Nonlocal Damage Theory Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot, Zdeněk P. Bažant · Journal of Engineering Mechanics | Oct 1987 | 1,927 |
| 22 | The Variational Approach to Fracture Blaise Bourdin, Gilles A. Francfort, Jean‐Jacques Marigo · Journal of Elasticity | 14 Mar 2008 | 1,899 |
| 23 | The frequency-magnitude relation of microfracturing in rock and its relation to earthquakes Christopher H. Scholz · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Feb 1968 | 1,832 |
| 24 | Fundamentals of rock joint deformation Stavros Bandis, A.C. Lumsden, Nick R. Barton · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts | Dec 1983 | 1,829 |
| 25 | Empirical Strength Criterion for Rock Masses Evert Hoek, Edwin T. Brown · Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division | Sep 1980 | 1,717 |
| 26 | Regularized formulation of the variational brittle fracture with unilateral contact: Numerical experiments Hanen Amor, Jean‐Jacques Marigo, Corrado Maurini · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | 5 May 2009 | 1,676 |
| 27 | The progressive fracture of Lac du Bonnet granite C. Derek Martin, N. Chandler · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts | Dec 1994 | 1,659 |
| 28 | A Model for the Mechanics of Jointed Rock Richard E. Goodman, Robert L. Taylor, Tor L. Brekke · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | May 1968 | 1,611 |
| 29 | Strength, deformation and conductivity coupling of rock joints Nick R. Barton, Stavros Bandis, Khosrow Bakhtar · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts | Jun 1985 | 1,595 |
| 30 | Bounds and self-consistent estimates for creep of polycrystalline materials John Woodside Hutchinson · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 10 Feb 1976 | 1,529 |
| 31 | The eastern Tonale fault zone: a ‘natural laboratory’ for crystal plastic deformation of quartz over a temperature range from 250 to 700°C Michael Stipp, Holger Stünitz, Renée Panozzo Heilbronner et al. · Journal of Structural Geology | 11 Oct 2002 | 1,529 |
| 32 | GRADIENT ENHANCED DAMAGE FOR QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS R.H.J. Peerlings, René de Borst, W.A.M. Brekelmans et al. · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 15 Oct 1996 | 1,503 |
| 33 | The Complete ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring; 1974-2006 A. W. Hatheway · Environmental and Engineering Geoscience | Feb 2009 | 1,476 |
| 34 | Crack deflection processes—I. Theory K. T. Faber, Anthony Glyn Evans · Acta Metallurgica | Apr 1983 | 1,450 |
| 35 | Steady‐State and Multiple Cracking of Short Random Fiber Composites Victor C. Li, Christopher K.Y. Leung · Journal of Engineering Mechanics | Nov 1992 | 1,439 |
| 36 | Continuum micro-mechanics of elastoplastic polycrystals R. Hill · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | Apr 1965 | 1,430 |
| 37 | Mechanics of Brittle Fracture Genady P. Cherepanov, A. L. Peabody, Roland deWit et al. · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Dec 1982 | 1,415 |
| 38 | Velocity and attenuation of seismic waves in two-phase media; Part I, Theoretical formulations Guy T. Kuster, M. Nafi Toksöz · Geophysics | Oct 1974 | 1,402 |
| 39 | Application of nonlocal continuum models to nanotechnology John Peddieson, George R. Buchanan, Richard Paul Mcnitt · International Journal of Engineering Science | 30 Dec 2002 | 1,372 |
| 40 | On cracks in rectilinearly anisotropic bodies G. C. Sih, Paul C. Paris, G. R. Irwin · International Journal of Fracture | Sep 1965 | 1,356 |
| 41 | A Review of Strain Analysis Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction Stuart I. Wright, Matthew M. Nowell, David P. Field · Microscopy and Microanalysis | 22 Mar 2011 | 1,337 |
| 42 | Nonlocal Integral Formulations of Plasticity and Damage: Survey of Progress Zdeněk P. Bažant, Milan Jirásek · Journal of Engineering Mechanics | 17 Oct 2002 | 1,310 |
| 43 | Empirical estimation of rock mass modulus Evert Hoek, Mark S. Diederichs · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | 16 Aug 2005 | 1,295 |
| 44 | Crack classification in concrete based on acoustic emission Kentaro Ohno, Masayasu Ohtsu · Construction and Building Materials | 10 Jun 2010 | 1,254 |
| 45 | Extended finite element method for three-dimensional crack modelling N. Sukumar, Nicolas Mo�s, Brian Joseph Moran et al. · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 2000 | 1,239 |
| 46 | Estimation of the size of earthquake preparation zones Igor Petrovich Dobrovolsky, S. I. Zubkov, V. I. Miachkin · Pure and Applied Geophysics | Sep 1979 | 1,237 |
| 47 | The role of acoustic emission in the study of rock fracture D. A. Lockner · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts | Dec 1993 | 1,237 |
| 48 | A Review of Dynamic Experimental Techniques and Mechanical Behaviour of Rock Materials Qianbing Zhang, Jian Wei Zhao · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | 12 Sep 2013 | 1,222 |
| 49 | A review of techniques, advances and outstanding issues in numerical modelling for rock mechanics and rock engineering Lanru Jing · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | 25 Mar 2003 | 1,191 |
| 50 | Dislocation creep regimes in quartz aggregates Greg Hirth, Jan Tullis · Journal of Structural Geology | Feb 1992 | 1,188 |
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