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Structural Analysis of Composite Materials

Structural Analysis of Composite Materials is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanical behavior, performance, and design considerations of laminated glass structures under various loading conditions such as blast, impact, and dynamic loads. It includes topics such as the use of structural adhesives, characterization of polyvinyl butyral, finite element modeling for impact simulation, failure analysis, and fracture mechanics. The research also covers the optimization and experimental investigation of laminated glass beams and windows under different loading scenarios.

  • Laminated Glass
  • Structural Adhesives
  • Blast Loading
  • Polyvinyl Butyral
  • Finite Element Model
  • Glass Beams
  • Impact Simulation
  • Failure Analysis
  • Dynamic Response
  • Fracture Mechanics
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Structural Analysis of Composite Materials

Which countries lead Structural Analysis of Composite Materials research?

By volume, China and Germany publish the most (553 and 382 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 553 works
  2. 2 Germany 382 works
  3. 3 United States 273 works
  4. 4 Italy 175 works
  5. 5 India 159 works
  6. 6 Poland 99 works
  7. 7 France 92 works
  8. 8 Russia 87 works
  9. 9 Japan 80 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 77 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: 28.0%Germany: 19.3%United States: 13.8%Italy: 8.8%6 others listed: 30.1%28%largest
China553 · 28.0%Germany382 · 19.3%United States273 · 13.8%Italy175 · 8.8%6 others listed594 · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Structural Analysis of Composite Materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Structural Analysis of Composite Materials research, followed by Technische Universität Darmstadt and Technische Universität Dresden.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 38 works
  2. 2 Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 29 works
  3. 3 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 23 works
  4. 4 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 22 works
  5. 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 20 works
  6. 6 Tongji UniversityChina 19 works
  7. 7 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 17 works
  8. 8 University of TriesteItaly 17 works
  9. 9 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 15 works
  10. 10 Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Structural Analysis of Composite Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Structural Analysis of Composite Materials include Kai You Wang and Seeram Ramakrishna.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k 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 Structural Analysis of Composite Materials?

The most cited paper in Structural Analysis of Composite Materials is "Failure Criteria for Unidirectional Fiber Composites" (Zvi Hashin, 1980), with 4,592 citations. Next come "Measurement of mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites with mixed-mode bending apparatus" (3,009) and "Under what conditions can a glass be formed?" (2,237).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Failure Criteria for Unidirectional Fiber Composites Zvi Hashin · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1980 4,592
2 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
3 Under what conditions can a glass be formed? David Turnbull · Contemporary Physics Sep 1969 2,237
4 The Elastic Coefficients of the Theory of Consolidation M. A. Biot, D. G. Willis · Journal of Applied Mechanics Dec 1957 2,047
5 A Fatigue Failure Criterion for Fiber Reinforced Materials Zvi Hashin, A. Rotem · Journal of Composite Materials Oct 1973 1,733
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Structural Analysis of Composite Materials research done?

The largest centres of Structural Analysis of Composite Materials research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Darmstadt, Stuttgart and Dresden.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 95 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 57 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 37 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 37 works
  5. 5 DarmstadtGermany 34 works
  6. 6 MunichGermany 32 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 32 works
  8. 8 StuttgartGermany 28 works
  9. 9 DresdenGermany 27 works
  10. 10 MilanItaly 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DarmstadtDE · 34.3 works25×
  2. StuttgartDE · 27.8 works11×
  3. DresdenDE · 27.0 works11×
  4. DelftNL · 22.0 works10.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Structural Analysis of Composite Materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Structural Analysis of Composite Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Tongji University and Harbin Institute 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 21.06%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harbin Institute of …Northwestern Polytec…Tongji UniversityUniversity of Trieste
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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
1Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 64.234.1%4.7×14 +74.2%
2Tongji UniversityChina 61.119.1%4.8×19 +98.1%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 60.538.5%2.5×10 +47.8%
4University of TriesteItaly 59.111.6%37.3×17 -18.9%
5Politecnico di MilanoItaly 58.513.3%11.2×20 +1.9%
6Chongqing UniversityChina 57.732.1%3.8×10 -
7Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 53.07.9%12.8×22 -41.5%
8University of ParmaItaly 52.415.5%17.2×10 +11.3%
9Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 52.25.1%36.0×30 -14.4%
10Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 52.033.4%3.6×8 +20.0%

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 Structural Analysis of Composite Materials, country by country

Is Structural Analysis of Composite Materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Structural Analysis of Composite Materials.

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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 Structural Analysis of Composite Materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Structural Analysis of Composite Materials0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Structural Analysis of Composite Materials 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.

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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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