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D-Index
46
Citations
6980
World Ranking
1469
National Ranking
33

Alain Combescure publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Combescure sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 284 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Alain Combescure D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Combescure sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Alain Combescure is affiliated with the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon in France. Their professional activities are primarily situated within this institution.

In 2008, Alain Combescure was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), reflecting an acknowledged standing within this professional community.

Best Publications

  • Multi-time-step explicit–implicit method for non-linear structural dynamics

    Anthony Gravouil;Alain Combescure;Alain Combescure

  • An energy‐conserving scheme for dynamic crack growth using the eXtended finite element method

    Julien Réthoré;Anthony Gravouil;Alain Combescure

  • Appropriate extended functions for X-FEM simulation of plastic fracture mechanics

    Thomas Elguedj;Anthony Gravouil;Alain Combescure

  • Efficient explicit time stepping for the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM)

    Thomas Menouillard;Thomas Menouillard;Julien Réthoré;Alain Combescure;Harridh Bung

  • Three dimensional experimental and numerical multiscale analysis of a fatigue crack

    Johann Rannou;Nathalie Limodin;Julien Réthoré;Anthony Gravouil

  • Estimation of mixed-mode stress intensity factors using digital image correlation and an interaction integral

    Julien Réthoré;Anthony Gravouil;Fabrice Morestin;Alain Combescure

  • A numerical scheme to couple subdomains with different time-steps for predominantly linear transient analysis

    Alain Combescure;Anthony Gravouil

  • Dynamic crack propagation under mixed-mode loading – Comparison between experiments and X-FEM simulations

    David Grégoire;Hubert Maigre;Julien Rethore;Alain Combescure

  • Locking free isogeometric formulations of curved thick beams

    Robin Bouclier;Thomas Elguedj;Alain Combescure

  • Level set X-FEM non matching meshes: application to dynamic crack propagation in elastic-plastic media

    Benoit Prabel;Alain Combescure;Anthony Gravouil;Stephane Marie

  • Mass lumping strategies for x-fem explicit dynamics: application to crack propagation

    Thomas Menouillard;Julien Réthoré;Nicolas Moes;Alain Combescure

  • A mixed augmented Lagrangian-extended finite element method for modelling elastic-plastic fatigue crack growth with unilateral contact

    Thomas Elguedj;Anthony Gravouil;Alain Combescure

  • Experimental study of the phase transformation plasticity of 16MND5 low carbon steel under multiaxial loading

    Michel Coret;Sylvain Calloch;Alain Combescure

  • Efficient isogeometric NURBS-based solid-shell elements: Mixed formulation and B¯-method

    Robin Bouclier;Thomas Elguedj;Alain Combescure

  • An improved assumed strain solid–shell element formulation with physical stabilization for geometric non‐linear applications and elastic–plastic stability analysis

    Farid Abed-Meraim;Alain Combescure

  • Experimental study of high-velocity impact and fracture of ice

    A. Combescure;Y. Chuzel-Marmot;J. Fabis

  • A thermodynamic method for the construction of a cohesive law from a nonlocal damage model

    Fabien Cazes;Michel Coret;Alain Combescure;Anthony Gravouil

  • Damage model with delay effect Analytical and numerical studies of the evolution of the characteristic damage length

    Arnaud Suffis;Ton A.A. Lubrecht;Alain Combescure

  • A non-intrusive partitioned approach to couple smoothed particle hydrodynamics and finite element methods for transient fluid-structure interaction problems with large interface motion

    Zhe Li;Julien Leduc;Jorge Nunez-Ramirez;Alain Combescure

  • Robust identification of elasto-plastic constitutive law parameters from digital images using 3D kinematics

    Julien Réthoré;Muhibullah;Thomas Elguedj;Michel Coret

  • A mesomodel for the numerical simulation of the multiphasic behavior of materials under anisothermal loading (application to two low-carbon steels)

    Michel Coret;Alain Combescure

  • An SPH shell formulation for plasticity and fracture analysis in explicit dynamics

    B. Maurel;A. Combescure

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Gravouil
Anthony Gravouil Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Julien Réthoré
Julien Réthoré École Centrale de Nantes
Antonius Lubrecht
Antonius Lubrecht Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Nicolas Moës
Nicolas Moës École Centrale de Nantes
François Hild
François Hild École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Stéphane Roux
Stéphane Roux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Jean-Yves Buffiere
Jean-Yves Buffiere Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Eugenio Oñate
Eugenio Oñate Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Wolfgang A. Wall
Wolfgang A. Wall Technical University of Munich
Werner Wagner
Werner Wagner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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