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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
64
Citations
13046
World Ranking
559
National Ranking
8

Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
12709
World Ranking
6535
National Ranking
166

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in France Leader Award

Overview

Alain Molinari is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focused interest in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics, including:

  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

Molinari's publication record includes contributions to various scientific journals, notably:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Plasticity

Recent published papers authored or co-authored by Molinari include:

  • Steady shock waves in porous metals: Viscosity and micro-inertia effects, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
  • Intrinsic negative magnetoresistance from the chiral anomaly of multifold fermions, 2024, Nature Communications
  • The role of micro-inertia on the shock structure in porous metals, 2021, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Mean field interaction model accounting for the spatial distribution of inclusions in elastic-viscoplastic composites, 2021, International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Dynamic response of ductile materials containing cylindrical voids, 2020, International Journal of Fracture

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Christophe Czarnota
  • S. Mercier
  • Z. Lovinger
  • Suraj Ravindran
  • G. Ravichandran

Best Publications

  • A self consistent approach of the large deformation polycrystal viscoplasticity

    A. Molinari;G.R. Canova;S. Ahzi

  • A dislocation-based model for all hardening stages in large strain deformation

    Y. Estrin;L.S. Tóth;A. Molinari;Y. Bréchet

  • Adiabatic shear banding in high speed machining of Ti-6Al-4V: experiments and modeling

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  • Analytical Characterization of Shear Localization in Thermoviscoplastic Materials

    A. Molinari;R. J. Clifton

  • Modelling of orthogonal cutting with a temperature dependent friction law

    A. Moufki;A. Molinari;D. Dudzinski

  • Micromechanical approach to the behavior of poroelastic materials

    Luc Dormieux;A. Molinari;Djimedo Kondo

  • Strain Hardening at Large Strains as Predicted by Dislocation Based Polycrystal Plasticity Model

    László S. Tóth;Alain Molinari;Yuri Estrin

  • Modelling plastic deformation of peridotite with the self-consistent theory

    H.-R. Wenk;K. Bennett;G. R. Canova;A. Molinari

  • Constitutive relationships for 22MnB5 boron steel deformed isothermally at high temperatures

    M. Naderi;L. Durrenberger;A. Molinari;W. Bleck

  • Instability and localization of plastic flow in shear at high strain rates

    C. Fressengeas;A. Molinari

  • Collective behavior and spacing of adiabatic shear bands

    A. Molinari

  • Homogenization of elastic-viscoplastic heterogeneous materials : Self-consistent and Mori-Tanaka schemes

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  • On the self-consistent modeling of elastic-plastic behavior of polycrystals

    A. Molinari;S. Ahzi;R. Kouddane

  • Thermomechanical modelling of oblique cutting and experimental validation

    A. Moufki;A. Devillez;D. Dudzinski;A. Molinari

  • Effect of Strain Hardening and Rate Sensitivity on the Dynamic Growth of a Void in a Plastic Material

    M. Ortiz;A. Molinari

  • Inertia and thermal effects on the localization of plastic flow

    C. Fressengeas;A. Molinari

  • Analytical and experimental investigation of rake contact and friction behavior in metal cutting

    Emre Ozlu;Erhan Budak;A. Molinari

  • Tuning a self consistent viscoplastic model by finite element results—I. Modeling

    A. Molinari;L.S. Tóth

  • Constitutive modeling of high-strain-rate deformation in metals based on the evolution of an effective microstructural length

    A. Molinari;G. Ravichandran

  • Modelling of dynamic ductile fracture and application to the simulation of plate impact tests on tantalum

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  • Viscoplastic modeling of texture development in quartzite

    H.-R. Wenk;G. Canova;A. Molinari;U. F. Kocks

  • An experimental technique for the measurement of temperature fields for the orthogonal cutting in high speed machining

    Guy Sutter;Laurent Faure;Alain Molinari;Nicolas Ranc

  • A modelling of cutting for viscoplastic materials

    D. Dudzinski;A. Molinari

Frequent Co-Authors

Laszlo S. Toth
Laszlo S. Toth University of Lorraine
Yuri Estrin
Yuri Estrin Monash University
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley
Alexis Rusinek
Alexis Rusinek University of Lorraine
Eugene A. Olevsky
Eugene A. Olevsky San Diego State University
Michael Ortiz
Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology
U.F. Kocks
U.F. Kocks Los Alamos National Laboratory
Said Ahzi
Said Ahzi University of Strasbourg
Yves Bréchet
Yves Bréchet Monash University
Olivier Bouaziz
Olivier Bouaziz University of Lorraine

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