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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
104
Citations
55992
World Ranking
47
National Ranking
25

Materials Science

D-Index
102
Citations
51549
World Ranking
941
National Ranking
310

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - William Prager Medal
  • 2006 - Daniel C. Drucker Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2006 - Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For research in computational solid mechanics and its application to damage and fracture mechanics.
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Alan Needleman is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures, Metal Forming Simulation Techniques, Metallurgy and Material Forming, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, and Numerical methods in engineering.

Frequent coauthors in Alan Needleman's research include:

  • A.A. Benzerga
  • A. Cruzado
  • M.P. Ariza
  • M. Ortíz
  • I.A. Khan

Publications are often found in these venues:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  • Journal of Applied Mechanics

Notable recent papers by Alan Needleman include:

  • "A shear modified enhanced Gurson constitutive relation and implications for localization," 2022, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • "On the identification of power-law creep parameters from conical indentation," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Characterization of plastically compressible solids via spherical indentation," 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • "Constraint and size effects in confined layer plasticity," 2021, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • "Discrete defect plasticity and implications for dissipation," 2023, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids

Throughout their career, Alan Needleman has received several awards including the Timoshenko Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011, the William Prager Medal and the Daniel C. Drucker Medal in 2006, and recognition as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007. They were also named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 for contributions to computational solid mechanics and its application to damage and fracture mechanics. Other honors include Fellowship in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of the cup-cone fracture in a round tensile bar

    V. Tvergaard;A. Needleman

  • Numerical simulations of fast crack growth in brittle solids

    X.-P. Xu;A. Needleman

  • A Continuum Model for Void Nucleation by Inclusion Debonding

    A. Needleman

  • Overview no. 42 Texture development and strain hardening in rate dependent polycrystals

    R.J. Asaro;A. Needleman

  • Material rate dependence and localized deformation in crystalline solids

    D. Peirce;R.J. Asaro;A. Needleman

  • Void Nucleation Effects in Biaxially Stretched Sheets

    C. C. Chu;A. Needleman

  • An analysis of nonuniform and localized deformation in ductile single crystals

    D. Peirce;R.J. Asaro;A. Needleman

  • Material rate dependence and mesh sensitivity in localization problems

    A. Needleman

  • Discrete dislocation plasticity: a simple planar model

    van der Erik Giessen;A. Needleman

  • An analysis of ductile rupture in notched bars

    A. Needleman;V. Tvergaard

  • Void growth and coalescence in porous plastic solids

    J. Koplik;A. Needleman

  • An experimental and numerical study of deformation in metal-ceramic composites

    T. Christman;A. Needleman;S. Suresh

  • Void nucleation by inclusion debonding in a crystal matrix

    X P Xu;A Needleman

  • A COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR CALCULATING ENERGY RELEASE RATES

    F.Z. Li;C.F. Shih;A. Needleman

  • A finite element method for localized failure analysis

    M. Ortiz;Y. Leroy;A. Needleman

  • A tangent modulus method for rate dependent solids

    D. Peirce;C.F. Shih;A. Needleman

  • An analysis of tensile decohesion along an interface

    A. Needleman

  • Plastic creep flow effects in the diffusive cavitation of grain boundaries

    A Needleman;J.R Rice

  • Fundamentals of metal-matrix composites

    S. Suresh;A. Mortensen;A. Needleman

  • An analysis of decohesion along an imperfect interface

    A. Needleman

Frequent Co-Authors

van der Erik Giessen
van der Erik Giessen University of Groningen
Viggo Tvergaard
Viggo Tvergaard Technical University of Denmark
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University
A. Amine Benzerga
A. Amine Benzerga Texas A&M University
William A. Curtin
William A. Curtin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
D.S. Balint
D.S. Balint Imperial College London
Julia R. Greer
Julia R. Greer California Institute of Technology
Matti Ristinmaa
Matti Ristinmaa Lund University
Ares J. Rosakis
Ares J. Rosakis California Institute of Technology

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