2026 Alberto Cardona: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	36	2494	2333	1	1	189	6070

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Alberto Cardona is affiliated with the National University of the Littoral in Argentina. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a particular emphasis on control and systems engineering. The scientist has contributed extensively to various subfields, including computational theory and mathematics, mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, and radiological and ultrasound technology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities
Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
Mechanical Stress and Fatigue Analysis
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

Alberto Cardona has published research in several renowned journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Multibody System Dynamics
Mecánica Computacional
Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
Nonlinear Dynamics

Their recent papers include:

"A nonsmooth frictional contact formulation for multibody system dynamics" (2020), published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
"A General Purpose Formulation for Nonsmooth Dynamics With Finite Rotations: Application to the Woodpecker Toy" (2020), published in Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
"On the adaptation of local impact laws for multiple impact problems" (2020), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
"Non-smooth numerical solution for Coulomb friction, rolling and spinning resistance of spheres applied to flexible multibody system dynamics" (2023), published in Multibody System Dynamics
"Simulation of impacts between spherical rigid bodies with frictional effects" (2024), published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Frequent co-authors in Alberto Cardona's work include:

Federico J. Cavalieri
Alejandro Cosimo
Olivier Brüls
Eliana Sánchez
Martín A. Pucheta

In addition to journal articles, Alberto Cardona has authored books published by Springer Nature (Netherlands). These include multiple editions of "Multibody Mechatronic Systems" published in 2020 and 2021.

Alberto Cardona has received recognition as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2018.

Best Publications

Flexible Multibody Dynamics: A Finite Element Approach

Michel Géradin;Alberto Cardona

873
Citations
A beam finite element non‐linear theory with finite rotations

A. Cardona;M. Geradin

811
Citations
Time integration of the equations of motion in mechanism analysis

A. Cardona;M. Geradin

283
Citations
A reduction method for nonlinear structural dynamic analysis

Sergio R. Idelsohn;Alberto Cardona

256
Citations
Lie group generalized-α time integration of constrained flexible multibody systems

Olivier Brüls;Alberto Cardona;Martín Alejandro Arnold

217
Citations
Geometrically exact beam finite element formulated on the special Euclidean group SE(3)

Valentin Sonneville;Alberto Cardona;Olivier Bruls

212
Citations
Finite element modeling of welding processes

Andrés Anca;Alberto Cardona;José Risso;Víctor D. Fachinotti

199
Citations
A multiharmonic method for non‐linear vibration analysis

Alberto Cardona;Thierry Coune;Albert Lerusse;Michel Geradin

142
Citations
On the Use of Lie Group Time Integrators in Multibody Dynamics

Olivier Brüls;Alberto Cardona

138
Citations
Kinematics and dynamics of rigid and flexible mechanisms using finite elements and quaternion algebra

M. Geradin;A. Cardona

129
Citations
A LOAD-DEPENDENT BASIS FOR REDUCED NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

Sergio R. Idelsohn;Alberto Cardona

123
Citations
Fast Fourier nonlinear vibration analysis

A. Cardona;A. Lerusse;M. Géradin

121
Citations
Thermomechanical model of a continuous casting process

A.E. Huespe;A. Cardona;V. Fachinotti

119
Citations
Analytical solutions of the thermal field induced by moving double-ellipsoidal and double-elliptical heat sources in a semi-infinite body

Victor Daniel Fachinotti;Andrés Amilcar Anca;Alberto Cardona;Alberto Cardona

112
Citations
Modelling of superelements in mechanism analysis

Alberto Cardona;Michel Geradin

106
Citations
Design of bistable compliant mechanisms using precision–position and rigid-body replacement methods

Martín A. Pucheta;Alberto Cardona

103
Citations
Simultaneous enforcement of constraints at position and velocity levels in the nonsmooth generalized-α scheme

Olivier Brüls;Vincent Acary;Alberto Cardona

102
Citations
Computational modelling of shaped metal deposition

Andrés Anca;Víctor D. Fachinotti;Gustavo Escobar-Palafox;Alberto Cardona

98
Citations
A fast convergent and accurate temperature model for phase‐change heat conduction

Víctor D. Fachinotti;Alberto Cardona;Alfredo E. Huespe

95
Citations
Rigid and flexible joint modelling in multibody dynamics using finite elements

A. Cardona;M. Geradin;D.B. Doan

90
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Idelsohn Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Michel Géradin University of Liège

Alfredo Edmundo Huespe National University of the Littoral

Olivier A. Bauchau University of Maryland, College Park

Peter Betsch Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Omer Van der Biest KU Leuven

Carlo L. Bottasso Technical University of Munich

External Links

Personal website of Alberto Cardona Google Scholar page

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