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Alessandro Reali

Alessandro Reali

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
16167
World Ranking
715
National Ranking
12

Alessandro Reali 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 Alessandro Reali sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 256 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alessandro Reali 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 Alessandro Reali sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Alessandro Reali is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and has a substantial publication record primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research covers multiple subfields including Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work often focuses on advanced numerical analysis and computational methods applied to engineering problems. The main topics of their research include:

  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Reali has co-authored extensively with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Ferdinando Auricchio
  • Massimo Carraturo
  • Alessia Patton
  • Josef Kiendl
  • Alex Viguerie

Their publications are often found in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Composite Structures
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Engineering With Computers

Recent papers reflecting their research interests include:

  • Simulating the spread of COVID-19 via a spatially-resolved susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered-deceased (SEIRD) model with heterogeneous diffusion. (2021), PubMed
  • Diffusion-reaction compartmental models formulated in a continuum mechanics framework: application to COVID-19, mathematical analysis, and numerical study. (2020), Computational Mechanics
  • Bending behavior of octet-truss lattice structures: Modelling options, numerical characterization and experimental validation. (2021), Materials & Design
  • Towards a mathematical theory of behavioral human crowds. (2022), Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
  • Modeling and experimental validation of an immersed thermo-mechanical part-scale analysis for laser powder bed fusion processes. (2020), Additive Manufacturing

Alessandro Reali was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Isogeometric Analysis of Structural Vibrations

    J. A. Cottrell;A. Reali;Y. Bazilevs;Thomas J Hughes

  • Variational multiscale residual-based turbulence modeling for large eddy simulation of incompressible flows

    Y. Bazilevs;V. M. Calo;J. A. Cottrell;Thomas J Hughes

  • Studies of refinement and continuity in isogeometric structural analysis

    J. A. Cottrell;Thomas J Hughes;A. Reali

  • Efficient quadrature for NURBS-based isogeometric analysis

    Thomas J Hughes;A. Reali;G. Sangalli

  • Duality and unified analysis of discrete approximations in structural dynamics and wave propagation: Comparison of p-method finite elements with k-method NURBS

    T.J.R. Hughes;A. Reali;G. Sangalli

  • ISOGEOMETRIC COLLOCATION METHODS

    F. Auricchio;L. Beirão Da Veiga;T. J. R. Hughes;A. Reali

  • Isogeometric Kirchhoff–Love shell formulations for general hyperelastic materials

    Josef Kiendl;Ming-Chen Hsu;Michael C.H. Wu;Alessandro Reali;Alessandro Reali

  • Isogeometric Collocation: Cost Comparison with Galerkin Methods and Extension to Adaptive Hierarchical NURBS Discretizations

    Dominik Schillinger;John A. Evans;Alessandro Reali;Michael A. Scott

  • Isogeometric collocation: Cost comparison with Galerkin methods and extension to adaptive hierarchical NURBS discretizations

    Dominik Schillinger;John A. Evans;Alessandro Reali;Michael A. Scott

  • GeoPDEs: A research tool for Isogeometric Analysis of PDEs

    C. De Falco;A. Reali;R. VáZquez

  • A fully ''locking-free'' isogeometric approach for plane linear elasticity problems: A stream function formulation

    F. Auricchio;L. Beirão da Veiga;A. Buffa;C. Lovadina

  • Dynamic and fluid---structure interaction simulations of bioprosthetic heart valves using parametric design with T-splines and Fung-type material models

    Ming-Chen Hsu;David Kamensky;Fei Xu;Josef Kiendl

  • A 3-D phenomenological constitutive model for shape memory alloys under multiaxial loadings

    J. Arghavani;F. Auricchio;F. Auricchio;R. Naghdabadi;A. Reali

  • A three-dimensional model describing stress-induced solid phase transformation with permanent inelasticity

    F. Auricchio;A. Reali;U. Stefanelli

  • Isogeometric collocation for elastostatics and explicit dynamics

    F. Auricchio;L. Beirão da Veiga;Thomas J Hughes;A. Reali

  • Finite element and NURBS approximations of eigenvalue, boundary-value, and initial-value problems

    Thomas J.R. Hughes;John A. Evans;Alessandro Reali

  • A Simple Algorithm for Obtaining Nearly Optimal Quadrature Rules for NURBS-based Isogeometric Analysis

    Ferdinando Auricchio;F. Calabrò;T. J. R. Hughes;Alessandro Reali

  • Simulating the spread of COVID-19 via a spatially-resolved susceptible–exposed–infected–recovered–deceased (SEIRD) model with heterogeneous diffusion

    Alex Viguerie;Guillermo Lorenzo;Ferdinando Auricchio;Davide Baroli

  • Avoiding shear locking for the Timoshenko beam problem via isogeometric collocation methods

    L. Beirão da Veiga;C. Lovadina;A. Reali

  • The importance of the exact satisfaction of the incompressibility constraint in nonlinear elasticity: mixed FEMs versus NURBS-based approximations

    F. Auricchio;L. Beirão da Veiga;C. Lovadina;A. Reali

  • Patient-specific isogeometric structural analysis of aortic valve closure

    S. Morganti;F. Auricchio;D. J. Benson;F. I. Gambarin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinando Auricchio
Ferdinando Auricchio University of Pavia
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes The University of Texas at Austin
Josef Kiendl
Josef Kiendl Bundeswehr University Munich
Ernst Rank
Ernst Rank Technical University of Munich
Alessandro Veneziani
Alessandro Veneziani Emory University
Carlo Lovadina
Carlo Lovadina University of Milan
Elisabetta Rocca
Elisabetta Rocca University of Pavia
Giancarlo Sangalli
Giancarlo Sangalli University of Pavia
Reza Naghdabadi
Reza Naghdabadi Sharif University of Technology
L. Beirão da Veiga
L. Beirão da Veiga University of Milano-Bicocca

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