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D-Index
43
Citations
7926
World Ranking
1709
National Ranking
658

David J. Steigmann 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 David J. Steigmann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 191 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David J. Steigmann 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 David J. Steigmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David J. Steigmann is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with extensive work in various subfields such as mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, civil and structural engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The researcher's work covers several main topics including:

  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Elasticity and material modeling
  • Composite structure analysis and optimization
  • Composite material mechanics
  • Structural analysis and optimization
  • Elasticity and wave propagation
  • Numerical methods in engineering

David J. Steigmann has contributed to numerous publication venues. These include:

  • Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
  • Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
  • Journal of Elasticity
  • Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems
  • Mechanics Research Communications

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Steigmann include:

  • "Thin shells reinforced by fibers with intrinsic flexural and torsional elasticity," 2023, International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • "Second-grade elasticity of three-dimensional pantographic lattices: theory and numerical experiments," 2023, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
  • "Cosserat Elasticity of Lattice Solids," 2021, Journal of Elasticity
  • "A Cosserat Model of Elastic Solids Reinforced by a Family of Curved and Twisted Fibers," 2020, Symmetry
  • "The Legendre-Hadamard condition in Cosserat elasticity theory," 2020, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Frequent collaborators of Steigmann include:

  • Milad Shirani
  • Mircea Bîrsan
  • Francesco dell'Isola
  • Ryan C. McAvoy
  • Brett Hendrickson

Their book publications consist of titles published by Springer Nature (Netherlands) and World Scientific. These include:

  • "Lecture Notes on the Theory of Plates and Shells," 2023
  • "Principles of Continuum Mechanics," 2024

Best Publications

  • Elastic surface—substrate interactions

    D. J. Steigmann;R. W. Ogden

  • Tension-field theory

    D. J. Steigmann

  • Plane deformations of elastic solids with intrinsic boundary elasticity

    D. J. Steigmann;R. W. Ogden

  • Pantographic metamaterials: an example of mathematically driven design and of its technological challenges

    Francesco dell’Isola;Pierre Seppecher;Pierre Seppecher;Jean Jacques Alibert;Tomasz Lekszycki;Tomasz Lekszycki;Tomasz Lekszycki

  • Fluid Films with Curvature Elasticity

    David Steigmann

  • A Two-Dimensional Gradient-Elasticity Theory for Woven Fabrics

    Francesco dell’Isola;David Steigmann

  • Mechanical response of fabric sheets to three-dimensional bending, twisting, and stretching

    David J. Steigmann;Francesco dell’Isola

  • Equilibrium theory for magnetic elastomers and magnetoelastic membranes

    David J. Steigmann

  • Analysis of partly wrinkled membranes by the method of dynamic relaxation

    E. M. Haseganu;D. J. Steigmann

  • Linear Pantographic Sheets: Existence and Uniqueness of Weak Solutions

    Victor A. Eremeyev;Victor A. Eremeyev;Francesco dell’Isola;Francesco dell’Isola;Claude Boutin;David Steigmann

  • Koiter’s Shell Theory from the Perspective of Three-dimensional Nonlinear Elasticity

    David J. Steigmann

  • Modeling protein-mediated morphology in biomembranes

    Ashutosh Agrawal;David J. Steigmann

  • Synthesis of Fibrous Complex Structures: Designing Microstructure to Deliver Targeted Macroscale Response

    Francesco dell'Isola;David Steigmann;Alessandro Della Corte

  • Boundary-value problems in the theory of lipid membranes

    Ashutosh Agrawal;David J. Steigmann

  • Variational theory for spatial rods

    D. J. Steigmann;M. G. Faulkner

  • Interaction between surface shape and intra-surface viscous flow on lipid membranes.

    Padmini Rangamani;Ashutosh Agrawal;Kranthi K. Mandadapu;George Oster

  • Multiscale constitutive modeling and numerical simulation of fabric material

    Ben Nadler;Panayiotis Papadopoulos;David J. Steigmann

  • Spatial resolution of wrinkle patterns in thin elastic sheets at finite strain

    Michael Taylor;Katia Bertoldi;David J. Steigmann

  • Two-dimensional models for the combined bending and stretching of plates and shells based on three-dimensional linear elasticity

    David J. Steigmann

  • Equilibrium of Elastic Nets

    D. J. Steigmann;A. C. Pipkin

  • On the variational theory of cell-membrane equilibria

    David Steigmann;Eveline Baesu;Robert E. Rudd;Jim Belak

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco dell’Isola
Francesco dell’Isola University of L'Aquila
Ray W. Ogden
Ray W. Ogden University of Glasgow
Ivan Giorgio
Ivan Giorgio University of L'Aquila
George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley
Victor A. Eremeyev
Victor A. Eremeyev University of Cagliari
Patrizio Neff
Patrizio Neff University of Duisburg-Essen
Kyriakos Komvopoulos
Kyriakos Komvopoulos University of California, Berkeley
Philippe Boisse
Philippe Boisse Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Katia Bertoldi
Katia Bertoldi Harvard University
Berend Smit
Berend Smit École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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