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Dimitri Debruyne

Dimitri Debruyne

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
33
Citations
3925
World Ranking
9453
National Ranking
109

Dimitri Debruyne publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dimitri Debruyne sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 186 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Dimitri Debruyne D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dimitri Debruyne sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dimitri Debruyne is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a primary focus on mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and civil and structural engineering. Their research spans topics related to metals and alloys as well as materials chemistry.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses areas including fatigue and fracture mechanics, metal forming simulation techniques, structural load-bearing analysis, microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, metallurgy and material forming, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, and the fire effects on concrete materials.

Key recent publications by Dimitri Debruyne include:

  • Advanced FE model validation of cold-forming process using DIC: Air bending of high strength steel (2020), published in International Journal of Material Forming
  • On the strength of stainless steel fillet welds (2020), published in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Effect of bending process on the fatigue behaviour of high strength steel (2021), published in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Experimental and numerical fatigue assessment of duplex welded transversal stiffeners (2020), published in International Journal of Fatigue
  • Failure Mechanisms of Mechanically and Thermally Produced Holes in High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Plates Subjected to Fatigue Loading (2020), published in Metals

The frequent venues for Dimitri Debruyne's publications encompass:

  • International Journal of Material Forming
  • Journal of Constructional Steel Research
  • Metals
  • Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation
  • International Journal of Fatigue

Collaborations have been significant in Dimitri Debruyne's career, with frequent coauthors including Sam Coppieters, Sanjay Gothivarekar, A. Van de Velde, Burak Karabulut, and Barbara Rossi, reflecting a collaborative approach to research within the engineering disciplines.

The scientist's research contributions are aligned with core subfields of mechanical engineering, encompassing detailed investigations of structural behaviors under various mechanical stresses and the simulation of metal forming processes. This work supports the development of understanding in load-bearing structures, steel fatigue, and fracture mechanics, which are critical for advancements in construction and materials engineering.

Best Publications

  • Assessment of measuring errors in DIC using deformation fields generated by plastic FEA

    P. Lava;S. Cooreman;S. Coppieters;M. De Strycker

  • Precise determination of the Poisson ratio in soft materials with 2D digital image correlation

    Robyn H. Pritchard;Pascal Lava;Dimitri Debruyne;Eugene M. Terentjev

  • A(e,e'p) reactions at GeV energies

    Dimitri Debruyne;Jan Ryckebusch

  • Identification of Mechanical Material Behavior Through Inverse Modeling and DIC

    Steven Cooreman;D Lecompte;H Sol;Johnny Vantomme

  • Identification of the post-necking hardening behaviour of sheet metal by comparison of the internal and external work in the necking zone

    S. Coppieters;S. Cooreman;H. Sol;P. Van Houtte

  • Study of systematic errors in strain fields obtained via DIC using heterogeneous deformation generated by plastic FEA

    Pascal Lava;Steven Cooreman;Dimitri Debruyne;Dimitri Debruyne

  • Effect of DIC Spatial Resolution, Noise and Interpolation Error on Identification Results with the VFM

    Marco Rossi;Pascal Lava;Fabrice Pierron;Dimitri Debruyne

  • Elasto-plastic material parameter identification by inverse methods: Calculation of the sensitivity matrix

    Steven Cooreman;David Lecompte;Hugo Sol;John Vantomme

  • A Self Adaptive Global Digital Image Correlation Algorithm

    Lukas Wittevrongel;Pascal Lava;Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Dimitri Debruyne

  • Relativistic formulation of Glauber theory for A(e,e′p) reactions

    J Ryckebusch;Dimitri Debruyne;Pascal Lava;S Janssen

  • Measuring the thermal expansion coefficient of tubular steel specimens with digital image correlation techniques

    M. De Strycker;L. Schueremans;W. Van Paepegem;D. Debruyne;D. Debruyne

  • Analytical method to predict the pull-out strength of clinched connections

    S. Coppieters;P. Lava;S. Baes;H. Sol

  • Investigation of the Uncertainty of DIC Under Heterogeneous Strain States with Numerical Tests

    Y. Wang;P. Lava;S. Coppieters;M. De Strycker

  • Investigations on the fretting fatigue failure mechanism of bolted joints in high strength steel subjected to different levels of pre-tension

    Carlos Jiménez-Peña;Reza H. Talemi;Barbara Rossi;Dimitri Debruyne

  • Impact of lens distortions on strain measurements obtained with 2D digital image correlation

    P. Lava;W. Van Paepegem;S. Coppieters;I. De Baere

  • Error estimation in measuring strain fields with DIC on planar sheet metal specimens with a non-perpendicular camera alignment

    P. Lava;S. Coppieters;Y. Wang;P. Van Houtte

  • Reproducing the experimental pull-out and shear strength of clinched sheet metal connections using FEA

    Sam Coppieters;Steven Cooreman;Pascal Lava;Hugo Sol

  • Measuring welding deformations with the digital image correlation technique

    M De Strycker;P Lava;Wim Van Paepegem;L Schueremans

  • Application of a Multi‐Camera Stereo DIC Set‐up to Assess Strain Fields in an Erichsen Test: Methodology and Validation

    Yueqi Wang;Pascal Lava;Sam Coppieters;Paul Van Houtte

  • Inverse identification of the post-necking work hardening behaviour of thick HSS through full-field strain measurements during diffuse necking

    Hao Zhang;Hao Zhang;Sam Coppieters;Carlos Jiménez-Peña;Dimitri Debruyne

  • Theoretical analysis on the measurement errors of local 2D DIC: Part I Temporal and spatial uncertainty quanti%0Ccation of displacement measurements.

    Phillip L. Reu;Yueqi Wang;Pascal Lava;Paul Van Houtte

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshihiko Kuwabara
Toshihiko Kuwabara Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
P. Van Houtte
P. Van Houtte KU Leuven
W. Van Paepegem
W. Van Paepegem Ghent University
Fabrice Pierron
Fabrice Pierron University of Southampton
Wilfried Philips
Wilfried Philips Ghent University
G. De Roeck
G. De Roeck KU Leuven
Jae-Hyun Kim
Jae-Hyun Kim Ajou University

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