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D-Index
41
Citations
5269
World Ranking
1959
National Ranking
140

D.S. Balint 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 D.S. Balint sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 149 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

D.S. Balint 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 D.S. Balint sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

D.S. Balint is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on materials science and engineering, specifically within materials chemistry and mechanical engineering subfields. Their scholarly work predominantly addresses microstructure and mechanical properties, nuclear materials and properties, and high temperature alloys and creep.

The scientist has contributed to topics including:

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties

Balint has published extensively in notable venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Materialia
  • International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
  • Journal of Cultural Heritage

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on the mechanical behavior of materials, deformation processes, and recycling technologies. Selected publications include:

  • "Clarification of the effect of temperature and strain rate on workpiece deformation behaviour in metal forming processes," 2021, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
  • "Effects of geometry and boundary constraint on the stiffness and negative Poisson's ratio behaviour of auxetic metamaterials under quasi-static and impact loading," 2022, International Journal of Impact Engineering
  • "Advancing mechanical recycling of multilayer plastics through finite element modelling and environmental policy," 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Imparted benefits on mechanical properties by achieving grain boundary migration across voids," 2023, Acta Materialia
  • "Fracture toughness of bone at the microscale," 2020, Acta Biomaterialia

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Balint's research, with frequent co-authors including M.R. Wenman, Luca Reali, Yinguang Piao, Jun Jiang, and Ambrose C. Taylor.

Best Publications

  • Investigation of deformation and failure features in hot stamping of AA6082: Experimentation and modelling

    Mohamed S. Mohamed;Alistair D. Foster;Jianguo Lin;Daniel S. Balint

  • An analytical model of rumpling in thermal barrier coatings

    D.S. Balint;J.W. Hutchinson

  • Numerical study of the solution heat treatment, forming, and in-die quenching (HFQ) process on AA5754

    Omer El Fakir;Liliang Wang;Daniel Balint;John P. Dear

  • Formability and failure mechanisms of AA2024 under hot forming conditions

    L Wang;Martin Strangwood;D Balint;J Lin

  • Slip transfer across phase boundaries in dual phase titanium alloys and the effect on strain rate sensitivity

    Zebang Zheng;Sana Waheed;Daniel S. Balint;Fionn P.E. Dunne

  • Size effects in uniaxial deformation of single and polycrystals : a discrete dislocation plasticity analysis

    DS Balint;VS Deshpande;A Needleman;van der Erik Giessen

  • Discrete dislocation plasticity analysis of the grain size dependence of the flow strength of polycrystals

    D. S. Balint;V. S. Deshpande;A. Needleman;van der Erik Giessen

  • A unified constitutive model for asymmetric tension and compression creep-ageing behaviour of naturally aged Al-Cu-Li alloy

    Yong Li;Zhusheng Shi;Jianguo Lin;Yo-Lun Yang

  • Modelling of dominant softening mechanisms for Ti-6Al-4V in steady state hot forming conditions

    Q. Bai;J. Lin;T.A. Dean;D.S. Balint

  • A controlled Poisson Voronoi tessellation for grain and cohesive boundary generation applied to crystal plasticity analysis

    Pan Zhang;Morad Karimpour;Daniel Balint;Jianguo Lin

  • The development of continuum damage mechanics-based theories for predicting forming limit diagrams for hot stamping applications:

    J Lin;M Mohamed;M Mohamed;D Balint;TA Dean

  • Investigation of slip transfer across HCP grain boundaries with application to cold dwell facet fatigue

    Zebang Zheng;Daniel S. Balint;Fionn P.E. Dunne

  • Discrete dislocation plasticity analysis of the wedge indentation of films

    D. S. Balint;V. S. Deshpande;A. Needleman;van der Erik Giessen

  • An efficient closed-form method for determining interfacial heat transfer coefficient in metal forming

    Q. Bai;J. Lin;L. Zhan;T.A. Dean

  • Undulation instability of a compressed elastic film on a nonlinear creeping substrate

    D.S. Balint;J.W. Hutchinson

  • Microstructure evolution in metal forming processes

    Jianguo Lin;Daniel Balint;Maciej Pietrzyk

  • A discrete dislocation plasticity study of the micro-cantilever size effect

    E. Tarleton;Ds S. Balint;J. Gong;Aj J. Wilkinson

  • The mechanisms governing the activation of dislocation sources in aluminum at different strain rates

    B. Gurrutxaga-Lerma;D.S. Balint;D. Dini;A.P. Sutton

  • Attenuation of the dynamic yield point of shocked aluminum using elastodynamic simulations of dislocation dynamics.

    Beñat Gurrutxaga-Lerma;Daniel S. Balint;Daniele Dini;Daniel E. Eakins

  • Discrete dislocation and crystal plasticity analyses of load shedding in polycrystalline titanium alloys

    Zebang Zheng;Daniel S. Balint;Fionn P.E. Dunne

  • Influence of bond coat thickness on the cyclic rumpling of thermally grown oxides

    D.S. Balint;T. Xu;J.W. Hutchinson;A.G. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianguo Lin
Jianguo Lin Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Adrian P. Sutton
Adrian P. Sutton Imperial College London
Daniele Dini
Daniele Dini Imperial College London
Trevor A. Dean
Trevor A. Dean University of Birmingham
Fionn P.E. Dunne
Fionn P.E. Dunne Imperial College London
Alan Needleman
Alan Needleman Texas A&M University
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University
van der Erik Giessen
van der Erik Giessen University of Groningen
Ambrose C. Taylor
Ambrose C. Taylor Imperial College London
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University

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