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D-Index
45
Citations
6811
World Ranking
5589
National Ranking
113

Félix Darve 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 Félix Darve sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 248 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Félix Darve 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 Félix Darve sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Félix Darve is affiliated with the Grenoble Institute of Technology in France. Their research largely focuses on engineering, with an emphasis on civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, control and systems engineering, and management, monitoring, policy and law.

The primary topics of study within their work include:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures

Félix Darve has contributed to several research papers, including the following notable works:

  • "Macroscopic softening in granular materials from a mesoscale perspective" (2020), published in the International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • "A novel multi-scale large deformation approach for modelling of granular collapse" (2021), published in Acta Geotechnica
  • "Shear banding as a dissipative structure from a thermodynamic viewpoint" (2023), published in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • "Slip lines versus shear bands: Two competing localization modes" (2020), published in Mechanics Research Communications
  • "Multiscale modelling of granular materials in boundary value problems accounting for mesoscale mechanisms" (2021), published in Computers and Geotechnics

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • François Nicot
  • Antoine Wautier
  • Noël Challamel
  • Jean Lerbet
  • Richard Wan

The main venues publishing Félix Darve's work are:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Granular Matter
  • ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Acta Geotechnica

In addition to journal publications, Félix Darve has authored books published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, including two titles released in 2024: Machine Learning in Geomechanics vol.1 and Machine Learning in Geomechanics 1 Overview of Machine Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Regression, Classification and Artificial Neural Networks.

Best Publications

  • Numerical simulation of drained triaxial test using 3D discrete element modeling

    N. Belheine;N. Belheine;N. Belheine;J.-P. Plassiard;F.-V. Donzé;F. Darve

  • Failure in geomaterials: continuous and discrete analyses

    Félix Darve;Guillaume Servant;Farid Laouafa;H.D.V. Khoa

  • On the capillary stress tensor in wet granular materials

    L. Scholtès;P.-Y. Hicher;F. Nicot;B. Chareyre

  • Instabilities in granular materials and application to landslides

    F. Darve;F. Laouafa

  • Modelling of slope failure by a material instability mechanism

    F. Laouafa;F. Darve

  • A multi-scale approach to granular materials

    Francois Nicot;Félix Darve

  • Toward objective rockfall trajectory simulation using a stochastic impact model

    Franck Bourrier;Luuk Dorren;François Nicot;Frédéric Berger

  • Micromechanics of granular materials with capillary effects

    L. Scholtès;B. Chareyre;F. Nicot;F. Darve

  • INCREMENTAL CONSTITUTIVE LAW FOR SANDS AND CLAYS: SIMULATIONS OF MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC TESTS

    F. Darve;S. Labanieh

  • DEM analysis of angular ballast breakage under cyclic loading

    Zakir Hossain;Buddhima Indraratna;Felix Darve;Pramod Kumar Thakur

  • Bifurcation and second-order work in geomaterials

    François Nicot;Félix Darve;Huynh Dat Vu Khoa

  • A micromechanical investigation for the effects of pore size and its distribution on geopolymer foam concrete under uniaxial compression

    Thang T. Nguyen;Ha H. Bui;Tuan D. Ngo;Giang D. Nguyen

  • Physical processes within a 2D granular layer during an impact

    Franck Bourrier;François Nicot;Félix Darve

  • A Continuum Model for Deformable, Second Gradient Porous Media Partially Saturated with Compressible Fluids

    Angela Madeo;Angela Madeo;Francesco Dell'Isola;Francesco Dell'Isola;Félix Darve;Félix Darve

  • Diffuse failure in geomaterials: Experiments, theory and modelling

    Ali Daouadji;Félix Darve;H. Al Gali;P. Y. Hicher

  • Yield surfaces and principle of superposition: Revisit through incrementally non-linear constitutive relations

    F. Darve;E. Flavigny;M. Meghachou

  • Material instability in granular assemblies from fundamentally different models

    L. Sibille;F. Nicot;F. V. Donzé;F. Darve

  • A micro-mechanical investigation of bifurcation in granular materials

    François Nicot;Félix Darve

  • Bifurcations in granular media: macro- and micro-mechanics approaches

    Félix Darve;Luc Sibille;Ali Daouadji;François Nicot

  • Instability in Granular Materials: Experimental Evidence of Diffuse Mode of Failure for Loose Sands

    A. Daouadji;H. AlGali;F. Darve;A. Zeghloul

Frequent Co-Authors

François Nicot
François Nicot Grenoble Alpes University
Farhang Radjai
Farhang Radjai University of Montpellier
Angela Madeo
Angela Madeo TU Dortmund University
Ha H. Bui
Ha H. Bui Monash University
Pierre-Yves Hicher
Pierre-Yves Hicher École Centrale de Nantes
Giang D. Nguyen
Giang D. Nguyen University of Adelaide
Francesco dell’Isola
Francesco dell’Isola University of L'Aquila
Ivan Giorgio
Ivan Giorgio University of L'Aquila
Nicolas Eckert
Nicolas Eckert Grenoble Alpes University
Olivier Gagliardini
Olivier Gagliardini Grenoble Alpes University

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