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D-Index
46
Citations
8003
World Ranking
1448
National Ranking
575

Gianluca Cusatis 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 Gianluca Cusatis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 236 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gianluca Cusatis 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 Gianluca Cusatis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gianluca Cusatis is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and specializes in the field of engineering, with a particular focus on civil and structural engineering. Their research encompasses various subfields including mechanics of materials, building and construction, materials chemistry, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Concrete Properties and Behavior
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gianluca Cusatis cover important advances in fracture mechanics, concrete materials, and structural engineering. Selected publications include:

  • Discrete mechanical models of concrete fracture (2021), published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Gap Test of Crack-Parallel Stress Effect on Quasibrittle Fracture and Its Consequences (2020), published in Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • New perspective of fracture mechanics inspired by gap test with crack-parallel compression (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Influence of steel fiber size, shape, and strength on the quasi-static properties of ultra-high performance concrete: Experimental investigation and numerical modeling (2021), published in Construction and Building Materials
  • Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) for strengthening historical stone masonry structures: Experiments and computations (2020), published in Engineering Structures

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Structures, Construction and Building Materials, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Gianluca Cusatis collaborates regularly with multiple coauthors, including Madura Pathirage, Giovanni Di Luzio, Zdeněk P. Bažant, Matthew Troemner, and Elham Ramyar.

Best Publications

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) for failure behavior of concrete. I: Theory

    Gianluca Cusatis;Daniele Pelessone;Andrea Mencarelli

  • Confinement-Shear Lattice Model for Concrete Damage in Tension and Compression: I. Theory

    Gianluca Cusatis;Zdenek P. Bazant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) for failure behavior of concrete. II: Calibration and validation

    Gianluca Cusatis;Andrea Mencarelli;Daniele Pelessone;James Baylot

  • CONFINEMENT-SHEAR LATTICE MODEL FOR CONCRETE DAMAGE IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION: II. COMPUTATION AND VALIDATION

    Gianluca Cusatis;Zdenek P. Bazant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Strain-rate effects on concrete behavior

    Gianluca Cusatis

  • Temperature Effect on Concrete Creep Modeled by Microprestress-Solidification Theory

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Gianluca Cusatis;Luigi Cedolin

  • Confinement-shear lattice CSL model for fracture propagation in concrete

    Gianluca Cusatis;Zdenek P. Bazant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Hygro-thermo-chemical modeling of high performance concrete. I: Theory

    Giovanni Di Luzio;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling (LDPM) of Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) deterioration of concrete structures

    Mohammed Alnaggar;Gianluca Cusatis;Giovanni Di Luzio

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. I: Theory

    Edward A. Schauffert;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Anisotropic elastic, strength, and fracture properties of Marcellus shale

    Zhefei Jin;Weixin Li;Congrui Jin;James Hambleton

  • Size Effect Analysis for the Characterization of Marcellus Shale Quasi-brittle Fracture Properties

    Weixin Li;Zhefei Jin;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Solidification–microprestress–microplane (SMM) theory for concrete at early age: Theory, validation and application

    Giovanni Di Luzio;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Two-scale Study of Concrete Fracturing Behavior

    Gianluca Cusatis;Luigi Cedolin

  • Discrete modeling of ultra-high-performance concrete with application to projectile penetration

    Jovanca Smith;Gianluca Cusatis;Daniele Pelessone;Eric Landis

  • A novel material for in situ construction on Mars: experiments and numerical simulations

    Lin Wan;Roman Wendner;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Hygro-thermo-chemical modeling of high-performance concrete. II: Numerical implementation, calibration, and validation

    Giovanni Di Luzio;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Discrete mechanical models of concrete fracture

    John E. Bolander;Jan Eliáš;Gianluca Cusatis;Kohei Nagai

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. II: Tensile Fracture and Multiaxial Loading Behavior

    Edward A. Schauffert;Gianluca Cusatis;Daniele Pelessone;James L. O’Daniel

  • Cohesive crack analysis of size effect

    Gianluca Cusatis;Edward A. Schauffert

  • Confinement –Shear Lattice Model for Concrete Damage in Tension and Compression

    G. Cusatis;Z. P. Bažant;L. Cedolin

  • Lattice discrete particle modeling of alkali-silica-reaction (ASR) deterioration of concrete structures

    M. Alnaggar;Gianluca Cusatis;G. Di Luzio

Frequent Co-Authors

Zdeněk P. Bažant
Zdeněk P. Bažant Northwestern University
Jianmin Qu
Jianmin Qu Tufts University
Christian Carloni
Christian Carloni Case Western Reserve University
J. William Carey
J. William Carey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Carlo Pellegrino
Carlo Pellegrino University of Padua
Dale P. Bentz
Dale P. Bentz National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tinh Quoc Bui
Tinh Quoc Bui Duy Tan University
Gianluca Ranzi
Gianluca Ranzi University of Sydney
Paolo Gardoni
Paolo Gardoni University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jin-Guang Teng
Jin-Guang Teng Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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