2026 Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	48	4461	4293	86	84	325	14129

Overview

Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot is affiliated with the University of Pau and the Adour Region in France. Their research contributions span various aspects of engineering, with a primary focus on mechanics of materials and related subfields.

The scientist's research work covers multiple domains within engineering, emphasizing:

Rock Mechanics and Modeling
Numerical methods in engineering
Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
Geophysical Methods and Applications
Drilling and Well Engineering
Concrete and Cement Materials Research
Groundwater flow and contamination studies

The main fields of study include engineering, with a concentration on the following subfields:

Mechanics of Materials
Ocean Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Pijaudier-Cabot's recent papers showcase their contributions to understanding material behavior, fracture mechanics, and hydraulic fracturing processes. Notable publications include:

On the prediction of permeability and relative permeability from pore size distributions, 2020, Cement and Concrete Research
Discrete modeling of concrete failure and size-effect, 2022, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
Determination of the fracture energy of rocks from size effect tests: Application to shales and carbonate rocks, 2022, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Estimation of Fracture Energy from Hydraulic Fracture Tests on Mortar and Rocks at Geothermal Reservoir Temperatures, 2021, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Lattice modelling of hydraulic fracture: Theoretical validation and interactions with cohesive joints, 2020, Engineering Fracture Mechanics

The author has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

David Grégoire
Gianluca Cusatis
Christian La Borderie
Moisés Hinojosa Rivera
Madura Pathirage

Publications have appeared in a variety of venues, with multiple contributions in:

Engineering Fracture Mechanics
SSRN Electronic Journal
Cement and Concrete Research
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Best Publications

Nonlocal damage theory

Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot;Zdeněk P. Bažant

2685
Citations
CONTINUUM DAMAGE THEORY - APPLICATION TO CONCRETE

J. M. Mazars;G. Pijaudier-Cabot

1464
Citations
Nonlocal Continuum Damage, Localization Instability and Convergence

Zdeněk P. Bažant;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

1248
Citations
RANDOM PARTICLE MODEL FOR FRACTURE OF AGGREGATE OR FIBER COMPOSITES

Zdenek P. Bazant;Mazen R. Tabbara;Mohammad T. Kazemi;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

810
Citations
Measurement of Characteristic Length of Nonlocal Continuum

Zdeněk P. Bažant;Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot

620
Citations
Experimental characterization of the self-healing of cracks in an ultra high performance cementitious material: Mechanical tests and acoustic emission analysis

Sébastien Granger;Ahmed Loukili;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Gilles Chanvillard

406
Citations
From damage to fracture mechanics and conversely: A combined approach

Jacky Mazars;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

368
Citations
Effects and interactions of temperature and stress-level related damage on permeability of concrete

Marta Choinska;Abdelhafid Khelidj;Georges Chatzigeorgiou;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

353
Citations
An elastic plastic damage formulation for concrete: Application to elementary tests and comparison with an isotropic damage model

Ludovic Jason;Antonio Huerta;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Shahrokh Ghavamian

271
Citations
Meso-scale modelling of the size effect on the fracture process zone of concrete

Peter Grassl;David Grégoire;Laura Rojas Solano;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

237
Citations
Coupled diffusion-damage modelling and the implications on failure due to strain localisation

Bruno Gerard;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Christian Laborderie

219
Citations
Strain localization and bifurcation in a nonlocal continuum

Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Ahmed Benallal

218
Citations
Calibration of nonlocal damage model from size effect tests

Caroline Le Bellégo;Jean François Dubé;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Bruno Gérard

204
Citations
Rate Dependent Damage Model for Concrete in Dynamics

Jean-François Dubé;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Christian La Borderie

201
Citations
Isotropic and anisotropic descriptions of damage in concrete structures

Stéphanie Fichant;Christian La Borderie;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

198
Citations
Failure and size effect for notched and unnotched concrete beams

David Grégoire;Laura Rojas-Solano;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

185
Citations
Compaction and tensile damage in concrete: constitutive modelling and application to dynamics

Nicolas Burlion;Fabrice Gatuingt;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Laurent Daudeville

161
Citations
Coupled damage and plasticity modelling in transient dynamic analysis of concrete

Fabrice Gatuingt;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot

149
Citations
Non-local damage model with evolving internal length

Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Khalil Haidar;Jean-François Dubé

142
Citations
Chemo-Mechanical Effects in Mortar Beams Subjected to Water Hydrolysis

C. Le Bellégo;B. Gérard;G. Pijaudier-Cabot

142
Citations
Softening in Reinforced Concrete Beams and Frames

Zdeněk P. Bažant;Jiaying Pan;Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot;Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot

141
Citations
Progressive damage in discrete models and consequences on continuum modelling

Arnaud Delaplace;Arnaud Delaplace;Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot;Stéphane Roux

141
Citations