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Ignace Verpoest

Ignace Verpoest

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Engineering and Technology
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
82
Citations
22074
World Ranking
2494
National Ranking
22

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
82
Citations
22102
World Ranking
471
National Ranking
4

Ignace Verpoest 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 Ignace Verpoest sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 719 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ignace Verpoest 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 Ignace Verpoest sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Ignace Verpoest is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research primarily focuses on the mechanical behavior of composites, with significant contributions in natural fiber reinforced composites and fiber-reinforced polymer composites. They also work in subfields such as mechanics of materials, polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, biomaterials, and ceramics and composites.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics centering on composite materials and their mechanical properties. Key papers include:

  • Methods and models for fibre-matrix interface characterisation in fibre-reinforced polymers: a review, 2023, International Materials Reviews
  • Notch-sensitivity of hybrid carbon-fibre/self-reinforced polypropylene composites, 2020, Composites Science and Technology
  • Ductile woven silk fibre thermoplastic composites with quasi-isotropic strength, 2021, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Identification and validation of a hyperelastic model for self-reinforced polypropylene draping, 2020, International Journal of Material Forming
  • Highly Impact-Resistant Silk Fiber Thermoplastic Composites, 2023, Advanced Engineering Materials

Frequent co-authors with whom Ignace Verpoest has collaborated include:

  • Yentl Swolfs
  • Larissa Gorbatikh
  • Marina Selezneva
  • Aart Willem Van Vuure
  • Jan Vanderbeke

The scientist frequently publishes in well-established venues such as:

  • International Materials Reviews
  • Composites Science and Technology
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • International Journal of Material Forming
  • Advanced Engineering Materials

Main research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
  • Silkworms and Sericulture Research
  • Research in Cotton Cultivation

Best Publications

  • Characterization of mechanical behavior of woven fabrics: Experimental methods and benchmark results

    J Cao;R Akkerman;P Boisse;J Chen

  • Meso-FE modelling of textile composites: Road map, data flow and algorithms

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Dmitry Ivanov;Ignace Verpoest;Masaru Zako

  • Virtual textile composites software WiseTex: Integration with micro-mechanical, permeability and structural analysis

    Ignace Verpoest;Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov

  • Influence of processing and chemical treatment of flax fibres on their composites

    I. Van de Weyenberg;J. Ivens;A. De Coster;B. Kino

  • Improving the properties of UD flax fibre reinforced composites by applying an alkaline fibre treatment

    I. Van de Weyenberg;T. Chi Truong;B. Vangrimde;I. Verpoest

  • Influence of carbon nanotube reinforcement on the processing and the mechanical behaviour of carbon fiber/epoxy composites

    A. Godara;L. Mezzo;F. Luizi;A. Warrier

  • Textile composites: modelling strategies

    S V. Lomov;G Huysmans;Y Luo;Richard~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Parnas

  • Interfacial shear strength of a glass fiber/epoxy bonding in composites modified with carbon nanotubes

    A. Godara;L. Gorbatikh;G. Kalinka;A. Warrier

  • Assessment of the tensile properties of coir, bamboo and jute fibre

    Nele Defoirdt;Nele Defoirdt;Subhankar Biswas;Subhankar Biswas;Linde De Vriese;Le Quan Ngoc Tran;Le Quan Ngoc Tran

  • A round-robin programme on interfacial test methods

    M.J. Pitkethly;J.P. Favre;U. Gaur;J. Jakubowski

  • Micro-CT characterization of variability in 3D textile architecture

    Frederik Desplentere;Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;D.L. Woerdeman;Ignace Verpoest

  • Textile geometry preprocessor for meso-mechanical models of woven composites

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;A.V. Gusakov;Gert Huysmans;Andreas Prodromou

  • The response of natural fibre composites to ballistic impact by fragment simulating projectiles

    Paul Wambua;Bart Vangrimde;Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Ignace Verpoest

  • Full-field strain measurements in textile deformability studies

    S.V. Lomov;Ph. Boisse;E. Deluycker;F. Morestin

  • Environmental impact analysis of composite use in car manufacturing

    J.R. Duflou;J. De Moor;I. Verpoest;W. Dewulf

  • Mechanical and anticorrosion properties of nanosilica-filled epoxy-resin composite coatings

    M Conradi;A Kocijan;D Kek-Merl;M Zorko

  • Carbon composites based on multiaxial multiply stitched preforms. Part 1. Geometry of the preform

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;E.B. Belov;T. Bischoff;Subrata Bandhu Ghosh

  • A comparative study of tensile properties of non-crimp 3D orthogonal weave and multi-layer plain weave E-glass composites. Part 1: Materials, methods and principal results

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Alexander E Bogdanovich;Dmitry Ivanov;Dmitri Mungalov

  • Nesting in textile laminates: geometrical modelling of the laminate

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Ignace Verpoest;Teo Peeters;Dirk Roose

  • Experimental methodology of study of damage initiation and development in textile composites in uniaxial tensile test

    S.V. Lomov;Dmitry Ivanov;T.C. Truong;I. Verpoest

  • Textile composites: modelling strategies

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;G Huysmans;Yiwen Luo;Andreas Prodromou

  • Virtual textile composites software WiseTex: Integration with micro-mechanical, permeability and structural analyses

    Stepan Vladimirovitch Lomov;Ignace Verpoest;Enrique Bernal;Fabrice Boust

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