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D-Index
43
Citations
6997
World Ranking
1730
National Ranking
46

Julien Réthoré 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 Julien Réthoré sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 210 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Julien Réthoré 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 Julien Réthoré sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Julien Réthoré is affiliated with École Centrale de Nantes in France and has a notable research presence in the field of engineering, with a focus on mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and civil and structural engineering. Their work extensively covers fatigue and fracture mechanics, optical measurement and interference techniques, as well as numerical methods in engineering.

The scientist's research spans several subfields including:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Materials Chemistry

Key research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Optical measurement and interference techniques
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Composite Material Mechanics

Their recent published papers highlight diverse applications and methodologies such as:

  • "An open-source Abaqus implementation of the phase-field method to study the effect of plasticity on the instantaneous fracture toughness in dynamic crack propagation," 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "DIC Challenge 2.0: Developing Images and Guidelines for Evaluating Accuracy and Resolution of 2D Analyses," 2022, Experimental Mechanics
  • "Polydopamine coated Si nanoparticles allow for improved mechanical and electrochemical stability," 2021, Electrochimica Acta
  • "Unified phase field model to simulate both intergranular and transgranular failure in polycrystalline aggregates," 2021, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
  • "Capturing the stress evolution in electrode materials that undergo phase transformations during electrochemical cycling," 2021, International Journal of Solids and Structures

Julien Réthoré frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Rian Seghir
  • Benoît Blaysat
  • Julien Berthe
  • Richard N. Langlois
  • Michel Coret

Their work is published regularly in scientific venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Strain
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • International Journal of Fracture

Best Publications

  • An energy‐conserving scheme for dynamic crack growth using the eXtended finite element method

    Julien Réthoré;Anthony Gravouil;Alain Combescure

  • Digital image correlation and fracture: an advanced technique for estimating stress intensity factors of 2D and 3D cracks

    Stéphane Roux;Julien Réthoré;François Hild

  • Extended digital image correlation with crack shape optimization

    Julien Réthoré;François Hild;Stéphane Roux

  • Efficient explicit time stepping for the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM)

    Thomas Menouillard;Thomas Menouillard;Julien Réthoré;Alain Combescure;Harridh Bung

  • A two-scale approach for fluid flow in fractured porous media

    Julien Réthoré;René de Borst;René de Borst;Marie-Angèle Abellan

  • Multi-phase-field modeling of anisotropic crack propagation for polycrystalline materials

    Thanh Tung Nguyen;Julien Réthoré;Julien Réthoré;Julien Yvonnet;Marie-Christine Baietto

  • Three dimensional experimental and numerical multiscale analysis of a fatigue crack

    Johann Rannou;Nathalie Limodin;Julien Réthoré;Anthony Gravouil

  • Estimation of mixed-mode stress intensity factors using digital image correlation and an interaction integral

    Julien Réthoré;Anthony Gravouil;Fabrice Morestin;Alain Combescure

  • A two-scale model for fluid flow in an unsaturated porous medium with cohesive cracks

    Julien Réthoré;René de Borst;Marie-Angèle Abellan

  • Dynamic crack propagation under mixed-mode loading – Comparison between experiments and X-FEM simulations

    David Grégoire;Hubert Maigre;Julien Rethore;Alain Combescure

  • Shear-band capturing using a multiscale extended digital image correlation technique

    Julien Réthoré;François Hild;Stéphane Roux

  • An extended and integrated digital image correlation technique applied to the analysis of fractured samples The equilibrium gap method as a mechanical filter

    Julien Réthoré;Stéphane Roux;François Hild

  • Data-based derivation of material response

    Adrien Leygue;Michel Coret;Julien Réthoré;Laurent Stainier

  • Phase field modelling of anisotropic crack propagation

    Thanh Tung Nguyen;Julien Réthoré;Marie-Christine Baietto

  • A fully integrated noise robust strategy for the identification of constitutive laws from digital images

    Julien Réthoré;Julien Réthoré

  • A Numerical Approach for Arbitrary Cracks in a Fluid-Saturated Medium

    René de Borst;Julien Réthoré;Marie-Angèle Abellan

  • Crack closure and stress intensity factor measurements in nodular graphite cast iron using three-dimensional correlation of laboratory X-ray microtomography images

    Nathalie Limodin;Julien Réthoré;Jean-Yves Buffière;Anthony Gravouil

  • Mass lumping strategies for x-fem explicit dynamics: application to crack propagation

    Thomas Menouillard;Julien Réthoré;Nicolas Moes;Alain Combescure

  • Concentration-Gradient Prussian Blue Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries

    Pu Hu;Wenbo Peng;Bo Wang;Dongdong Xiao

  • An open-source Abaqus implementation of the phase-field method to study the effect of plasticity on the instantaneous fracture toughness in dynamic crack propagation

    Gergely Molnár;Anthony Gravouil;Rian Seghir;Julien Réthoré

  • Extended three-dimensional digital image correlation (X3D-DIC)

    Julien Réthoré;Jean-Philippe Tinnes;Stéphane Roux;Jean-Yves Buffière

  • Analysis and Artifact Correction for Volume Correlation Measurements Using Tomographic Images from a Laboratory X-ray Source

    Nathalie Limodin;Julien Réthoré;Jérôme Adrien;Jean-Yves Buffiere

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Gravouil
Anthony Gravouil Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
François Hild
François Hild École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Alain Combescure
Alain Combescure Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Stéphane Roux
Stéphane Roux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Jean-Yves Buffiere
Jean-Yves Buffiere Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Jérôme Chevalier
Jérôme Chevalier Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Antonius Lubrecht
Antonius Lubrecht Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Eric Maire
Eric Maire Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Julien Yvonnet
Julien Yvonnet Gustave Eiffel University
David J. Dunstan
David J. Dunstan Queen Mary University of London

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