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Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
96
Citations
77936
World Ranking
82
National Ranking
44

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe 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 Klaus-Jürgen Bathe sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 327 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe 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 Klaus-Jürgen Bathe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 1985 - ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award

Overview

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with extensive work covering subfields such as mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, electrical and electronic engineering, numerical analysis, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist's recent publication record includes papers concentrated in computational mechanics and numerical methods. Selected recent papers are:

  • Transient wave propagation in inhomogeneous media with enriched overlapping triangular elements, 2020, Computers & Structures
  • An analysis of implicit time integration schemes for wave propagations, 2020, Computers & Structures
  • Accurate solution of wave propagation problems in elasticity, 2021, Computers & Structures
  • New insights into the β1/β2-Bathe time integration scheme when L-stable, 2020, Computers & Structures
  • An enhancement of overlapping finite elements, 2021, Computers & Structures

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Klaus-Jürgen Bathe include Gunwoo Noh, Mohammad Mahdi Malakiyeh, Saeed Shojaee, Saleh Hamzehei-Javaran, and Sungkwon Lee.

The primary publication venues for their work are:

  • Computers & Structures
  • Advances in Engineering Software
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Vietnam Journal of Mechanics

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe's published book, "Immersed Boundary Method" (2020), was released by Springer Nature. The work has received citations reflecting engagement within the academic community.

The research topics addressed include:

  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe was recognized with the ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Finite Element Procedures

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

  • Finite element procedures in engineering analysis

    K. J. Bathe;H. Saunders

  • Numerical methods in finite element analysis

    Klaus-Juergen Bathe;Edward L. Wilson

  • A continuum mechanics based four‐node shell element for general non‐linear analysis

    Eduardo N. Dvorkin;Klaus‐Jürgen Bathe

  • Finite-Elemente-Methoden

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

  • A four-node plate bending element based on Mindlin/Reissner plate theory and a mixed interpolation

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe;Eduardo N. Dvorkin

  • FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS FOR LARGE DEFORMATION DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe;Ekkehard Ramm;Edward L. Wilson

  • A study of three‐node triangular plate bending elements

    Jean-Louis Batoz;Klaus-JÜRgen Bathe;Lee-Wing Ho

  • A formulation of general shell elements—the use of mixed interpolation of tensorial components†

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe;Eduardo N. Dvorkin

  • Large displacement analysis of three‐dimensional beam structures

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe;Saïd Bolourchi

  • The Finite Element Analysis of Shells - Fundamentals

    Dominique Chapelle;Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

  • Stability and accuracy analysis of direct integration methods

    K. J. Bathe;E. L. Wilson

  • A SOLUTION METHOD FOR PLANAR AND AXISYMMETRIC CONTACT PROBLEMS

    Klaus-Jurgen Bathe;Anil Chaudhary

  • A finite element formulation for nonlinear incompressible elastic and inelastic analysis

    Theodore Sussman;Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

  • Nonlinear dynamic analysis of complex structures

    E. L. Wilson;I. Farhoomand;K. J. Bathe

  • Performance of a new partitioned procedure versus a monolithic procedure in fluid-structure interaction

    Joris Degroote;Klaus-Jürgen Bathe;Jan Vierendeels

  • Techniques of finite elements

    B. Irons;S. Ahmad;K. J. Bathe

  • Conserving energy and momentum in nonlinear dynamics: A simple implicit time integration scheme

    Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

  • SAP 4: A Structural Analysis Program for Static and Dynamic Response of Linear Systems

    Klaus-Jurgen Bathe;Fred E. Peterson;Edward L. Wilson

  • Some practical procedures for the solution of nonlinear finite element equations

    Klaus Jürgen Bathe;Arthur P. Cimento

  • A hyperelastic‐based large strain elasto‐plastic constitutive formulation with combined isotropic‐kinematic hardening using the logarithmic stress and strain measures

    Adrian Luis Eterovic;Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

Frequent Co-Authors

Phill-Seung Lee
Phill-Seung Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dominique Chapelle
Dominique Chapelle French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Edward L. Wilson
Edward L. Wilson University of California, Berkeley
Franco Brezzi
Franco Brezzi National Research Council (CNR)
Suvranu De
Suvranu De Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Giancarlo Sangalli
Giancarlo Sangalli University of Pavia
Weizhu Bao
Weizhu Bao National University of Singapore
Jan Vierendeels
Jan Vierendeels Ghent University
Robert O. Ritchie
Robert O. Ritchie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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