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Luca Pelà 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 Luca Pelà sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 126 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luca Pelà 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 Luca Pelà sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Luca Pelà is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with specializations in civil and structural engineering, earth-surface processes, and building and construction. Their work extends into related subfields, including archeology and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research topics emphasize masonry and concrete structural analysis, building materials and conservation, and hygrothermal properties of building materials. Additional areas of interest include seismic performance and analysis, structural health monitoring techniques, infrastructure maintenance and monitoring, and structural behavior of reinforced concrete.

Pelà has contributed extensively to academic literature, particularly publishing in venues such as Construction and Building Materials, the 12th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, the International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Engineering Structures, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored by or involving Luca Pelà include:

  • "In-plane shear behaviour by diagonal compression testing of brick masonry walls strengthened with basalt and steel textile reinforced mortars" (2020) published in Construction and Building Materials
  • "Cyclic shear-compression testing of brick masonry walls repaired and retrofitted with basalt textile reinforced mortar" (2021) published in Composite Structures
  • "Experimental and numerical insights on the diagonal compression test for the shear characterisation of masonry" (2021) published in Construction and Building Materials
  • "Automated data analysis for static structural health monitoring of masonry heritage structures" (2020) published in Structural Control and Health Monitoring
  • "Relationship between the static and dynamic elastic modulus of brick masonry constituents" (2020) published in Construction and Building Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research include Pere Roca, Larisa García-Ramonda, Albert Cabané, Guido Camata, and Savvas Saloustros, reflecting ongoing collaborations contributing to their areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Structural Analysis of Masonry Historical Constructions. Classical and Advanced Approaches

    Pere Roca;Miguel Cervera;Giuseppe Gariup;Luca Pela

  • Seismic assessment of masonry arch bridges

    Luca Pelà;Alessandra Aprile;Andrea Benedetti

  • An orthotropic damage model for the analysis of masonry structures

    Luca Pelà;Miguel Cervera;Pere Roca

  • Micro-scale continuous and discrete numerical models for nonlinear analysis of masonry shear walls

    Massimo Petracca;Luca Pelà;Riccardo Rossi;Stefano Zaghi

  • Continuum damage model for orthotropic materials: Application to masonry

    Luca Pelà;Miguel Cervera;Pere Roca

  • Continuum FE models for the analysis of Mallorca Cathedral

    Pere Roca;Miguel Cervera;Luca Pelà;Roberto Clemente

  • Comparison of seismic assessment procedures for masonry arch bridges

    Luca Pelà;Alessandra Aprile;Andrea Benedetti

  • A crack-tracking technique for localized damage in quasi-brittle materials

    Miguel Cervera;Luca Pelà;Roberto Clemente;Pere Roca

  • Numerical analysis of structural damage in the church of the Poblet Monastery

    Savvas Saloustros;Luca Pelà;Pere Roca;Jorge Portal

  • Regularization of first order computational homogenization for multiscale analysis of masonry structures

    Massimo Petracca;Luca Pelà;Riccardo Rossi;Sergio Oller

  • Multiscale computational first order homogenization of thick shells for the analysis of out-of-plane loaded masonry walls

    Massimo Petracca;Luca Pelà;Riccardo Rossi;Sergio Oller

  • Comparison of seismic analysis methods applied to a historical church struck by 2009 L’Aquila earthquake

    Yohei Endo;Luca Pelà;Pere Roca;Francesca da Porto

  • Monotonic and cyclic testing of clay brick and lime mortar masonry in compression

    Jorge Segura;Luca Pelà;Pere Roca

  • Review of Different Pushover Analysis Methods Applied to Masonry Buildings and Comparison with Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis

    Yohei Endo;Luca Pelà;Pere Roca

  • Combined In-Situ and Laboratory Minor Destructive Testing of Historical Mortars

    Luca Pelà;Pere Roca;Alessandra Aprile

  • Finite element modelling of internal and multiple localized cracks

    Savvas Saloustros;Luca Pelà;Miguel Cervera;Pere Roca

  • Experimental and numerical insights on the diagonal compression test for the shear characterisation of masonry

    Jorge Segura;Luca Pelà;Savvas Saloustros;Pere Roca

  • Numerical investigation of non-linear equivalent-frame models for regular masonry walls

    Rossella Siano;Pere Roca;Guido Camata;Luca Pelà

  • Combining Brazilian tests on masonry cores and double punch tests for the mechanical characterization of historical mortars

    Diego Marastoni;Luca Pelà;Andrea Benedetti;Pere Roca

  • Compression test of masonry core samples extracted from existing brickwork

    Luca Pelà;Elisa Canella;Alessandra Aprile;Pere Roca

  • Challenges, Tools and Applications of Tracking Algorithms in the Numerical Modelling of Cracks in Concrete and Masonry Structures

    Savvas Saloustros;Miguel Cervera;Luca Pelà

  • A localized mapped damage model for orthotropic materials

    Luca Pelà;Miguel Cervera;Sergio Oller;Michele Chiumenti

  • Mechanical Characterization of Historical Masonry by Core Drilling and Testing of Cylindrical Samples

    Luca Pelà;Pere Roca;Andrea Benedetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Cervera
Miguel Cervera Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Enrico Spacone
Enrico Spacone University of Chieti-Pescara
Michele Chiumenti
Michele Chiumenti Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Sergio Oller
Sergio Oller National University of Salta
Claudio Modena
Claudio Modena University of Padua

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