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Michel Potier-Ferry

Michel Potier-Ferry

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
49
Citations
7931
World Ranking
1238
National Ranking
27

Michel Potier-Ferry 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 Michel Potier-Ferry sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 269 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michel Potier-Ferry 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 Michel Potier-Ferry sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michel Potier-Ferry is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and is active in the field of engineering. Their work primarily focuses on several core areas including mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics concentrate on advanced materials and mechanics, composite structure analysis and optimization, structural analysis and optimization, vibration and dynamic analysis, numerical methods in engineering, composite material mechanics, and dynamics and control of mechanical systems.

Recent notable publications reflect a range of topics within these fields, including:

  • "Prestress Loss Diagnostics in Pretensioned Concrete Structures with Corrosive Cracking" (2020, Journal of Structural Engineering)
  • "Pattern selection in core-shell spheres" (2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)
  • "Curvature-Regulated Multiphase Patterns in Tori" (2023, Physical Review Letters)
  • "Method of fundamental solutions and a high order continuation for bifurcation analysis within Föppl-von Karman plate theory" (2020, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements)
  • "A computational framework for multi-stability analysis of laminated shells" (2021, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)

Michel Potier-Ferry frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Journal of Structural Engineering

The scientist collaborates regularly with a network of coauthors, including Hamid Zahrouni, Pascal Ventura, Bouazza Braikat, M. Brun, and Fan Xu.

Best Publications

  • Asymptotic-numerical methods and pade approximants for non-linear elastic structures

    B. Cochelin;N. Damil;M. Potier-Ferry

  • Review and assessment of various theories for modeling sandwich composites

    Heng Hu;Salim Belouettar;Michel Potier-Ferry;El Mostafa Daya

  • A numerical method for nonlinear eigenvalue problems application to vibrations of viscoelastic structures

    E.M. Daya;M. Potier-Ferry

  • A New method to compute perturbed bifurcations: Application to the buckling of imperfect elastic structures

    N. Damil;M. Potier-Ferry

  • Méthode asymptotique numérique

    De Bruno Cochelin;Noureddine Damil;Michel Potier-Ferry

  • A numerical continuation method based on Padé approximants

    Ahmad Elhage-Hussein;Michel Potier-Ferry;Noureddine Damil

  • The asymptotic-numerical method: an efficient perturbation technique for nonlinear structural mechanics

    Bruno Cochelin;Noureddine Damil;Michel Potier-Ferry

  • Iterative algorithms for non-linear eigenvalue problems. Application to vibrations of viscoelastic shells

    Laëtitia Duigou;El Mostafa Daya;Michel Potier-Ferry

  • An asymptotic‐numerical method to compute the postbuckling behaviour of elastic plates and shells

    L. Azrar;B. Cochelin;N. Damil;M. Potier-Ferry

  • Bifurcation points and bifurcated branches by an asymptotic numerical method and Padé approximants

    E. H. Boutyour;H. Zahrouni;M. Potier-Ferry;M. Boudi

  • Forced harmonic response of viscoelastic structures by an asymptotic numerical method

    F. Abdoun;L. Azrar;E. M. Daya;M. Potier-Ferry

  • An asymptotic-numerical method to compute bifurcating branches

    P. Vannucci;B. Cochelin;N. Damil;M. Potier-Ferry;M. Potier-Ferry

  • Prestress Loss Diagnostics in Pretensioned Concrete Structures with Corrosive Cracking

    Lizhao Dai;Hanbing Bian;Lei Wang;Michel Potier-Ferry

  • Computing finite rotations of shells by an asymptotic-numerical method

    H. Zahrouni;B. Cochelin;M. Potier-Ferry

  • A multilevel computational strategy for handling microscopic and macroscopic instabilities

    S. Nezamabadi;Julien Yvonnet;H. Zahrouni;M. Potier-Ferry

  • Finite element analysis on implicitly defined domains: An accurate representation based on arbitrary parametric surfaces

    Mohammed Moumnassi;Salim Belouettar;Éric Béchet;Stéphane P.A. Bordas

  • An amplitude equation for the non-linear vibration of viscoelastically damped sandwich beams

    E.M. Daya;L. Azrar;M. Potier-Ferry

  • A critical review of asymptotic numerical methods

    A. Najah;B. Cochelin;N. Damil;M. Potier-Ferry

  • Lateral buckling of thin-walled beam-column elements under combined axial and bending loads

    Foudil Mohri;Foudil Mohri;Cherif Bouzerira;Michel Potier-Ferry

  • Flexural–torsional post-buckling analysis of thin-walled elements with open sections

    F. Mohri;L. Azrar;M. Potier-Ferry

Frequent Co-Authors

Salim Belouettar
Salim Belouettar Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Julien Yvonnet
Julien Yvonnet Gustave Eiffel University
Gaetano Giunta
Gaetano Giunta Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Stéphane Bordas
Stéphane Bordas University of Luxembourg
Erasmo Carrera
Erasmo Carrera Polytechnic University of Turin
Qi-Chang He
Qi-Chang He Université Paris Cité

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