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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Spain
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
10859
World Ranking
854
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Spain Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Miguel Cervera is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering. Their research work spans several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Building and Construction, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics

The scientist's recent papers are as follows:

  • A Comparative Review of XFEM, Mixed FEM and Phase-Field Models for Quasi-brittle Cracking, 2021, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • An adaptive Finite Element strategy for the numerical simulation of additive manufacturing processes, 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • Substrate design to minimize residual stresses in Directed Energy Deposition AM processes, 2021, Materials & Design
  • Warpage Analysis and Control of Thin-Walled Structures Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, 2021, Metals
  • Residual Stresses Control in Additive Manufacturing, 2021, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

The frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Miguel Cervera include:

  • Michele Chiumenti
  • Xufei Lu
  • Xin Lin
  • Narges Dialami
  • G. B. Barbat

Prominent publication venues where Miguel Cervera has published multiple works are:

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Engineering Structures
  • Computational Mechanics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

In recognition of their contributions to the field of computational mechanics, Miguel Cervera was awarded the title of Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2016.

Best Publications

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

    Pere Roca;Miguel Cervera;Giuseppe Gariup;Luca Pela

  • A strain-based plastic viscous-damage model for massive concrete structures

    R. Faria;J. Oliver;M. Cervera

  • Strong discontinuities and continuum plasticity models: the strong discontinuity approach

    J. Oliver;M. Cervera;O. Manzoli

  • Thermo-chemo-mechanical model for concrete. I: hydration and aging

    Miguel Cervera;Javier Oliver;Tomás Prato

  • Residual stress and distortion of rectangular and S-shaped Ti-6Al-4V parts by Directed Energy Deposition: Modelling and experimental calibration

    Xufei Lu;Xin Lin;Michele Chiumenti;Miguel Cervera

  • Finite element modeling of multi-pass welding and shaped metal deposition processes

    Michele Chiumenti;Miguel Cervera;Alessandro Salmi;Carlos Agelet de Saracibar

  • Seismic evaluation of concrete dams via continuum damage models

    Miguel Cervera;Javier Oliver;Rui Faria

  • A RATE-DEPENDENT ISOTROPIC DAMAGE MODEL FOR THE SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE DAMS

    Miguel Cervera;J. Oliver;O Manzoli

  • Numerical modelling and experimental validation in Selective Laser Melting

    Michele Chiumenti;Eric Neiva;Emilio Salsi;Miguel Cervera

  • Numerical modelling of concrete curing, regarding hydration and temperature phenomena

    M. Cervera;R. Faria;J. Oliver;T. Prato

  • Mixed stabilized finite element methods in nonlinear solid mechanics: Part I: Formulation

    Miguel Cervera;M. Chiumenti;Ramon Codina

  • An orthotropic damage model for the analysis of masonry structures

    Luca Pelà;Miguel Cervera;Pere Roca

  • A stabilized formulation for incompressible elasticity using linear displacement and pressure interpolations

    M. Chiumenti;Q. Valverde;C. Agelet de Saracibar;M. Cervera

  • Smeared crack approach: back to the original track

    Miguel Cervera;Michele Chiumenti

  • DERIVATION OF THIN PLATE BENDING ELEMENTS WITH ONE DEGREE OF FREEDOM PER NODE: A SIMPLE THREE NODE TRIANGLE

    Eugenio Oñate;Miguel Cervera

  • Numerical modeling of friction stir welding processes

    M. Chiumenti;M. Cervera;C. Agelet de Saracibar;N. Dialami

  • Mixed stabilized finite element methods in nonlinear solid mechanics: Part II: Strain localization

    Miguel Cervera;Michele Chiumenti;Ramon Codina

  • A finite volume format for structural mechanics

    Eugenio Oñate;Miguel Cervera;O.C. Zienkiewicz

  • Continuum damage model for orthotropic materials: Application to masonry

    Luca Pelà;Miguel Cervera;Pere Roca

  • Mesh objective tensile cracking via a local continuum damage model and a crack tracking technique

    Miguel Cervera;Michele Chiumenti

  • Mixed linear/linear simplicial elements for incompressible elasticity and plasticity

    M. Cervera;M. Chiumenti;Q. Valverde;C. Agelet de Saracibar

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Chiumenti
Michele Chiumenti Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Javier Oliver
Javier Oliver Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Luca Pelà
Luca Pelà Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Ramon Codina
Ramon Codina Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Eugenio Oñate
Eugenio Oñate Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Xin Lin
Xin Lin Northwestern Polytechnical University
Weidong Huang
Weidong Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Santiago Badia
Santiago Badia Monash University
Chris Huw John Davies
Chris Huw John Davies Monash University
Alex H. Barbat
Alex H. Barbat Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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