2026 Nicolas Moës: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	42	1772	1644	48	45	212	27316

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Nicolas Moës is affiliated with the École Centrale de Nantes in France and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a strong focus on mechanics of materials and computational mechanics. Their research spans several specialized topics including numerical methods in engineering, advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics, and the study of material behavior under various conditions.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Engineering

Their work further delves into the following subfields:

Mechanics of Materials
Computational Mechanics
Materials Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Main research topics associated with Nicolas Moës are:

Numerical methods in engineering
Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Frequent co-authors working alongside Nicolas Moës include:

Jean-François Remacle
Jonathan Lambrechts
Nicolas Chevaugeon
Antoine Quiriny
Benoît Lé

Their recent publications cover aspects of fracture mechanics, mesh deformation, and energy computations in materials. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Nicolas Moës include:

"The eXtreme Mesh deformation approach (X-MESH) for the Stefan phase change model," 2023, Journal of Computational Physics
"Fragmentation analysis of a bar with the Lip-field approach," 2022, Mechanics of Materials

Other relevant papers in the broader research group, connected to their frequent collaborators, encompass:

"Lipschitz regularization for fracture: The Lip-field approach," 2022, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
"A stable extended/generalized finite element method with Lagrange multipliers and explicit damage update for distributed cracking in cohesive materials," 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
"Computation of energy evolution during the dynamic fracture of elastomers using the finite viscoelastic model: Its implementation in Abaqus," 2023, Mechanics of Materials

The most frequent venues where Nicolas Moës publishes are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
International Journal of Fracture
SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Computational Physics

In 2008, Nicolas Moës was awarded the title of Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), recognizing their standing within the computational mechanics community.

Best Publications

A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing

Nicolas Moës;John Dolbow;Ted Belytschko

8302
Citations
Extended finite element method for cohesive crack growth

Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

1965
Citations
Extended finite element method for three-dimensional crack modelling

Natarajan Sukumar;Nicolas Moës;Brian Moran;Ted Belytschko

1710
Citations
MODELING HOLES AND INCLUSIONS BY LEVEL SETS IN THE EXTENDED FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD

Natarajan Sukumar;David Chopp;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

1586
Citations
Arbitrary discontinuities in finite elements

Ted Belytschko;Nicolas Moës;S. Usui;Chandu Parimi

1553
Citations
Arbitrary branched and intersecting cracks with the eXtended Finite Element Method

Christophe Daux;Nicolas Moës;John Dolbow;Natarajan Sukumar

1344
Citations
Modelling crack growth by level sets in the extended finite element method

M. Stolarska;D. L. Chopp;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

1077
Citations
A computational approach to handle complex microstructure geometries

Nicolas Moës;Mathieu Cloirec;Patrice Cartraud;Jean-François Remacle

904
Citations
Non‐planar 3D crack growth by the extended finite element and level sets—Part I: Mechanical model

Nicolas Moës;Anthony Gravouil;Ted Belytschko

893
Citations
An extended finite element method for modeling crack growth with frictional contact

John Dolbow;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

795
Citations
NON-PLANAR 3D CRACK GROWTH BY THE EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT AND LEVEL SETS- PART II: LEVEL SET UPDATE

Anthony Gravouil;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

754
Citations
Discontinuous enrichment in finite elements with a partition of unity method

John Dolbow;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

639
Citations
Improved implementation and robustness study of the X-FEM for stress analysis around cracks

Eric Bechet;Hans Minnebo;Nicolas Moës;Bertrand Burgardt

577
Citations
Structured extended finite element methods for solids defined by implicit surfaces

Ted Belytschko;Chandu Parimi;Nicolas Moës;Natarajan Sukumar

431
Citations
Modeling fracture in Mindlin–Reissner plates with the extended finite element method

John Dolbow;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

361
Citations
A method for multiple crack growth in brittle materials without remeshing

E. Budyn;G. Zi;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

340
Citations
Imposing Dirichlet boundary conditions in the extended finite element method

Nicolas Moës;Eric Béchet;Matthieu Tourbier

331
Citations
A level set based model for damage growth: The thick level set approach

Nicolas Moës;Claude Stolz;Paul Emile Bernard;Nicolas Chevaugeon

320
Citations
A stable Lagrange multiplier space for stiff interface conditions within the extended finite element method

Éric Béchet;Nicolas Moës;Barbara Wohlmuth

217
Citations
The extended finite element method for rigid particles in Stokes flow

G.J. Wagner;Nicolas Moës;W. K. Liu;Ted Belytschko

211
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted Belytschko Northwestern University

Anthony Gravouil Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Alain Combescure Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

John E. Dolbow Duke University

N. Sukumar University of California, Davis

Pierre Ladevèze École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay

Antonio Huerta Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Lambertus J. Sluys Delft University of Technology

Barbara Wohlmuth Technical University of Munich

Jean-François Remacle Université Catholique de Louvain

External Links

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