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69
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1102
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council

Overview

René de Borst is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Engineering, with significant focus on subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Geophysics.

Their work extensively covers topics related to numerical methods and advanced computational analysis. Key themes in their research include numerical methods in engineering, advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics, advanced numerical analysis techniques, rock mechanics and modeling, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, composite material mechanics, and fatigue and fracture mechanics.

Some of René de Borst's recent publications include:

  • Phase-field modeling of crack branching and deflection in heterogeneous media, 2020, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • On viscoplastic regularisation of strain-softening rocks and soils, 2020, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Toward Robust and Predictive Geodynamic Modeling: The Way Forward in Frictional Plasticity, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Phase-field modelling of cohesive fracture, 2021, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  • Deep learning phase-field model for brittle fractures, 2022, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with René de Borst include Lin Chen, Tim Hageman, Farshid Fathi, Bin Li, and Thibault Duretz.

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, notably:

  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

René de Borst received the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures

    René de Borst;M. A. Crisfield

  • Gradient-dependent plasticity: formulation and algorithmic aspects

    René De Borst;Hans-Bernd Mühlhaus

  • SIMULATION OF STRAIN LOCALIZATION: A REAPPRAISAL OF THE COSSERAT CONTINUUM

    René De Borst

  • Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures: de Borst/Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures

    René de Borst;Mike A. Crisfield;Joris J. C. Remmers;Clemens V. Verhoosel

  • Non-orthogonal cracks in a smeared finite element model

    R. de Borst;P. Nauta

  • A phase-field model for cohesive fracture

    CV Clemens Verhoosel;de R René Borst

  • Numerical aspects of cohesive-zone models

    René de Borst

  • Gradient damage vs phase-field approaches for fracture: Similarities and differences

    R René de Borst;CV Clemens Verhoosel

  • Computation of post-bifurcation and post-failure behavior of strain-softening solids

    R. De Borst

  • A plane stress softening plasticity model for orthotropic materials

    Paulo B. Lourénço;Paulo B. Lourénço;René De Borst;Jan G. Rots

  • Localisation in a Cosserat continuum under static and dynamic loading conditions

    R. de Borst;L.J. Sluys

  • Non-linear analysis of frictional materials

    R. De Borst

  • A generalisation of J 2 -flow theory for polar continua

    René de Borst

  • Discrete vs smeared crack models for concrete fracture: bridging the gap

    René de Borst;Joris J. C. Remmers;Alan Needleman;Marie-Angèle Abellan

  • The simulation of dynamic crack propagation using the cohesive segments method

    Joris J.C. Remmers;René de Borst;Alan Needleman

  • Fracture in quasi-brittle materials: a review of continuum damage-based approaches

    René de Borst

  • On coupled gradient-dependent plasticity and damage theories with a view to localization analysis

    R René de Borst;J Jerzy Pamin;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Some recent issues in computational failure mechanics

    René de Borst

  • An isogeometric analysis approach to gradient damage models

    Clemens V. Verhoosel;Clemens V. Verhoosel;Michael A. Scott;Thomas J. R. Hughes;René de Borst

  • A two-scale approach for fluid flow in fractured porous media

    Julien Réthoré;René de Borst;René de Borst;Marie-Angèle Abellan

Frequent Co-Authors

CV Clemens Verhoosel
CV Clemens Verhoosel Eindhoven University of Technology
Julien Réthoré
Julien Réthoré École Centrale de Nantes
Günther Meschke
Günther Meschke Ruhr University Bochum
Alan Needleman
Alan Needleman Texas A&M University
Harm Askes
Harm Askes Maastricht University
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes The University of Texas at Austin
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Laetitia Le Pourhiet Sorbonne University
Tomasz Sadowski
Tomasz Sadowski Lublin University of Technology

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