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D-Index
38
Citations
5411
World Ranking
2281
National Ranking
828

Thomas Siegmund 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 Thomas Siegmund sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 192 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Siegmund 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 Thomas Siegmund sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Thomas Siegmund is a researcher affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States, specializing in engineering disciplines. Their scholarly output spans multiple facets of engineering with a strong emphasis on mechanical engineering and related subfields.

Their research contributions cover a wide range of main fields of study, including:

  • Engineering
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Siegmund's work particularly focuses on subfields such as:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

The main topics reflected in their publications include:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Several frequent coauthors appear alongside Siegmund in research publications, indicating collaborative efforts. These coauthors are:

  • Matthew R. Allen
  • Rachel K. Surowiec
  • Jamie J. Kruzic
  • John A. Howarter
  • Joshua D. Pribe

Siegmund's research has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, marking areas of concentrated academic output. These venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Siegmund showcase the range and depth of their work:

  • Mechanics of topologically interlocked material systems under point load: Archimedean and Laves tiling (2020) - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • Experimental investigation on cooling of prismatic battery cells through cell integrated features (2021) - Energy
  • The roles of yield strength mismatch, interface strength, and plastic strain gradients in fatigue crack growth across interfaces (2020) - Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Near-threshold fatigue crack growth in laser powder bed fusion produced alloy 718 (2022) - International Journal of Fatigue
  • Mechanics and design of topologically interlocked irregular quadrilateral tessellations (2021) - Materials & Design

In recognition of professional contributions, Thomas Siegmund was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2012.

Best Publications

  • An irreversible cohesive zone model for interface fatigue crack growth simulation

    K.L. Roe;T. Siegmund

  • A numerical study on the correlation between the work of separation and the dissipation rate in ductile fracture

    T. Siegmund;W. Brocks

  • An analysis of crack growth in thin-sheet metal via a cohesive zone model

    Weizhou Li;Thomas Siegmund

  • Failure of mineralized collagen fibrils: Modeling the role of collagen cross-linking

    Thomas Siegmund;Matthew R. Allen;David B. Burr;David B. Burr

  • Prediction of the Work of Separation and Implications to Modeling

    T. Siegmund;W. Brocks

  • A study of particle size effect and interface fracture in aluminum alloy composite via an extended conventional theory of mechanism-based strain-gradient plasticity

    S. Qu;T. Siegmund;Y. Huang;P.D. Wu

  • A dislocation density based strain gradient model

    Steffen Brinckmann;Thomas Siegmund;Yonggang Huang

  • The Low Frequency Performance of Metamaterial Barriers Based on Cellular Structures

    Srinivas Varanasi;J. Stuart Bolton;Thomas H. Siegmund;Raymond J. Cipra

  • A numerical study of dynamic crack growth in elastic-viscoplastic solids

    T. Siegmund;A. Needleman

  • A numerical study of transient fatigue crack growth by use of an irreversible cohesive zone model

    T. Siegmund

  • Nanoindentation based properties of Inconel 718 at elevated temperatures: A comparison of conventional versus additively manufactured samples

    Hao Wang;Abhijeet Dhiman;Halsey E. Ostergaard;Yang Zhang

  • Transverse loading of cellular topologically interlocked materials

    S. Khandelwal;T. Siegmund;R.J. Cipra;J.S. Bolton

  • On the determination of the cohesive zone parameters for the modeling of micro-ductile crack growth in thick specimens

    C. R. Chen;O. Kolednik;I. Scheider;T. Siegmund

  • Dynamic crack growth across an interface

    T. Siegmund;N.A. Fleck;A. Needleman

  • On the thermomechanical deformation behavior of duplex-type materials

    T. Siegmund;E. Werner;F.D. Fischer

  • An analysis of the indentation test to determine the interface toughness in a weakly bonded thin film coating-substrate system

    Weizhou Li;Thomas Siegmund

  • Crash analysis of a conceptual electric vehicle with a damage tolerant battery pack

    J. Kukreja;T. Nguyen;T. Siegmund;W. Chen

  • Rate-dependent crack growth in adhesives: I. Modeling approach

    Chongchen Xu;Thomas Siegmund;Karthik Ramani

  • Influence of support properties on the sound radiated from the vibrations of rectangular plates

    J. Park;L. Mongeau;T. Siegmund

  • Rate-dependent crack growth in adhesives II. Experiments and analysis

    Chongchen Xu;Thomas Siegmund;Karthik Ramani

  • Micromechanical modeling of damage due to particle cracking in reinforced metals

    D. Steglich;T. Siegmund;W. Brocks

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc Mongeau
Luc Mongeau McGill University
Jamie J. Kruzic
Jamie J. Kruzic University of New South Wales
Franz Dieter Fischer
Franz Dieter Fischer University of Leoben
David B. Burr
David B. Burr Indiana University
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Bahgat Sammakia
Bahgat Sammakia Binghamton University
Alan Needleman
Alan Needleman Texas A&M University
Karthik Ramani
Karthik Ramani Purdue University West Lafayette
Francois Barthelat
Francois Barthelat University of Colorado Boulder
Reinhard Pippan
Reinhard Pippan Austrian Academy of Sciences

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