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2026

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D-Index
80
Citations
32394
World Ranking
207
National Ranking
2

Viggo Tvergaard 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 Viggo Tvergaard sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 311 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Viggo Tvergaard 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 Viggo Tvergaard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2017 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the theory of stability and the understanding of failure phenomena in solids and structures.
  • 1999 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Viggo Tvergaard is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Surgery.

Their recent papers cover various aspects of material behavior and mechanics. Notable publications include:

  • "Constraint and size effects in confined layer plasticity" (2021) published in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • "3D study of plastic flow localization at a void-sheet" (2020) published in the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • "A mechanical model of blastocyst hatching" (2020) published in Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • "Localization in a plastically anisotropic void-sheet" (2023) published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics

The main topics of Viggo Tvergaard's work include:

  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Frequent publication venues for Tvergaard's research include:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Some of the frequent co-authors associated with Viggo Tvergaard's work are:

  • A. Needleman
  • Brian Nyvang Legarth
  • Mitsutoshi Kuroda
  • Daniel Needleman

Throughout their career, Viggo Tvergaard has been recognized with several honors, including:

  • Timoshenko Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2017)
  • Membership in the National Academy of Engineering (2001) for contributions to the theory of stability and the understanding of failure phenomena in solids and structures
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
  • Warner T. Koiter Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1998)

Best Publications

  • Analysis of the cup-cone fracture in a round tensile bar

    V. Tvergaard;A. Needleman

  • Influence of voids on shear band instabilities under plane strain conditions

    Unknown

  • The relation between crack growth resistance and fracture process parameters in elastic-plastic solids

    Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

  • On localization in ductile materials containing spherical voids

    Unknown

  • An analysis of ductile rupture in notched bars

    A. Needleman;V. Tvergaard

  • Material Failure by Void Growth to Coalescence

    Unknown

  • The influence of plasticity on mixed mode interface toughness

    Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

  • Microcracking in Ceramics Induced by Thermal Expansion or Elastic Anisotropy

    Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

  • Effect of fibre debonding in a whisker-reinforced metal

    Unknown

  • An analysis of ductile rupture modes at a crack tip

    A. Needleman;V. Tvergaard

  • Flow Localization in the Plane Strain Tensile Test

    V. Tvergaard;A. Needleman;K.K. Lo

  • Influence of void nucleation on ductile shear fracture at a free surface

    Unknown

  • Effects of nonlocal damage in porous plastic solids

    Viggo Tvergaard;Alan Needleman

  • On the toughness of ductile adhesive joints

    Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

  • MICROMECHANICAL MODELS FOR GRADED COMPOSITE MATERIALS

    Thomas Reiter;George J. Dvorak;Viggo Tvergaard

  • Cavitation instabilities in elastic-plastic solids

    Y. Huang;J.W. Hutchinson;V. Tvergaard;V. Tvergaard

  • VOID GROWTH AND FAILURE IN NOTCHED BARS

    R. Becker;A. Needleman;O. Richmond;V. Tvergaard

  • Analysis of tensile properties for a whisker-reinforced metal-matrix composite

    Unknown

  • Shear band formation in plane strain

    J.W. Hutchinson;V. Tvergaard

  • Two mechanisms of ductile fracture: void by void growth versus multiple void interaction

    Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

  • Toughness of an interface along a thin ductile layer joining elastic solids

    Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

  • Ductile failure modeling

    Ahmed Amine Benzerga;Jean Baptiste Leblond;Alan Needleman;Viggo Tvergaard

  • Effect of strain-dependent cohesive zone model on predictions of crack growth resistance

    V. Tvergaard;J.W. Hutchinson

  • Effect of thickness inhomogeneities in internally pressurized elastic-plastic spherical shells

    V. Tvergaard

  • Effect of yield surface curvature and void nucleation on plastic flow localization

    Viggo Tvergaard

  • Ductile shear failure or plug failure of spot welds modelled by modified Gurson model

    Kim Lau Nielsen;Viggo Tvergaard

  • Forming limit diagrams for anisotropic metal sheets with different yield criteria

    Mitsutoshi Kuroda;Viggo Tvergaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Needleman
Alan Needleman Texas A&M University
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University
Christian Frithiof Niordson
Christian Frithiof Niordson Technical University of Denmark
van der Erik Giessen
van der Erik Giessen University of Groningen
Thomas Pardoen
Thomas Pardoen Université Catholique de Louvain
Norman A. Fleck
Norman A. Fleck University of Cambridge
Patrick Onck
Patrick Onck University of Groningen
Toshihiko Kuwabara
Toshihiko Kuwabara Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University

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