2026 Viggo Tvergaard: 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	80	206	186	2	2	311	32394

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

4477
Citations
Influence of voids on shear band instabilities under plane strain conditions

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2460
Citations
The relation between crack growth resistance and fracture process parameters in elastic-plastic solids

Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

2220
Citations
On localization in ductile materials containing spherical voids

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1507
Citations
An analysis of ductile rupture in notched bars

A. Needleman;V. Tvergaard

1110
Citations
Material Failure by Void Growth to Coalescence

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1050
Citations
The influence of plasticity on mixed mode interface toughness

Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

862
Citations
Microcracking in Ceramics Induced by Thermal Expansion or Elastic Anisotropy

Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

851
Citations
Effect of fibre debonding in a whisker-reinforced metal

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782
Citations
An analysis of ductile rupture modes at a crack tip

A. Needleman;V. Tvergaard

540
Citations
Flow Localization in the Plane Strain Tensile Test

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

414
Citations
Influence of void nucleation on ductile shear fracture at a free surface

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412
Citations
Effects of nonlocal damage in porous plastic solids

Viggo Tvergaard;Alan Needleman

364
Citations
On the toughness of ductile adhesive joints

Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

329
Citations
MICROMECHANICAL MODELS FOR GRADED COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Thomas Reiter;George J. Dvorak;Viggo Tvergaard

325
Citations
Cavitation instabilities in elastic-plastic solids

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

316
Citations
VOID GROWTH AND FAILURE IN NOTCHED BARS

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

305
Citations
Analysis of tensile properties for a whisker-reinforced metal-matrix composite

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272
Citations
Shear band formation in plane strain

J.W. Hutchinson;V. Tvergaard

270
Citations
Two mechanisms of ductile fracture: void by void growth versus multiple void interaction

Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

268
Citations
Toughness of an interface along a thin ductile layer joining elastic solids

Viggo Tvergaard;John W. Hutchinson

262
Citations
Ductile failure modeling

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

247
Citations
Effect of strain-dependent cohesive zone model on predictions of crack growth resistance

V. Tvergaard;J.W. Hutchinson

229
Citations
Effect of thickness inhomogeneities in internally pressurized elastic-plastic spherical shells

V. Tvergaard

222
Citations
Effect of yield surface curvature and void nucleation on plastic flow localization

Viggo Tvergaard

214
Citations
Ductile shear failure or plug failure of spot welds modelled by modified Gurson model

Kim Lau Nielsen;Viggo Tvergaard

214
Citations
Forming limit diagrams for anisotropic metal sheets with different yield criteria

Mitsutoshi Kuroda;Viggo Tvergaard

214
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Needleman Texas A&M University

John W. Hutchinson Harvard University

Christian Frithiof Niordson Technical University of Denmark

van der Erik Giessen University of Groningen

Thomas Pardoen Université Catholique de Louvain

Subra Suresh MIT

Patrick Onck University of Groningen

Norman A. Fleck University of Cambridge

Yonggang Huang Northwestern University

Krishnaswa Ravi-Chandar The University of Texas at Austin

External Links

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