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D-Index
34
Citations
4737
World Ranking
2848
National Ranking
99

Wilfried Becker 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 Wilfried Becker sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 382 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wilfried Becker 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 Wilfried Becker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wilfried Becker is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and specializes in engineering, focusing primarily on mechanics of materials. Their work spans several subfields including mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, polymers and plastics, and automotive engineering.

The major topics Wilfried Becker has contributed to include:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Structural Analysis of Composite Materials

Wilfried Becker has published extensively in various scientific venues, with a notable frequency in:

  • PAMM
  • Composite Structures
  • Archive of Applied Mechanics
  • Procedia Structural Integrity
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures

Their recent papers include:

  • "Free-Edge Effects in Composite Laminates-A Review of Recent Developments 2005-2020," 2022, Applied Mechanics Reviews
  • "Tension failure analysis for bolted joints using a closed-form stress solution," 2020, Composite Structures
  • "Structural modeling of sandwich panels with additively manufactured strut-based lattice cores," 2022, Additive Manufacturing
  • "2D Elasticity solution for sandwich panels with functionally graded lattice cores," 2022, Composite Structures
  • "Closed-form analysis of interlaminar crack initiation in angle-ply laminates," 2020, Composite Structures

Wilfried Becker frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors including:

  • Christian Mittelstedt
  • Hussam Georges
  • Elisaveta Kirilova
  • Tatyana Petrova
  • M. Nguyen-Hoang

Best Publications

  • A review of Finite Fracture Mechanics: crack initiation at singular and non-singular stress raisers

    Philipp Weißgraeber;Dominique Leguillon;Wilfried Becker

  • Effective stress-strain relations for two-dimensional cellular sandwich cores: Homogenization, material models, and properties

    Jörg Hohe;Wilfried Becker

  • Free-Edge Effects in Composite Laminates

    Christian Mittelstedt;Wilfried Becker

  • Mechanik elastischer Körper und Strukturen

    Wilfried Becker;Dietmar Gross

  • Interlaminar Stress Concentrations in Layered Structures: Part I - A Selective Literature Survey on the Free-Edge Effect since 1967

    Christian Mittelstedt;Wilfried Becker

  • Finite Fracture Mechanics model for mixed mode fracture in adhesive joints

    Philipp Weißgraeber;Wilfried Becker

  • Comparison of models for transverse ply cracks in composite laminates

    L.N. McCartney;G.A. Schoeppner;W. Becker

  • Closed-form analysis of the thickness effect of regular honeycomb core material

    Wilfried Becker

  • A refined analysis of the effective elasticity tensor for general cellular sandwich cores

    Jörg Hohe;Wilfried Becker

  • Effective elastic properties of triangular grid structures

    J. Hohe;W. Becker

  • A coupled stress and energy criterion for the assessment of crack initiation in single lap joints: A numerical approach

    Sascha Hell;Philipp Weißgraeber;Julian Felger;Wilfried Becker

  • Cracks at elliptical holes: stress intensity factor and Finite Fracture Mechanics solution

    Philipp Weißgraeber;Julian Felger;Dennis Geipel;Wilfried Becker

  • An energetic homogenisation procedure for the elastic properties of general cellular sandwich cores

    J. Hohe;W. Becker

  • Modelling brittle crack formation at geometrical and material discontinuities using a finite fracture mechanics approach

    Jochen Hebel;Rolf Dieringer;Wilfried Becker

  • Effective elastic properties of hexagonal and quadrilateral grid structures

    J. Hohe;C. Beschorner;W. Becker

  • Effective mechanical behavior of hyperelastic honeycombs and two-dimensional model foams at finite strain

    Joerg Hohe;Wilfried Becker

  • Closed-form solution for the free-edge effect in cross-ply laminates

    Wilfried Becker

  • A model for brittle failure in adhesive lap joints of arbitrary joint configuration

    Nicolas Stein;Philipp Weißgraeber;Wilfried Becker

  • The in-plane stiffnesses of a honeycomb core including the thickness effect

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  • Computation of 3-D stress singularities for multiple cracks and crack intersections by the scaled boundary finite element method

    Sanjib Goswami;Wilfried Becker

  • An efficient analysis model for functionally graded adhesive single lap joints

    Nicolas Stein;Houman Mardani;Wilfried Becker

  • Complex method for the elliptical hole in an unsymmetric laminate

    W. Becker

  • Numerical determination of initial and subsequent yield surfaces of open-celled model foams

    Serkan Demiray;Wilfried Becker;Jörg Hohe

  • Coupled and uncoupled analyses of piezoelectric free-edge effect in laminated plates

    Jens Artel;Wilfried Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel H. E. Müller
Axel H. E. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Detlef Stolten
Detlef Stolten RWTH Aachen University
Holm Altenbach
Holm Altenbach Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Dominique Leguillon
Dominique Leguillon Université Paris Cité
Dietmar Gross
Dietmar Gross Technical University of Darmstadt
Jürgen Malzbender
Jürgen Malzbender Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jacob Aboudi
Jacob Aboudi Tel Aviv University
Rüdiger Klein
Rüdiger Klein Max Planck Society
Bernd Freisleben
Bernd Freisleben Philipp University of Marburg
Marek-Jerzy Pindera
Marek-Jerzy Pindera University of Virginia

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