Alain Ehrlacher

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alain Ehrlacher is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Ehrlacher has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 19 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alain Ehrlacher's work include Metallurgy and Material Forming (13 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (7 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (7 papers). Alain Ehrlacher is often cited by papers focused on Metallurgy and Material Forming (13 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (7 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (7 papers). Alain Ehrlacher collaborates with scholars based in France, Luxembourg and Czechia. Alain Ehrlacher's co-authors include Gérard Platret, Daniel Weisz-Patrault, Gilles Forêt, Oualid Limam, Nicolas Legrand, Alberto Díaz Díaz, Jean‐François Caron, Pierre Montmitonnet, Lionel Fourment and Maria Guiomar de Azevedo Bahia and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Cement and Concrete Research and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Alain Ehrlacher

38 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The use of thermal analysis in assessing the effect of temperature on a cement paste
    2005 854 citations Gérard Platret, Alain Ehrlacher et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Ehrlacher France 15 989 385 303 300 203 42 1.3k
John Forbes Olesen Denmark 21 1.0k 1.1× 542 1.4× 268 0.9× 171 0.6× 302 1.5× 77 1.4k
Hani Salim United States 21 1.1k 1.1× 652 1.7× 421 1.4× 132 0.4× 354 1.7× 134 1.5k
Abdulkadir Cüneyt Aydın Türkiye 27 1.9k 1.9× 971 2.5× 169 0.6× 326 1.1× 148 0.7× 131 2.1k
Alireza Khaloo Iran 23 2.1k 2.1× 1.0k 2.6× 180 0.6× 346 1.2× 159 0.8× 102 2.3k
Roman Wan‐Wendner Austria 23 1.4k 1.4× 521 1.4× 403 1.3× 153 0.5× 186 0.9× 130 1.9k
P. Lawrence France 13 1.1k 1.1× 552 1.4× 234 0.8× 378 1.3× 311 1.5× 26 1.6k
Jeffery S. Volz United States 24 1.7k 1.7× 1.1k 2.8× 200 0.7× 400 1.3× 195 1.0× 85 2.1k
S. Mindess Canada 25 1.8k 1.8× 923 2.4× 348 1.1× 360 1.2× 129 0.6× 68 2.0k
Xiaopeng Li China 20 1.1k 1.1× 495 1.3× 118 0.4× 191 0.6× 101 0.5× 57 1.3k
François Toutlemonde France 23 2.1k 2.1× 997 2.6× 387 1.3× 295 1.0× 112 0.6× 89 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Ehrlacher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Fast mesoscopic simulation of grain growth and macroscopic modeling. AIP conference proceedings. 2293. 110007–110007. 1 indexed citations
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, et al.. (2019). Mixed analytic/energetic approach for a sliding orthotropic hollow cylinder. Application to coil sagging. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 165. 75–92. 5 indexed citations
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, et al.. (2017). Energetic approach for a sliding inclusion accounting for plastic dissipation at the interface, application to phase nucleation. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 121. 163–173. 2 indexed citations
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, Alain Ehrlacher, & Nicolas Legrand. (2016). Non-linear simulation of coiling accounting for roughness of contacts and multiplicative elastic-plastic behavior. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 94-95. 1–20. 10 indexed citations
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Montmitonnet, Pierre, et al.. (2016). State of the Art in Rolling Process Modelling. BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte. 161(9). 396–404. 15 indexed citations
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Ehrlacher, Alain, et al.. (2014). Microporomechanics study of anisotropy of ASR under loading. Cement and Concrete Research. 63. 143–157. 33 indexed citations
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of contact stress during rolling process, by three dimensional analytical inverse method. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 50(20-21). 3319–3331. 15 indexed citations
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, Alain Ehrlacher, & Nicolas Legrand. (2013). Temperature and heat flux fast estimation during rolling process. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 75. 1–20. 20 indexed citations
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Weisz-Patrault, Daniel, Alain Ehrlacher, & Nicolas Legrand. (2012). Analytical inverse solution for coupled thermoelastic problem for the evaluation of contact stress during steel strip rolling. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 37(4). 2212–2229. 15 indexed citations
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Leroy, Agnés, Maria Guiomar de Azevedo Bahia, Alain Ehrlacher, & Vicente Tadeu Lopes Buono. (2012). An analytical mechanical model to describe the response of NiTi rotary endodontic files in a curved root canal. Materials Science and Engineering C. 32(6). 1594–1600. 6 indexed citations
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Ehrlacher, Alain, et al.. (2012). A computational linear elastic fracture mechanics-based model for alkali–silica reaction. Cement and Concrete Research. 42(4). 613–625. 19 indexed citations
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Limam, Oualid, Gilles Forêt, & Alain Ehrlacher. (2006). Ultimate strength of free-edge composite laminates under tensile loading: A limit analysis approach. Composites Part B Engineering. 37(4-5). 286–291. 8 indexed citations
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Platret, Gérard, et al.. (2005). The use of thermal analysis in assessing the effect of temperature on a cement paste. Cement and Concrete Research. 35(3). 609–613. 854 indexed citations breakdown →
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Díaz, Alberto Díaz, Jean‐François Caron, & Alain Ehrlacher. (2005). Analytical determination of the modes I, II and III energy release rates in a delaminated laminate and validation of a delamination criterion. Composite Structures. 78(3). 424–432. 24 indexed citations
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Limam, Oualid, Gilles Forêt, & Alain Ehrlacher. (2003). RC two-way slabs strengthened with CFRP strips: experimental study and a limit analysis approach. Composite Structures. 60(4). 467–471. 68 indexed citations
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Ehrlacher, Alain, et al.. (2000). Behaviour of a wet crack submitted to heating up to high temperature. Mechanics of Materials. 32(8). 471–484. 2 indexed citations
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Chabot, Armelle, Sabine Cantournet, & Alain Ehrlacher. (2000). Analyse de taux de restitution d'énergie par un modèle simplifié pour un quadricouche en traction fissuré à l'interface entre 2 couches. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2. 775–784. 1 indexed citations
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Brocato, Maurizio, et al.. (1999). Détermination de la dissipation caractéristique dans la propagation d'un front de recristallisation. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIB - Mechanics-Physics-Astronomy. 327(2-3). 179–184. 1 indexed citations
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Ehrlacher, Alain, et al.. (1999). A tri-particle model of sandwich panels. Composites Science and Technology. 59(8). 1195–1206. 6 indexed citations
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Brocato, Maurizio, et al.. (1995). A two-dimensional polycrystal model in a ?deep? space representation. Meccanica. 30(5). 641–663. 2 indexed citations

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