Brett A. Bednarcyk

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
193 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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Brett A. Bednarcyk is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brett A. Bednarcyk has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 63 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 36 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brett A. Bednarcyk's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (118 papers), Composite Material Mechanics (99 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (43 papers). Brett A. Bednarcyk is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (118 papers), Composite Material Mechanics (99 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (43 papers). Brett A. Bednarcyk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Brett A. Bednarcyk's co-authors include Steven M. Arnold, Jacob Aboudi, Evan J. Pineda, Marek‐Jerzy Pindera, Anthony M. Waas, Craig Collier, Bertram Stier, Stefanie Reese, Jaan‐Willem Simon and Yanyu Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Polymer, Materials Science and Engineering A and Composites Science and Technology.

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Brett A. Bednarcyk

183 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Micromechanics of Composite Materials: A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach

2012 292 citations Jacob Aboudi, Steven M. Arnold et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tailoring the architecture of fractal lattice metamaterials for tunable energy absorption 2025 ·Composites Part B Engineering ·Zhennan Zhang, Kaiyu Wang, Brett A. Bednarcyk, (unknown), Yanyu Chen	2
2	Multiscale Modeling of Thermoplastic Matrix Composites for Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage Applications 2025 ·Modelling—International Open Access Journal of Modelling in Engineering Science ·Brett A. Bednarcyk, (unknown), Evan J. Pineda	0
3	Multiscale Modeling of Thermoplastics Using Atomistic-Informed Micromechanics 2025 ·AIAA Journal ·Evan J. Pineda, (unknown), (unknown), Brett A. Bednarcyk, William A. Pisani, Gregory M. Odegard, Scott E. Stapleton	1
4	Two-stage surrogate modeling for data-driven design optimization with application to composite microstructure generation 2024 ·Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ·Farhad Pourkamali‐Anaraki, (unknown), Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Scott E. Stapleton	6
5	Elastically anisotropic architected metamaterials with enhanced energy absorption 2023 ·Thin-Walled Structures ·Huan Jiang, Brett A. Bednarcyk, (unknown), Yanyu Chen	25
6	Predicting Fiber Breakage Failure Mode of Plain Weave Fabrics with Multiscale Recursive Micromechanics 2023 ·AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum ·(unknown), Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Scott M. Murman, Mark Pankow	0
7	VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF A RAPID DESIGN TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPOSITE Y-JOINT OF THE D8 DOUBLE-BUBBLE AIRCRAFT 2023 ·International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Brett A. Bednarcyk, Evan J. Pineda, Richard Li, Marianna Maiarù	2
8	Multiscale modeling of PEEK using reactive molecular dynamics modeling and micromechanics 2019 ·Polymer ·William A. Pisani, Matthew S. Radue, (unknown), Brett A. Bednarcyk, Evan J. Pineda, (unknown), Ravindra Pandey, Julia A. King, Gregory M. Odegard	58
9	Micromechanics of composite materials governed by vector constitutive laws 2017 ·International Journal of Solids and Structures ·Brett A. Bednarcyk, Jacob Aboudi, Steven M. Arnold	18
10	Grain size-dependent crystal plasticity constitutive model for polycrystal materials 2017 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), Ajit Achuthan, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Steven M. Arnold, Evan J. Pineda	32
11	Validated progressive damage analysis of simple polymer matrix composite laminates exhibiting matrix microdamage: Comparing macromechanics and micromechanics 2016 ·Composites Science and Technology ·Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Steven M. Arnold	14
12	Enhanced composite damping through engineered interfaces 2016 ·International Journal of Solids and Structures ·Brett A. Bednarcyk, Jacob Aboudi, Steven M. Arnold	19
13	A Numerical Study on the Effect of Facesheet-Core Disbonds on the Buckling Load of Curved Honeycomb Sandwich Panels 2015 ·NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) ·Evan J. Pineda, David E. Myers, Brett A. Bednarcyk, (unknown)	3
14	Computationally Efficient Solution of the High-Fidelity Generalized Method of Cells Micromechanics Relations 2015 ·(unknown), Thomas E. Lacy, Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Steven M. Arnold	5
15	Analysis of fiber clustering in composite materials using high-fidelity multiscale micromechanics 2015 ·International Journal of Solids and Structures ·Brett A. Bednarcyk, Jacob Aboudi, Steven M. Arnold	19
16	A Multiscale Progressive Failure Modeling Methodology for Composites that Includes Fiber Strength Stochastics 2014 ·Cmc-computers Materials & Continua ·(unknown), Thomas E. Lacy, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Steven M. Arnold, (unknown)	8
17	On Multiscale Modeling Using the Generalized Method ofCells: Preserving Energy Dissipation across DisparateLength Scales 2013 ·Cmc-computers Materials & Continua ·Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Anthony M. Waas, Steven M. Arnold	2
18	The Effect of Fiber Strength Stochastics and Local Fiber Volume Fraction on Multiscale Progressive Failure of Composites 2013 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·(unknown), Thomas E. Lacy, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Steven M. Arnold	0
19	Progressive failure of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite using the method of cells: Discretization objective computational results 2012 ·International Journal of Solids and Structures ·Evan J. Pineda, Brett A. Bednarcyk, Anthony M. Waas, Steven M. Arnold	75
20	MAC/GMC Code Enhanced for Coupled Electromagnetothermoelastic Analysis of Smart Composites 2002 ·NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) ·Brett A. Bednarcyk, Steven M. Arnold, Jacob Aboudi	1

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