Erasmo Viola

9.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
144 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Erasmo Viola is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Erasmo Viola has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 94 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 31 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Erasmo Viola's work include Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (64 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (46 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (37 papers). Erasmo Viola is often cited by papers focused on Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (64 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (46 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (37 papers). Erasmo Viola collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Portugal. Erasmo Viola's co-authors include Francesco Tornabene, Nicholas Fantuzzi, Alessandro Marzani, Ivan Bartoli, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Michele Bacciocchi, Francesco Ubertini, Daniel J. Inman, Amanda Maria de Oliveira Dal Piva and A.J.M. Ferreira and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Construction and Building Materials and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

Erasmo Viola

138 papers receiving 7.8k citations

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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.

Modeling wave propagation in damped waveguides of arbitrary cross-section

2006 460 citations Ivan Bartoli, Alessandro Marzani et al. Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →
Strong Formulation Finite Element Method Based on Differential Quadrature: A Survey

2014 418 citations Francesco Tornabene, Nicholas Fantuzzi et al. profile →
2-D differential quadrature solution for vibration analysis of functionally graded conical, cylindrical shell and annular plate structures

2009 338 citations Francesco Tornabene, Erasmo Viola et al. Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →
Effect of agglomeration on the natural frequencies of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced laminated composite doubly-curved shells

2015 322 citations Francesco Tornabene, Nicholas Fantuzzi et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erasmo Viola Italy	52	7.5k	4.5k	1.7k	1.7k	1.3k	144	8.1k
Nicholas Fantuzzi Italy	53	7.6k 1.0×	4.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	236	8.6k
Hongxing Hua China	43	2.9k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	481 0.4×	293	6.2k
M. A. Crisfield United Kingdom	37	5.5k 0.7×	4.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	501 0.4×	111	8.4k
Serge Abrate United States	29	4.6k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	633 0.4×	2.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	68	6.3k
Tinh Quoc Bui Vietnam	64	10.5k 1.4×	4.3k 0.9×	764 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	348	12.1k
L. Vu‐Quoc United States	31	2.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.4×	2.3k 1.3×	994 0.6×	325 0.2×	90	5.2k
P. Malekzadeh Iran	52	7.0k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	2.8k 2.1×	207	7.9k
M.H. Aliabadi United Kingdom	47	6.9k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	286 0.2×	1.7k 1.0×	464 0.4×	341	7.9k
Guoyong Jin China	49	5.0k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	2.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	634 0.5×	200	6.2k
P. Areias Portugal	40	5.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	303 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	115	6.5k

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Tornabene, Francesco, Nicholas Fantuzzi, Michele Bacciocchi, & Erasmo Viola. (2015). A new approach for treating concentrated loads in doubly-curved composite deep shells with variable radii of curvature. Composite Structures. 131. 433–452. 61 indexed citations

Viola, Erasmo, Francesco Tornabene, Elena Ferretti, & Nicholas Fantuzzi. (2013). Soft Core Plane State Structures Under Static Loads UsingGDQFEM and Cell Method. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 94(4). 301–329. 41 indexed citations

Viola, Erasmo, Francesco Tornabene, Elena Ferretti, & Nicholas Fantuzzi. (2013). GDQFEM Numerical Simulations of Continuous Mediawith Cracks and Discontinuities. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 94(4). 331–369. 47 indexed citations

Viola, Erasmo, Francesco Tornabene, Elena Ferretti, & Nicholas Fantuzzi. (2013). On Static Analysis of Composite Plane State Structures viaGDQFEM and Cell Method. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 94(5). 421–458. 24 indexed citations

Tornabene, Francesco, Erasmo Viola, & Nicholas Fantuzzi. (2013). General higher-order equivalent single layer theory for free vibrations of doubly-curved laminated composite shells and panels. Composite Structures. 104. 94–117. 182 indexed citations

Mazzotti, Matteo, Ivan Bartoli, Alessandro Marzani, & Erasmo Viola. (2013). A coupled SAFE-2.5D BEM approach for the dispersion analysis of damped leaky guided waves in embedded waveguides of arbitrary cross-section. Ultrasonics. 53(7). 1227–1241. 58 indexed citations

Viola, Erasmo. (2010). Teoria delle Strutture. Gusci di Rivoluzione.. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 1–376. 1 indexed citations

Daghia, Fédérica, et al.. (2009). Parameter identification of beam-column structures \\on two-parameter elastic foundation. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 39(1). 1–28.

Viola, Erasmo & Francesco Tornabene. (2009). Free vibrations of three parameter functionally graded parabolic panels of revolution. Mechanics Research Communications. 36(5). 587–594. 120 indexed citations

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Tornabene, Francesco, Erasmo Viola, & Daniel J. Inman. (2009). 2-D differential quadrature solution for vibration analysis of functionally graded conical, cylindrical shell and annular plate structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 328(3). 259–290. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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Daghia, Fédérica, Stefano de Miranda, Francesco Ubertini, & Erasmo Viola. (2008). A hybrid stress approach for laminated composite plates within the First-order Shear Deformation Theory. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 45(6). 1766–1787. 23 indexed citations

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Tornabene, Francesco & Erasmo Viola. (2008). 2-D solution for free vibrations of parabolic shells using generalized differential quadrature method. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 27(6). 1001–1025. 141 indexed citations

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Bocchini, Paolo, Cristina Gentilini, Francesco Ubertini, & Erasmo Viola. (2006). Advanced analysis of uncertain cracked structures. 2(2). 109–122. 5 indexed citations

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Viola, Erasmo, E. Artioli, & Michele Dilena. (2005). Analytical and differential quadrature results for vibration analysis of damaged circular arches. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 288(4-5). 887–906. 35 indexed citations

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Bartoli, Ivan, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Mahmood Fateh, & Erasmo Viola. (2004). Modeling guided wave propagation with application to the long-range defect detection in railroad tracks. NDT & E International. 38(5). 325–334. 142 indexed citations

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Ferretti, Elena, et al.. (2002). LIMITING LOAD IN CONCRETE PLATES WITH CRACKS: A CELL METHOD (CM)-BASED CALCULATION. 2 indexed citations

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Viola, Erasmo, et al.. (1998). Parameter estimation from measured displacements of crack edges in an isotropic material. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 59(5). 697–712. 5 indexed citations

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Viola, Erasmo & Giovanni Pascale. (1985). Static analysis fatigue and fracture of cracked beams on elastic foundation. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 21(2). 365–375. 4 indexed citations

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Viola, Erasmo & Amanda Maria de Oliveira Dal Piva. (1984). Crack paths in sheets of brittle material. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 19(6). 1069–1084. 14 indexed citations

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Carpinteri, Alberto, et al.. (1980). Vita a fatica di strutture iperstatiche metalliche contenenti difetti. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 2 indexed citations

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