Gianluca Cusatis

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
170 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Gianluca Cusatis is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianluca Cusatis has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 82 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 29 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Gianluca Cusatis's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (60 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (49 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (43 papers). Gianluca Cusatis is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (60 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (49 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (43 papers). Gianluca Cusatis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Gianluca Cusatis's co-authors include Giovanni Di Luzio, Zdeněk P. Bažant, Luigi Cedolin, Daniele Pelessone, Andrea Mencarelli, Madura Pathirage, Mohammed Alnaggar, Edward A. Schauffert, James T. Baylot and Weixin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cement and Concrete Research and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Gianluca Cusatis

161 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) for failure behavior of concrete. I: Theory

2011 366 citations Gianluca Cusatis, Daniele Pelessone et al. Cement and Concrete Composites profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gianluca Cusatis United States	41	3.9k	2.5k	1.2k	776	376	170	5.5k
Kaspar Willam United States	37	3.7k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	920 1.2×	203 0.5×	120	5.4k
J.G.M. van Mier Netherlands	38	3.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	703 0.9×	528 1.4×	97	5.1k
J. Planas Spain	34	3.1k 0.8×	3.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	819 1.1×	324 0.9×	80	5.3k
David Z. Yankelevsky Israel	32	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	854 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	234 0.6×	183	3.4k
Jacky Mazars France	27	2.7k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	704 0.9×	217 0.6×	86	4.0k
Hans W. Reinhardt Germany	42	4.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	2.6k 2.2×	568 0.7×	344 0.9×	106	5.9k
L. Daudeville France	27	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	566 0.5×	667 0.9×	248 0.7×	83	2.2k
Z. P. Bažant United States	31	3.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	903 1.2×	170 0.5×	86	4.9k
Nenad Bičanić United Kingdom	26	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	348 0.3×	344 0.4×	208 0.6×	92	2.8k
J. Tejchman Poland	42	3.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	923 0.8×	605 0.8×	577 1.5×	210	5.6k

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Cusatis, Gianluca, et al.. (2026). Simulation of headed anchor failure. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1. 683–687.

Eliáš, Jan & Gianluca Cusatis. (2025). Do discrete fine-scale mechanical models with rotational degrees of freedom homogenize into a Cosserat or a Cauchy continuum?. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 207. 106422–106422.

Zhu, Zhongfeng, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the cyclic behavior of FRP-SHCC confined concrete: An integrated experimental, modeling, and simulation approach. Construction and Building Materials. 483. 141715–141715.

Kreiger, Eric, et al.. (2024). 3D printing of ultra-high-performance concrete: Shape stability for various printing systems. Construction and Building Materials. 456. 139039–139039. 7 indexed citations

Pijaudier‐Cabot, Gilles, et al.. (2024). The Role of the Horizon in Modeling Failure due to Strain and Damage Localization with Peridynamics. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 150(7).

Shen, Lei, et al.. (2024). Mesoscale Mechanical Discrete Model for Cementitious Composites with Microfibers. Engineering. 1 indexed citations

Yin, Hao, Weixin Li, Lifu Yang, et al.. (2024). An interprocess communication-based two-way coupling approach for implicit–explicit multiphysics lattice discrete particle model simulations. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 310. 110515–110515. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Lifu, Bing‐Lin Lai, Xu Ren, et al.. (2023). Prediction of alkali-silica reaction expansion of concrete using artificial neural networks. Cement and Concrete Composites. 140. 105073–105073. 28 indexed citations

Yin, Hao & Gianluca Cusatis. (2023). RingsPy: A Python package for Voronoi mesh generationof cellular solids with radial growth pattern. The Journal of Open Source Software. 8(83). 4945–4945. 1 indexed citations

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Eliáš, Jan & Gianluca Cusatis. (2022). Homogenization of discrete mesoscale model of concrete for coupled mass transport and mechanics by asymptotic expansion. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 167. 105010–105010. 20 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Hoang T., et al.. (2020). New perspective of fracture mechanics inspired by gap test with crack-parallel compression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14015–14020. 64 indexed citations

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Rezakhani, Roozbeh, Mohammed Alnaggar, & Gianluca Cusatis. (2019). Multiscale Homogenization Analysis of Alkali–Silica Reaction (ASR) Effect in Concrete. Engineering. 5(6). 1139–1154. 34 indexed citations

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Rezakhani, Roozbeh, et al.. (2017). Adaptive multiscale homogenization of the lattice discrete particle model for the analysis of damage and fracture in concrete. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 125. 50–67. 49 indexed citations

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Rezakhani, Roozbeh, et al.. (2016). Numerical Simulation of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Experiments of Standard and Dam Concrete. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha).

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Wan, Lin, Roman Wan‐Wendner, & Gianluca Cusatis. (2015). Behavior of ultra-high-performance-concrete at early age : experiments and simulations. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Weixin, Congrui Jin, Marco Salviato, & Gianluca Cusatis. (2015). Modeling of Failure Behavior of Anisotropic Shale Using Lattice Discrete Particle Model. 2899–2907. 3 indexed citations

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Buscarnera, Giuseppe, et al.. (2015). Micro-scale modeling of the inelastic response of a granular sandstone. 2881–2886. 3 indexed citations

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Jin, Congrui, et al.. (2015). Lattice discrete particle modeling of fiber reinforced concrete: Experiments and simulations. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 57. 85–107. 54 indexed citations

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Wan‐Wendner, Roman, et al.. (2014). Characterization of concrete failure behavior: a comprehensive experimental database for the calibration and validation of concrete models. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Cusatis, Gianluca, Andrea Mencarelli, Daniele Pelessone, & James T. Baylot. (2011). Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) for failure behavior of concrete. II: Calibration and validation. Cement and Concrete Composites. 33(9). 891–905. 251 indexed citations

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