Gunnar Possart

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 959 citations indexed

About

Gunnar Possart is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Possart has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 959 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Possart's work include Composite Material Mechanics (11 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (8 papers) and Epoxy Resin Curing Processes (8 papers). Gunnar Possart is often cited by papers focused on Composite Material Mechanics (11 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (8 papers) and Epoxy Resin Curing Processes (8 papers). Gunnar Possart collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Gunnar Possart's co-authors include Paul Steinmann, Mokarram Hossain, Duc Khôi Vu, Sebastian Pfaller, Mohammad Rahimi, Michael C. Böhm, Florian Müller‐Plathe, M. Ries, Julia Mergheim and A. Brodyanski and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Possart

22 papers receiving 937 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.

Hyperelastic models for rubber-like materials: consistent tangent operators and suitability for Treloar’s data

2012 328 citations Paul Steinmann, Mokarram Hossain et al. Archive of Applied Mechanics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunnar Possart Germany	15	527	389	311	233	202	26	959
Gilles Marckmann France	9	785 1.5×	315 0.8×	351 1.1×	262 1.1×	157 0.8×	15	1.0k
Jörn Ihlemann Germany	17	393 0.7×	442 1.1×	157 0.5×	412 1.8×	80 0.4×	101	871
G. Weber United States	5	431 0.8×	513 1.3×	146 0.5×	352 1.5×	71 0.4×	6	858
D. Favier France	11	241 0.5×	258 0.7×	145 0.5×	206 0.9×	83 0.4×	16	615
Yuhai Xiang United States	13	445 0.8×	153 0.4×	182 0.6×	221 0.9×	69 0.3×	23	669
Daniel Juhre Germany	13	195 0.4×	279 0.7×	97 0.3×	134 0.6×	84 0.4×	71	532
I. J. Rao United States	17	465 0.9×	139 0.4×	554 1.8×	291 1.2×	57 0.3×	34	1.1k
Yi-Chao Chen United States	14	371 0.7×	155 0.4×	438 1.4×	270 1.2×	102 0.5×	49	840
D. P. Jones United Kingdom	12	122 0.2×	306 0.8×	373 1.2×	233 1.0×	65 0.3×	49	777
H. F. Nied United States	18	110 0.2×	672 1.7×	95 0.3×	475 2.0×	156 0.8×	56	1.1k

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Ries, M., et al.. (2025). Deciphering elastoplastic properties from atomistic structure: Reactive coarse-grained MD for epoxies. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 145. 104196–104196.

Possart, Gunnar, et al.. (2025). Reactive coarse-grained MD models to capture interphase formation in epoxy-based structural adhesive joints. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 116. 105801–105801.

Mergheim, Julia, et al.. (2025). Testing, modelling and parameter identification for adhesively bonded joints under the combined influence of temperature and strain rate. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 40(5). 868–903.

Possart, Gunnar, et al.. (2024). Revealing the percolation–agglomeration transition in polymer nanocomposites via MD-informed continuum RVEs with elastoplastic interphases. Composites Part B Engineering. 281. 111477–111477. 3 indexed citations

Ries, M., et al.. (2022). A quantitative interphase model for polymer nanocomposites: Verification, validation, and consequences regarding size effects. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 161. 107094–107094. 23 indexed citations

Possart, Gunnar, et al.. (2022). A viscoelastic Mooney–Rivlin model for adhesive curing and first steps toward its calibration based on photoelasticity measurements. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 92(12). 3943–3965. 7 indexed citations

Mergheim, Julia, et al.. (2022). Testing, modelling, and parameter identification for adhesively bonded joints under the influence of temperature. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 37(16). 2285–2316. 3 indexed citations

Ries, M., Gunnar Possart, Paul Steinmann, & Sebastian Pfaller. (2021). A coupled MD-FE methodology to characterize mechanical interphases in polymeric nanocomposites. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 204. 106564–106564. 25 indexed citations

Pfaller, Sebastian, Gunnar Possart, Paul Steinmann, et al.. (2016). Investigation of interphase effects in silica-polystyrene nanocomposites based on a hybrid molecular-dynamics–finite-element simulation framework. Physical review. E. 93(5). 52505–52505. 25 indexed citations

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Pfaller, Sebastian, Mohammad Rahimi, Gunnar Possart, et al.. (2013). An Arlequin-based method to couple molecular dynamics and finite element simulations of amorphous polymers and nanocomposites. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 260. 109–129. 54 indexed citations

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Steinmann, Paul, Mokarram Hossain, & Gunnar Possart. (2012). Hyperelastic models for rubber-like materials: consistent tangent operators and suitability for Treloar’s data. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 82(9). 1183–1217. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rahimi, Mohammad, Hossein Ali Karimi‐Varzaneh, Michael C. Böhm, et al.. (2011). Nonperiodic stochastic boundary conditions for molecular dynamics simulations of materials embedded into a continuum mechanics domain. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 134(15). 154108–154108. 33 indexed citations

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Hossain, Mokarram, Gunnar Possart, & Paul Steinmann. (2010). A finite strain framework for the simulation of polymer curing. Part II. Viscoelasticity and shrinkage. Computational Mechanics. 46(3). 363–375. 42 indexed citations

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Hossain, Mokarram, Gunnar Possart, & Paul Steinmann. (2009). A finite strain framework for the simulation of polymer curing. Part I: elasticity. Computational Mechanics. 44(5). 621–630. 58 indexed citations

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Brodyanski, A., et al.. (2009). Chemical and structural characterisation of DGEBA-based epoxies by time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) as a preliminary to polymer interphase characterisation. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 393(8). 1879–1888. 3 indexed citations

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Hossain, Mokarram, Gunnar Possart, & Paul Steinmann. (2008). A small-strain model to simulate the curing of thermosets. Computational Mechanics. 43(6). 769–779. 76 indexed citations

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Possart, Gunnar, et al.. (2008). Micro–macro characterisation of DGEBA-based epoxies as a preliminary to polymer interphase modelling. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 29(5). 478–487. 30 indexed citations

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Hossain, Mokarram, Ralf Denzer, Gunnar Possart, & Paul Steinmann. (2007). On phenomenological and micro‐mechanical models in finite elasticity and viscoelasticity for rubber‐like materials. PAMM. 7(1). 4060051–4060052. 1 indexed citations

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Vu, Duc Khôi, Paul Steinmann, & Gunnar Possart. (2007). Numerical simulation of nonlinear electro‐elastostatics. PAMM. 7(1). 1090707–1090708. 1 indexed citations

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Vu, Duc Khôi, Paul Steinmann, & Gunnar Possart. (2006). Numerical modelling of non‐linear electroelasticity. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 70(6). 685–704. 164 indexed citations

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