Hans De Backer

1.3k total citations
124 papers, 940 citations indexed

About

Hans De Backer is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans De Backer has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 940 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 30 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Hans De Backer's work include Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (25 papers), Fatigue and fracture mechanics (23 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (21 papers). Hans De Backer is often cited by papers focused on Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (25 papers), Fatigue and fracture mechanics (23 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (21 papers). Hans De Backer collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, China and Ethiopia. Hans De Backer's co-authors include Philippe Van Bogaert, Timothy Nuttens, Airong Chen, Alain De Wulf, Cornelis Stal, Tamene Adugna Demissie, Wouter De Corte, Zain Ul-Abdin, Ali Pirdavani and Tom Brijs and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Construction and Building Materials and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Hans De Backer

106 papers receiving 901 citations

Peers

Hans De Backer
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  • Civil and Structural Engineering 531
  • Mechanics of Materials 271
  • Mechanical Engineering 251
  • Building and Construction 162
  • Geology 132
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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans De Backer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans De Backer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans De Backer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans De Backer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hans De Backer. Hans De Backer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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An XFem based homogenization approach on crack propagation in welded joints
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Crack propagation in a stiffener-to-deckplate connection of an orthotropic steel bridge deck
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Experiences with SHM for large civil structures
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Numerical and experimental assessment of thermal stresses in steel box girders
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Early fatigue damage and repair of steel orthotropic plated bridge deck
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The slope deflection method for orthotropic plated bridge decks
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Efficiency-assessment of CFRP-laminate Reinforcement of Partly Deficient post-tensioned Fly-over
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The use of dispersion layers to reduce the fatigue damage in orthotropic steel bridge decks
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