Ivan F. M. Menezes

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ivan F. M. Menezes is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan F. M. Menezes has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 16 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 15 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Ivan F. M. Menezes's work include Topology Optimization in Engineering (19 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (11 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (10 papers). Ivan F. M. Menezes is often cited by papers focused on Topology Optimization in Engineering (19 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (11 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (10 papers). Ivan F. M. Menezes collaborates with scholars based in Brazil and United States. Ivan F. M. Menezes's co-authors include Gláucio H. Paulino, Anderson Pereira, Cameron Talischi, Márcio S. Carvalho, Oliver Giraldo-Londoño, Eduardo Nobre Lages, Marcelo Gattass, Subrata Mukherjee, Arun L. Gain and Luiz Fernando Martha and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Ivan F. M. Menezes

37 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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PolyMesher: a general-purpose mesh generator for polygonal elements written in Matlab

2012 479 citations Cameron Talischi, Gláucio H. Paulino et al. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ivan F. M. Menezes Brazil	18	968	730	684	479	217	38	1.6k
Anderson Pereira Brazil	12	819 0.8×	656 0.9×	580 0.8×	408 0.9×	166 0.8×	23	1.3k
Cameron Talischi United States	11	994 1.0×	541 0.7×	851 1.2×	459 1.0×	264 1.2×	16	1.5k
Anton Evgrafov Denmark	18	442 0.5×	697 1.0×	388 0.6×	451 0.9×	122 0.6×	53	1.2k
Charles Dapogny France	19	455 0.5×	958 1.3×	376 0.5×	538 1.1×	42 0.2×	37	1.4k
Antônio André Novotny Brazil	23	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	222 0.3×	807 1.7×	83 0.4×	98	1.8k
J. Parvizian Iran	14	829 0.9×	207 0.3×	898 1.3×	154 0.3×	255 1.2×	39	1.4k
Elena Atroshchenko Australia	22	1.2k 1.2×	630 0.9×	770 1.1×	92 0.2×	202 0.9×	65	2.1k
Jie Gao China	25	1.1k 1.2×	1.5k 2.1×	486 0.7×	395 0.8×	67 0.3×	80	2.1k
Thomas Borrvall Sweden	8	567 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	249 0.4×	690 1.4×	65 0.3×	12	1.4k
Martin Ruess Germany	26	1.3k 1.3×	366 0.5×	1.6k 2.3×	251 0.5×	198 0.9×	53	2.1k

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Menezes, Ivan F. M., et al.. (2025). Topology optimization of thick–thin plate structures considering local stress constraints. Engineering With Computers. 41(4). 2443–2459.

Menezes, Ivan F. M., et al.. (2023). Topology optimization with local stress constraints and continuously varying load direction and magnitude: towards practical applications. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 479(2271). 5 indexed citations

Teixeira, Rodolfo S., et al.. (2022). Type-1 and singleton fuzzy logic system binary classifier trained by BFGS optimization method. Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making. 22(1). 149–168. 2 indexed citations

Pereira, Anderson, et al.. (2022). On the virtual element method for topology optimization of non-Newtonian fluid-flow problems. Engineering With Computers. 38(6). 5445–5466. 6 indexed citations

Menezes, Ivan F. M., et al.. (2021). Bayesian optimization of riser configurations. Ocean Engineering. 236. 109402–109402. 10 indexed citations

Menezes, Ivan F. M., et al.. (2020). An extension of the type-1 and singleton fuzzy logic system trained by scaled conjugate gradient methods for multiclass classification problems. Neurocomputing. 411. 149–163. 4 indexed citations

Giraldo-Londoño, Oliver, et al.. (2020). Topology optimization with local stress constraints: a stress aggregation-free approach. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 62(4). 1639–1668. 77 indexed citations

Menezes, Ivan F. M., et al.. (2019). Return-mapping algorithms for associative isotropic hardening plasticity using conic optimization. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 78. 724–748. 14 indexed citations

Menezes, Ivan F. M., et al.. (2018). Topology Optimization for Fluid Flow Problems using the Virtual Element Method. 36(45). 2037–2046. 1 indexed citations

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Pereira, Anderson, Cameron Talischi, Gláucio H. Paulino, Ivan F. M. Menezes, & Márcio S. Carvalho. (2016). Fluid flow topology optimization in PolyTop: stability and computational implementation. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 54(5). 1345–1364. 43 indexed citations

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Pereira, Anderson, et al.. (2015). Robust Topology Optimization under Uncertain Loads - A Spectral Stochastic Approach. Anais do ... Congresso Ibero-Latino-Americano de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia. 2 indexed citations

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Gain, Arun L., et al.. (2015). Topology optimization using polytopes. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 293. 411–430. 66 indexed citations

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Beghini, Lauren L., et al.. (2013). An object-oriented framework for finite element analysis based on a compact topological data structure. Advances in Engineering Software. 68. 40–48. 10 indexed citations

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Talischi, Cameron, Anderson Pereira, Gláucio H. Paulino, Ivan F. M. Menezes, & Márcio S. Carvalho. (2013). Polygonal finite elements for incompressible fluid flow. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 74(2). 134–151. 61 indexed citations

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Talischi, Cameron, Gláucio H. Paulino, Anderson Pereira, & Ivan F. M. Menezes. (2012). PolyMesher: a general-purpose mesh generator for polygonal elements written in Matlab. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 45(3). 309–328. 479 indexed citations breakdown →

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Talischi, Cameron, Gláucio H. Paulino, Anderson Pereira, & Ivan F. M. Menezes. (2012). PolyTop: a Matlab implementation of a general topology optimization framework using unstructured polygonal finite element meshes. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 45(3). 329–357. 234 indexed citations

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Pereira, Anderson, Cameron Talischi, Ivan F. M. Menezes, & Gláucio H. Paulino. (2010). Checkerboard-Free Topology Optimization Using Polygonal Finite Elements. 29(15). 1525–1534. 2 indexed citations

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Figueiredo, Fábio P., et al.. (2010). The influence of bending and shear stiffness and rotational inertia in vibrations of cables: An analytical approach. Engineering Structures. 33(3). 689–695. 18 indexed citations

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Talischi, Cameron, Gláucio H. Paulino, Anderson Pereira, & Ivan F. M. Menezes. (2009). Polygonal finite elements for topology optimization: A unifying paradigm. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 82(6). 671–698. 139 indexed citations

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Paulino, Gláucio H., Ivan F. M. Menezes, Marcelo Gattass, & Subrata Mukherjee. (1994). Node and element resequencing using the Laplacian of a finite element graph: Part I—General concepts and algorithm. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 37(9). 1511–1530. 47 indexed citations

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