Kai Willner

1.5k total citations
94 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Willner is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Willner has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Willner's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (35 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (26 papers) and Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (21 papers). Kai Willner is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (35 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (26 papers) and Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (21 papers). Kai Willner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Kai Willner's co-authors include Olivier Dulieu, F. Masnou-Seeuws, Barbara Wohlmuth, Hartmut Hetzler, Michael Hanss, Paul Steinmann, F. A. Gianturco, Sandro Wartzack, Christoph Schwingshackl and Loïc Salles and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Kai Willner

87 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Willner Germany 16 621 493 190 142 128 94 1.1k
Ling Wu Belgium 21 809 1.3× 267 0.5× 191 1.0× 86 0.6× 19 0.1× 92 1.3k
Massimo Guiggiani Italy 24 1.3k 2.1× 873 1.8× 397 2.1× 450 3.2× 296 2.3× 73 2.4k
S. Clénet France 19 127 0.2× 406 0.8× 97 0.5× 128 0.9× 33 0.3× 154 1.4k
Kumar Vemaganti United States 16 494 0.8× 141 0.3× 145 0.8× 72 0.5× 34 0.3× 45 964
Géry de Saxcé France 22 1.1k 1.7× 501 1.0× 329 1.7× 14 0.1× 109 0.9× 95 1.5k
G. C. Everstine United States 15 458 0.7× 180 0.4× 303 1.6× 59 0.4× 41 0.3× 40 1.1k
Qiang Gao China 19 470 0.8× 393 0.8× 425 2.2× 33 0.2× 27 0.2× 99 1.2k
J.O. Hallquist United States 17 789 1.3× 397 0.8× 348 1.8× 40 0.3× 68 0.5× 41 1.5k
A. Soom United States 18 499 0.8× 477 1.0× 211 1.1× 73 0.5× 243 1.9× 27 1.1k
Masataka TANAKA Japan 20 1.2k 1.9× 258 0.5× 432 2.3× 241 1.7× 16 0.1× 127 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Willner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2025). Overview of eXtended IsoGeometrical FEM for non-deterministic problems. Computational Mechanics.
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2023). The modal behaviour of a violin corpus. Journal of New Music Research. 52(2-3). 139–160. 1 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2023). Approaches for optimizing surrogate models considering uncertain parameters. PAMM. 22(1). 1 indexed citations
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Engel, Ulf, et al.. (2018). Investigation of the tribolgocal behaviour of microstructures for controlling the material flow in sheet-bulk metal forming. CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology. 22. 66–75. 3 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2017). Determination of material parameters for a sheet‐layered lamination stack. PAMM. 17(1). 393–394. 3 indexed citations
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Wartzack, Sandro, et al.. (2016). SIMULATION-BASED DEVELOPMENT OF PARETO-OPTIMIZED TAILORED BLANKS FOR THE USE WITHIN SHEET-BULK METAL FORMING. 291–300. 2 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2015). Development of a Constitutive Friction Law based on the Frictional Interaction of Rough Surfaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Xian, Kai Willner, & J. Oberst. (2013). Evolution of Phobos' Orbit, Tidal Forces, Dynamical Topography, and Related Surface Modification Processes. LPI. 1889. 4 indexed citations
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Segalman, Daniel J., Matthew R. W. Brake, Lawrence A. Bergman, Alexander F. Vakakis, & Kai Willner. (2013). Epistemic and Aleatoric Uncertainty in Modeling. 8 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2011). Numerical simulation of friction in metal forming using a halfspace model. AIP conference proceedings. 1741–1746. 3 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (2011). Identification of orthotropic plastic material parameters for deep-drawing steel using DIC and FEMU. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 241–250. 1 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai. (2009). Constitutive Contact Laws in Structural Dynamics. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 48(3). 303–336. 7 indexed citations
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Selvadurai, A. P. S., Kai Willner, & Lothar Gaul. (2005). On frictionally constrained wing-cracks. Archives of Mechanics. 57. 189–207. 2 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai. (2001). Surface Models For Contact Laws. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 32. 3 indexed citations
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Selvadurai, A. P. S., Kai Willner, & Lothar Gaul. (2001). On The Indentation Of A Membrane Reinforced Elastic Halfspace: Analytical And Computational Approaches. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 32. 2 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai. (1997). Elasto-plastic Contact Of Rough Surfaces. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 14. 2 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (1970). A Penalty Approach For Contact Description ByFEM Based On Interface Physics. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 7. 15 indexed citations
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Selvadurai, A. P. S., Lothar Gaul, & Kai Willner. (1970). Indentation Of A Functionally Graded Elastic Solid:Application Of An Adhesively Bonded Plate Model. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 24. 4 indexed citations
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Willner, Kai, et al.. (1970). Mode Lock-in And Friction Modelling. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 24. 4 indexed citations

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