Ken Kamrin

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ken Kamrin is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Kamrin has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Computational Mechanics, 29 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 21 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Ken Kamrin's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (44 papers), Landslides and related hazards (29 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (18 papers). Ken Kamrin is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (44 papers), Landslides and related hazards (29 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (18 papers). Ken Kamrin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Ken Kamrin's co-authors include David L. Henann, Martin Z. Bazant, Chris H. Rycroft, Seong-Min Kim, Howard A. Stone, Hesam Askari, Daniel I. Goldman, Eran Bouchbinder, Georg Koval and Jean‐Christophe Nave and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ken Kamrin

71 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Grain shape effects in bed load sediment transport 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 20 40 60
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Grain shape effects in bed load sediment transport
    2023 70 citations Eric Deal, Jeremy G. Venditti et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ken Kamrin United States 28 1.8k 941 581 433 344 78 2.5k
Pierre Jop France 12 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 406 0.7× 168 0.4× 319 0.9× 22 2.1k
François Chevoir France 24 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 650 1.1× 353 0.8× 440 1.3× 43 2.6k
Christoph Kloss Austria 14 2.1k 1.2× 488 0.5× 648 1.1× 257 0.6× 166 0.5× 30 2.9k
Otis R. Walton United States 19 1.5k 0.8× 466 0.5× 510 0.9× 282 0.7× 222 0.6× 49 2.0k
Masami Nakagawa United States 23 1.1k 0.6× 395 0.4× 451 0.8× 286 0.7× 289 0.8× 200 2.1k
Thomas Weinhart Netherlands 22 1.2k 0.7× 607 0.6× 339 0.6× 138 0.3× 218 0.6× 68 1.5k
Michel Louge United States 27 2.0k 1.1× 792 0.8× 217 0.4× 175 0.4× 349 1.0× 83 2.6k
K. M. Hill United States 26 1.4k 0.7× 760 0.8× 326 0.6× 117 0.3× 417 1.2× 62 1.9k
Antoinette Tordesillas Australia 29 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 2.2× 1.1k 2.5× 446 1.3× 120 3.2k
Thomas Schwager Germany 18 1.4k 0.8× 288 0.3× 303 0.5× 306 0.7× 471 1.4× 27 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Kamrin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Kamrin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Kamrin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Kamrin 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 Ken Kamrin. Ken Kamrin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kamrin, Ken, et al.. (2025). Unified Eulerian method for fluid-immersed self- and multi-body solid contact. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 437. 117745–117745. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Wei, et al.. (2025). A Study Demonstrating That Using Gravitational Offset to Prepare Extraterrestrial Mobility Missions Is Misleading. Journal of Field Robotics. 42(7). 3772–3794. 1 indexed citations
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Yue, Yonghao, et al.. (2025). A hybrid discrete and continuum framework for multiscale modeling of granular media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 441. 117936–117936.
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Kamrin, Ken, et al.. (2025). Transient stress and fabric model for quasi-static granular flows in three dimensions. Soft Matter. 21(15). 2896–2908.
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Kamrin, Ken, et al.. (2023). A mechanically-derived contact model for adhesive elastic-perfectly plastic particles, Part II: Contact under high compaction—modeling a bulk elastic response. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 183. 105493–105493. 4 indexed citations
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Ramadi, Khalil B., Sahab Babaee, Keiko Ishida, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired, ingestible electroceutical capsules for hunger-regulating hormone modulation. Science Robotics. 8(77). eade9676–eade9676. 37 indexed citations
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Hu, Wei, et al.. (2022). Traction control design for off-road mobility using an SPH-DAE cosimulation framework. Multibody System Dynamics. 55(1-2). 165–188. 13 indexed citations
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Yue, Yonghao, et al.. (2021). Hybrid discrete-continuum modeling of shear localization in granular media. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 153. 104404–104404. 16 indexed citations
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Schiebel, Perrin, Henry C. Astley, Jennifer M. Rieser, et al.. (2020). Mitigating memory effects during undulatory locomotion on hysteretic materials. eLife. 9. 34 indexed citations
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Kim, Seong-Min & Ken Kamrin. (2020). Power-Law Scaling in Granular Rheology across Flow Geometries. Physical Review Letters. 125(8). 88002–88002. 78 indexed citations
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Benavides, Santiago, Eric Deal, J. Taylor Perron, et al.. (2019). Multiplicative noise and intermittency in bedload sediment transport. 2 indexed citations
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Senatore, Carmine, et al.. (2019). Modeling of the interaction of rigid wheels with dry granular media. Journal of Terramechanics. 85. 1–14. 44 indexed citations
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Deal, Eric, et al.. (2018). Direct comparison of bedload transport in flume experiments and numerical simulations. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11567. 1 indexed citations
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Askari, Hesam & Ken Kamrin. (2016). Intrusion rheology in grains and other flowable materials. Nature Materials. 15(12). 1274–1279. 70 indexed citations
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Kamrin, Ken. (2016). Cracks by design. Nature Materials. 16(1). 8–9. 4 indexed citations
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Henann, David L., et al.. (2015). Continuum modeling of secondary rheology in slow granular flows. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Henann, David L. & Ken Kamrin. (2014). Continuum Modeling of Secondary Rheology in Dense Granular Materials. Physical Review Letters. 113(17). 178001–178001. 67 indexed citations
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Valenza, John J., David Linton Johnson, David L. Henann, & Ken Kamrin. (2013). Small-amplitude acoustics in bulk granular media. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, Ken Kamrin, & Jean‐Christophe Nave. (2009). An Eulerian Numerical Method for Fluid-Solid Interaction. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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