Lourens G. Blok

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 884 citations indexed

About

Lourens G. Blok is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lourens G. Blok has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 884 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Automotive Engineering, 5 papers in Building and Construction and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lourens G. Blok's work include Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (5 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (5 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (4 papers). Lourens G. Blok is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (5 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (5 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (4 papers). Lourens G. Blok collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Netherlands. Lourens G. Blok's co-authors include Marco L. Longana, Benjamin Woods, HaNa Yu, Ian Hamerton, Dmitry Ivanov, Christos Kassapoglou, Carwyn Ward, James Kratz, D. Lukaszewicz and Thomas R. Pozegic and has published in prestigious journals such as Composite Structures, Materials and Additive manufacturing.

In The Last Decade

Lourens G. Blok

10 papers receiving 854 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.

An investigation into 3D printing of fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites

2018 694 citations Lourens G. Blok, Marco L. Longana et al. Additive manufacturing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lourens G. Blok United Kingdom	5	763	382	329	283	246	11	884
Eduardo Barocio United States	10	994 1.3×	408 1.1×	406 1.2×	454 1.6×	328 1.3×	34	1.2k
Seymur Hasanov United States	14	623 0.8×	273 0.7×	238 0.7×	310 1.1×	206 0.8×	21	795
Thiago Assis Dutra Portugal	9	664 0.9×	300 0.8×	268 0.8×	207 0.7×	280 1.1×	20	844
Kavita Mathur United States	11	576 0.8×	391 1.0×	244 0.7×	187 0.7×	161 0.7×	45	850
Ankit Gupta United States	14	604 0.8×	268 0.7×	228 0.7×	328 1.2×	204 0.8×	26	810
Bastian Brenken United States	6	716 0.9×	307 0.8×	294 0.9×	295 1.0×	210 0.9×	7	771
J.N. Barry Ireland	5	573 0.8×	332 0.9×	235 0.7×	198 0.7×	237 1.0×	7	714
Guillermo Reyes Spain	12	669 0.9×	214 0.6×	320 1.0×	397 1.4×	266 1.1×	25	911
Rafael Thiago Luiz Ferreira Brazil	14	770 1.0×	354 0.9×	303 0.9×	269 1.0×	305 1.2×	21	999

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Kong, Kyungil, Lourens G. Blok, Marco L. Longana, et al.. (2023). Experimental and hydrodynamic methods to determine aqueous dispersion of discontinuous reclaimed carbon fibres. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites. 43(11-12). 694–709. 1 indexed citations

Blok, Lourens G., et al.. (2021). Fused Deposition Modelling of Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites: A Parametric Review. Journal of Composites Science. 5(1). 29–29. 105 indexed citations

Blok, Lourens G., Marco L. Longana, & Benjamin Woods. (2020). Fabrication and Characterisation of Aligned Discontinuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics as Feedstock Material for Fused Filament Fabrication. Materials. 13(20). 4671–4671. 30 indexed citations

Blok, Lourens G., HaNa Yu, Marco L. Longana, & Benjamin Woods. (2020). Development of discontinuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic feedstocks for high performance 3D printing. Explore Bristol Research. 1 indexed citations

Aravindan, P., Marco L. Longana, Lourens G. Blok, et al.. (2020). Remanufacturing of Woven Carbon Fibre Fabric Production Waste into High Performance Aligned Discontinuous Fibre Composites. Journal of Composites Science. 4(2). 68–68. 22 indexed citations

Blok, Lourens G., Marco L. Longana, HaNa Yu, & Benjamin Woods. (2018). An investigation into 3D printing of fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites. Additive manufacturing. 22. 176–186. 694 indexed citations breakdown →

Blok, Lourens G.. (2017). 3D PRINTED COMPOSITES � BENCHMARKING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 4 indexed citations

Lukaszewicz, D., Lourens G. Blok, James Kratz, Carwyn Ward, & Christos Kassapoglou. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of full scale impact test on fibre-reinforced plastic sandwich structure for automotive crashworthiness. 3(2/3/4). 339–339. 1 indexed citations

Kassapoglou, Christos, James Kratz, Carwyn Ward, Lourens G. Blok, & D. Lukaszewicz. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of full scale impact test on fibre-reinforced plastic sandwich structure for automotive crashworthiness. 3(2/3/4). 339–339. 1 indexed citations

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Blok, Lourens G., et al.. (2016). Improvement of the in-plane crushing response of CFRP sandwich panels by through-thickness reinforcements. Composite Structures. 161. 15–22. 25 indexed citations

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Lukaszewicz, D., Lourens G. Blok, James Kratz, Carwyn Ward, & Christos Kassapoglou. (2016). Application of fibre reinforced plastic sandwich structures for automotive crashworthiness applications. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology).

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