Luciano Afferrante

2.7k total citations
88 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Luciano Afferrante is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luciano Afferrante has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 53 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Luciano Afferrante's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (73 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (33 papers) and Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (29 papers). Luciano Afferrante is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (73 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (33 papers) and Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (29 papers). Luciano Afferrante collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Luciano Afferrante's co-authors include Giuseppe Carbone, G. Demelio, M. Ciavarella, Giuseppe Carbone, Carmine Putignano, Guido Violano, Nicola Menga, Nicola M. Pugno, Antoine Chateauminois and J. R. Barber and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Biomechanics and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Luciano Afferrante

86 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luciano Afferrante Italy 26 1.5k 975 403 247 235 88 1.8k
G. Demelio Italy 24 1.4k 0.9× 998 1.0× 331 0.8× 126 0.5× 93 0.4× 58 1.6k
Michele Scaraggi Italy 25 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 237 0.6× 70 0.3× 330 1.4× 62 2.0k
M. Barquins France 25 1.8k 1.2× 544 0.6× 722 1.8× 76 0.3× 200 0.9× 71 2.6k
Y. Kligerman Israel 28 3.4k 2.3× 4.0k 4.1× 431 1.1× 163 0.7× 81 0.3× 64 4.9k
Matthijn de Rooij Netherlands 25 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 107 0.3× 122 0.5× 58 0.2× 144 2.2k
Lior Kogut United States 18 2.2k 1.5× 1.7k 1.7× 525 1.3× 97 0.4× 27 0.1× 28 2.6k
Bart Raeymaekers United States 27 711 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 141 0.3× 371 1.5× 46 0.2× 98 2.1k
Eckhard Beyer Germany 24 402 0.3× 1.5k 1.6× 92 0.2× 247 1.0× 70 0.3× 166 2.2k
Jean‐Charles Stinville United States 37 1.8k 1.2× 2.5k 2.6× 149 0.4× 141 0.6× 57 0.2× 91 3.7k
Yueguang Wei China 25 1.4k 0.9× 941 1.0× 221 0.5× 47 0.2× 66 0.3× 104 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luciano Afferrante

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All Works

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Violano, Guido, G. Demelio, & Luciano Afferrante. (2025). Sliding Viscoelastic Contacts: Reciprocating Adhesive Contact Mechanics and Hysteretic Loss. Tribology Letters. 73(1). 1 indexed citations
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Violano, Guido, et al.. (2025). Finite deformations induce friction hysteresis in normal wavy contacts. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 291-292. 110115–110115. 2 indexed citations
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Violano, Guido, et al.. (2025). Contact area shrinkage and increase in wavy frictional sliding contacts. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 206. 106389–106389.
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Violano, Guido, et al.. (2024). Adhesive contact mechanics of bio-inspired pillars: Exploring hysteresis and detachment modes. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 134. 103768–103768. 4 indexed citations
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Violano, Guido, et al.. (2024). Role of viscoelasticity in the adhesion of mushroom-shaped pillars. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 19(6). 66006–66006. 2 indexed citations
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Violano, Guido, et al.. (2023). Crack propagation in viscoelastic finite-sized solids: theory and experiments. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 1275(1). 12043–12043. 3 indexed citations
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Violano, Guido, et al.. (2023). Effect of roughness small scales on the adhesion of randomly rough surfaces with high fractal dimension. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 1275(1). 12024–12024. 3 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano, Giuseppe Carbone, Carmine Putignano, Guido Violano, & G. Demelio. (2022). Thermoelastic effects in the contact mechanics of 1D+1D rough profiles. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 253. 111635–111635. 2 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano, Carmine Putignano, Nicola Menga, & Giuseppe Carbone. (2019). Friction in rough contacts of linear viscoelastic surfaces with anisotropic statistical properties. The European Physical Journal E. 42(6). 80–80. 15 indexed citations
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Violano, Guido, G. Demelio, & Luciano Afferrante. (2019). A note on the effect of surface topography on adhesion of hard elastic rough bodies with low surface energy. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 28(1). 8–12. 11 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano & Giuseppe Carbone. (2017). Effect of drop volume and surface statistics on the superhydrophobicity of randomly rough substrates. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 30(4). 45001–45001. 10 indexed citations
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Menga, Nicola, Luciano Afferrante, & Giuseppe Carbone. (2016). Adhesive and adhesiveless contact mechanics of elastic layers on slightly wavy rigid substrates. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 88-89. 101–109. 46 indexed citations
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Putignano, Carmine, Luciano Afferrante, L. Mangialardi, & Giuseppe Carbone. (2014). Equilibrium states and stability of pre-tensioned adhesive tapes. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 5. 1725–1731. 12 indexed citations
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Weltert, Luca, Marco D. de Tullio, Luciano Afferrante, et al.. (2013). Annular dilatation and loss of sino-tubular junction in aneurysmatic aorta: implications on leaflet quality at the time of surgery. A finite element study†. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 17(1). 8–12. 5 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano, Giuseppe Carbone, & G. Demelio. (2011). Interacting and coalescing Hertzian asperities: A new multiasperity contact model. Wear. 278-279. 28–33. 87 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano & Giuseppe Carbone. (2010). Microstructured superhydrorepellent surfaces: effect of drop pressure on fakir-state stability and apparent contact angles. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(32). 325107–325107. 34 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano. (2008). Winkler partial slip solution for harmonic oscillations in steady rolling contact problems. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 45(22-23). 5962–5971. 3 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano & M. Ciavarella. (2006). A note on thermoelastodynamic instability (TEDI) for a 1D elastic layer: Force control. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(5). 1380–1390. 12 indexed citations
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Afferrante, Luciano, et al.. (2005). Is Weibull’s modulus really a material constant? Example case with interacting collinear cracks. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 43(17). 5147–5157. 67 indexed citations
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Ciavarella, M., Lars Johansson, Luciano Afferrante, Anders Klarbring, & J. R. Barber. (2003). Interaction of thermal contact resistance and frictional heating in thermoelastic instability. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 40(21). 5583–5597. 35 indexed citations

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