Mark Kachanov

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
177 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Mark Kachanov is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Kachanov has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 28 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mark Kachanov's work include Composite Material Mechanics (86 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (60 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (58 papers). Mark Kachanov is often cited by papers focused on Composite Material Mechanics (86 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (60 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (58 papers). Mark Kachanov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Netherlands. Mark Kachanov's co-authors include Igor Sevostianov, Boris Shafiro, Colin M. Sayers, Igor Tsukrov, E. Karapetian, Vladimir Grechka, Sergei V. Kalinin, A. Chudnovsky, Lev Vernik and Giovanni Bruno and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Mark Kachanov

175 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Effective Elastic Properties of Cracked Solids: Critical ... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1992 1995 1987 200 400 600
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. Effective Elastic Properties of Cracked Solids: Critical Review of Some Basic Concepts
    1992 680 citations Mark Kachanov profile →
  2. Microcrack‐induced elastic wave anisotropy of brittle rocks
    1995 459 citations Mark Kachanov et al. profile →
  3. Elastic solids with many cracks: A simple method of analysis
    1987 418 citations Mark Kachanov International Journal of Solids and Structures profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Kachanov United States 47 6.3k 1.7k 1.6k 1.4k 1.0k 177 8.5k
Igor Sevostianov United States 38 4.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 418 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 517 0.5× 258 5.8k
Jianmin Qu United States 56 7.1k 1.1× 3.8k 2.2× 438 0.3× 2.4k 1.7× 1.9k 1.9× 292 10.3k
Bernard Budiansky United States 41 8.1k 1.3× 3.5k 2.0× 2.3k 1.4× 2.0k 1.4× 2.2k 2.1× 95 12.0k
D. M. Barnett United States 41 4.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 342 0.2× 2.2k 1.5× 660 0.6× 131 7.4k
Jean‐Jacques Marigo France 33 10.3k 1.6× 2.2k 1.2× 348 0.2× 2.6k 1.8× 1.5k 1.4× 126 11.8k
Ares J. Rosakis United States 53 5.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.5× 2.4k 1.4× 3.3k 2.3× 1.8k 1.8× 244 9.9k
Michel Bornert France 40 3.4k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 295 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 151 6.2k
J.R. Willis United Kingdom 52 7.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 503 0.3× 3.0k 2.1× 1.2k 1.2× 193 11.4k
Jean‐François Molinari Switzerland 47 4.4k 0.7× 2.4k 1.4× 460 0.3× 2.3k 1.6× 994 1.0× 183 6.6k
S. I. Rokhlin United States 42 4.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 507 0.3× 741 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 174 5.6k

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All Works

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Семенов, А. С., et al.. (2024). Influence of material anisotropy on the mechanics of surface damage. International Journal of Engineering Science. 198. 104025–104025. 4 indexed citations
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Stefaniuk, Damian & Mark Kachanov. (2024). On the effective properties of random microstructures and cross-property connections for them. International Journal of Engineering Science. 199. 104061–104061. 2 indexed citations
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Kachanov, Mark & Ivan Argatov. (2023). The elasticity-conductivity connection for materials with cracks of arbitrary shapes and orientation distributions. International Journal of Engineering Science. 193. 103958–103958. 4 indexed citations
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Stefaniuk, Damian & Mark Kachanov. (2023). Voigt-Reuss and Hashin-Shtrikman bounds revisited. International Journal of Engineering Science. 191. 103903–103903. 19 indexed citations
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Мишакин, В. В., et al.. (2020). On monitoring the incubation stage of stress corrosion cracking in steel by the eddy current method. International Journal of Engineering Science. 148. 103212–103212. 17 indexed citations
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Мишакин, В. В., et al.. (2020). Prediction of fatigue life of metastable austenitic steel by a combination of acoustic and eddy current data. International Journal of Fatigue. 141. 105846–105846. 12 indexed citations
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Trofimov, Anton, Borys Drach, Mark Kachanov, & Igor Sevostianov. (2017). Effect of a partial contact between the crack faces on its contribution to overall material compliance and resistivity. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 108. 289–297. 17 indexed citations
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Sevostianov, Igor, Mark Kachanov, & Borys Drach. (2014). On the effect of interactions of inhomogeneities on the overall elastic and conductive properties. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 51(25-26). 4531–4543. 11 indexed citations
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Sevostianov, Igor & Mark Kachanov. (2012). Is the concept of “average shape” legitimate, for a mixture of inclusions of diverse shapes?. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 49(23-24). 3242–3254. 31 indexed citations
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Sevostianov, Igor & Mark Kachanov. (2011). Elastic fields generated by inhomogeneities: Far-field asymptotics, its shape dependence and relation to the effective elastic properties. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 48(16-17). 2340–2348. 45 indexed citations
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Vernik, Lev & Mark Kachanov. (2010). Modeling elastic properties of siliciclastic rocks. Geophysics. 75(6). E171–E182. 94 indexed citations
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Mear, Mark E., Igor Sevostianov, & Mark Kachanov. (2007). Elastic compliances of non-flat cracks. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(20). 6412–6427. 44 indexed citations
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Grechka, Vladimir & Mark Kachanov. (2006). Effective elasticity of rocks with closely spaced and intersecting cracks. Geophysics. 71(3). D85–D91. 126 indexed citations
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Grechka, Vladimir, Ivan Vasconcelos, & Mark Kachanov. (2006). The influence of crack shape on the effective elasticity of fractured rocks. Geophysics. 71(5). D153–D160. 51 indexed citations
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Grechka, Vladimir & Mark Kachanov. (2006). Seismic characterization of multiple fracture sets: Does orthotropy suffice?. Geophysics. 71(3). D93–D105. 52 indexed citations
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Grechka, Vladimir & Mark Kachanov. (2006). Effective elasticity of fractured rocks: A snapshot of the work in progress. Geophysics. 71(6). W45–W58. 118 indexed citations
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Grechka, Vladimir & Mark Kachanov. (2006). Effective elasticity of fractured rocks. The Leading Edge. 25(2). 152–155. 16 indexed citations
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Kalinin, Sergei V., et al.. (2004). Nanoelectromechanics of Piezoresponse Microscopy: Contact Properties, Fields below the Surface and Polarization Switching. APS. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Kachanov, Mark. (1986). Elastic Interactions of a Crack with Damage and Associated Energy Release Rates.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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