Michel Destrade

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Michel Destrade is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Destrade has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 64 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michel Destrade's work include Elasticity and Material Modeling (81 papers), Elasticity and Wave Propagation (31 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (27 papers). Michel Destrade is often cited by papers focused on Elasticity and Material Modeling (81 papers), Elasticity and Wave Propagation (31 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (27 papers). Michel Destrade collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, France and Italy. Michel Destrade's co-authors include Michael D. Gilchrist, Badar Rashid, Ray W. Ogden, Giuseppe Saccomandi, Aisling Ní Annaidh, Mélanie Otténio, Karine Bruyère-Garnier, Weiqiu Chen, Artur L. Gower and Jeremiah G. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Michel Destrade

138 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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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.

Characterization of the anisotropic mechanical properties of excised human skin

2011 565 citations Aisling Ní Annaidh, Karine Bruyère-Garnier et al. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials profile →
Mechanical characterization of brain tissue in compression at dynamic strain rates

2012 344 citations Badar Rashid, Michel Destrade et al. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michel Destrade Ireland	38	3.2k	1.6k	968	798	659	144	4.8k
Edoardo Mazza Switzerland	44	2.8k 0.9×	844 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	412 0.5×	930 1.4×	225	6.2k
Sanjay Govindjee United States	35	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	829 0.9×	211 0.3×	1.2k 1.9×	104	5.5k
J.A.W. van Dommelen Netherlands	31	1.1k 0.4×	790 0.5×	868 0.9×	765 1.0×	143 0.2×	118	3.5k
H. Zahouani France	39	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	164 0.2×	174 0.3×	173	5.3k
Guy M. Genin United States	54	3.8k 1.2×	536 0.3×	654 0.7×	888 1.1×	215 0.3×	204	8.7k
Jörg Schröder Germany	33	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 1.6×	837 0.9×	159 0.2×	647 1.0×	238	4.5k
Ashkan Vaziri United States	47	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	4.3k 4.4×	415 0.5×	1.5k 2.2×	144	7.2k
Anne Hoger United States	27	2.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	563 0.6×	198 0.2×	248 0.4×	43	3.2k
Marcelo Epstein Canada	30	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	453 0.5×	276 0.3×	447 0.7×	165	3.9k
Christian J. Cyron Germany	30	1.0k 0.3×	821 0.5×	495 0.5×	233 0.3×	311 0.5×	89	2.9k

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Fu, Yibin, et al.. (2025). Wrinkling instability of 3D auxetic bilayers in tension. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 204. 106301–106301.

Destrade, Michel, et al.. (2025). Electro-mechanical wrinkling of soft dielectric films bonded to hyperelastic substrates. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 209. 106490–106490.

Gower, Artur L., Tom Shearer, Pasquale Ciarletta, & Michel Destrade. (2025). The elastic stored energy of initially strained, or stressed, materials: restrictions and third-order expansions. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 481(2307). 1 indexed citations

Wu, Bin, et al.. (2024). Voltage-controlled non-axisymmetric vibrations of soft electro-active tubes with strain-stiffening effect. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 290. 112671–112671. 9 indexed citations

Destrade, Michel, et al.. (2024). A Gaussian process approach for rapid evaluation of skin tension. Acta Biomaterialia. 182. 54–66. 4 indexed citations

Rahmanian, Sasan, et al.. (2023). Local and global dynamics of a functionally graded dielectric elastomer plate. International Journal of Engineering Science. 195. 103987–103987. 4 indexed citations

Price, Susan, et al.. (2023). Analysis of In Vivo Skin Anisotropy Using Elastic Wave Measurements and Bayesian Modelling. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 51(8). 1781–1794. 7 indexed citations

Li, Guo‐Yang, Artur L. Gower, Michel Destrade, & Seok‐Hyun Yun. (2022). Non-destructive mapping of stress and strain in soft thin films through sound waves. Communications Physics. 5(1). 6 indexed citations

Réméniéras, Jean-Pierre, et al.. (2021). Acousto-elasticity of transversely isotropic incompressible soft tissues: characterization of skeletal striated muscle. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 66(14). 145009–145009. 18 indexed citations

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Su, Yipin, Ray W. Ogden, & Michel Destrade. (2020). Bending control and stability of functionally graded dielectric elastomers. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 43. 101162–101162. 5 indexed citations

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Righi, Michele, et al.. (2020). Stability analysis of charge-controlled soft dielectric plates. ARAN (University of Galway Research Repository) (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway). 15 indexed citations

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Dorfmann, Luis, et al.. (2020). Electro-elastic Lamb waves in dielectric plates. ARAN (University of Galway Research Repository) (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway). 11 indexed citations

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Destrade, Michel, et al.. (2017). Wrinkles in the opening angle method. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 122-123. 189–195. 7 indexed citations

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Zurlo, Giuseppe, et al.. (2017). Catastrophic Thinning of Dielectric Elastomers. Physical Review Letters. 118(7). 78001–78001. 77 indexed citations

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Nolan, David R., Artur L. Gower, Michel Destrade, Ray W. Ogden, & Patrick McGarry. (2014). A robust anisotropic hyperelastic formulation for the modelling of soft tissue. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 39. 48–60. 179 indexed citations

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Annaidh, Aisling Ní, Marie Cassidy, Michael J. Curtis, Michel Destrade, & Michael D. Gilchrist. (2013). A combined experimental and numerical study of stab-penetration forces. Forensic Science International. 233(1-3). 7–13. 32 indexed citations

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Rashid, Badar, Michel Destrade, & Michael D. Gilchrist. (2013). Mechanical characterization of brain tissue in simple shear at dynamic strain rates. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 28. 71–85. 154 indexed citations

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Rashid, Badar, Michel Destrade, & Michael D. Gilchrist. (2012). Mechanical characterization of brain tissue in tension at dynamic strain rates. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 33. 43–54. 178 indexed citations

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Annaidh, Aisling Ní, Karine Bruyère-Garnier, Michel Destrade, Michael D. Gilchrist, & Mélanie Otténio. (2011). Characterization of the anisotropic mechanical properties of excised human skin. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 5(1). 139–148. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Destrade, Michel, Aisling Ní Annaidh, & Ciprian D. Coman. (2009). Bending instabilities of soft biological tissues. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 46(25-26). 4322–4330. 80 indexed citations

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