Mohammad Silani

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mohammad Silani is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mohammad Silani has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mohammad Silani's work include Composite Material Mechanics (20 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (16 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (8 papers). Mohammad Silani is often cited by papers focused on Composite Material Mechanics (20 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (16 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (8 papers). Mohammad Silani collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Germany and South Korea. Mohammad Silani's co-authors include Timon Rabczuk, Hossein Talebi, Xiaoying Zhuang, Pierre Kerfriden, Stéphane Bordas, Khader M. Hamdia, Pengfei He, Saeed Ziaei‐Rad, Evgeny V. Podryabinkin and Alexander V. Shapeev and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Mohammad Silani

48 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A computational library for multiscale modeling of material failure

2013 491 citations Hossein Talebi, Mohammad Silani et al. profile →
Stochastic analysis of the fracture toughness of polymeric nanoparticle composites using polynomial chaos expansions

2017 332 citations Khader M. Hamdia, Mohammad Silani et al. International Journal of Fracture profile →
First‐Principles Multiscale Modeling of Mechanical Properties in Graphene/Borophene Heterostructures Empowered by Machine‐Learning Interatomic Potentials

2021 263 citations Bohayra Mortazavi, Mohammad Silani et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mohammad Silani Iran	21	1.2k	854	765	436	269	51	2.4k
N. Vu‐Bac Germany	20	1.1k 0.9×	636 0.7×	980 1.3×	477 1.1×	245 0.9×	28	2.5k
A. Darvizeh Iran	29	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	804 1.1×	648 1.5×	235 0.9×	116	2.3k
Pengfei Liu China	25	1.2k 1.0×	780 0.9×	720 0.9×	1.0k 2.4×	249 0.9×	94	2.9k
T. Kanit France	25	2.5k 2.0×	663 0.8×	577 0.8×	985 2.3×	492 1.8×	73	3.2k
Egidio Rizzi Italy	28	1.0k 0.8×	608 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	878 2.0×	125 0.5×	122	2.5k
Q.M. Li United Kingdom	27	983 0.8×	917 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	639 1.5×	267 1.0×	110	2.3k
Andrea Manes Italy	33	2.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	1.4k 3.2×	411 1.5×	209	3.2k
Dong Won Jung South Korea	26	1.1k 0.8×	709 0.8×	349 0.5×	739 1.7×	203 0.8×	149	2.4k
Ahmed Makradi France	28	1.2k 1.0×	601 0.7×	380 0.5×	735 1.7×	516 1.9×	103	2.7k
Rodrigue Desmorat France	24	2.2k 1.8×	882 1.0×	772 1.0×	1.2k 2.8×	152 0.6×	83	3.1k

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Javanbakht, Mahdi, et al.. (2025). Stress Analysis of Nanostructures Including Nanovoids and Inclusions Based on Nonlocal Elasticity Theory with Different Kernels. International Journal of Applied Mechanics. 17(6). 1 indexed citations

Silani, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). Application of continuum damage mechanics for prediction of wear in tillage tools. Smart Agricultural Technology. 10. 100852–100852. 1 indexed citations

Javanbakht, Mahdi, et al.. (2025). Mechanics-based phase-field model for directional microstructure evolution: Multiscale finite element simulation of IN718 IN DED process. Computational Materials Science. 261. 114342–114342.

Silani, Mohammad, et al.. (2025). The comprehensive molecular dynamics study of amorphization process evolution inside ∑3, ∑9, and ∑19 structures of nanometric silicon Bi-crystal. Computational Particle Mechanics. 12(4). 2207–2226. 2 indexed citations

Javanbakht, Mahdi, et al.. (2025). Atomistic informed phase-field modeling of edge dislocation evolution in Σ3, Σ9, and Σ19 silicon bi-crystals. Computational Materials Science. 254. 113893–113893.

Silani, Mohammad, et al.. (2023). Application of physics-informed neural networks for nonlinear buckling analysis of beams. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 39(6). 30 indexed citations

Javanbakht, Mahdi, et al.. (2022). Surface induced melting of long Al nanowires: phase field model and simulations for pressure loading and without it. Nanotechnology. 33(42). 425705–425705. 11 indexed citations

Silani, Mohammad, et al.. (2022). A finite element study on femoral locking compression plate design using genetic optimization method. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 131. 105202–105202. 3 indexed citations

Silani, Mohammad, Vahid Yaghoubi, Petar Milovanović, et al.. (2022). On the fracture behavior of cortical bone microstructure: The effects of morphology and material characteristics of bone structural components. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 137. 105530–105530. 9 indexed citations

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Mortazavi, Bohayra, Mohammad Silani, Evgeny V. Podryabinkin, et al.. (2021). First‐Principles Multiscale Modeling of Mechanical Properties in Graphene/Borophene Heterostructures Empowered by Machine‐Learning Interatomic Potentials. Advanced Materials. 33(35). e2102807–e2102807. 263 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ghasemi, M., Mohammad Silani, Ali Maleki, & Mostafa Jamshidian. (2020). Micromechanical simulation and experimental investigation of aluminum-based nanocomposites. Defence Technology. 17(1). 196–201. 5 indexed citations

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Kashani, Hamzeh, et al.. (2020). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Friction Coefficient and Wear Volume in the Mixed-Film Lubrication Regime with ZnO Nano-Particle. Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics. 13(3). 993–1001. 3 indexed citations

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Talebi, Hossein, Mohammad Silani, & Benjamin Klusemann. (2018). The scaled boundary finite element method for computational homogenization of heterogeneous media. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 118(1). 1–17. 7 indexed citations

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Khosravani, Mohammad Reza, Mohammad Silani, & Kerstin Weinberg. (2017). Fracture studies of Ultra-High Performance Concrete using dynamic Brazilian tests. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 93. 302–310. 95 indexed citations

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Mosaddegh, Peiman, et al.. (2017). An experimental study on mechanical properties of a novel hybrid metal–polymer joining technology based on a reaction between isocyanate and hydroxyl groups. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 30. 217–225. 41 indexed citations

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Hamdia, Khader M., Mohammad Silani, Xiaoying Zhuang, Pengfei He, & Timon Rabczuk. (2017). Stochastic analysis of the fracture toughness of polymeric nanoparticle composites using polynomial chaos expansions. International Journal of Fracture. 206(2). 215–227. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silani, Mohammad, et al.. (2015). Stochastic analysis of the interphase effects on the mechanical properties of clay/epoxy nanocomposites. Composite Structures. 133. 1302–1312. 26 indexed citations

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Vu‐Bac, N., Mohammad Silani, Tom Lahmer, Xiaoying Zhuang, & Timon Rabczuk. (2014). A unified framework for stochastic predictions of mechanical properties of polymeric nanocomposites. Computational Materials Science. 96. 520–535. 152 indexed citations

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Silani, Mohammad, Saeed Ziaei‐Rad, & Hossein Talebi. (2013). Vibration analysis of rotating systems with open and breathing cracks. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 37(24). 9907–9921. 33 indexed citations

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Silani, Mohammad, et al.. (2011). Investigation into a knitted loop structure as buckled-twisted elastic rod using finite element method. Journal of the Textile Institute. 103(5). 477–482. 3 indexed citations

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