Mostafa Abdalla

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Mostafa Abdalla is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mostafa Abdalla has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 84 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 41 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mostafa Abdalla's work include Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (80 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (62 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (33 papers). Mostafa Abdalla is often cited by papers focused on Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (80 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (62 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (33 papers). Mostafa Abdalla collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. Mostafa Abdalla's co-authors include Zafer Gürdal, Shahriar Setoodeh, Samuel T. IJsselmuiden, Z. Gürdal, Dan Wang, B. R. Pujada, G. C. A. M. Janssen, Bart van Venrooy, Fred van Keulen and Attila P. Nagy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physiology and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Mostafa Abdalla

132 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stoney equation ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stoney equation for film stress: Developments from polycrystalline steel strips to single crystal silicon wafers
    2008 566 citations Mostafa Abdalla et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mostafa Abdalla Netherlands 35 3.2k 2.6k 1.0k 922 794 138 4.6k
Ulrich Gabbert Germany 31 2.3k 0.7× 914 0.3× 500 0.5× 763 0.8× 334 0.4× 160 3.4k
Bhavani V. Sankar United States 36 3.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 362 0.4× 1.6k 1.7× 224 0.3× 200 4.7k
L. Vu‐Quoc United States 31 2.4k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 297 0.3× 994 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 90 5.2k
Alexander Tessler United States 40 3.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.5× 339 0.3× 1.1k 1.2× 462 0.6× 104 5.0k
Michel Potier‐Ferry France 42 3.5k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 216 0.2× 1.7k 1.8× 735 0.9× 205 5.6k
Daniel A. Tortorelli United States 43 3.6k 1.1× 4.7k 1.8× 262 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 853 1.1× 157 6.7k
Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva Brazil 28 1.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 346 0.3× 667 0.7× 284 0.4× 190 3.0k
A. Pagani Italy 38 3.7k 1.2× 2.8k 1.1× 366 0.4× 856 0.9× 274 0.3× 220 4.4k
Yoon Young Kim South Korea 42 2.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 628 0.6× 1.6k 1.7× 229 0.3× 240 5.7k
Sundararajan Natarajan India 43 5.6k 1.8× 2.0k 0.8× 252 0.2× 1.0k 1.1× 2.3k 2.9× 258 6.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mostafa Abdalla

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mostafa Abdalla

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All Works

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Abdalla, Mostafa, et al.. (2025). Impact of 10‐day bed rest on neuromuscular junction instability in healthy elderly males. The Journal of Physiology. 604(2). 989–990.
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Wang, Dan, Mostafa Abdalla, Zhen-Pei Wang, & Zhoucheng Su. (2018). Streamline stiffener path optimization (SSPO) for embedded stiffener layout design of non-uniform curved grid-stiffened composite (NCGC) structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 344. 1021–1050. 100 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mostafa, et al.. (2016). EFFICIENT SIZING OF STRUCTURES UNDER STRESS CONSTRAINTS. 3436–3460. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Ke, Martin Ruess, & Mostafa Abdalla. (2016). Co-rotational finite element formulation used in the Koiter–Newton method for nonlinear buckling analyses. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. 116. 38–54. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Dan, Mostafa Abdalla, & Weihong Zhang. (2016). Buckling optimization design of curved stiffeners for grid-stiffened composite structures. Composite Structures. 159. 656–666. 87 indexed citations
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Wang, Dan & Mostafa Abdalla. (2015). BUCKLING OPTIMIZATION OF STEERING STIFFENERS FOR GRID-STIFFENED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations
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Temizer, İ., Mostafa Abdalla, & Z. Gürdal. (2014). An interior point method for isogeometric contact. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 276. 589–611. 23 indexed citations
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Nagy, Attila P., Samuel T. IJsselmuiden, & Mostafa Abdalla. (2013). Isogeometric design of anisotropic shells: Optimal form and material distribution. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 264. 145–162. 73 indexed citations
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Breuker, Roeland De, Mostafa Abdalla, & Zafer Gürdal. (2011). A Generic Morphing Wing Analysis and Design Framework. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 22(10). 1025–1039. 27 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mostafa, et al.. (2010). A Study of Annular Plate Buckling Problem with Tension Loaded at Inner Edge. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Nagy, Attila P., Mostafa Abdalla, & Zafer Gürdal. (2010). Isogeometric design of elastic arches for maximum fundamental frequency. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 43(1). 135–149. 43 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mostafa, et al.. (2010). Optimization of a variable-stiffness skin for morphing high-lift devices. Smart Materials and Structures. 19(12). 124010–124010. 35 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mostafa, et al.. (2009). Multigrid Implementation of Cellular Automata for Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 51(1). 1–26. 6 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mostafa, et al.. (2009). Interlaminar stress recovery for three-dimensional finite elements. Composites Science and Technology. 70(3). 530–538. 22 indexed citations
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Marzocca, Pier, et al.. (2007). Active aeroelastic control aspects of an aircraft wing by using synthetic jet actuators: Modeling, simulations, experiments. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Breuker, Roeland De, Mostafa Abdalla, & Pier Marzocca. (2007). Aeroelastic Control and Load Alleviation using Optimally Distributed Synthetic Jet Actuators. 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. 6 indexed citations
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Setoodeh, Shahriar, Mostafa Abdalla, & Zafer Gürdal. (2005). Design of variable stiffness composite panels for maximum fundamental frequency using lamination parameters. 581. 2 indexed citations
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Abdalla, Mostafa. (2004). Applications of the Cellular Automata Paradigm in Structural Analysis and Design. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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