Nicolás Sau

745 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Nicolás Sau is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolás Sau has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicolás Sau's work include Numerical methods in engineering (7 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (6 papers) and Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (4 papers). Nicolás Sau is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (7 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (6 papers) and Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (4 papers). Nicolás Sau collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Spain and United States. Nicolás Sau's co-authors include Walter Gerstle, Stewart Silling, Navid Sakhavand and E. Aguilera and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Sciences, Nuclear Engineering and Design and Journal of Building Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Nicolás Sau

10 papers receiving 545 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.

Peridynamic modeling of concrete structures

2006 394 citations Walter Gerstle, Nicolás Sau et al. Nuclear Engineering and Design profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolás Sau Mexico	7	545	456	158	88	35	12	584
Amin Yaghoobi United States	9	404 0.7×	318 0.7×	106 0.7×	75 0.9×	18 0.5×	16	449
Guangda Lu China	5	364 0.7×	298 0.7×	74 0.5×	70 0.8×	15 0.4×	6	380
J. Amani Iran	5	221 0.4×	241 0.5×	55 0.3×	86 1.0×	19 0.5×	10	342
Zhiyuan Li China	14	283 0.5×	223 0.5×	52 0.3×	29 0.3×	17 0.5×	35	364
Masoud Behzadinasab United States	15	382 0.7×	285 0.6×	94 0.6×	173 2.0×	27 0.8×	20	440
Cong Tien Nguyen United Kingdom	12	366 0.7×	276 0.6×	112 0.7×	85 1.0×	11 0.3×	17	390
Guanfeng Zhang China	3	424 0.8×	286 0.6×	104 0.7×	74 0.8×	32 0.9×	4	449
Liu Dian-kui China	13	244 0.4×	419 0.9×	26 0.2×	35 0.4×	99 2.8×	41	480
Thomas R. Slawson United States	10	181 0.3×	268 0.6×	20 0.1×	110 1.3×	15 0.4×	23	403
José Luiz Antunes de Oliveira e Sousa Brazil	5	377 0.7×	208 0.5×	15 0.1×	102 1.2×	17 0.5×	9	462

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolás Sau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolás Sau

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolás Sau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicolás Sau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicolás Sau based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nicolás Sau. Nicolás Sau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

1.

Gerstle, Walter, Nicolás Sau, & E. Aguilera. (2026). Micropolar peridynamic modeling of concrete structures. 475–482.

2.

Sau, Nicolás, et al.. (2024). Structural analysis for a slab-on-grade cellular concrete foundation to reduce heat losses in temperate climate residential buildings. Journal of Building Engineering. 91. 109740–109740. 1 indexed citations

3.

Sau, Nicolás, et al.. (2020). Design and Application of Cellular Concrete on a Mexican Residential Building and Its Influence on Energy Savings in Hot Climates: Projections to 2050. Applied Sciences. 10(22). 8225–8225. 11 indexed citations

4.

Sau, Nicolás, et al.. (2019). Peridynamic modelling of reinforced concrete structures. Engineering Failure Analysis. 103. 266–274. 24 indexed citations

5.

Sau, Nicolás, et al.. (2019). Rapid detection of bacteria, Enterococcus faecalis, in airborne particles of Hermosillo, Sonora, México. Journal of Environmental Biology. 40(4). 619–625. 5 indexed citations

6.

Sau, Nicolás, et al.. (2018). Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient and Lateral Earth Pressure against Retaining Walls. 6(6).

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Sau, Nicolás, et al.. (2016). Lateral Displacement of Retaining Walls. 4(6). 1 indexed citations

8.

Gerstle, Walter, Nicolás Sau, & Navid Sakhavand. (2009). On Peridynamic Computational Simulation of Concrete Structures. 50 indexed citations

9.

Sau, Nicolás. (2008). Peridynamic modeling of quasibrittle structures. 11 indexed citations

10.

Gerstle, Walter, Nicolás Sau, & E. Aguilera. (2007). Micropolar Peridynamic Constitutive Model for Concrete. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 1–8. 29 indexed citations

11.

Gerstle, Walter, Nicolás Sau, & Stewart Silling. (2006). Peridynamic modeling of concrete structures. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 237(12-13). 1250–1258. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silling, Stewart, Walter Gerstle, & Nicolás Sau. (2005). Peridynamic modeling of plain and reinforced concrete structures.. 58 indexed citations

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