Nik Petrinić

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Nik Petrinić is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nik Petrinić has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 72 papers in Materials Chemistry and 50 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nik Petrinić's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (66 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (57 papers) and Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (36 papers). Nik Petrinić is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (66 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (57 papers) and Structural Response to Dynamic Loads (36 papers). Nik Petrinić collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Nik Petrinić's co-authors include Fionn P.E. Dunne, Clive R. Siviour, R. Gerlach, Antonio Pellegrino, C. Ruiz, Jun Hou, Vito L. Tagarielli, Stephen R. Hallett, Jens Wiegand and Hao Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Nik Petrinić

149 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

Introduction to Computational Plasticity

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nik Petrinić United Kingdom	35	2.5k	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	572	156	4.1k
Jilin Yu China	39	2.7k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	575 1.0×	98	4.7k
Andrea Manes Italy	33	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	411 0.7×	209	3.2k
Marco Giglio Italy	36	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	331 0.6×	271	4.3k
Aniello Riccio Italy	36	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	578 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	447 0.8×	200	3.7k
Joris Degrieck Belgium	43	3.2k 1.3×	2.3k 1.3×	993 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	884 1.5×	347	5.8k
John Lambros United States	41	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	232 0.4×	138	5.3k
Han Zhao France	33	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	438 0.8×	134	3.5k
Alojz Ivankoviç Ireland	34	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	727 0.5×	485 0.4×	746 1.3×	168	3.7k
B. A. Cheeseman United States	36	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 2.2×	103	4.2k
Xinwei Wang China	37	3.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	881 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	418 0.7×	196	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nik Petrinić

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Thomson, Daniel, J. Hoffmann, C. Pohl, et al.. (2025). A review of the effect of loading rate on the mechanical properties of unidirectional carbon fibre reinforced polymer composites. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 193. 108773–108773. 5 indexed citations

Petrinić, Nik, et al.. (2025). Patch based unbiased 3D frictional contact formulation for finite element algorithms. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 441. 117958–117958. 1 indexed citations

Lukić, Bratislav, et al.. (2025). Role of temperature in the development of micro-scale damage in CFRP laminates through interrupted high-rate loading and synchrotron phase-contrast µ-CT. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 200. 109284–109284.

Petrinić, Nik, et al.. (2025). Midplane based 3D single pass unbiased segment-to-segment contact interaction using penalty method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 447. 118335–118335.

Petrinić, Nik, et al.. (2024). The design, modelling and testing of an electric gun load for the study of dynamic material properties. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 198. 105179–105179. 1 indexed citations

Farbaniec, Lukasz, Yuan Xu, Junyi Zhou, et al.. (2024). Assessment of bending waves in Torsion Hopkinson Bar experiments using Photon Doppler Velocimetry. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 195. 105139–105139. 2 indexed citations

Mahesh, Vinyas, P. J. Guruprasad, Nik Petrinić, et al.. (2023). Exploiting nonlinearities through geometric engineering to enhance the auxetic behaviour in re-entrant honeycomb metamaterials. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 20915–20915. 7 indexed citations

Magistri, Federico, et al.. (2023). From one field to another—Unsupervised domain adaptation for semantic segmentation in agricultural robotics. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 212. 108114–108114. 18 indexed citations

Kazemi, M.E., Victor Médeau, Y.H. Chen, et al.. (2023). Ballistic performance of bio-inspired hybrid interleaved composite structures suitable for aerospace applications. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 179. 107992–107992. 20 indexed citations

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Petrinić, Nik, et al.. (2023). A 0-D Electric Gun Model for the Optimization of Flyer Acceleration to Hypervelocities. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 51(8). 2347–2357. 4 indexed citations

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Townsend, D. P., et al.. (2022). A Novel Method for the Mechanical Testing of Sports Mouthguards. Applied Sciences. 12(7). 3449–3449. 2 indexed citations

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Martínez-Hergueta, Francisca, Antonio Pellegrino, Álvaro Ridruejo, et al.. (2020). Dynamic Tensile Testing of Needle-Punched Nonwoven Fabrics. Applied Sciences. 10(15). 5081–5081. 4 indexed citations

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Thomson, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Strain-rate and off-axis loading effects on the fibre compression strength of CFRP laminates: Experiments and constitutive modelling. Composites Science and Technology. 195. 108210–108210. 34 indexed citations

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Zhang, Longhui, Antonio Pellegrino, & Nik Petrinić. (2020). Dynamic necking of a near α titanium alloy at high strain rates: Experiments and modelling. Defence Technology. 17(4). 1126–1134. 11 indexed citations

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Zhou, Junyi, Antonio Pellegrino, Ulrich Heisserer, et al.. (2019). A new technique for tensile testing of engineering materials and composites at high strain rates. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 475(2229). 20190310–20190310. 20 indexed citations

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Cui, Hao, Yusuf Mahadik, Stephen R. Hallett, et al.. (2019). Coupon scale Z-pinned IM7/8552 delamination tests under dynamic loading. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 125. 105565–105565. 13 indexed citations

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Pathan, M.V., et al.. (2019). Predictions of the mechanical properties of unidirectional fibre composites by supervised machine learning. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13964–13964. 121 indexed citations

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Cui, Hao, Mehdi Yasaee, Stephen R. Hallett, et al.. (2017). Dynamic bridging mechanisms of through-thickness reinforced composite laminates in mixed mode delamination. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 106. 24–33. 20 indexed citations

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Pellegrino, Antonio, Harvey J. Burd, Laura Pinilla Cortés, et al.. (2017). Anterior lens capsule strains during simulated accommodation in porcine eyes. Experimental Eye Research. 168. 19–27. 6 indexed citations

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Siviour, Clive R., et al.. (2011). Increasing Data from High Rate Characterization Experiments using Optical Reconstruction. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1 indexed citations

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