Noël Challamel

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Noël Challamel is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Noël Challamel has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 98 papers in Materials Chemistry and 57 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Noël Challamel's work include Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (95 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (77 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (66 papers). Noël Challamel is often cited by papers focused on Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (95 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (77 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (66 papers). Noël Challamel collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Singapore. Noël Challamel's co-authors include C.M. Wang, Isaac Elishakoff, H. Zhang, J. N. Reddy, Jean Lerbet, Wenhui Duan, Vincent Picandet, Félix Darve, François Nicot and Thomas M. Michelitsch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Physics and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Noël Challamel

160 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

The small length scale effect for a non-local cantilever beam: a paradox solved

2008 444 citations Noël Challamel, C.M. Wang Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Noël Challamel France	29	2.3k	2.0k	759	416	330	169	3.1k
Samir A. Emam United Arab Emirates	23	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	796 1.0×	493 1.2×	441 1.3×	53	2.6k
Mohsen Asghari Iran	28	2.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	261 0.3×	228 0.5×	204 0.6×	96	3.3k
S. Ahmad Fazelzadeh Iran	31	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	633 0.8×	688 1.7×	180 0.5×	125	2.7k
Farbod Alijani Netherlands	28	1.0k 0.4×	494 0.2×	809 1.1×	689 1.7×	292 0.9×	87	2.2k
Hamid Reza Mirdamadi Iran	23	741 0.3×	538 0.3×	430 0.6×	259 0.6×	272 0.8×	73	1.2k
Leonid I. Slepyan Israel	24	889 0.4×	342 0.2×	311 0.4×	147 0.4×	286 0.9×	78	1.6k
Castrenze Polizzotto Italy	29	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	341 0.4×	75 0.2×	514 1.6×	105	2.8k
Ye Tang China	25	990 0.4×	667 0.3×	597 0.8×	862 2.1×	356 1.1×	98	2.0k
A. Chakraborty India	16	1.2k 0.5×	285 0.1×	664 0.9×	351 0.8×	232 0.7×	34	1.4k
Mostafa Ghayour Iran	21	657 0.3×	444 0.2×	410 0.5×	454 1.1×	423 1.3×	74	1.3k

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Challamel, Noël & Massimiliano Zingales. (2025). Two-Phase Peridynamic Elasticity with Exponential Kernels. I: Statics and Vibrations of Axial Rods. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 151(5). 1 indexed citations

Challamel, Noël, C. Combescure, Vincent Picandet, Manuel Ferretti, & Angelo Luongo. (2025). Exact bifurcation analysis of the static response of a Fermi–Pasta–Ulam softening chain with short and long-range interactions. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics. 37(2).

Challamel, Noël & Ahmad Aftabi Sani. (2025). Green’s functions of size-dependent Timoshenko beams: Gradient elasticity versus stress-driven nonlocal theories. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 314. 113308–113308.

Challamel, Noël, H.P. Nguyen, C.M. Wang, & Giuseppe Ruta. (2025). Derivation of Born/von Kármán difference equations through consistent lattice angular interactions. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 195. 116251–116251.

Challamel, Noël, Abdelhakim Kaci, & Abdelouahed Tounsi. (2025). Exact solutions for the static bending of nonlocal higher-order shear beams under various boundary conditions. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures. 32(24). 6132–6148. 1 indexed citations

Challamel, Noël, et al.. (2024). Free vibration response of micromorphic Timoshenko beams. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 591. 118602–118602. 12 indexed citations

Challamel, Noël, Manuel Ferretti, & Angelo Luongo. (2023). Multi-degenerate hill-top bifurcation of Fermi–Pasta–Ulam softening chains: Exact and asymptotic solutions. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 156. 104509–104509.

Challamel, Noël, et al.. (2023). Discrete and continuous models of linear elasticity: history and connections. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics. 35(2). 347–391. 15 indexed citations

Challamel, Noël, François Nicot, Antoine Wautier, Félix Darve, & Jean Lerbet. (2022). Hyperelastic or Hypoelastic Granular Circular Chain Instability in a Geometrically Exact Framework. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 148(9). 2 indexed citations

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Neukirch, Sébastien, et al.. (2021). Comparison of the Von Kármán and Kirchhoff models for the post-buckling and vibrations of elastic beams. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations

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Challamel, Noël, et al.. (2018). Application of Green's function method to bending of stress gradient nanobeams. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 143. 209–217. 7 indexed citations

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Elishakoff, Isaac, et al.. (2017). Critical contrasting of three versions of vibrating Bresse–Timoshenko beam with a crack. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 109. 143–151. 28 indexed citations

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Lerbet, Jean, Noël Challamel, François Nicot, & Félix Darve. (2015). Variational formulation of divergence stability for constrained systems. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 39(23-24). 7469–7482. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhen, C.M. Wang, & Noël Challamel. (2014). Eringen’s length scale coefficient for buckling of nonlocal rectangular plates from microstructured beam-grid model. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 51(25-26). 4307–4315. 51 indexed citations

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Picandet, Vincent, et al.. (2014). Buckling and post-buckling of gradient and nonlocal plasticity columns experiencing softening. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 51(23-24). 4052–4067. 4 indexed citations

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Lerbet, Jean, et al.. (2012). Additional constraints may soften a non-conservative structural system: Buckling and vibration analysis. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 50(2). 363–370. 11 indexed citations

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Nicot, François, Noël Challamel, Jean Lerbet, Florent Prunier, & Félix Darve. (2011). Some insights into structure instability and the second-order work criterion. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 49(1). 132–142. 14 indexed citations

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Challamel, Noël & C.M. Wang. (2008). The small length scale effect for a non-local cantilever beam: a paradox solved. Nanotechnology. 19(34). 345703–345703. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Challamel, Noël, Damien Halm, & André Dragon. (2006). On the non-conservativeness of a class of anisotropic damage models with unilateral effects. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 334(7). 414–418. 15 indexed citations

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Challamel, Noël. (2003). Une approche de plasticité au gradient en construction métallique. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 331(9). 647–654. 7 indexed citations

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