Odd Sture Hopperstad

16.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
337 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

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Odd Sture Hopperstad is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Odd Sture Hopperstad has authored 337 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 249 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 217 papers in Materials Chemistry and 186 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Odd Sture Hopperstad's work include Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (191 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (129 papers) and Metallurgy and Material Forming (119 papers). Odd Sture Hopperstad is often cited by papers focused on Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (191 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (129 papers) and Metallurgy and Material Forming (119 papers). Odd Sture Hopperstad collaborates with scholars based in Norway, France and Germany. Odd Sture Hopperstad's co-authors include M. Langseth, Tore Børvik, A.G. Hanssen, T. Berstad, Arild Holm Clausen, Magnus Langseth, Ahmed Benallal, O.‐G. Lademo, Kjell Arne Malo and K.O. Pedersen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Odd Sture Hopperstad

332 papers receiving 13.5k 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.

Static and dynamic crushing of square aluminium extrusions with aluminium foam filler

2000 522 citations A.G. Hanssen, M. Langseth et al. International Journal of Impact Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Odd Sture Hopperstad Norway	58	9.3k	7.8k	6.9k	4.3k	1.8k	337	14.0k
Norman Jones United Kingdom	51	6.5k 0.7×	4.0k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	5.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	259	10.8k
Tomasz Wierzbicki United States	62	13.5k 1.5×	6.9k 0.9×	8.9k 1.3×	4.7k 1.1×	671 0.4×	231	18.8k
M.F. Horstemeyer United States	65	8.2k 0.9×	6.5k 0.8×	4.4k 0.6×	840 0.2×	2.4k 1.3×	378	13.8k
Zhihua Wang China	51	5.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.3×	2.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	335	8.0k
Stelios Kyriakides United States	63	8.4k 0.9×	3.9k 0.5×	5.7k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	218 0.1×	211	11.9k
S. A. Meguid Canada	57	3.1k 0.3×	4.6k 0.6×	5.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	348	11.1k
Guoxing Lu Australia	68	12.8k 1.4×	4.1k 0.5×	4.1k 0.6×	6.2k 1.4×	467 0.3×	402	16.9k
George Z. Voyiadjis United States	57	4.2k 0.4×	5.8k 0.7×	7.7k 1.1×	3.8k 0.9×	408 0.2×	427	12.7k
François Hild France	57	5.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.3×	5.8k 0.8×	4.2k 1.0×	332 0.2×	413	13.4k
Tore Børvik Norway	51	3.9k 0.4×	6.8k 0.9×	4.5k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	228	8.9k

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Davis, Bruce A., et al.. (2025). Hypervelocity impact on Whipple shields with varying bumper material at 3 and 7 km/s: An experimental study. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 203. 105328–105328.

Kristoffersen, Martin, et al.. (2024). Ductile failure by strain localisation: A computational study of materials and structures subjected to highly non-proportional load histories. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 308. 113128–113128. 1 indexed citations

Costas, Miguel, et al.. (2024). Numerical study on the effects of alloying variations on the crushing behaviour of an aluminium profile. Thin-Walled Structures. 206. 112618–112618. 1 indexed citations

Mánik, Tomáš, et al.. (2024). Open-source implementations and comparison of explicit and implicit crystal-plasticity finite element methods. Computers & Structures. 307. 107621–107621.

Saai, Afaf, et al.. (2023). A numerical study on the effects of DP steel microstructure on the yield locus and the stress–strain response under strain path change. International Journal of Material Forming. 16(1). 3 indexed citations

Morin, David, et al.. (2023). Ductile tearing of aluminium plates: experiments and modelling. International Journal of Fracture. 242(1). 39–70. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Jianbin, et al.. (2022). A simple method enabling efficient quantitative analysis of the Portevin–Le Chatelier band characteristics. Scripta Materialia. 222. 115027–115027. 5 indexed citations

Myhr, Ole Runar, et al.. (2021). Effect of pre-stretching on the mechanical behaviour of three artificially aged 6xxx series aluminium alloys. Materials Today Communications. 27. 102408–102408. 14 indexed citations

Myhr, Ole Runar, et al.. (2020). The role of quench rate on the plastic flow and fracture of three aluminium alloys with different grain structure and texture. International Journal of Engineering Science. 150. 103257–103257. 32 indexed citations

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Morin, David, et al.. (2020). Micromechanical modelling of ductile fracture in pipeline steel using a bifurcation-enriched porous plasticity model. International Journal of Fracture. 227(1). 57–78. 7 indexed citations

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Marioara, Calin D., et al.. (2019). Nano-scale characterisation of sheared β” precipitates in a deformed Al-Mg-Si alloy. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17446–17446. 41 indexed citations

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Marioara, Calin D., et al.. (2018). Lattice rotations in precipitate free zones in an Al-Mg-Si alloy. Materials Characterization. 144. 522–531. 32 indexed citations

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Alsos, Hagbart S., et al.. (2015). A damage-based failure model for coarsely meshed shell structures. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 83. 59–75. 39 indexed citations

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Kristoffersen, Martin, Tore Børvik, Ida Westermann, Magnus Langseth, & Odd Sture Hopperstad. (2013). Impact against X65 steel pipes – An experimental investigation. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 50(20-21). 3430–3445. 29 indexed citations

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Fagerholt, Egil, Cato Dørum, Tore Børvik, H.I. Laukli, & Odd Sture Hopperstad. (2010). Experimental and numerical investigation of fracture in a cast aluminium alloy. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 47(24). 3352–3365. 32 indexed citations

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Langseth, Magnus, et al.. (2006). BEHAVIOUR OF AN AUTOMOTIVE BUMPER BEAM-LONGITUDINAL SYSTEM AT 40% OFFSET IMPACT: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. 3(1). 59–73. 6 indexed citations

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Jensen, Ø., M. Langseth, & Odd Sture Hopperstad. (2002). Transition Between Progressive And Global Buckling Of Aluminium Extrusions. WIT transactions on the built environment. 63. 18 indexed citations

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Dey, Sumita, Odd Sture Hopperstad, Tore Børvik, & Arild Holm Clausen. (2002). Constitutive Relation And Failure Criterion For Three Structural Steels At High Strain Rates. WIT transactions on the built environment. 63. 5 indexed citations

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Langseth, M., T. Berstad, Odd Sture Hopperstad, & Arild Holm Clausen. (1970). Energy Absorption In Axially Loaded SquareThin-walled Aluminium Extrusions. WIT transactions on the built environment. 8. 8 indexed citations

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Hanssen, A.G., Odd Sture Hopperstad, & M. Langseth. (1970). Crushing Of Square Aluminium Extrusions WithAluminium Foam Filler - Numerical Analyses. WIT transactions on the built environment. 35. 5 indexed citations

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