Patrick Ballard

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Patrick Ballard is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Ballard has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 13 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 6 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick Ballard's work include Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities (12 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (9 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (6 papers). Patrick Ballard is often cited by papers focused on Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities (12 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (9 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (6 papers). Patrick Ballard collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Canada. Patrick Ballard's co-authors include Jean–Yves Fournier, R. Fabbro, David Devaux, J. Virmont, Joël Frelat, K. Dang Van, Stéphanie Basseville, Andreï Constantinescu, P. Merrien and Jiřı́ Jarušek and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Ballard

22 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Physical study of laser-produced plasma in confined geometry

1990 1.2k citations R. Fabbro, Jean–Yves Fournier et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Ballard France	11	1.0k	592	536	482	349	24	1.6k
Lloyd A. Hackel United States	20	644 0.6×	253 0.4×	236 0.4×	204 0.4×	238 0.7×	87	1.3k
Pei Chi Chou United States	14	136 0.1×	227 0.4×	485 0.9×	111 0.2×	6 0.0×	31	807
Phoebus Rosakis United States	18	404 0.4×	703 1.2×	669 1.2×	104 0.2×	4 0.0×	33	1.4k
Peter Norman Sweden	14	340 0.3×	54 0.1×	70 0.1×	102 0.2×	8 0.0×	38	548
M. Siddiq Pakistan	23	820 0.8×	513 0.9×	657 1.2×	78 0.2×	8 0.0×	90	1.8k
Pierre Freton France	18	614 0.6×	272 0.5×	536 1.0×	49 0.1×	5 0.0×	59	1.4k
Tomaž Požar Slovenia	13	220 0.2×	196 0.3×	157 0.3×	166 0.3×	26 0.1×	43	717
Shreen El‐Sapa Saudi Arabia	21	517 0.5×	86 0.1×	212 0.4×	678 1.4×	4 0.0×	101	1.2k
J.P. Bardon France	11	276 0.3×	108 0.2×	257 0.5×	183 0.4×	3 0.0×	35	717
Junzhi Cui China	23	252 0.3×	393 0.7×	1.3k 2.3×	625 1.3×	2 0.0×	155	1.8k

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Ballard, Patrick & Flaviana Iurlano. (2024). Existence results for the time-incremental elastic contact problem with Coulomb friction in 2D. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 34(12). 2217–2263.

Ballard, Patrick & Flaviana Iurlano. (2022). Homogenization of Friction in a 2D Linearly Elastic Contact Problem. Journal of Elasticity. 150(2). 261–325. 2 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick, et al.. (2017). An overview of the formulation, existence and uniqueness issues for the initial value problem raised by the dynamics of discrete systems with unilateral contact and dry friction. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 346(3). 222–236. 2 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick. (2016). Steady sliding frictional contact problem for a 2d elastic half-space with a discontinuous friction coefficient and related stress singularities. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 97. 225–259. 2 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick, et al.. (2016). The formulation of dynamical contact problems with friction in the case of systems of rigid bodies and general discrete mechanical systems—Painlevé and Kane paradoxes revisited. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 67(4). 5 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick, et al.. (2013). Existence and uniqueness of solutions to dynamical unilateral contact problems with coulomb friction: the case of a collection of points. ESAIM Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis. 48(1). 1–25. 12 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick. (2010). Frictional Contact Problems for Thin Elastic Structures and Weak Solutions of Sweeping Processes. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 198(3). 789–833. 3 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick & Stéphanie Basseville. (2005). Existence and uniqueness for dynamical unilateral contact with Coulomb friction: a model problem. ESAIM Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis. 39(1). 59–77. 27 indexed citations

Ballard, Patrick. (2001). Formulation and well-posedness of the dynamics of rigid-body systems with perfect unilateral constraints. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 359(1789). 2327–2346. 14 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick. (2000). The Dynamics of Discrete Mechanical Systems with Perfect Unilateral Constraints. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 154(3). 199–274. 87 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick. (1999). Dynamique des systèmes mécaniques discrets avec liaisons unilatérales parfaites. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIB - Mechanics-Physics-Astronomy. 327(10). 953–958. 1 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick, et al.. (1995). Plastic strain and residual stress fields induced by a homogeneous impact over the boundary of an elastic-plastic half-space. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 14(6). 1005–1016. 2 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick, et al.. (1995). HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE AND A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 18(3). 397–411. 66 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick & Andreï Constantinescu. (1994). On the inversion of subsurface residual stresses from surface stress measurements. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 42(11). 1767–1787. 22 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick, Jean–Yves Fournier, R. Fabbro, & Joël Frelat. (1991). RESIDUAL STRESSES INDUCED BY LASER-SHOCKS. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 1(C3). C3–487. 86 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick, Jean–Yves Fournier, & R. Fabbro. (1991). STUDY OF RESIDUAL STRESSES INDUCED BY LASER-SHOCKS. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 1(C7). C7–132. 2 indexed citations

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Fournier, Jean–Yves, et al.. (1991). Mechanical effects induced by shock waves generated by high energy laser pulses. Journal de Physique III. 1(9). 1467–1480. 28 indexed citations

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Fabbro, R., Jean–Yves Fournier, Patrick Ballard, David Devaux, & J. Virmont. (1990). Physical study of laser-produced plasma in confined geometry. Journal of Applied Physics. 68(2). 775–784. 1182 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ballard, Patrick, Jean–Yves Fournier, David Devaux, & R. Fabbro. (1990). Study of the effects of a plastic wave induced by laser pulse in a metallic material. Application to the improvement of fatigue strength. 83–87. 1 indexed citations

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Ballard, Patrick, Jean–Yves Fournier, R. Fabbro, Joël Frelat, & L. Castex. (1988). STUDY OF THE PLASTIFICATION OF METALLIC TARGETS SHOCKED BY A LASER PULSE OF HIGH ENERGY. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 49(C3). C3–401. 3 indexed citations

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