Pierre Bésuelle

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Pierre Bésuelle is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Bésuelle has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 14 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pierre Bésuelle's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (30 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (10 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (9 papers). Pierre Bésuelle is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (30 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (10 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (9 papers). Pierre Bésuelle collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and Sweden. Pierre Bésuelle's co-authors include Jacques Desrues, Gioacchino Viggiani, Stephen A. Hall, Nicolas Lenoir, Michel Bornert, S. Raynaud, Edward Andò, Yannick Pannier, René Chambón and Frédéric Collin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and International Journal of Solids and Structures.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Bésuelle

42 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Discrete and continuum analysis of localised deformation in sand using X-ray μCT and volumetric digital image correlation

2010 454 citations Stephen A. Hall, Michel Bornert et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Bésuelle France	21	1.2k	1.0k	638	486	350	43	2.2k
Jacques Desrues France	27	1.8k 1.5×	2.4k 2.3×	1.3k 2.1×	584 1.2×	399 1.1×	81	4.0k
Xuhai Tang China	30	1.8k 1.5×	941 0.9×	611 1.0×	631 1.3×	181 0.5×	103	2.6k
Peng‐Zhi Pan China	34	2.6k 2.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	1.0k 2.1×	228 0.7×	144	3.3k
Shibin Tang China	28	1.7k 1.4×	868 0.8×	784 1.2×	626 1.3×	231 0.7×	94	2.3k
Esteban Rougier United States	27	1.3k 1.1×	778 0.8×	314 0.5×	518 1.1×	475 1.4×	86	2.3k
Lingtao Mao China	23	1.3k 1.1×	547 0.5×	345 0.5×	673 1.4×	209 0.6×	62	1.8k
Zhengzhao Liang China	34	2.7k 2.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 2.0×	1.0k 2.1×	349 1.0×	150	3.4k
Marcos Arroyo Spain	27	828 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	486 0.8×	253 0.5×	145 0.4×	122	2.7k
Gen‐hua Shi China	14	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	652 1.0×	167 0.3×	67 0.2×	31	2.0k
René Chambón France	21	1.0k 0.9×	920 0.9×	345 0.5×	134 0.3×	143 0.4×	58	1.8k

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Villar, María Victoria, Pierre Bésuelle, Frédéric Collin, et al.. (2025). EURAD state-of-the-art report: thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour at high temperature of host clay formations. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 4.

Pardoen, Benoît, et al.. (2023). Large‐scale failure prediction of clay rock from small‐scale damage mechanisms of the rock medium using multiscale modelling. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 47(7). 1254–1288. 12 indexed citations

Donna, Alice Di, P. Charrier, Jelke Dijkstra, Edward Andò, & Pierre Bésuelle. (2022). The contribution of swelling to self-sealing of claystone studied through x-ray tomography. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 127. 103191–103191. 8 indexed citations

Bésuelle, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Multiscale modelling of the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of argillaceous rocks. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

Papazoglou, Athanasios, et al.. (2022). X-Ray Imaging of Immiscible Fluid Fingering Patterns in a Natural High Porosity Rock. Frontiers in Physics. 10. 3 indexed citations

Pardoen, Benoît, Pierre Bésuelle, Stefano Dal Pont, Philippe Cosenza, & Jacques Desrues. (2020). Accounting for Small-Scale Heterogeneity and Variability of Clay Rock in Homogenised Numerical Micromechanical Response and Microcracking. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 53(6). 2727–2746. 26 indexed citations

Pardoen, Benoît, Frédéric Collin, Pierre Bésuelle, et al.. (2020). Modelling the multiscale behaviour of claystone: deformation, rupture, and hydro-mechanical phenomena around underground galleries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 205. 10003–10003. 1 indexed citations

Desbois, Guillaume, et al.. (2017). Deformation in cemented mudrock (Callovo–Oxfordian Clay) by microcracking, granular flow and phyllosilicate plasticity: insights from triaxial deformation, broad ion beam polishing and scanning electron microscopy. Solid Earth. 8(2). 291–305. 48 indexed citations

Bésuelle, Pierre, et al.. (2016). A FE2 modelling approach to hydromechanical coupling in cracking-induced localization problems. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 97-98. 475–488. 33 indexed citations

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Desbois, Guillaume, et al.. (2016). Cataclastic deformation of triaxially deformed, cemented mudrock (Callovo Oxfordian Clay): an experimental study at the micro/nano scale using BIB-SEM. 6 indexed citations

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Dascalu, Cristian, et al.. (2014). A two-scale time-dependent model of damage: Influence of micro-cracks friction. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 49. 345–361. 14 indexed citations

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Amon, Axelle, et al.. (2014). A biaxial apparatus for the study of heterogeneous and intermittent strains in granular materials. Granular Matter. 16(1). 1–8. 34 indexed citations

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Bésuelle, Pierre, et al.. (2013). A Laboratory Experimental Study of the Hydromechanical Behavior of Boom Clay. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 47(1). 143–155. 24 indexed citations

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Andò, Edward, et al.. (2011). Observing strain localisation processes in bio-cemented sand using x-ray imaging. Granular Matter. 13(3). 247–250. 73 indexed citations

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Kotronis, Panagiotis, et al.. (2008). Shear softening and localization: Modelling the evolution of the width of the shear zone. Acta Geotechnica. 3(2). 85–97. 20 indexed citations

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Lenoir, Nicolas, Michel Bornert, Jacques Desrues, Pierre Bésuelle, & Gioacchino Viggiani. (2007). Volumetric digital image correlation applied to X-Ray microtomography images form triaxial compression tests on argillaceaous rocks. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 273 indexed citations

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Desrues, Jacques, Pierre Bésuelle, & Helen Lewis. (2007). Strain localization in geomaterials. Geological Society London Special Publications. 289(1). 47–73. 20 indexed citations

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Guéguen, Yves & Pierre Bésuelle. (2007). Damage and localization: two key concepts in rock deformation studies. Geological Society London Special Publications. 289(1). 7–17. 6 indexed citations

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Viggiani, Gioacchino, et al.. (2004). X-ray microtomography for studying localized deformation in fine-grained geomaterials under triaxial compression. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 332(10). 819–826. 3 indexed citations

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Bésuelle, Pierre, Patrick Baud, & Thomas Wong. (2003). Failure Mode and Spatial Distribution of Damage in Rothbach Sandstone in the Brittle-ductile Transition. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 160(5-6). 851–868. 41 indexed citations

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