Piotr Breitkopf

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
100 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Piotr Breitkopf is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Piotr Breitkopf has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 34 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 31 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Piotr Breitkopf's work include Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (28 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (26 papers) and Model Reduction and Neural Networks (25 papers). Piotr Breitkopf is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (28 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (26 papers) and Model Reduction and Neural Networks (25 papers). Piotr Breitkopf collaborates with scholars based in France, China and United States. Piotr Breitkopf's co-authors include Liang Xia, Pierre Villon, Balaji Raghavan, Weihong Zhang, Alain Rassineux, Liang Meng, Rajan Filomeno Coelho, Jihong Zhu, Catherine Knopf‐Lenoir and Yuliang Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Piotr Breitkopf

100 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Design of materials using topology optimization and energ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2014 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Design of materials using topology optimization and energy-based homogenization approach in Matlab
    2015 342 citations Liang Xia, Piotr Breitkopf Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization profile →
  2. Concurrent topology optimization design of material and structure withinFE2nonlinear multiscale analysis framework
    2014 282 citations Liang Xia, Piotr Breitkopf Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering profile →
  3. From Topology Optimization Design to Additive Manufacturing: Today’s Success and Tomorrow’s Roadmap
    2019 281 citations Liang Meng, Weihong Zhang et al. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Piotr Breitkopf France 28 1.7k 1.6k 881 737 509 100 3.2k
Peng Hao China 49 3.0k 1.7× 2.5k 1.6× 971 1.1× 1.3k 1.8× 491 1.0× 208 6.3k
Rakesh K. Kapania United States 38 3.7k 2.1× 4.1k 2.6× 404 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 1.2k 2.3× 494 7.0k
Garret N. Vanderplaats United States 21 1.5k 0.9× 893 0.6× 746 0.8× 650 0.9× 510 1.0× 56 3.2k
Xiaojun Wang China 34 2.4k 1.4× 925 0.6× 981 1.1× 500 0.7× 172 0.3× 212 4.1k
Daniel A. Tortorelli United States 43 4.7k 2.7× 3.6k 2.3× 2.1k 2.4× 1.2k 1.6× 853 1.7× 157 6.7k
Pierre Kerfriden United Kingdom 32 861 0.5× 2.3k 1.5× 224 0.3× 633 0.9× 1.2k 2.4× 86 3.5k
Wei Gao Australia 44 3.9k 2.3× 3.3k 2.1× 550 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 576 1.1× 291 7.1k
Ramana V. Grandhi United States 42 3.6k 2.1× 2.6k 1.7× 2.1k 2.4× 1.6k 2.1× 673 1.3× 283 7.2k
Cosmin Anitescu Germany 28 1.3k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 218 0.2× 835 1.1× 1.6k 3.1× 62 4.5k
Chen Yang China 36 1.2k 0.7× 501 0.3× 283 0.3× 745 1.0× 250 0.5× 151 3.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Breitkopf, Piotr, et al.. (2025). Multi-scale mechanical properties of Al–Mg–Zr–Sc alloys fabricated by direct metal laser sintering: Towards single-material composites. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 35. 2887–2913. 1 indexed citations
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Breitkopf, Piotr, et al.. (2025). Customized Gaussian process for representing polycrystalline texture. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 440. 117934–117934. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Jun, Xinran Gao, Piotr Breitkopf, et al.. (2024). Primal–dual on-the-fly reduced-order modeling for large-scale transient dynamic topology optimization. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 428. 117099–117099. 3 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Balaji, et al.. (2024). Towards a data-driven paradigm for characterizing plastic anisotropy using principal components analysis and manifold learning. Computational Materials Science. 235. 112834–112834. 2 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, Jing Zhang, Yuliang Hou, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the Fibonacci spiral pattern for stiffening rib design. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 246. 108131–108131. 19 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Chanh-Nghiem, et al.. (2020). Automated Identification of Defect Morphology and Spatial Distribution in Woven Composites. Journal of Composites Science. 4(4). 178–178. 4 indexed citations
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Breitkopf, Piotr, et al.. (2020). On-the-fly model reduction for large-scale structural topology optimization using principal components analysis. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 62(1). 209–230. 45 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, Weihong Zhang, Dongliang Quan, et al.. (2019). From Topology Optimization Design to Additive Manufacturing: Today’s Success and Tomorrow’s Roadmap. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. 27(3). 805–830. 281 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lefèbvre, Jean-Pierre, et al.. (2019). Damage tolerance reliability analysis combining Kriging regression and support vector machine classification. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 216. 106514–106514. 12 indexed citations
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Breitkopf, Piotr, et al.. (2017). Image‐based model reconstruction and meshing of woven reinforcements in composites. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 112(9). 1235–1252. 17 indexed citations
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Fritzen, Felix, Liang Xia, Matthias Leuschner, & Piotr Breitkopf. (2016). Topology optimization of multiscale elastoviscoplastic structures: TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF MULTISCALE ELASTOVISCOPLASTIC STRUCTURES. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 106(6). 430–453. 34 indexed citations
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Meng, Liang, et al.. (2016). An insight into the identifiability of material properties by instrumented indentation test using manifold approach based on P-h curve and imprint shape. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 106-107. 13–26. 27 indexed citations
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Raghavan, Balaji, et al.. (2014). A manifold learning-based reduced order model for springback shape characterization and optimization in sheet metal forming. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 285. 621–638. 26 indexed citations
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Hamdaouı, Mohamed, et al.. (2013). POD surrogates for real-time multi-parametric sheet metal forming problems. International Journal of Material Forming. 7(3). 337–358. 22 indexed citations
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Xia, Liang, Jihong Zhu, Weihong Zhang, & Piotr Breitkopf. (2013). An implicit model for the integrated optimization of component layout and structure topology. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 257. 87–102. 54 indexed citations
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Ghnatios, Chady, Francisco Chinesta, Elías Cueto, et al.. (2011). Methodological approach to efficient modeling and optimization of thermal processes taking place in a die: Application to pultrusion. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 42(9). 1169–1178. 38 indexed citations
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Coelho, Rajan Filomeno, Piotr Breitkopf, & Catherine Knopf‐Lenoir. (2008). Model reduction for multidisciplinary optimization - application to a 2D wing. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 37(1). 29–48. 63 indexed citations
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Coelho, Rajan Filomeno, Piotr Breitkopf, Catherine Knopf‐Lenoir, & Pierre Villon. (2008). Bi-level model reduction for coupled problems. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 39(4). 401–418. 45 indexed citations
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Rassineux, Alain, et al.. (2002). Volume Mesh Adaptation With a Meshfree Surface Model.. IMR. 253–260. 1 indexed citations
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Breitkopf, Piotr, Gilbert Touzot, & Pierre Villon. (1998). Consistency approach and diffuse derivation in element free methods based on moving least squares approximation. Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences. 5. 479–501. 13 indexed citations

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