Rene B. Testa

903 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 657 citations indexed

About

Rene B. Testa is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Rene B. Testa has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 657 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 4 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Rene B. Testa's work include Concrete Corrosion and Durability (3 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (3 papers) and Textile materials and evaluations (3 papers). Rene B. Testa is often cited by papers focused on Concrete Corrosion and Durability (3 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (3 papers) and Textile materials and evaluations (3 papers). Rene B. Testa collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Rene B. Testa's co-authors include George Hearn, Huiming Yin, Norris Stubbs, William R. Spillers and Hans H. Bleich and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Solids and Structures, Journal of Structural Engineering and Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Rene B. Testa

16 papers receiving 609 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.

Modal Analysis for Damage Detection in Structures

1991 358 citations George Hearn, Rene B. Testa Journal of Structural Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rene B. Testa United States	11	482	372	161	59	46	16	657
Weicheng Gao China	10	238 0.5×	263 0.7×	162 1.0×	31 0.5×	24 0.5×	61	504
J.C.J. Schellekens Netherlands	9	190 0.4×	644 1.7×	130 0.8×	14 0.2×	84 1.8×	11	711
Hichem Smaoui Tunisia	13	332 0.7×	138 0.4×	105 0.7×	22 0.4×	58 1.3×	43	482
Z. Gürdal Netherlands	6	331 0.7×	390 1.0×	91 0.6×	33 0.6×	18 0.4×	10	503
Jinghai Gong China	14	346 0.7×	119 0.3×	115 0.7×	38 0.6×	49 1.1×	47	526
François-Henri Leroy France	10	211 0.4×	401 1.1×	143 0.9×	65 1.1×	13 0.3×	18	489
M.K. Chryssanthopoulos United Kingdom	20	741 1.5×	368 1.0×	216 1.3×	14 0.2×	193 4.2×	54	894
Rims Janeliukštis Latvia	11	396 0.8×	243 0.7×	124 0.8×	13 0.2×	39 0.8×	36	581
Ronny Behnke Germany	12	232 0.5×	230 0.6×	159 1.0×	58 1.0×	18 0.4×	32	528
Kim-Ho Ip Hong Kong	12	348 0.7×	279 0.8×	101 0.6×	5 0.1×	59 1.3×	12	431

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Testa, Rene B.. (2013). Forensic structural engineering handbook. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 9(5). 506–506. 10 indexed citations

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Yin, Huiming, et al.. (2013). Mechanics of an Adhesive Anchor System Subjected to a Pullout Load. II: Viscoelastic Analysis. Journal of Structural Engineering. 140(2). 24 indexed citations

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Yin, Huiming, et al.. (2013). Mechanics of an Adhesive Anchor System Subjected to a Pullout Load. I: Elastic Analysis. Journal of Structural Engineering. 140(2). 12 indexed citations

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Yin, Huiming, et al.. (2010). An elastic analysis that predicts the pull-out capacity of adhesive anchors. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 10. 12151–12151. 8 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B., et al.. (2002). Bridge Maintenance Level Assessment. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 17(5). 358–367. 15 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B., et al.. (1999). Elastoplastic material with isotropic damage. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 36(5). 727–746. 15 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B., et al.. (1999). Closure Effects on Fatigue Crack Detection. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 125(10). 1125–1132. 18 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B., et al.. (1999). Damage mechanics : basic variables in continuum theories. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 36(5). 747–761. 89 indexed citations

9.

Hearn, George & Rene B. Testa. (1991). Modal Analysis for Damage Detection in Structures. Journal of Structural Engineering. 117(10). 3042–3063. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Testa, Rene B., et al.. (1987). Stress‐Strain Relation for Coated Fabrics. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 113(11). 1631–1646. 29 indexed citations

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Stubbs, Norris & Rene B. Testa. (1979). Fabric Strains Using Moire. Engineering Mechanics. 417–420. 1 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B., William R. Spillers, & Norris Stubbs. (1978). Bilinear Model for Coated Square Fabrics. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 104(5). 1027–1042. 27 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B. & Norris Stubbs. (1977). Bond Failure and Inelastic Response of Concrete. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 103(2). 296–310. 6 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B. & Norris Stubbs. (1976). Concrete Failure Related to Constituent Properties. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 102(3). 515–529. 1 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B., et al.. (1969). The Elastic Stability of Fibers in a Composite Plate*. Journal of Composite Materials. 3(1). 58–80. 43 indexed citations

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Testa, Rene B. & Hans H. Bleich. (1966). Dynamic Response of a Floating Rigid-Plastic Box. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 92(2). 131–151. 1 indexed citations

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