Sacha Emam

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sacha Emam is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Sacha Emam has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 5 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 5 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Sacha Emam's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (8 papers), Landslides and related hazards (5 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (3 papers). Sacha Emam is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (8 papers), Landslides and related hazards (5 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (3 papers). Sacha Emam collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Egypt and France. Sacha Emam's co-authors include François Chevoir, Jean-Noël Roux, Arul Arulrajah, Guillermo A. Narsilio, Mahdi M. Disfani, Abbas Taheri, Torsten Dahm, Martin Schöpfer, Eoghan P. Holohan and Djamil Al‐Halbouni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Construction and Building Materials and Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Sacha Emam

17 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Rheophysics of dense granular materials: Discrete simulation of plane shear flows

2005 964 citations Sacha Emam, Jean-Noël Roux et al. Physical Review E profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sacha Emam Australia	9	868	680	493	238	223	17	1.3k
Lydie Staron France	20	1.2k 1.4×	985 1.4×	380 0.8×	193 0.8×	239 1.1×	37	1.4k
Nicolás Estrada Colombia	18	705 0.8×	510 0.8×	529 1.1×	286 1.2×	89 0.4×	41	1.1k
Bruno Chareyre France	26	736 0.8×	559 0.8×	910 1.8×	342 1.4×	174 0.8×	72	1.8k
Thomas Weinhart Netherlands	22	1.2k 1.4×	607 0.9×	339 0.7×	138 0.6×	378 1.7×	68	1.5k
Alice Hager Austria	4	1.1k 1.3×	282 0.4×	360 0.7×	133 0.6×	483 2.2×	6	1.5k
Lü Jing China	18	698 0.8×	524 0.8×	266 0.5×	146 0.6×	253 1.1×	45	1.0k
Kazuyoshi IWASHITA Japan	9	818 0.9×	620 0.9×	940 1.9×	379 1.6×	125 0.6×	23	1.5k
Émilien Azéma France	26	1.8k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 2.5×	584 2.5×	256 1.1×	83	2.5k
Dimitrios Kolymbas Austria	22	428 0.5×	509 0.7×	1.7k 3.5×	552 2.3×	72 0.3×	74	2.1k
Hu Zheng China	16	352 0.4×	266 0.4×	267 0.5×	252 1.1×	72 0.3×	71	777

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André, Damien, et al.. (2022). Investigation of different discrete modeling strategies to mimic microstructural aspects that influence the fracture energy of refractory materials. Open Ceramics. 11. 100288–100288. 2 indexed citations

Jin, Shengli, et al.. (2022). Discrete element modelling of ordinary refractory ceramics under cold crushing testing: Influence of minimum element size. Ceramics International. 48(12). 17934–17941. 5 indexed citations

André, Damien, et al.. (2022). Advances in micro-mechanical modeling using a bonded-particle model and periodic homogenization within discrete element framework applied to heterogeneous ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 43(3). 1205–1219. 2 indexed citations

Mohammadinia, Alireza, et al.. (2021). Crushing behavior of recycled waste materials: Experimental analysis and DEM simulation. Construction and Building Materials. 299. 124226–124226. 11 indexed citations

André, Damien, et al.. (2021). Numerical modelling of the quasi-brittle behaviour of refractory ceramics by considering microcracks effect. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 42(3). 1149–1161. 16 indexed citations

Al‐Halbouni, Djamil, Eoghan P. Holohan, Abbas Taheri, et al.. (2019). Distinct element geomechanical modelling of the formation of sinkhole clusters within large-scale karstic depressions. Solid Earth. 10(4). 1219–1241. 27 indexed citations

Al‐Halbouni, Djamil, Eoghan P. Holohan, Abbas Taheri, et al.. (2018). Geomechanical modelling of sinkhole development using distinct elements: model verification for a single void space and application to the Dead Sea area. Solid Earth. 9(6). 1341–1373. 43 indexed citations

Ciantia, Matteo Oryem, Katia Boschi, Thomas Shire, & Sacha Emam. (2018). Numerical techniques for fast generation of large discrete-element models. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering and Computational Mechanics. 171(4). 147–161. 22 indexed citations

Ciantia, Matteo Oryem, Marcos Arroyo, Ningning Zhang, & Sacha Emam. (2017). Periodic cells for large-scale problem initialization. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 140. 15012–15012. 2 indexed citations

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Disfani, Mahdi M., et al.. (2016). Impact of particle shape on breakage of recycled construction and demolition aggregates. Powder Technology. 308. 1–12. 119 indexed citations

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Bahrani, Navid, et al.. (2013). A Comparison Between 2D and 3D Bonded-Particle Models for Rock. 5 indexed citations

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Lorig, Loren, Peter Cundall, Branko Damjanac, & Sacha Emam. (2010). A Three-Dimensional Model For Rock Slopes Based On Micromechanics. 10 indexed citations

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Emam, Sacha, et al.. (2005). Rheophysics of dense granular materials: Discrete simulation of plane shear flows. Physical Review E. 72(2). 21309–21309. 964 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emam, Sacha. (2005). Automaic digital synchronization. 778–784. 4 indexed citations

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Soliman, S.A., Sacha Emam, & G. S. Christensen. (1991). Optimization of the optimal coefficients of non-monotonically increasing incremental cost curves. Electric Power Systems Research. 21(2). 99–106. 15 indexed citations

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Soliman, S.A., Sacha Emam, & G. S. Christensen. (1990). APPLICATION OF OPTIMIZATION TO THE SIZE AND CONTROL SETTINGS OF SHUNT CAPACITORS ON DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS. Electric Machines & Power Systems. 18(1). 41–51. 1 indexed citations

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Soliman, S.A., Sacha Emam, & G. S. Christensen. (1989). A new algorithm for optimal parameter estimation of a synchronous machine from frequency tests based on LAV approximations. Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 14(3). 98–102. 6 indexed citations

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