T.E. Bruns

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

T.E. Bruns is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, T.E. Bruns has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in T.E. Bruns's work include Topology Optimization in Engineering (13 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (8 papers) and Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (7 papers). T.E. Bruns is often cited by papers focused on Topology Optimization in Engineering (13 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (8 papers) and Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (7 papers). T.E. Bruns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Romania. T.E. Bruns's co-authors include Daniel A. Tortorelli, Chau H. Le, Christopher Ha, Julián A. Norato and Ole Sigmund and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

In The Last Decade

T.E. Bruns

13 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Topology optimization of non-linear elastic structures and compliant mechanisms

2001 1.1k citations T.E. Bruns, Daniel A. Tortorelli Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering profile →
Stress-based topology optimization for continua

2009 629 citations Chau H. Le, Julián A. Norato et al. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
T.E. Bruns United States	12	2.4k	1.6k	1.2k	303	226	13	2.6k
Pierre Duysinx Belgium	23	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	352 1.2×	233 1.0×	107	2.7k
Niels Olhoff Denmark	29	3.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	252 0.8×	295 1.3×	71	3.9k
Anca-Maria Toader Portugal	9	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	159 0.5×	632 2.8×	16	3.0k
Peng Wei China	22	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	834 0.7×	84 0.3×	344 1.5×	50	1.9k
Behrooz Hassani Iran	23	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	553 0.5×	137 0.5×	501 2.2×	63	2.7k
Matteo Bruggi Italy	25	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	560 0.5×	73 0.2×	149 0.7×	87	2.1k
Pauli Pedersen Denmark	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	421 0.4×	248 0.8×	155 0.7×	95	2.6k
M. Zhou United States	18	1.2k 0.5×	708 0.4×	520 0.4×	95 0.3×	76 0.3×	46	1.4k
Joshua D. Deaton United States	10	1.2k 0.5×	772 0.5×	645 0.6×	67 0.2×	134 0.6×	35	1.4k

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

Le, Chau H., T.E. Bruns, & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (2011). Material microstructure optimization for linear elastodynamic energy wave management. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 60(2). 351–378. 44 indexed citations

Le, Chau H., T.E. Bruns, & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (2010). A gradient-based, parameter-free approach to shape optimization. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 200(9-12). 985–996. 125 indexed citations

Le, Chau H., Julián A. Norato, T.E. Bruns, Christopher Ha, & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (2009). Stress-based topology optimization for continua. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 41(4). 605–620. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

Bruns, T.E.. (2007). Topology optimization of convection-dominated, steady-state heat transfer problems. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 50(15-16). 2859–2873. 177 indexed citations

Bruns, T.E.. (2007). Topology optimization by penalty (TOP) method. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 196(45-48). 4430–4443. 15 indexed citations

Bruns, T.E.. (2006). Zero density lower bounds in topology optimization. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 196(1-3). 566–578. 13 indexed citations

Bruns, T.E.. (2005). A reevaluation of the SIMP method with filtering and an alternative formulation for solid–void topology optimization. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 30(6). 428–436. 94 indexed citations

Bruns, T.E. & Ole Sigmund. (2004). Toward the topology design of mechanisms that exhibit snap-through behavior. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 193(36-38). 3973–4000. 56 indexed citations

Bruns, T.E. & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (2003). An element removal and reintroduction strategy for the topology optimization of structures and compliant mechanisms. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 57(10). 1413–1430. 190 indexed citations

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Bruns, T.E., Ole Sigmund, & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (2002). Numerical methods for the topology optimization of structures that exhibit snap‐through. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 55(10). 1215–1237. 113 indexed citations

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Bruns, T.E. & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (2001). Topology optimization of non-linear elastic structures and compliant mechanisms. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 190(26-27). 3443–3459. 1089 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bruns, T.E. & Ole Sigmund. (2001). Topology design of bistable mechanisms. 2 indexed citations

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Bruns, T.E. & Daniel A. Tortorelli. (1998). Topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures and compliant mechanisms. 7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization. 40 indexed citations

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