Alan Cottrell

13.0k citations
134 papers · 8.5k · 6 hit papers · h-index 33

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Papers in

    • Microstructure and mechanical properties 28
    • Fusion materials and technologies 13
    • Nuclear Materials and Properties 10
    • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior 9
    • Advanced materials and composites 11
    • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels 9
    • Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties 9

Alan Cottrell

117 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Alan Cottrell's Hit Papers

Ductile and brittle crystals 1967 · 464 citations
4640+25+50Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

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Alan Cottrell
Comparison fields: 5 of 125
  • Metals and Alloys 569
  • Mechanics of Materials 3.1k
  • Materials Chemistry 5.5k
  • Mechanical Engineering 4.4k
  • General Materials Science 231
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alan Cottrell, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals
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The spread of plastic yield from a notch
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1963777
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Dislocations and the Mechanical Properties of Crystals
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1956636
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LXXXVI. A note on the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect
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Ductile and brittle crystals
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1967464
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LX. A mechanism for the growth of deformation twins in crystals
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THEORY OF BRITTLE FRACTURE IN STEEL AND SIMILAR METALS
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About Alan Cottrell

Alan Cottrell is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 134 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (28 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (11 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (11 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (10 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (9 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (9 papers) and Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Metals and Alloys (569 citations), Mechanics of Materials (3.1k citations), Materials Chemistry (5.5k citations), Mechanical Engineering (4.4k citations) and General Materials Science (231 citations). Alan Cottrell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include D. L. Dexter, B. A. Bilby, W. R. Tyson, Anthony Kelly, Robert J. Stokes, W.A. Rachinger, D E Rimmer, R. Maddin, D. Hüll and W.M. Lomer. Their work appears in journals such as Materials Science and Technology, Philosophical Magazine Letters, Nature, Contemporary Physics and Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

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