R.A. Smith
Impact in
- Mechanics of Materials top 0.5%
- Fatigue and fracture mechanics
- Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
- Numerical methods in engineering
- Mechanical Behavior of Composites
- Metals and Alloys top 5%
Papers in
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- Fatigue and fracture mechanics 41
- Mechanical Behavior of Composites 8
- Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis 7
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- Railway Engineering and Dynamics 12
- Engineering Structural Analysis Methods 7
- Co-authors
- Xiaobin Lin (9 shared papers)Keith J. Miller (1 shared paper)K. J. Miller (2 shared papers)S.K. Maiti (3 shared papers)Chow‐Shing Shin (2 shared papers)Uwe Zerbst (1 shared paper)Karl-Otto Edel (1 shared paper)Stuart Hillmansen (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (13 papers)Engineering Fracture Mechanics (11 papers)International Journal of Fatigue (4 papers)International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping (4 papers)The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomSouth SudanUnited States
In The Last Decade
R.A. Smith
87 papers receiving 2.4k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 134
- Mechanics of Materials 1.7k
- Metals and Alloys 92
- Mechanical Engineering 1.2k
- Civil and Structural Engineering 690
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 91
Countries citing papers authored by R.A. Smith
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Fields of papers citing papers by R.A. Smith
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside R.A. Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1978 | 264 | |
| 2 | 2009 | 176 | |
| 3 | 1977 | 166 | |
| 4 | 1999 | 118 | |
| 5 | Fatigue crack measurement : techniques and applications | 1991 | 92 |
| 6 | 1999 | 92 | |
| 7 | 1985 | 79 | |
| 8 | 1984 | 78 | |
| 9 | 1998 | 68 | |
| 10 | 1995 | 68 | |
| 11 | 1997 | 67 | |
| 12 | 1976 | 61 | |
| 13 | 2004 | 61 | |
| 14 | 1988 | 57 | |
| 15 | 1983 | 55 | |
| 16 | 1999 | 55 | |
| 17 | 1984 | 51 | |
| 18 | 2015 | 44 | |
| 19 | Overview of age-related ocular conditions. | 2013 | 40 |
| 20 | 2003 | 38 |
About R.A. Smith
R.A. Smith is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Automotive Engineering, having authored 92 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (41 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (13 papers), Railway Engineering and Dynamics (12 papers), Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency (9 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (8 papers), Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis (8 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (7 papers) and Engineering Structural Analysis Methods (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (1.7k citations), Metals and Alloys (92 citations), Mechanical Engineering (1.2k citations), Civil and Structural Engineering (690 citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (91 citations). R.A. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Sudan and United States. Frequent co-authors include Xiaobin Lin, Keith J. Miller, K. J. Miller, S.K. Maiti, Chow‐Shing Shin, Uwe Zerbst, Karl-Otto Edel, Stuart Hillmansen, NA Fleck and Ian F. C. Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, International Journal of Fatigue, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
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