William Prager

16.6k citations
130 papers · 10.2k · 6 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

    • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
    • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
    • Metallurgy and Material Forming
    • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
    • Topology Optimization in Engineering
    • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures

Papers in

William Prager

124 papers receiving 9.0k citations

William Prager's Hit Papers

Creep Problems in Structural Members 1970 · 929 citations
9290+24+49Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k2.5k

Peers

William Prager
Comparison fields: 5 of 143
  • Mechanics of Materials 5.1k
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 4.3k
  • Mechanical Engineering 3.3k
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 766
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 584
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside William Prager, 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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Soil mechanics and plastic analysis or limit design
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19522936
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Creep Problems in Structural Members
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1970929
3
Theory of Thermal Stresses
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1961678
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A New Method of Analyzing Stresses and Strains in Work-Hardening Plastic Solids
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1956607
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Extended limit design theorems for continuous media
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1952546
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Theory of perfectly plastic solids
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1968416
7 1955327
8 1962278
9 1964258
10 1962218
11 1968215
12 1960147
13 1961113
14 1967112
15 1970107
16 1951105
17 195398
18 195486
19 197777
20 195369

About William Prager

William Prager is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 130 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Structural Analysis and Optimization (32 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (24 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (15 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (10 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (8 papers), Metallurgy and Material Forming (8 papers), Structural Analysis of Composite Materials (8 papers) and Material Properties and Applications (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (5.1k citations), Civil and Structural Engineering (4.3k citations), Mechanical Engineering (3.3k citations), Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (766 citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (584 citations). William Prager has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Frequent co-authors include D. C. Drucker, F. A. Leckie, Yu. N. Rabotnov, Harvey J. Greenberg, Bruno A. Boley, J. H. Weiner, P. G. Hodge, R. T. Shield, W. Oettli and Kurt H. Gerstle. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences and International Journal of Solids and Structures.

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