William Prager
Impact in
- Mechanics of Materials top 0.05%
- Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
- Fatigue and fracture mechanics
- Metallurgy and Material Forming
- Civil and Structural Engineering top 0.05%
- Topology Optimization in Engineering
- Structural Analysis and Optimization
Papers in
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- Structural Analysis and Optimization 35
- Topology Optimization in Engineering 26
- Structural Load-Bearing Analysis 11
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- Structural Analysis of Composite Materials 10
- Metal Forming Simulation Techniques 9
- Co-authors
- D. C. Drucker (4 shared papers)Yu. N. Rabotnov (1 shared paper)F. A. Leckie (1 shared paper)Harvey J. Greenberg (5 shared papers)Bruno A. Boley (1 shared paper)J. H. Weiner (1 shared paper)P. G. Hodge (2 shared papers)R. T. Shield (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Applied Mechanics (26 papers)Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (10 papers)Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik (9 papers)International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (7 papers)Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandAustralia
In The Last Decade
William Prager
144 papers receiving 10.3k citations
William Prager's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
- Mechanics of Materials 5.9k
- Civil and Structural Engineering 5.0k
- Mechanical Engineering 3.8k
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 682
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 821
Countries citing papers authored by William Prager
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Fields of papers citing papers by William Prager
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 149 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soil mechanics and plastic analysis or limit design Hit paper breakdown → | 1952 | 3144 |
| 2 | Creep Problems in Structural Members Hit paper breakdown → | 1970 | 1103 |
| 3 | Theory of Thermal Stresses Hit paper breakdown → | 1961 | 745 |
| 4 | A New Method of Analyzing Stresses and Strains in Work-Hardening Plastic Solids Hit paper breakdown → | 1956 | 667 |
| 5 | Extended limit design theorems for continuous media Hit paper breakdown → | 1952 | 597 |
| 6 | Theory of perfectly plastic solids Hit paper breakdown → | 1968 | 462 |
| 7 | 1955 | 368 | |
| 8 | 1964 | 317 | |
| 9 | 1962 | 302 | |
| 10 | 1962 | 272 | |
| 11 | 1968 | 259 | |
| 12 | 1960 | 171 | |
| 13 | 1967 | 155 | |
| 14 | 1961 | 126 | |
| 15 | 1970 | 125 | |
| 16 | 1951 | 118 | |
| 17 | 1953 | 107 | |
| 18 | 1977 | 107 | |
| 19 | 1972 | 96 | |
| 20 | 1977 | 94 |
About William Prager
William Prager is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering, having authored 149 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Structural Analysis and Optimization (35 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (26 papers), Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (16 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (11 papers), Structural Analysis of Composite Materials (10 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (9 papers), Metallurgy and Material Forming (8 papers) and Material Properties and Applications (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (5.9k citations), Civil and Structural Engineering (5.0k citations), Mechanical Engineering (3.8k citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (682 citations) and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (821 citations). William Prager has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Frequent co-authors include D. C. Drucker, Yu. N. Rabotnov, F. A. Leckie, Harvey J. Greenberg, Bruno A. Boley, J. H. Weiner, P. G. Hodge, R. T. Shield, G. I. N. Rozvany and W. Oettli. 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 Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications.
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