A.C.F. Cocks

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
203 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

A.C.F. Cocks is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, A.C.F. Cocks has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 96 papers in Materials Chemistry and 70 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in A.C.F. Cocks's work include High Temperature Alloys and Creep (50 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (48 papers) and Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials (33 papers). A.C.F. Cocks is often cited by papers focused on High Temperature Alloys and Creep (50 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (48 papers) and Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials (33 papers). A.C.F. Cocks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. A.C.F. Cocks's co-authors include Michael F. Ashby, Edmund Tarleton, I.C. Sinka, Christos Skamniotis, Chuan‐Yu Wu, Jia-Yu Pan, Olga Barrera, Simon P.A. Gill, Jianan Hu and L. Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

A.C.F. Cocks

201 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

On creep fracture by void growth 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. On creep fracture by void growth
    1982 388 citations A.C.F. Cocks, Michael F. Ashby profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A.C.F. Cocks United Kingdom 42 3.7k 2.2k 1.9k 902 763 203 5.7k
Jun‐Sang Park United States 33 2.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 861 0.4× 210 0.2× 366 0.5× 220 3.8k
Ronald W. Armstrong United States 33 4.0k 1.1× 5.3k 2.5× 3.1k 1.6× 231 0.3× 775 1.0× 172 7.2k
David M. Saylor United States 25 989 0.3× 1.8k 0.8× 581 0.3× 154 0.2× 320 0.4× 80 3.0k
Britta Nestler Germany 40 3.2k 0.9× 5.2k 2.4× 1.4k 0.7× 878 1.0× 3.3k 4.4× 302 7.4k
Meng Hua China 35 2.1k 0.6× 690 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 543 0.6× 250 0.3× 156 3.9k
Hongtao Zhu Australia 37 3.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 218 0.2× 655 0.9× 332 5.4k
Gang Liu China 34 2.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 230 0.3× 458 0.6× 327 3.7k
Gregory J. Wagner United States 39 2.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 935 1.0× 313 0.4× 134 5.6k
Jean‐Baptiste Leblond France 42 4.3k 1.2× 2.6k 1.2× 4.2k 2.2× 335 0.4× 245 0.3× 176 6.6k
Ryan Dehoff United States 54 9.1k 2.5× 3.0k 1.4× 752 0.4× 368 0.4× 1.3k 1.7× 186 11.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martínez, Gerardo, Hao Shang, Christopher P. Jones, et al.. (2025). Microstructural parameters associated with cavity nucleation in martensitic Grade 91 steel under creep conditions. Materialia. 44. 102599–102599.
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Skamniotis, Christos, et al.. (2025). Fatigue-creep design of transpiration cooled nickel gas turbine blades via low order aerothermal-stress and crystal plasticity finite element modelling. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 287. 109955–109955. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Huifang, Yuanbo T. Tang, Andrew Lui, et al.. (2024). Stochastic or deterministic: Duality of fatigue behaviour of 3D-printed meta-biomaterials. Materials & Design. 245. 113296–113296. 1 indexed citations
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Jones, Christopher P., T. Martin, P. E. J. Flewitt, et al.. (2024). Creep Cavitation Imaging and Analysis in 9%Cr-1%Mo P91 Steels. Advances in materials technology for fossil power plants :. 84871. 219–234. 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Yun, Huifang Liu, Yuanbo T. Tang, et al.. (2024). Orientation matters: Assessing the cyclic deformation behaviour of laser powder bed fusion Ti-6Al-4V. Materials & Design. 248. 113485–113485. 2 indexed citations
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Skamniotis, Christos, Nicolò Grilli, & A.C.F. Cocks. (2023). Crystal plasticity analysis of fatigue-creep behavior at cooling holes in single crystal Nickel based gas turbine blade components. International Journal of Plasticity. 166. 103589–103589. 44 indexed citations
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Tang, Yuanbo T., Andrew Lui, Patrick S. Grant, et al.. (2023). On the size-dependent fatigue behaviour of laser powder bed fusion Ti-6Al-4V. Additive manufacturing. 79. 103922–103922. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Jianan, et al.. (2019). Comparison of self-consistent and crystal plasticity FE approaches for modelling the high-temperature deformation of 316H austenitic stainless steel. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 171. 54–80. 38 indexed citations
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Cocks, A.C.F., et al.. (2017). A theoretical and computational framework for studying creep crack growth. International Journal of Fracture. 208(1-2). 145–170. 10 indexed citations
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Aucott, Lee, Danni Huang, Hongbiao Dong, et al.. (2017). Initiation and growth kinetics of solidification cracking during welding of steel. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40255–40255. 59 indexed citations
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Hu, Jianan, Bo Chen, D. J. Smith, P. E. J. Flewitt, & A.C.F. Cocks. (2016). On the evaluation of the Bauschinger effect in an austenitic stainless steel—The role of multi-scale residual stresses. International Journal of Plasticity. 84. 203–223. 60 indexed citations
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Kartal, Mehmet E., et al.. (2015). The influence of welding procedure and plate geometry on residual stresses in thick components. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 80. 420–429. 56 indexed citations
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Style, Robert W., Stephen Peppin, A.C.F. Cocks, & J. S. Wettlaufer. (2011). Ice-lens formation and geometrical supercooling in soils and other colloidal materials. Physical Review E. 84(4). 41402–41402. 70 indexed citations
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Wu, Chuan‐Yu & A.C.F. Cocks. (2005). Numerical and experimental investigations of the flow of powder into a confined space. Mechanics of Materials. 38(4). 304–324. 67 indexed citations
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Cocks, A.C.F., et al.. (2005). Experimental and numerical study of die filling, powder transfer and die compaction. Powder Metallurgy. 48(1). 68–76. 53 indexed citations
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Sinka, I.C., L. Schneider, & A.C.F. Cocks. (2004). Measurement of the flow properties of powders with special reference to die fill. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 280(1-2). 27–38. 84 indexed citations
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Wu, Chuan‐Yu & A.C.F. Cocks. (2004). Flow behaviour of powders during die filling. Powder Metallurgy. 47(2). 127–136. 64 indexed citations
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Cocks, A.C.F., et al.. (1997). Power-law matrix creep in fiber composites due to transverse stress gradients. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1 indexed citations
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Cocks, A.C.F. & Michael F. Ashby. (1982). Creep fracture by coupled power-law creep and diffusion under multiaxial stress. Metal Science. 16(10). 465–474. 72 indexed citations

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