C. O. Smith

804 total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 537 citations indexed

About

C. O. Smith is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, C. O. Smith has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 537 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in C. O. Smith's work include Nuclear and radioactivity studies (8 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (7 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (4 papers). C. O. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear and radioactivity studies (8 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (7 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (4 papers). C. O. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. C. O. Smith's co-authors include Walter Bryzik and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Carbon and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

C. O. Smith

23 papers receiving 465 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design

1982 390 citations C. O. Smith et al. Journal of Mechanical Design profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. O. Smith United States	7	246	220	113	91	67	27	537
P. P. Benham United Kingdom	10	264 1.1×	317 1.4×	127 1.1×	123 1.4×	36 0.5×	29	609
J. W. Simons United States	15	205 0.8×	332 1.5×	219 1.9×	271 3.0×	32 0.5×	26	703
Noel N. Nemeth United States	15	181 0.7×	230 1.0×	196 1.7×	66 0.7×	132 2.0×	51	609
Howard E. Boyer China	14	568 2.3×	344 1.6×	347 3.1×	100 1.1×	88 1.3×	17	884
J. W. Provan Canada	12	276 1.1×	333 1.5×	213 1.9×	143 1.6×	9 0.1×	33	713
G. G. Trantina United States	13	186 0.8×	279 1.3×	120 1.1×	78 0.9×	46 0.7×	26	497
Masaki SHIRATORI Japan	13	435 1.8×	515 2.3×	130 1.2×	228 2.5×	228 3.4×	160	874
C. H. Popelar United States	17	309 1.3×	804 3.7×	301 2.7×	343 3.8×	44 0.7×	53	1.1k
Yoon‐Suk Chang South Korea	12	464 1.9×	308 1.4×	203 1.8×	114 1.3×	46 0.7×	115	783
K. C. Rockey United Kingdom	13	249 1.0×	410 1.9×	62 0.5×	522 5.7×	16 0.2×	34	803

Countries citing papers authored by C. O. Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. O. Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. O. Smith

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Smith, C. O., et al.. (2007). Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) for Shipboard Applications. 122–129. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1992). Student written engineering cases. International journal of engineering education. 8(6). 442–445. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1991). Cases versus papers in design education. Design Studies. 12(4). 268–271. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O., et al.. (1987). Need Design Content for Accreditation? Try Engineering Cases!.. 77(4). 6 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1984). Probabilistic Design Criteria for Cylinders and Spheres Under Thermal Stresses. Journal of vibration and acoustics. 106(4). 523–528. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1981). Products liability: Are you vulnerable?. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1980). Design of Ellipsoidal and Toroidal Pressure Vessels to Probabilistic Criteria. Journal of Mechanical Design. 102(4). 787–792. 2 indexed citations

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Bryzik, Walter & C. O. Smith. (1977). Relationships Between Exhaust Smoke Emissions and Operating Variables in Diesel Engines. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1977). Design for Thermal Stresses in Probabilistic Form in Clad Fuel Plates. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries).

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Smith, C. O.. (1976). Introduction to reliability in design. 44 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1975). Design of Rotating Components to Probabilistic Criteria. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 1 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1974). Design relationships and failure theories in probabilistic form. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 27(2). 286–292. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1971). Design of Pressure Vessels to Probabilistic Criteria. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 2 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1969). The Science of Engineering Materials. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 116(8). 310C–310C. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1967). Nuclear reactor materials. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1967). MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT WITH REFERENCE TO NUCLEAR REACTORS. Naval Engineers Journal. 79(4). 563–567. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1966). EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION. Naval Engineers Journal. 78(5). 789–804.

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Smith, C. O., et al.. (1965). 143. Impact resistance of fueled graphite spheres for pebble bed reactor applications. Carbon. 3(3). 367–367. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O.. (1960). THERMAL STRESSES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS. Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers. 72(3). 393–400. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, C. O., et al.. (1954). Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Electrical Bus [includes discussion]. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Part III Power Apparatus and Systems. 73(2). 100–106. 4 indexed citations

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