Craig Davidson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

Craig Davidson is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig Davidson has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 6 papers in Computational Mechanics and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Craig Davidson's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (16 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (12 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (11 papers). Craig Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics (16 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (12 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (11 papers). Craig Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Iraq and United States. Craig Davidson's co-authors include Peter J. Bourne–Webb, Binod Amatya, Kenichi Soga, Tony Amis, P. C. J. Payne, Michael Brown, Jonathan Knappett, Benjamin Cerfontaine, A. J. Brennan and Charles E. Augarde and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering and Géotechnique.

In The Last Decade

Craig Davidson

19 papers receiving 731 citations

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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.

Energy pile test at Lambeth College, London: geotechnical and thermodynamic aspects of pile response to heat cycles

2009 509 citations Craig Davidson et al. Géotechnique profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Craig Davidson United Kingdom	10	525	460	193	175	95	22	761
Teresa Maria Bodas Freitas Portugal	12	826 1.6×	308 0.7×	96 0.5×	149 0.9×	110 1.2×	21	1.1k
Francesco Cecinato Italy	14	235 0.4×	443 1.0×	150 0.8×	193 1.1×	110 1.2×	31	647
Hervé Péron Switzerland	10	448 0.9×	210 0.5×	129 0.7×	73 0.4×	53 0.6×	13	585
Anthony Gunawan Indonesia	8	519 1.0×	516 1.1×	192 1.0×	155 0.9×	119 1.3×	21	694
Tolga Y. Ozudogru United States	10	384 0.7×	559 1.2×	218 1.1×	187 1.1×	42 0.4×	13	610
Tony Amis United Kingdom	5	638 1.2×	965 2.1×	366 1.9×	356 2.0×	123 1.3×	6	1.1k
Gyu-Hyun Go South Korea	15	385 0.7×	659 1.4×	251 1.3×	332 1.9×	50 0.5×	39	777
Kyle D. Murphy United States	9	389 0.7×	556 1.2×	217 1.1×	221 1.3×	66 0.7×	13	613
Chris Haberfield Australia	7	441 0.8×	348 0.8×	138 0.7×	155 0.9×	182 1.9×	12	647
Ghazi Hassen France	10	468 0.9×	350 0.8×	162 0.8×	107 0.6×	139 1.5×	18	611

Countries citing papers authored by Craig Davidson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Craig Davidson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig Davidson

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Brown, Michael, et al.. (2025). Improved uplift capacity design for overhead line equipment in granular soils. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 178(7). 793–807.

Brown, Michael, et al.. (2024). The effect of installation advancement ratio on interaction between helices of screw piles for offshore renewable energy. Ocean Engineering. 316. 120000–120000. 2 indexed citations

Brown, Michael, et al.. (2024). Comparison of 1g and centrifuge modelling of drag anchors with subsurface wireless tracking. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 25(2). 102–114.

Brown, Michael, et al.. (2024). Centrifuge Modeling of the Installation Advancement Ratio Effect on the Cyclic Response of a Single-Helix Screw Pile for Floating Offshore Wind. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151(1). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, et al.. (2023). Effects of installation advancement ratio on cyclic uplift response of a single-helix screw pile: experimental and numerical investigation in sand. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Centrifuge Testing of Large Screw Pile Geometries for Offshore Applications. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 139–144. 1 indexed citations

Brown, Michael, et al.. (2021). Assessing single-helix screw pile geometry on offshore installation and axial capacity. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 174(5). 512–529. 12 indexed citations

Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Control of screw pile installation to optimise performance for offshore energy applications. Géotechnique. 73(3). 234–249. 23 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, William M. Coombs, Charles E. Augarde, et al.. (2021). An efficient and locking‐free material point method for three‐dimensional analysis with simplex elements. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 122(15). 3876–3899. 23 indexed citations

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Brown, Michael, et al.. (2021). Using DEM to assess the influence of single helix screw pile geometry on the installation requirements and in-service axial capacity in dense sand.

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Brown, Michael, Benjamin Cerfontaine, Craig Davidson, et al.. (2020). Effects of screw pile installation on installation requirements and in-service performance using the discrete element method. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 58(9). 1334–1350. 31 indexed citations

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Davidson, Craig, Michael Brown, Benjamin Cerfontaine, et al.. (2020). Physical modelling to demonstrate the feasibility of screw piles for offshore jacket-supported wind energy structures. Géotechnique. 72(2). 108–126. 41 indexed citations

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Brown, Michael, Matteo Oryem Ciantia, Benjamin Cerfontaine, et al.. (2020). Using discrete element method (DEM) to create a cone penetration test (CPT)-based method to estimate the installation requirements of rotary-installed piles in sand. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 58(7). 919–935. 20 indexed citations

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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, Jonathan Knappett, Michael Brown, et al.. (2020). A finite element approach for determining the full load–displacement relationship of axially loaded shallow screw anchors, incorporating installation effects. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 58(4). 565–582. 31 indexed citations

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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Optimised design of screw anchors in tension in sand for renewable energy applications. Ocean Engineering. 217. 108010–108010. 18 indexed citations

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Cerfontaine, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Screw pile design optimisation under tension in sand. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, William M. Coombs, Charles E. Augarde, et al.. (2019). On implementation aspects of implicit MPM for 3D analysis. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 97–102. 1 indexed citations

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Coombs, William M., Charles E. Augarde, T.J. Charlton, et al.. (2019). On the use of domain-based material point methods for problems involving large distortion. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 355. 1003–1025. 26 indexed citations

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Davidson, Craig, et al.. (2018). Installation Behavior of Open Ended and Closed Ended Piles with Torque Application. 379–386. 2 indexed citations

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Davidson, Craig, Michael Brown, A. J. Brennan, & Jonathan Knappett. (2017). Decommissioning of offshore piles using vibration. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 666–673. 1 indexed citations

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