D. C. Drucker

13.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

D. C. Drucker is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. C. Drucker has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. C. Drucker's work include Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (14 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (11 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (9 papers). D. C. Drucker is often cited by papers focused on Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (14 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (11 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (9 papers). D. C. Drucker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. D. C. Drucker's co-authors include William Prager, M. A. Biot, Harvey J. Greenberg, Y. C. Fung, R. T. Shield, M. L. Baron, Mario G. Salvadori, J. R. Rice, D. J. Henkel and Robert E. Gibson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

D. C. Drucker

63 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soil mechanics and plastic analysis or limit design

1952 2.9k citations D. C. Drucker, William Prager profile →
Mechanics of Incremental Deformation

1965 1.5k citations D. C. Drucker et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
Extended limit design theorems for continuous media

1952 546 citations D. C. Drucker, William Prager et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D. C. Drucker	4.2k	3.4k	2.3k	1.4k	1.1k	66	8.4k
William Prager	5.1k 1.2×	4.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	130	10.2k
D. R. J. Owen	6.2k 1.5×	3.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	262	11.2k
I. Vardoulakis	5.0k 1.2×	4.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.8×	449 0.4×	155	9.1k
Jean H. Prévost	2.8k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	536 0.4×	487 0.5×	138	6.6k
A. P. S. Selvadurai	4.6k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	357 0.3×	672 0.6×	376	7.4k
Bernhard A. Schrefler	3.7k 0.9×	5.7k 1.7×	1.4k 0.6×	441 0.3×	823 0.8×	241	9.8k
J. Oliver	5.1k 1.2×	5.9k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	587 0.6×	168	10.8k
D.E. Beskos	4.4k 1.1×	5.7k 1.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	578 0.5×	237	9.4k
G. R. Irwin	8.1k 1.9×	3.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.6×	2.2k 1.6×	487 0.5×	60	10.7k
G. C. Sih	15.5k 3.7×	4.6k 1.4×	4.0k 1.7×	3.6k 2.7×	516 0.5×	293	17.4k

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All Works

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Drucker, D. C.. (1989). Discussion of "Nonassociated Flow and Stability of Granular Materials". Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 115(8). 1842–1845. 1 indexed citations

Drucker, D. C.. (1988). Conventional and Unconventional Plastic Response and Representation. Applied Mechanics Reviews. 41(4). 151–167. 136 indexed citations

Drucker, D. C., et al.. (1987). Remaining at Yield During Unloading and Other Unconventional Elastic-Plastic Response. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 54(1). 22–26. 13 indexed citations

Billington, E. W., Atsushi Tate, & D. C. Drucker. (1982). The Physics of Deformation and Flow. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 49(2). 464–464. 68 indexed citations

Budiansky, Bernard, D. C. Drucker, G. S. Kino, & J. R. Rice. (1979). Pressure sensitivity of a clad optical fiber. Applied Optics. 18(24). 4085–4085. 96 indexed citations

Drucker, D. C.. (1976). Elementary results of dimensional analysis for friction and wear in steady state sliding. Wear. 40(1). 129–133. 11 indexed citations

Hawley, R. H. & D. C. Drucker. (1973). Brittle fracture of precompressed steel as affected by hydrostatic pressure, temperature and strain concentration. Experimental Mechanics. 13(1). 1–6. 4 indexed citations

Butler, Thomas W. & D. C. Drucker. (1973). Yield Strength and Microstructural Scale: A Continuum Study of Pearlitic Versus Spheroidized Steel. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 40(3). 780–784. 25 indexed citations

Drucker, D. C. & J. R. Rice. (1970). Plastic deformation in brittle and ductile fracture. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 1(4). 577–602. 67 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C.. (1967). Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 63 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C., et al.. (1967). Continuum Plasticity Theory in Relation to Solid Solution, Dispersion, and Precipitation Hardening. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 34(1). 195–199. 3 indexed citations

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Findley, W. N. & D. C. Drucker. (1965). An Experimental Study of Plane Plastic Straining of Notched Bars. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 32(3). 493–503. 8 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C.. (1962). ON THE ROLE OF EXPERIMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEORY. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Salvadori, Mario G., M. L. Baron, & D. C. Drucker. (1962). Numerical Methods in Engineering. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 29(2). 448–448. 325 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C. & R. T. Shield. (1959). Limit Analysis of Symmetrically Loaded Thin Shells of Revolution. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 26(1). 61–68. 57 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C.. (1956). The Effect of Shear on the Plastic Bending of Beams. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 23(4). 509–514. 97 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C.. (1953). Limit analysis of two and three dimensional soil mechanics problems. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 1(4). 217–226. 105 indexed citations

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Shield, R. T. & D. C. Drucker. (1953). The Application of Limit Analysis to Punch-Indentation Problems. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 20(4). 453–460. 90 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C., Harvey J. Greenberg, & William Prager. (1952). Closure to “Discussion of ‘The Safety Factor of an Elastic-Plastic Body in Plane Strain’” (1952, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 19, p. 232). Journal of Applied Mechanics. 19(2). 233–233. 1 indexed citations

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Drucker, D. C., Harvey J. Greenberg, & William Prager. (1951). The Safety Factor of an Elastic-Plastic Body in Plane Strain. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 18(4). 371–378. 105 indexed citations

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