D.A. Hills

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

D.A. Hills is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D.A. Hills has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 76 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 25 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in D.A. Hills's work include Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (120 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (83 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (26 papers). D.A. Hills is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (120 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (83 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (26 papers). D.A. Hills collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. D.A. Hills's co-authors include A. Sackfield, D. Nowell, Daniele Dini, J. R. Barber, M. Ciavarella, Giuseppe Monno, P.D. Warren, M. Davies, Mehmet E. Kartal and D. N. Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Materials Science and Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

In The Last Decade

D.A. Hills

150 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanics of fretting fatigue 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Mechanics of fretting fatigue
    1994 496 citations D.A. Hills Wear profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D.A. Hills United Kingdom 28 2.6k 1.6k 379 315 217 156 2.8k
G. B. Sinclair United States 21 1.6k 0.6× 606 0.4× 107 0.3× 303 1.0× 415 1.9× 96 2.0k
Rongqiao Wang China 28 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 30 0.1× 465 1.5× 309 1.4× 127 2.1k
Nagaraj K. Arakere United States 25 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 132 0.3× 694 2.2× 92 0.4× 76 2.1k
John H. Crews United States 19 1.6k 0.6× 506 0.3× 138 0.4× 275 0.9× 665 3.1× 61 2.0k
Klaus Knothe Germany 24 1.0k 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 133 0.4× 147 0.5× 452 2.1× 65 1.8k
C. E. Truman United Kingdom 28 1.1k 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 55 0.1× 491 1.6× 171 0.8× 196 2.4k
Naotake NODA Japan 18 1.3k 0.5× 301 0.2× 98 0.3× 280 0.9× 414 1.9× 68 1.5k
Run‐Zi Wang China 28 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 27 0.1× 610 1.9× 331 1.5× 93 2.4k
C. Agelet de Saracibar Spain 23 707 0.3× 989 0.6× 40 0.1× 134 0.4× 89 0.4× 54 1.5k
J.‐L. Chenot France 20 816 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 66 0.2× 285 0.9× 93 0.4× 61 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barber, J. R., et al.. (2023). Frictional shakedown of a coupled continuous contact. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 274. 112293–112293. 3 indexed citations
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Barber, J. R., et al.. (2022). Memory-free loading paths for a coupled continuous contact problem with friction. Mechanics Research Communications. 124. 103958–103958. 4 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A., et al.. (2021). Stress intensity factor calibration for short cracks at the edge of semi-infinite contacts. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 247. 107692–107692. 2 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A., et al.. (2019). The axisymmetric frictional receding contact of a layer pressed against a half-space by a point force. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 171. 47–53. 14 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A., et al.. (2018). Half-plane partial slip contact problems with a constant normal load subject to a shear force and differential bulk tension. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 118. 245–253. 13 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A., et al.. (2018). Methods to solve half-plane partial slip contact problems. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 155. 155–159. 10 indexed citations
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Brake, Matthew R. W., et al.. (2016). Predicting a contact's sensitivity to initial conditions using metrics of frictional coupling. Tribology International. 108. 95–110. 10 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A., et al.. (2014). Refinements in the characterisation of mode-mixity and small scale yielding at sharp notch roots. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 126. 73–86. 12 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A. & Daniele Dini. (2011). Characteristics of the process zone at sharp notch roots. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 48(14-15). 2177–2183. 42 indexed citations
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Barber, J. R., M. Davies, & D.A. Hills. (2011). Frictional elastic contact with periodic loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 48(13). 2041–2047. 58 indexed citations
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Kartal, Mehmet E., J. R. Barber, D.A. Hills, & D. Nowell. (2010). Partial slip problem for two semi-infinite strips in contact. International Journal of Engineering Science. 49(2). 203–211. 12 indexed citations
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Korsunsky, Alexander M., et al.. (2005). The edge dislocation in a three-quarter plane. Part I: Influence functions. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 25(1). 42–50. 12 indexed citations
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Dini, Daniele & D.A. Hills. (2004). The effect of a crack-tip radius on the validity of the singular solution. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 218(7). 693–701. 10 indexed citations
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Dini, Daniele, A. Sackfield, & D.A. Hills. (2004). Comprehensive bounded asymptotic solutions for incomplete contacts in partial slip. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 53(2). 437–454. 35 indexed citations
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Hou, Jun & D.A. Hills. (2001). Interference contact between a pin and plate with a hole. The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design. 36(5). 499–506. 6 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A., D. N. Dai, & P.D. Warren. (1996). The median crack driven by a point force. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 16(11). 1209–1212. 1 indexed citations
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Nowell, D. & D.A. Hills. (1990). Crack initiation criteria in fretting fatigue. Wear. 136(2). 329–343. 94 indexed citations
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Sackfield, A. & D.A. Hills. (1988). Contour integration: an integral evaluated. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 19(1). 73–77.
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Nowell, D. & D.A. Hills. (1988). Tractive rolling of tyred cylinders. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 30(12). 945–957. 26 indexed citations
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Hills, D.A.. (1983). Some aspects of post-yield contact problems. Wear. 85(1). 107–119. 8 indexed citations

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