David Kennedy

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
225 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

David Kennedy is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kennedy has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 90 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 69 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Kennedy's work include Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (65 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (56 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (38 papers). David Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (65 papers), Structural Load-Bearing Analysis (56 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (38 papers). David Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. David Kennedy's co-authors include Steven T. Manson, F.W. Williams, Robert G. Driver, Geoffrey L. Kulak, Carol Featherston, Alaa E. Elwi, Yahui Zhang, J.R. Banerjee, A E Kingston and K L Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Macromolecules and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Kennedy

213 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Kennedy United Kingdom	34	2.1k	1.5k	829	666	645	225	4.1k
Hiroshi Tanaka Japan	28	426 0.2×	411 0.3×	415 0.5×	224 0.3×	324 0.5×	193	2.6k
S. J. Barnett United Kingdom	27	1.9k 0.9×	152 0.1×	95 0.1×	477 0.7×	121 0.2×	122	3.1k
J. H. Weiner United States	29	452 0.2×	2.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	840 1.3×	154 0.2×	92	4.8k
George Papanicolaou Greece	36	261 0.1×	1.6k 1.1×	686 0.8×	303 0.5×	32 0.0×	164	4.5k
Mohamed S. El‐Genk United States	44	484 0.2×	237 0.2×	4.3k 5.2×	227 0.3×	140 0.2×	642	8.5k
Z. C. Feng United States	25	238 0.1×	302 0.2×	374 0.5×	108 0.2×	279 0.4×	114	1.9k
Ping Lu United States	24	403 0.2×	259 0.2×	265 0.3×	696 1.0×	92 0.1×	132	2.9k
A. B. Movchan United Kingdom	39	608 0.3×	2.3k 1.6×	708 0.9×	993 1.5×	284 0.4×	259	5.5k
Roland Winston United States	29	342 0.2×	55 0.0×	737 0.9×	408 0.6×	37 0.1×	158	4.2k
David R.H. Jones United Kingdom	26	216 0.1×	395 0.3×	682 0.8×	377 0.6×	42 0.1×	140	2.2k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kennedy, David, et al.. (2020). Design curves for stiffened engineered timber wall systems: A verified analytical approach. Structures. 27. 1670–1681. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaobo, Hanxing Zhu, Yongtao Lü, Zuobin Wang, & David Kennedy. (2020). The elastic properties and deformation mechanisms of actin filament networks crosslinked by filamins. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 112. 104075–104075. 10 indexed citations

Featherston, Carol, et al.. (2018). A hybrid method for modelling damage in composites and its effect on natural frequency. Computers & Structures. 213. 40–50. 5 indexed citations

Jiang, Liang, David Kennedy, Stephen Jerrams, & Anthony Betts. (2016). Enhancement of dielectric properties with the addition of bromine and dopamine modified barium titanate particles to silicone rubber. MRS Communications. 6(4). 437–441. 6 indexed citations

Jiang, Liang, Anthony Betts, David Kennedy, & Stephen Jerrams. (2015). Investigation into the electromechanical properties of dielectric elastomers subjected to pre-stressing. Materials Science and Engineering C. 49. 754–760. 19 indexed citations

Kennedy, David, et al.. (2014). Free vibration analysis of beams and frames with multiple cracks for damage detection. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 333(20). 4991–5003. 63 indexed citations

Zhao, Yan, et al.. (2012). Non-stationary random vibration of a coupled vehicle–slab track system using a parallel algorithm based on the pseudo excitation method. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 227(3). 203–216. 23 indexed citations

Lü, Feng, et al.. (2009). Non-Stationary Random Vibration of FE Structures Subjected to Moving Loads. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Jinshan, et al.. (2009). 2D moving element method for random vibration analysis of vehicles on Kirchhoff plate with Kelvin foundation. Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. 6(2). 169–183. 7 indexed citations

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Lin, Jinxing, et al.. (2009). Pseudo-excitation-method-based sensitivity analysis and optimization for vehicle ride comfort. Engineering Optimization. 41(7). 699–711. 14 indexed citations

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Smeets, R.P.P., et al.. (2008). Internal arcing : issues related to testing and standardization. TU/e Research Portal. 3(4). 376–376. 9 indexed citations

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Anderson, Melvin S. & David Kennedy. (2008). Postbuckling of Composite Stiffened Panels Using Exact Strip Analysis with Newton Iteration. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Lei, et al.. (2002). The Response Of A Triaxial Induction Sonde In A Biaxial Anisotropic Medium. Petrophysics – The SPWLA Journal of Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Description. 43(3). 16 indexed citations

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Butler, Richard, et al.. (2001). Post-buckling of single and multi-bay panels using strut, strip and finite element methods. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 11(1). 9–17. 1 indexed citations

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Kennedy, David, et al.. (2000). A post-buckling analysis for isotropic prismatic plate assemblies under axial compression. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 42(9). 1783–1803. 6 indexed citations

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Kennedy, David. (1999). The Disciplines of International Law and Policy. Leiden Journal of International Law. 12(1). 9–133. 45 indexed citations

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Kennedy, David. (1995). Bracing in Cantilever-suspended Span Construction. 72–75. 1 indexed citations

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Kulak, Geoffrey L., David Kennedy, & Robert G. Driver. (1994). Discussion of "Experimental Study of Thin Steel–Plate Shear Walls under Cyclic Load". Journal of Structural Engineering. 120(10). 3072–3073. 5 indexed citations

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Kennedy, David, et al.. (1992). Distortional buckling of steel beams in cantilever-suspended span construction. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 19(5). 767–780. 10 indexed citations

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Uldall, A., et al.. (1991). IFCC Guidelines (1990) for selection of safe laboratory centrifuges and for their safe use with general purpose appendices concerning centrifuge nomenclature, quantities and units, and calculation of centrifugal acceleration. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry. 13(5). 221–229.

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