David Thompson

24.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
589 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

David Thompson is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and General Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Thompson has authored 589 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 300 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 192 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 110 papers in General Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Thompson's work include Railway Engineering and Dynamics (275 papers), Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research (110 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (99 papers). David Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Railway Engineering and Dynamics (275 papers), Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research (110 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (99 papers). David Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. David Thompson's co-authors include C.J.C. Jones, Tianxing Wu, Xiaozhen Sheng, Chris Jones, Ian F. Harvey, A.N. Thite, Christopher Hassall, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Nicolas Vincent and Giacomo Squicciarini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Thompson

556 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

Railway Noise and Vibrati... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2008 2003 100 200 300 400

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Thompson 7.9k 5.6k 2.9k 2.1k 1.9k 589 15.9k
David White 1.8k 0.2× 10.0k 1.8× 45 0.0× 217 0.1× 1.5k 0.8× 610 13.7k
R. Jones 2.8k 0.4× 2.4k 0.4× 13 0.0× 311 0.1× 5.2k 2.7× 549 11.1k
Chris Baker 1.4k 0.2× 947 0.2× 19 0.0× 767 0.4× 140 0.1× 414 14.1k
S. Timoshenko 6.7k 0.8× 7.6k 1.4× 26 0.0× 4.2k 2.0× 12.7k 6.7× 34 25.5k
John Carter 460 0.1× 6.0k 1.1× 66 0.0× 379 0.2× 1.6k 0.8× 379 10.2k
Robert L. Taylor 4.5k 0.6× 7.4k 1.3× 30 0.0× 4.0k 1.9× 12.8k 6.7× 292 24.0k
Bharat Bhushan 13.8k 1.7× 969 0.2× 5 0.0× 15.7k 7.5× 25.5k 13.4× 1.1k 62.1k
C. A. Brebbia 1.8k 0.2× 2.9k 0.5× 9 0.0× 1.3k 0.6× 7.7k 4.0× 400 12.8k
Martin A. Green 896 0.1× 1.7k 0.3× 4 0.0× 10.7k 5.1× 386 0.2× 981 79.0k
Peng Cui 1.0k 0.1× 2.1k 0.4× 9 0.0× 144 0.1× 546 0.3× 471 10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Thompson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thompson, David, et al.. (2024). Methods for separating the noise produced by the wheels and track during a train pass-by. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33(3). 342–358. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Qi, et al.. (2024). Comparison of time-domain and frequency-domain models for vibration prediction of a rail transit viaduct paved with floating slab track. Engineering Structures. 310. 118157–118157. 4 indexed citations
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Squicciarini, Giacomo, et al.. (2024). Modelling of railway ballast as a poro-elastic medium and its effects on sleeper sound radiation. Applied Acoustics. 224. 110105–110105. 1 indexed citations
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Sheng, Xiaozhen, et al.. (2023). Receptance of a semi-infinite periodic railway track and an equivalent multi-rigid body system for use in truncated track models. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 559. 117783–117783. 4 indexed citations
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Squicciarini, Giacomo, et al.. (2023). A hybrid time and frequency domain beamforming method for application to source localisation on high-speed trains. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 200. 110494–110494. 4 indexed citations
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Ntotsios, Evangelos, et al.. (2015). Modelling of Train Induced Vibration. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Pieringer, Astrid, Wolfgang Kropp, & David Thompson. (2009). Investigation of the dynamic contact filter effect in vertical wheel/rail interaction using a 2D and a 3D non-Hertzian contact model. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, David, et al.. (2009). The acoustic properties of railway ballast. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 9 indexed citations
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Thompson, David, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of the effects of temperature on railpad properties, rail decay rates and noise radiation. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations
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Thompson, David, et al.. (2004). Quantification of dynamic forces applied by engine fuel injector by inverse methods. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, David, et al.. (2004). Investigation of the coupling of a beam-plate structure in terms of statistical energy analysis. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Jones, C.J.C., et al.. (2002). The roles of track roughness and axle-load time history in the generation of ground vibration from surface-running trains. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, David & Chris Jones. (2002). Low noise track meets environmental concerns. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, David, et al.. (2001). The effects of non-linearities at the wheel/rail interface on the generation of rolling noise. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Tianxing, et al.. (2001). A hybrid model for wheel/track dynamic interaction and noise generation due to wheel flats. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 6 indexed citations
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Jones, C.J.C., David Thompson, & M. Petyt. (2000). Studies using a combined finite element and boundary element model for vibration propagation from railway tunnels. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 7 indexed citations
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Thompson, David, C.J.C. Jones, & David P. Farrington. (2000). The development of a rail damping device for reducing noise from railway track. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Jones, Chris, et al.. (2000). Design of a railway wheel with acoustically improved cross-section and constrained layer damping. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 7 indexed citations
20.
Helm, Dieter & David Thompson. (1991). Privatised Transport Infrastructure and Incentives to Invest. Journal of transport economics and policy. 25(3). 231–246. 27 indexed citations

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