Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

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Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 70 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme's work include Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (54 papers), Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (26 papers) and Metallurgy and Material Forming (24 papers). Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (54 papers), Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (26 papers) and Metallurgy and Material Forming (24 papers). Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme's co-authors include Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin, Eloho Anita Okotete, Lesley H. Chown, Peter Apata Olubambi, Sunday J. Olusegun, Samuel Ranti Oke, Justus Uchenna Anaele, Afamefuna Elvis Okoronkwo, Idris Babatunde Akintunde and Joseph Ajibade Omotoyinbo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Materials Science and Engineering A and Thin Solid Films.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme

138 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Aluminium matrix hybrid composites: a review of reinforcement philosophies; mechanical, corrosion and tribological characteristics

2015 616 citations Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin, Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme et al. Journal of Materials Research and Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme Nigeria	34	3.3k	1.8k	1.0k	944	634	143	4.5k
T.P.D. Rajan India	28	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	895 0.9×	667 0.7×	382 0.6×	91	2.8k
Manas Mohan Mahapatra India	50	5.7k 1.7×	2.4k 1.3×	523 0.5×	960 1.0×	1.2k 1.9×	207	7.2k
Ehsan Ghasali Iran	40	2.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.6×	364 0.4×	389 0.6×	96	4.3k
Victor Sunday Aigbodion Nigeria	29	1.4k 0.4×	763 0.4×	344 0.3×	353 0.4×	511 0.8×	176	3.0k
Amin Bahrami Germany	28	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	465 0.4×	339 0.4×	254 0.4×	77	2.5k
Gholamreza Khalaj Iran	38	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	177 0.2×	440 0.5×	484 0.8×	78	2.9k
Wenshu Yang China	31	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	459 0.5×	207 0.3×	125	2.9k
Yuming Xie China	35	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	224 0.2×	779 0.8×	558 0.9×	110	3.5k
P. K. Rohatgi India	26	1.7k 0.5×	390 0.2×	536 0.5×	710 0.8×	423 0.7×	71	2.3k
Peng Xue China	37	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	221 0.2×	1.6k 1.7×	372 0.6×	202	4.8k

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, Sodiq Abiodun Kareem, Justus Uchenna Anaele, & Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin. (2025). Hot deformation behaviour, constitutive equations and processing map of Cu-Zn-Al-Ni shape memory alloy. Results in Materials. 25. 100663–100663. 1 indexed citations

Ojo, Olatunji Oladimeji, et al.. (2025). Ballistic and impact resistance performance of natural fiber-reinforced composites from biomass resources. Next Materials. 8. 100565–100565. 4 indexed citations

Anaele, Justus Uchenna, Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme, & Joseph Ajibade Omotoyinbo. (2024). Dynamic mechanical damping analysis of up/step-quenched Cu-Zn-Sn-based shape memory alloys. Materials Research Express. 11(4). 45703–45703.

Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, Sodiq Abiodun Kareem, & Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin. (2023). Hyperbolic–sine constitutive model determined hot deformation mechanisms and workability response of Al–Zn/Cu and Al–Zn/SiC based composites. Results in Engineering. 19. 101255–101255. 16 indexed citations

Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2022). On the applicability of Cu–17Zn–7Al–0.3Ni shape memory alloy particles as reinforcement in aluminium-based composites: Structural and mechanical behaviour considerations. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 31(1). 663–672.

Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Short Entada mannii-Glass Fiber Hybrid Composites. Fibers. 10(3). 30–30. 10 indexed citations

Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2021). Study on hot deformation behavior and workability of stir-cast Al6063-6wt.% steel _p based composites. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 30(1). 110–117. 5 indexed citations

Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2021). Hot compression behaviour and microstructural evolution in aluminium based composites: an assessment of the role of reinforcements and deformation parameters. Manufacturing Review. 8. 6–6. 5 indexed citations

Bodunrin, Michael Oluwatosin, et al.. (2020). Corrosion behavior of titanium alloys in acidic and saline media: role of alloy design, passivation integrity, and electrolyte modification. Corrosion Reviews. 38(1). 25–47. 46 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2020). Hot deformation of nickel particles reinforced aluminium based composites: flow behaviour, microstructural evolution and processing map analyses. Materials Research Express. 8(1). 16510–16510. 10 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2019). Natural Fibers as Viable Sources for the Development of Structural, Semi-Structural, and Technological Materials – A Review. Advanced Materials Letters. 10(10). 682–694. 25 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, Eloho Anita Okotete, & Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin. (2017). Microstructural analysis and corrosion behavior of Fe, B, and Fe-B-modified Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloys. Corrosion Reviews. 35(1). 3–11. 9 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2013). Mechanical behaviour of Al-Mg-Si matrix composites reinforced with alumina and bamboo leaf ash. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2013). Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behaviour of Aluminium Hybrid Composites Reinforced with Silicon Carbide and Bamboo Leaf Ash. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 78 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2013). Influence of Rice Husk Ash – Silicon Carbide Weight Ratios on the Mechanical behaviour of Al-Mg-Si Alloy Matrix Hybrid Composites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2013). Corrosion and wear behaviour of Al–Mg–Si alloy matrix hybrid composites reinforced with rice husk ash and silicon carbide. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 3(1). 9–16. 150 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2013). MECHANICAL AND CORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF IRON MODIFIED Cu-Zn-Al ALLOYS. Acta Metallurgica Slovaca. 19(4). 292–301. 11 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2012). Production and Age-Hardening Behaviour of Borax Premixed SiC reinforced Al-Mg-Si alloy Composites developed by Double Stir-Casting Technique. 43 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo & Michael Oluwatosin Bodunrin. (2011). Corrosion Behavior of Alumina Reinforced Aluminium (6063) Metal Matrix Composites. Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering. 10(12). 1153–1165. 86 indexed citations

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Alaneme, Kenneth Kanayo, et al.. (2010). Effect of copper addition on the fracture and fatigue crack growth behavior of solution heat-treated SUS 304H austenitic steel. Materials Science and Engineering A. 527(18-19). 4600–4604. 39 indexed citations

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