Noel P. O’Dowd

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
165 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Noel P. O’Dowd is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Noel P. O’Dowd has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 115 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 59 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Noel P. O’Dowd's work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (73 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (39 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (38 papers). Noel P. O’Dowd is often cited by papers focused on Fatigue and fracture mechanics (73 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (39 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (38 papers). Noel P. O’Dowd collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Noel P. O’Dowd's co-authors include C.F. Shih, Kamran Nikbin, Esteban P. Busso, Dongfeng Li, C.T. McCarthy, S.B. Leen, Catrin M. Davies, Masataka Yatomi, M.G. Stout and G. A. Webster and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Small and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Noel P. O’Dowd

160 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Family of crack-tip fields characterized by a triaxiality parameter—I. Structure of fields

1991 844 citations Noel P. O’Dowd et al. profile →
Family of crack-tip fields characterized by a triaxiality parameter—II. Fracture applications

1992 640 citations Noel P. O’Dowd et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Noel P. O’Dowd Ireland	34	4.0k	3.3k	1.7k	725	380	165	5.0k
Claude Bathias France	30	2.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	613 0.8×	486 1.3×	119	3.5k
S.T. Tu China	37	2.3k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	548 0.8×	495 1.3×	189	4.3k
S. Mall United States	42	4.2k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	303 0.8×	271	6.0k
Lei Zhao China	38	1.9k 0.5×	3.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	638 0.9×	452 1.2×	240	4.4k
T.H. Hyde United Kingdom	35	2.8k 0.7×	3.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	721 1.0×	314 0.8×	255	4.2k
Xiaosheng Gao United States	31	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	338 0.5×	192 0.5×	87	3.1k
Shengchuan Wu China	43	2.6k 0.7×	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	598 0.8×	326 0.9×	182	5.7k
Jianming Gong China	33	1.5k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	327 0.5×	751 2.0×	200	3.3k
Georges Cailletaud France	48	4.4k 1.1×	4.7k 1.4×	3.5k 2.1×	411 0.6×	399 1.1×	181	6.9k
Yanyao Jiang United States	46	3.1k 0.8×	5.2k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	561 0.8×	152 0.4×	130	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Noel P. O’Dowd

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Bondarev, Andrey, et al.. (2025). Revealing the reverse austenite and martensite transformation pathways in P91 steel through in situ MEMS-heating EBSD investigations. Materials Today Communications. 43. 111753–111753. 1 indexed citations

Bondarev, Andrey, et al.. (2025). Integrating micropillar compression testing and crystal plasticity modelling to unravel slip system activity and deformation mechanisms in P91 steel. Materials Science and Engineering A. 942. 148659–148659.

Hinchy, Eoin P., et al.. (2025). In-situ evaluation of hole quality and cutting tool condition in robotic drilling of composite materials using machine learning. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 37(1). 97–118. 7 indexed citations

Hinchy, Eoin P., et al.. (2023). A vision-based hole quality assessment technique for robotic drilling of composite materials using a hybrid classification model. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 129(3-4). 1249–1258. 3 indexed citations

Haq, Ehtsham Ul, Yongliang Zhang, Noel P. O’Dowd, et al.. (2023). Quantitative surface free energy with micro-colloid probe pairs. RSC Advances. 13(4). 2718–2726. 1 indexed citations

Hinchy, Eoin P., et al.. (2023). An ensemble neural network for optimising a CNC milling process. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 71. 377–389. 15 indexed citations

Prasad, Vishnu, et al.. (2023). Interfacial properties of carbon fiber‐reinforced biobased resin composites by single fiber fragmentation, fiber push‐out, and interlaminar shear strength. Polymer Composites. 45(4). 3355–3369. 6 indexed citations

O’Dowd, Noel P., et al.. (2022). A Model-Based Approach to Automated Validation and Generation of PLC Code for Manufacturing Equipment in Regulated Environments. Applied Sciences. 12(15). 7506–7506. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Fengwei, et al.. (2021). A multiscale experimentally-based finite element model to predict microstructure and damage evolution in martensitic steels. International Journal of Plasticity. 139. 102966–102966. 22 indexed citations

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Hardiman, M., et al.. (2020). Comparison of progressive damage between thermoset and thermoplastic CFRP composites under in-situ tensile loading. Journal of Composite Materials. 55(11). 1473–1484. 10 indexed citations

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Tkaczyk, Tomasz, et al.. (2015). Qualification of Reeled Mechanically Lined Pipes for Fatigue Service. The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. 4 indexed citations

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Tkaczyk, Tomasz, et al.. (2015). Limit Load Solution and Crack Driving Force Estimation Scheme for Embedded Flaws in Pipeline Girth Welds. 3 indexed citations

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O’Dowd, Noel P., et al.. (2013). Crack tip stress fields for anisotropic materials with cubic symmetry. Gruppo Italiano Frattura Digital Repository (Gruppo Italiano Frattura). 2 indexed citations

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Tkaczyk, Tomasz, et al.. (2009). Fracture Assessment of Elastic-Plastic Steel Pipelines Subject to Multi-cycle Bending. 2 indexed citations

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Tkaczyk, Tomasz, et al.. (2007). Comparison of Crack Driving Force Estimation Schemes For Weld Defects In Reeled Pipelines. 8 indexed citations

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Davies, Catrin M., David Dean, Kamran Nikbin, & Noel P. O’Dowd. (2006). Interpretation of creep crack initiation and growth data for weldments. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 74(6). 882–897. 22 indexed citations

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Yatomi, Masataka, et al.. (2004). Modelling of damage development and failure in notched‐bar multiaxial creep tests. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 27(4). 283–295. 37 indexed citations

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Yatomi, Masataka, Kamran Nikbin, & Noel P. O’Dowd. (2003). Creep crack growth prediction using a damage based approach. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 80(7-8). 573–583. 108 indexed citations

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Yan, Wenyi, Esteban P. Busso, & Noel P. O’Dowd. (2001). A generalised sliding wear model for inhomogeneous coatings. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 11(PR4). Pr4–257. 2 indexed citations

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Biglari, Farid Reza, Noel P. O’Dowd, & Roger T. Fenner. (1998). Optimum design of forging dies using fuzzy logic in conjunction with the backward deformation method. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture. 38(8). 981–1000. 18 indexed citations

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