Norman Laws

3.8k total citations
48 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Norman Laws is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Laws has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Norman Laws's work include Composite Material Mechanics (15 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (11 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (11 papers). Norman Laws is often cited by papers focused on Composite Material Mechanics (15 papers), Mechanical Behavior of Composites (11 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (11 papers). Norman Laws collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovakia. Norman Laws's co-authors include George J. Dvorak, Dominic G. B. Edelen, M. Hejazi, Richard N. McLaughlin, Anne Green, Albert Edward Green, P. M. Naghdi, J. R. Brockenbrough, Ru-Min Chao and R. J. Knops and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids and Combustion and Flame.

In The Last Decade

Norman Laws

46 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norman Laws United Kingdom 25 2.4k 682 460 363 286 48 2.9k
Г. П. Черепанов United States 19 2.1k 0.9× 957 1.4× 556 1.2× 409 1.1× 208 0.7× 133 2.7k
S.G. Lekhnitskii Russia 7 2.7k 1.1× 423 0.6× 730 1.6× 940 2.6× 388 1.4× 9 3.3k
F. A. Leckie United States 26 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 1.9k 4.1× 718 2.0× 248 0.9× 99 3.2k
David Durban Israel 25 1.1k 0.4× 731 1.1× 552 1.2× 517 1.4× 414 1.4× 126 1.9k
W. T. Koiter Netherlands 18 1.9k 0.8× 574 0.8× 729 1.6× 1.1k 3.0× 386 1.3× 41 2.7k
Adnan H. Nayfeh United States 27 2.2k 0.9× 280 0.4× 534 1.2× 650 1.8× 723 2.5× 108 2.7k
Martin H. Sadd United States 20 1.1k 0.4× 372 0.5× 314 0.7× 875 2.4× 218 0.8× 52 2.1k
Richard B. Hetnarski United States 20 1.7k 0.7× 515 0.8× 448 1.0× 320 0.9× 280 1.0× 40 2.3k
G. D. Gupta United States 14 2.0k 0.8× 340 0.5× 339 0.7× 402 1.1× 57 0.2× 29 2.4k
E. T. Onat United States 19 658 0.3× 246 0.4× 359 0.8× 247 0.7× 292 1.0× 43 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norman Laws

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman Laws

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laws, Norman, et al.. (2024). Mapping the performance envelope and energy pathways of plasma-assisted ignition across combustion environments. Combustion and Flame. 271. 113793–113793. 5 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman & J. R. Brockenbrough. (1987). The effect of micro-crack systems on the loss of stiffness of brittle solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 23(9). 1247–1268. 118 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman, et al.. (1983). Mathematical modelling of heat and mass transfer in agricultural grain drying. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 385(1788). 169–187. 24 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman, George J. Dvorak, & M. Hejazi. (1983). Stiffness changes in unidirectional composites caused by crack systems. Mechanics of Materials. 2(2). 123–137. 192 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman & Richard N. McLaughlin. (1979). The effect of fibre length on the overall moduli of composite materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 27(1). 1–13. 77 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman & Richard N. McLaughlin. (1978). Self-consistent estimates for the viscoelastic creep compliances of composite materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 359(1697). 251–273. 128 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman. (1977). The determination of stress and strain concentrations at an ellipsoidal inclusion in an anisotropic material. Journal of Elasticity. 7(1). 91–97. 96 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman. (1975). The Use of Energy Theorems to Obtain Upper and Lower Bounds. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics. 15(1). 109–119. 2 indexed citations
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Green, Albert Edward, Norman Laws, & P. M. Naghdi. (1974). On the theory of water waves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 338(1612). 43–55. 135 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman. (1973). On the thermostatics of composite materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 21(1). 9–17. 130 indexed citations
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Edelen, Dominic G. B. & Norman Laws. (1972). On equations of motion and constitutive relations as variational inferences. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 38(1). 61–72. 2 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman, et al.. (1972). On the entropy production inequality. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 45(1). 47–53. 306 indexed citations
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Green, Anne & Norman Laws. (1971). Global properties of mixtures. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 43(1). 45–61. 29 indexed citations
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Edelen, Dominic G. B. & Norman Laws. (1971). On the thermodynamics of systems with nonlocality. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 43(1). 24–35. 228 indexed citations
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Edelen, Dominic G. B. & Norman Laws. (1970). A class of motions of homogeneous proto-elastic bodies. International Journal of Engineering Science. 8(7). 521–524. 1 indexed citations
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Hayes, Matthew, et al.. (1969). The paucity of universal motions in thermoelasticity. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 27(3). 416–420. 6 indexed citations
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Green, Anne & Norman Laws. (1968). Ideal fluid jets. International Journal of Engineering Science. 6(6). 317–328. 14 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman. (1967). On the thermodynamics of certain materials with memory. International Journal of Engineering Science. 5(5). 427–434. 3 indexed citations
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Laws, Norman, et al.. (1966). Further remarks on the boundary conditions for thin elastic shells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 289(1417). 171–176. 2 indexed citations
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Green, Albert Edward & Norman Laws. (1966). A general theory of rods. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 293(1433). 145–155. 58 indexed citations

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