Olly Duncan

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 804 citations indexed

About

Olly Duncan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Olly Duncan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 804 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 8 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Olly Duncan's work include Cellular and Composite Structures (21 papers), Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics (15 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (8 papers). Olly Duncan is often cited by papers focused on Cellular and Composite Structures (21 papers), Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics (15 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (8 papers). Olly Duncan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Olly Duncan's co-authors include Tom Allen, Andrew Alderson, Leon Foster, Terry Senior, Prabhuraj D. Venkatraman, Keith Winwood, T. B. A. Senior, Weizhuo Wang, Zoran Ren and Nejc Novak and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Acta Materialia and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Olly Duncan

22 papers receiving 785 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.

Review of Auxetic Materials for Sports Applications: Expanding Options in Comfort and Protection

2018 251 citations Olly Duncan, Leon Foster et al. Applied Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olly Duncan United Kingdom	13	703	241	229	173	127	24	804
Leon Foster United Kingdom	11	644 0.9×	234 1.0×	204 0.9×	150 0.9×	126 1.0×	16	741
Lian-Zheng Pei China	7	680 1.0×	253 1.0×	125 0.5×	119 0.7×	83 0.7×	7	727
Lulu Wei China	10	690 1.0×	203 0.8×	146 0.6×	66 0.4×	93 0.7×	21	768
Mozafar Shokri Rad Iran	12	656 0.9×	166 0.7×	99 0.4×	102 0.6×	159 1.3×	17	722
Ehsan Etemadi Iran	18	666 0.9×	159 0.7×	99 0.4×	96 0.6×	145 1.1×	35	839
Xing Chi Teng China	16	732 1.0×	174 0.7×	96 0.4×	61 0.4×	152 1.2×	22	797
Mulalo Doyoyo United States	14	540 0.8×	108 0.4×	190 0.8×	192 1.1×	100 0.8×	23	669
Fatih Usta Türkiye	11	441 0.6×	91 0.4×	88 0.4×	109 0.6×	54 0.4×	23	503
Zhejian Li Australia	18	637 0.9×	74 0.3×	136 0.6×	116 0.7×	88 0.7×	36	758
Chong Shi China	9	441 0.6×	89 0.4×	79 0.3×	64 0.4×	90 0.7×	12	489

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Crapnell, Robert D., et al.. (2025). Electro‐Thermally Controlled Active Mechanical Metamaterials with Programmable Stiffness and Nonreciprocity. Advanced Science. 12(43). e11669–e11669.

Duncan, Olly, et al.. (2025). Toughness of Confined Auxetic Foams. Advanced Engineering Materials. 27(17).

Duncan, Olly. (2024). Fast optimisation of honeycombs for impact protection. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 189. 104973–104973. 4 indexed citations

Allen, Tom, et al.. (2023). Indentation and impact response of conventional, auxetic, and shear thickening gel infused auxetic closed cell foam. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(7). 74004–74004. 12 indexed citations

Duncan, Olly, Leon Foster, Tom Allen, & Andrew Alderson. (2023). Effect of Poisson's ratio on the indentation of open cell foam. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 99. 104922–104922. 19 indexed citations

Duncan, Olly, et al.. (2023). Free-fall drop test with interchangeable surfaces to recreate concussive ice hockey head impacts. Sports Engineering. 26(1). 4 indexed citations

Foster, Leon, John Hart, Richard M. Greenwald, et al.. (2023). Mechanical metamaterials for sports helmets: structural mechanics, design optimisation, and performance. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(11). 113001–113001. 24 indexed citations

Duncan, Olly, et al.. (2022). Developments on auxetic closed cell foam pressure vessel fabrications. Smart Materials and Structures. 31(7). 74002–74002. 9 indexed citations

Duncan, Olly, Andrew Alderson, & Tom Allen. (2021). Fabrication, characterization and analytical modeling of gradient auxetic closed cell foams. Smart Materials and Structures. 30(3). 35014–35014. 16 indexed citations

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Novak, Nejc, Olly Duncan, Tom Allen, et al.. (2021). Shear modulus of conventional and auxetic open-cell foam. Mechanics of Materials. 157. 103818–103818. 51 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, Nicolas Bailly, Tom Allen, et al.. (2021). Effect of Compressive Strain Rate on Auxetic Foam. Applied Sciences. 11(3). 1207–1207. 13 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, et al.. (2020). Effect of steam conversion on the cellular structure, Young’s modulus and negative Poisson’s ratio of closed-cell foam. Smart Materials and Structures. 30(1). 15031–15031. 16 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, et al.. (2020). Auxetic orthotropic materials: Numerical determination of a phenomenological spline-based stored density energy and its implementation for finite element analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 371. 113300–113300. 9 indexed citations

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Allen, Tom, et al.. (2020). Effect of Rest Periods on Mechanical Ageing of Running Shoes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 138–138. 3 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, et al.. (2020). Plantar Pressure Distribution under Uniform and Gradient Foam during Running and Jumping. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 116–116. 3 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, Francis Clegg, A.M.T. Bell, et al.. (2018). Effects of Heat Exposure and Volumetric Compression on Poisson's Ratios, Young's Moduli, and Polymeric Composition During Thermo‐Mechanical Conversion of Auxetic Open Cell Polyurethane Foam. physica status solidi (b). 256(1). 30 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, Leon Foster, Prabhuraj D. Venkatraman, et al.. (2018). Review of Auxetic Materials for Sports Applications: Expanding Options in Comfort and Protection. Applied Sciences. 8(6). 941–941. 251 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duncan, Olly, Tom Allen, Leon Foster, et al.. (2018). Controlling Density and Modulus in Auxetic Foam Fabrications—Implications for Impact and Indentation Testing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 250–250. 9 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, Tom Allen, Leon Foster, T. B. A. Senior, & Andrew Alderson. (2017). Fabrication, characterisation and modelling of uniform and gradient auxetic foam sheets. Acta Materialia. 126. 426–437. 58 indexed citations

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Duncan, Olly, Leon Foster, Terry Senior, Tom Allen, & Andrew Alderson. (2016). A Comparison of Novel and Conventional Fabrication Methods for Auxetic Foams for Sports Safety Applications. Procedia Engineering. 147. 384–389. 42 indexed citations

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