R. S. Rivlin

19.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
153 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

R. S. Rivlin is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, R. S. Rivlin has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 71 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 40 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in R. S. Rivlin's work include Elasticity and Material Modeling (69 papers), Elasticity and Wave Propagation (56 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (40 papers). R. S. Rivlin is often cited by papers focused on Elasticity and Material Modeling (69 papers), Elasticity and Wave Propagation (56 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (40 papers). R. S. Rivlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. R. S. Rivlin's co-authors include A. G. Thomas, D. W. Saunders, A. E. Green, A. J. M. Spencer, J. L. Ericksen, J. E. Adkins, A. C. Pipkin, Anne Green, Gerald F. Smith and K. N. Sawyers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

R. S. Rivlin

152 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Rupture of rubber. I. Characteristic energy for tearing

1953 1.1k citations R. S. Rivlin, A. G. Thomas profile →
Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials VII. Experiments on the deformation of rubber

1951 1.0k citations R. S. Rivlin, D. W. Saunders Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →
Stress-Deformation Relations for Isotropic Materials

1955 405 citations R. S. Rivlin et al. Indiana University Mathematics Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. S. Rivlin United States	40	4.4k	3.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	153	8.1k
Cornelius O. Horgan United States	45	4.0k 0.9×	4.9k 1.3×	800 0.5×	778 0.5×	543 0.4×	219	7.9k
R. I. Tanner Australia	56	2.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	6.7k 4.7×	2.3k 1.7×	311	11.8k
W. G. Knauss United States	44	1.2k 0.3×	4.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	327 0.2×	904 0.7×	151	7.3k
P. M. Naghdi United States	43	3.2k 0.7×	8.5k 2.3×	3.2k 2.1×	545 0.4×	125 0.1×	194	11.7k
Sanjay Govindjee United States	35	2.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	468 0.3×	578 0.4×	104	5.5k
Giuseppe Saccomandi Italy	38	3.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	399 0.3×	994 0.7×	641 0.5×	227	5.6k
Lallit Anand United States	62	3.3k 0.8×	6.3k 1.7×	6.5k 4.2×	729 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	145	14.2k
Arun R. Srinivasa United States	34	1.9k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	689 0.5×	484 0.4×	200	4.4k
A. J. M. Spencer United Kingdom	34	1.5k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	723 0.5×	377 0.3×	164 0.1×	177	4.6k
R. Keunings Belgium	39	824 0.2×	1.1k 0.3×	576 0.4×	2.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	108	5.2k

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Rivlin, R. S.. (2000). Universal relations for elastic materials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

Rivlin, R. S.. (1984). Run-up and decay of plane poiseuille flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. 14. 203–217. 2 indexed citations

Rivlin, R. S. & A. G. Thomas. (1983). The incipient characteristic tearing energy for an elastomer crosslinked under strain. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 21(9). 1807–1814. 10 indexed citations

Rivlin, R. S. & A. G. Thomas. (1983). The effect of stress relaxation on the tearing of vulcanized rubber. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 18(2). 389–401. 7 indexed citations

Rivlin, R. S.. (1977). Finite elasticity : presented at the winter annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, November 27-December 2, 1977. American Society of Mechanical Engineers eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Rivlin, R. S. & Gerald F. Smith. (1971). Birefringence in viscoelastic materials. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 22(2). 325–339. 1 indexed citations

Rivlin, R. S., et al.. (1970). Non linear continuum theories in mechanics and physics and their applications : II ciclo. Bressanone, 3-11 settembre 1969. Coordinatore: Prof. R. S. Rivlin. 1 indexed citations

Sawyers, K. N. & R. S. Rivlin. (1969). Seismic wave propagation in a self-gravitating anisotropic Earth. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 263(1146). 615–653. 3 indexed citations

Pipkin, A. C. & R. S. Rivlin. (1967). Phenomenological Theory of Magnetic Hysteresis. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 8(4). 878–883. 4 indexed citations

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Rivlin, R. S., et al.. (1965). Multipolar continuum mechanics: functional theory I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 284(1398). 303–324. 69 indexed citations

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Adkins, J. E. & R. S. Rivlin. (1963). Propagation of electromagnetic waves in circular rods in torsion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 255(1059). 389–416. 6 indexed citations

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Hayes, Matthew & R. S. Rivlin. (1961). Propagation of a plane wave in an isotropic elastic material subjected to pure homogeneous deformation. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 8(1). 15–22. 61 indexed citations

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Smith, Gerald F. & R. S. Rivlin. (1958). The strain-energy function for anisotropic elastic materials. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 88(1). 175–193. 83 indexed citations

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Adkins, J. E. & R. S. Rivlin. (1955). Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials X. Reinforcement by inextensible cords. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 248(944). 201–223. 102 indexed citations

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Rivlin, R. S.. (1955). Further Remarks on the Stress-Deformation Relations for Isotropic Materials. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 4(5). 681–702. 83 indexed citations

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Greensmith, H. W. & R. S. Rivlin. (1953). The hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian Fluids - III. The normal stress effect in high-polymer solutions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 245(899). 399–428. 54 indexed citations

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Adkins, J. E. & R. S. Rivlin. (1952). Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials IX. The deformation of thin shells. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 244(888). 505–531. 189 indexed citations

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Rivlin, R. S. & D. W. Saunders. (1951). Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials VII. Experiments on the deformation of rubber. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 243(865). 251–288. 1035 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rivlin, R. S. & A. G. Thomas. (1951). Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials VIII. Strain distribution around a hole in a sheet. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 243(865). 289–298. 60 indexed citations

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Rivlin, R. S.. (1951). Mechanics of Large Elastic Deformations with Special Reference to Rubber. Nature. 167(4250). 590–591. 3 indexed citations

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