Richard Becker

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Richard Becker is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Becker has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 43 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard Becker's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (31 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (28 papers) and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (27 papers). Richard Becker is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (31 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (28 papers) and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (27 papers). Richard Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and South Korea. Richard Becker's co-authors include S. Panchanadeeswaran, Dierk Raabe, A. Needleman, Oliver P. Richmond, Ronald Smelser, F. Barlat, Nathan R. Barton, Kyoung-Jae Chung, D.J. Lege and Satoshi Hattori and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Richard Becker

91 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Yield function development for aluminum alloy sheets

1997 441 citations F. Barlat, Yasushi Maeda et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Becker United States	33	2.5k	2.3k	2.2k	364	310	95	3.7k
Nathan R. Barton United States	29	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	565 1.6×	181 0.6×	92	2.5k
A. Arsenlis United States	26	4.9k 1.9×	3.2k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	270 0.7×	708 2.3×	62	6.0k
Joel V. Bernier United States	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	834 0.4×	281 0.8×	99 0.3×	72	2.5k
C. Fressengeas France	31	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	244 0.7×	358 1.2×	98	2.8k
J. N. Johnson United States	24	1.5k 0.6×	494 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	570 1.6×	289 0.9×	74	2.1k
Pedro Peralta United States	27	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	800 0.4×	110 0.3×	197 0.6×	122	2.0k
E.M. Lauridsen Denmark	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	834 0.4×	232 0.6×	446 1.4×	95	3.2k
B. A. Bilby United Kingdom	22	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	167 0.5×	161 0.5×	46	3.1k
Quan Liu China	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	728 0.3×	64 0.2×	531 1.7×	140	3.0k
Abigail Hunter United States	26	1.1k 0.4×	853 0.4×	534 0.2×	91 0.3×	454 1.5×	95	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Becker

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All Works

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Becker, Richard, et al.. (2026). Influence of deposition-path strategy on dry-sliding wear behavior of WAAM-fabricated austenitic stainless steel. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 142(5-6). 2837–2854.

Becker, Richard, et al.. (2025). Impact of deposition path on the microstructure and mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel processed via wire arc additive manufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 139(7-8). 3571–3608. 1 indexed citations

Crone, Joshua C., Jaroslaw Knap, & Richard Becker. (2022). Multiscale modeling of 3D nano-architected materials under large deformations. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 252. 111839–111839. 3 indexed citations

Leiter, Kenneth, James P. Larentzos, Brian C. Barnes, et al.. (2022). Temporal scale-bridging of chemistry in a multiscale model: Application to reactivity of an energetic material. Journal of Computational Physics. 472. 111682–111682. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Cyril L., C. Kale, S. Turnage, et al.. (2020). Real-time observation of twinning-detwinning in shock-compressed magnesium via time-resolved in situ synchrotron XRD experiments. Physical Review Materials. 4(8). 18 indexed citations

Becker, Richard, et al.. (2020). Void growth dependence on loading path and mean stress from large-scale numerical simulations. International Journal of Plasticity. 134. 102780–102780. 22 indexed citations

Becker, Richard, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of Gurson yield function dependencies through large-scale void growth simulations. International Journal of Fracture. 209(1-2). 235–240. 16 indexed citations

Becker, Richard. (2017). Direct numerical simulation of ductile spall failure. International Journal of Fracture. 208(1-2). 5–26. 26 indexed citations

Becker, Richard. (2011). An alternative approach to integrating plasticity relations. International Journal of Plasticity. 27(8). 1224–1238. 8 indexed citations

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Park, Hyesook, K. Thomas Lorenz, R. M. Cavallo, et al.. (2010). Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments at High Pressure and Strain Rate. Physical Review Letters. 104(13). 135504–135504. 94 indexed citations

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Cavallo, R. M., Nathan R. Barton, S. M. Pollaine, et al.. (2010). Application of a Multiscale Model of Tantalum Deformation at Megabar Pressures. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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Park, Hyesook, K. Thomas Lorenz, R. M. Cavallo, et al.. (2010). Parket al.Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 105(17). 3 indexed citations

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Florando, J.N., Tifeng Jiao, R. J. Clifton, et al.. (2009). HIGH RATE PLASTICITY UNDER PRESSURE USING A WINDOWED PRESSURE-SHEAR IMPACT EXPERIMENT. AIP conference proceedings. 723–726. 3 indexed citations

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Knap, Jaroslaw, Nathan R. Barton, Rich Hornung, et al.. (2008). Adaptive sampling in hierarchical simulation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 76(4). 572–600. 32 indexed citations

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Sunwoo, A.J., Richard Becker, D.M. Goto, et al.. (2006). Adiabatic shear band formation in explosively driven AerMet-100 alloy cylinders. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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Kimmelstiel, Carey, et al.. (2001). Short-Term Comparative Outcomes Associated with the Use of GP IIb/IIIa Antagonists in Patients Undergoing Coronary Intervention. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 11(3). 203–209. 2 indexed citations

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Pourboghrat, Farhang, M.E. Karabin, Richard Becker, & Kwansoo Chung. (2000). A hybrid membrane/shell method for calculating springback of anisotropic sheet metals undergoing axisymmetric loading. International Journal of Plasticity. 16(6). 677–700. 17 indexed citations

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Barlat, F., Richard Becker, Yuki Hayashida, et al.. (1997). Yielding description for solution strengthened aluminum alloys. International Journal of Plasticity. 13(4). 385–401. 211 indexed citations

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Becker, Richard, et al.. (1996). Distortion and Residual Stress in Quenched Aluminum Bars. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 63(3). 699–705. 27 indexed citations

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Becker, Richard. (1995). Pencil glide formulation for polycrystal modelling. Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia. 32(12). 2051–2054. 9 indexed citations

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