S. N. Kramer

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

S. N. Kramer is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. N. Kramer has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 10 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. N. Kramer's work include Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (26 papers), Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (13 papers) and Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research (11 papers). S. N. Kramer is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (26 papers), Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (13 papers) and Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research (11 papers). S. N. Kramer collaborates with scholars based in United States. S. N. Kramer's co-authors include Bavani Kannan, Anupam Saxena, Michael Marder, G. N. Sandor, Samay Jain, David Gibson, M. Subramaniam, G. K. Ananthasuresh, S. Sujatha and C. B. F. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Mechanical Design and Mechanism and Machine Theory.

In The Last Decade

S. N. Kramer

36 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

An Augmented Lagrange Multiplier Based Method for Mixed Integer Discrete Continuous Optimization and Its Applications to Mechanical Design

1994 604 citations Bavani Kannan, S. N. Kramer Journal of Mechanical Design profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. N. Kramer United States	11	551	467	369	209	150	36	1.1k
Lixin Wei China	15	324 0.6×	280 0.6×	105 0.3×	75 0.4×	54 0.4×	76	692
B.H.V. Topping United Kingdom	21	125 0.2×	218 0.5×	101 0.3×	198 0.9×	727 4.8×	104	1.4k
Farid Sheikholeslam Iran	21	224 0.4×	87 0.2×	950 2.6×	155 0.7×	48 0.3×	108	1.4k
Saeed Shojaee Iran	22	225 0.4×	295 0.6×	236 0.6×	305 1.5×	827 5.5×	130	1.9k
Kyriakos C. Giannakoglou Greece	15	432 0.8×	829 1.8×	68 0.2×	278 1.3×	108 0.7×	34	1.3k
Hoang-Le Minh Vietnam	18	239 0.4×	144 0.3×	86 0.2×	136 0.7×	481 3.2×	28	1.0k
Bilal India	6	319 0.6×	174 0.4×	100 0.3×	49 0.2×	61 0.4×	10	691
Ilan M. Kroo United States	18	73 0.1×	382 0.8×	93 0.3×	145 0.7×	83 0.6×	27	1.3k
Wei Qian China	23	209 0.4×	212 0.5×	1.3k 3.5×	101 0.5×	19 0.1×	114	1.8k
Jingru Zhang China	7	272 0.5×	44 0.1×	103 0.3×	115 0.6×	45 0.3×	36	691

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Sujatha, S. & S. N. Kramer. (1994). Design of a Knee Mechanism for a Knee Disarticulation Prosthesis. 455–461. 3 indexed citations

Krishna, K. Murali, et al.. (1994). Application of Fuzzy Set Theory to Planar and Spatial Mechanism Design. 153–159. 2 indexed citations

Kannan, Bavani & S. N. Kramer. (1993). An Augmented Lagrange Multiplier Based Method for Mixed Integer Discrete Continuous Optimization and its Applications to Mechanical Design. 103–112. 54 indexed citations

Subramaniam, M. & S. N. Kramer. (1992). The Inverse Kinematic Solution of the Tetrahedron Based Variable-Geometry Truss Manipulator. Journal of Mechanical Design. 114(3). 433–437. 22 indexed citations

Ananthasuresh, G. K. & S. N. Kramer. (1991). Analysis and Optimal Synthesis of the RSCR Spatial Mechanism. 371–381. 2 indexed citations

Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1990). Sensitivity Analysis of the Burmester Equations of Planar Motion. Journal of Mechanical Design. 112(3). 299–306. 4 indexed citations

Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1990). Design and Analysis of the HCCC, RCCC, and PCCC Spatial Mechanisms for Function Generation. Journal of Mechanical Design. 112(1). 74–78. 11 indexed citations

Jain, Samay & S. N. Kramer. (1990). Forward and Inverse Kinematic Solution of the Variable Geometry Truss Robot Based on an N-Celled Tetrahedron-Tetrahedron Truss. Journal of Mechanical Design. 112(1). 16–22. 28 indexed citations

Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1989). Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Synthesis of the RRSS Spatial Path-Generating Mechanism Using the Selective Precision Synthesis Method. Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 111(1). 54–58. 5 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1989). A Generalized Expert System Shell for Implementing Mechanical Design Applications: Review, Introduction, and Fundamental Concepts. Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 111(3). 439–442. 3 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1988). A Computer-Aided Design Technique for the Synthesis of Planar Four Bar Mechanisms Satisfying Specified Kinematic and Dynamic Conditions. Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 110(3). 263–268. 7 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1988). Computer-Aided Design of the RSSR Function Generating Spatial Mechanism Using the Selective Precision Synthesis Method. Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 110(4). 378–382. 5 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1988). Selective Precision Synthesis of the Spatial Slider Crank Mechanism for Path and Function Generation. Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 110(3). 295–302. 5 indexed citations

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Gibson, David & S. N. Kramer. (1984). Symbolic Notation and Kinematic Equations of Motion of the Twenty-Two Basic Spur Planetary Gear Trains. Journal of Mechanisms Transmissions and Automation in Design. 106(3). 333–340. 23 indexed citations

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Gibson, Dan & S. N. Kramer. (1984). Kinematic design and analysis of the rack-and-gear mechanism for function generation. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 19(3). 369–375. 3 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1982). Complex Number Synthesis of Four-Bar Path Generating Mechanisms Adjustable for Multiple Tangential Circular Arcs. Journal of Mechanical Design. 104(1). 185–191. 4 indexed citations

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Walker, C. B. F. & S. N. Kramer. (1982). Cuneiform Tablets in the Collection of Lord Binning. Iraq. 44(1). 71–71. 3 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N., et al.. (1979). Selective precision synthesis of planar mechanisms satisfying position and velocity constraints. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 14(3). 161–170. 11 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N. & G. N. Sandor. (1975). Selective Precision Synthesis—A General Method of Optimization for Planar Mechanisms. Journal of Engineering for Industry. 97(2). 689–701. 43 indexed citations

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Kramer, S. N. & G. N. Sandor. (1970). Finite Kinematic Synthesis of a Cycloidal-Crank Mechanism for Function Generation. Journal of Engineering for Industry. 92(3). 531–535. 5 indexed citations

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