S. Nemat-Nasser

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

S. Nemat-Nasser is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Nemat-Nasser has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 26 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Nemat-Nasser's work include Numerical methods in engineering (23 papers), Elasticity and Wave Propagation (16 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (16 papers). S. Nemat-Nasser is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (23 papers), Elasticity and Wave Propagation (16 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (16 papers). S. Nemat-Nasser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Philippines. S. Nemat-Nasser's co-authors include Hideyuki Horii, Junichi Konishi, Masanobu Oda, Adnan H. Nayfeh, L. M. Keer, Yukitaka MURAKAMI, Muneo Hori, A. Shokooh, Yôichi Sumi and Makoto Obata and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Applied Mechanics and Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

In The Last Decade

S. Nemat-Nasser

108 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Brittle failure in compression: splitting faulting and br... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Brittle failure in compression: splitting faulting and brittle-ductile transition
    1986 656 citations Hideyuki Horii, S. Nemat-Nasser Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Nemat-Nasser United States 32 3.1k 1.6k 808 787 577 110 4.6k
Dusan Krajcinovic United States 32 3.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 326 0.6× 116 4.4k
H. L. Schreyer United States 26 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 940 1.2× 554 0.7× 443 0.8× 96 4.6k
Z. Mróz Poland 37 3.8k 1.2× 3.3k 2.1× 855 1.1× 1.6k 2.0× 474 0.8× 204 6.4k
Kaspar Willam United States 37 2.3k 0.7× 3.7k 2.3× 920 1.1× 555 0.7× 163 0.3× 120 5.4k
S. Valliappan Australia 33 1.5k 0.5× 1.6k 1.0× 225 0.3× 570 0.7× 166 0.3× 101 3.1k
Bernardino Chiaia Italy 37 1.6k 0.5× 2.8k 1.8× 788 1.0× 541 0.7× 444 0.8× 207 4.5k
A. J. M. Spencer United Kingdom 34 2.5k 0.8× 849 0.5× 723 0.9× 781 1.0× 159 0.3× 177 4.6k
H. Deresiewicz United States 24 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 257 0.3× 958 1.2× 335 0.6× 46 4.2k
Gilles Pijaudier‐Cabot France 41 5.5k 1.7× 4.0k 2.6× 2.0k 2.5× 728 0.9× 222 0.4× 148 8.0k
A.R. Khoei Iran 40 3.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 855 1.1× 2.2k 2.8× 184 0.3× 189 5.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Nemat-Nasser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huang, Yi, David Meyer, & S. Nemat-Nasser. (2009). Damage detection with spatially distributed 2D Continuous Wavelet Transform. Mechanics of Materials. 41(10). 1096–1107. 44 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, Syrus C., Alireza V. Amirkhizi, Thomas Plaisted, Jon Isaacs, & S. Nemat-Nasser. (2002). <title>Structural composites with integrated electromagnetic functionality</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4698. 237–245. 6 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S., et al.. (1994). Pressure-shear recovery experiments. Mechanics of Materials. 18(1). 49–53. 5 indexed citations
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Obata, Makoto, S. Nemat-Nasser, & Yoshiaki Gotō. (1989). Branched Cracks in Anisotropic Elastic Solids. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 56(4). 858–864. 77 indexed citations
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Hori, Muneo & S. Nemat-Nasser. (1987). Interacting micro-cracks near the tip in the process zone of a macro-crack. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 35(5). 601–629. 112 indexed citations
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ISIDA, Makoto & S. Nemat-Nasser. (1987). A unified analysis of various problems relating to circular holes with edge cracks. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 27(5). 571–591. 27 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S. & Muneo Hori. (1987). Toughening by partial or full bridging of cracks in ceramics and fiber reinforced composites. Mechanics of Materials. 6(3). 245–269. 88 indexed citations
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Horii, Hideyuki & S. Nemat-Nasser. (1986). Brittle failure in compression: splitting faulting and brittle-ductile transition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 319(1549). 337–374. 656 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sumi, Yôichi, S. Nemat-Nasser, & L. M. Keer. (1983). On crack branching and curving in a finite body. International Journal of Fracture. 21(1). 67–79. 73 indexed citations
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MURAKAMI, Yukitaka & S. Nemat-Nasser. (1983). Growth and stability of interacting surface flaws of arbitrary shape. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 17(3). 193–210. 182 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S., et al.. (1982). A plasticity model for flow of granular materials under triaxial stress states. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 18(6). 497–531. 23 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S.. (1981). Three-Dimensional Constitutive Relations and Ductile Fracture : Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Three-Dimensional Constitutive Relations and Ductile Fracture, Dourdan, France, 2-5 June, 1980. Elsevier eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Karihaloo, B. L., et al.. (1981). Approximate Description of Crack Kinking and Curving. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 48(3). 515–519. 65 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S., Yôichi Sumi, & L. M. Keer. (1980). Unstable growth of tension cracks in brittle solids: Stable and unstable bifurcations, snap-through, and imperfection sensitivity. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 16(11). 1017–1035. 66 indexed citations
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Sumi, Yôichi, S. Nemat-Nasser, & L. M. Keer. (1980). A new combined analytical and finite-element solution method for stability analysis of the growth of interacting tension cracks in brittle solids. International Journal of Engineering Science. 18(1). 211–224. 24 indexed citations
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Karihaloo, B. L., L. M. Keer, & S. Nemat-Nasser. (1979). APPROXIMATIONS TO SLIGHT CRACK KINKING AND CURVING.. Desalination. 453–456.
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Nemat-Nasser, S., et al.. (1978). Unstable growth of thermally induced interacting cracks in brittle solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 14(6). 409–430. 143 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S., et al.. (1972). Stability of solution of systems of linear differential equations with harmonic coefficients.. AIAA Journal. 10(1). 30–36. 25 indexed citations
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Nayfeh, Adnan H. & S. Nemat-Nasser. (1971). Thermoelastic waves in solids with thermal relaxation. Acta Mechanica. 12(1-2). 53–69. 169 indexed citations
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Nemat-Nasser, S. & G. Herrmann. (1966). Torsional Instability of Cantilevered Bars Subjected to Nonconservative Loading. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 33(1). 102–104. 12 indexed citations

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