Sia Nemat‐Nasser

31.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
297 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Sia Nemat‐Nasser is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sia Nemat‐Nasser has authored 297 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 102 papers in Materials Chemistry and 69 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sia Nemat‐Nasser's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (73 papers), Composite Material Mechanics (49 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (38 papers). Sia Nemat‐Nasser is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (73 papers), Composite Material Mechanics (49 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (38 papers). Sia Nemat‐Nasser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Sia Nemat‐Nasser's co-authors include David R. Smith, Willie J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. Schultz, Hideyuki Horii, S. K. Datta, Weiguo Guo, Jon Isaacs, Muneo Hori and Morteza M. Mehrabadi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Sia Nemat‐Nasser

296 papers receiving 23.5k citations

Hit Papers

Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Perm... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2000 1996 1985 1982 1981 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity
    2000 6.6k citations Sia Nemat‐Nasser et al. profile →
  2. Micromechanics: Overall Properties of Heterogeneous Materials
    1996 1.8k citations Sia Nemat‐Nasser et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
  3. Compression‐induced microcrack growth in brittle solids: Axial splitting and shear failure
    1985 766 citations Sia Nemat‐Nasser et al. profile →
  4. Compression‐induced nonplanar crack extension with application to splitting, exfoliation, and rockburst
    1982 686 citations Sia Nemat‐Nasser et al. profile →
  5. A Micromechanical Description of Granular Material Behavior
    1981 683 citations Morteza M. Mehrabadi, Sia Nemat‐Nasser et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
  6. Overall moduli of solids with microcracks: Load-induced anisotropy
    1983 475 citations Sia Nemat‐Nasser et al. profile →
  7. Micromechanics of actuation of ionic polymer-metal composites
    2002 453 citations Sia Nemat‐Nasser Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sia Nemat‐Nasser United States 69 10.2k 7.4k 6.2k 5.4k 5.0k 297 24.9k
Daining Fang China 96 9.3k 0.9× 8.7k 1.2× 4.6k 0.7× 7.5k 1.4× 3.2k 0.6× 989 36.6k
R. Hill United Kingdom 46 18.5k 1.8× 13.5k 1.8× 2.0k 0.3× 4.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.2× 191 33.4k
Weiqiu Chen China 65 11.3k 1.1× 4.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.2× 6.2k 1.1× 1.4k 0.3× 638 18.3k
J. Th. M. De Hosson Netherlands 76 6.8k 0.7× 13.2k 1.8× 1.8k 0.3× 2.3k 0.4× 3.1k 0.6× 820 23.7k
David J. Srolovitz United States 94 6.7k 0.7× 21.0k 2.8× 2.6k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 514 30.5k
John W. Hutchinson United States 119 31.3k 3.1× 24.0k 3.2× 1.5k 0.2× 7.6k 1.4× 6.2k 1.2× 347 58.8k
Robert E. Newnham United States 71 3.9k 0.4× 14.5k 2.0× 5.2k 0.8× 10.0k 1.9× 1.0k 0.2× 448 24.4k
C.W. Lim Hong Kong 62 9.1k 0.9× 5.1k 0.7× 798 0.1× 3.3k 0.6× 909 0.2× 430 15.0k
Graeme W. Milton United States 46 5.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.2× 2.9k 0.5× 3.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 157 11.1k
William D. Nix United States 90 20.3k 2.0× 23.7k 3.2× 6.1k 1.0× 6.8k 1.3× 2.7k 0.5× 389 44.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Amirkhizi, Alireza V., et al.. (2016). Dynamic properties of polyurea-milled glass composites part II: Micromechanical modeling. Mechanics of Materials. 98. 111–119. 12 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia. (2015). Anti-plane shear waves in periodic elastic composites: Band structure and anomalous wave refraction. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 25 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia & Ankit Srivastava. (2012). Homogenized dynamic constitutive relation for Bloch-wave propagation in periodic composites: structure and symmetries. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8269. 82690Y–82690Y. 1 indexed citations
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Amirkhizi, Alireza V., Thomas Plaisted, Syrus C. Nemat-Nasser, & Sia Nemat‐Nasser. (2003). METALLIC COIL-POLYMER BRAID COMPOSITES: I. THE NUMERICAL MODELING AND CHIRALITY. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Plaisted, Thomas, Alireza V. Amirkhizi, D. Arbelaez, Syrus C. Nemat-Nasser, & Sia Nemat‐Nasser. (2003). METALLIC COIL-POLYMER BRAID COMPOSITES: II. MATERIAL PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Sarva, Sai & Sia Nemat‐Nasser. (2001). Dynamic compressive strength of silicon carbide under uniaxial compression. Materials Science and Engineering A. 317(1-2). 140–144. 105 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia, et al.. (1996). Effects of geometry in pressure–shear and normal plate impact recovery experiments: Three-dimensional finite-element simulation and experimental observation. Journal of Applied Physics. 80(6). 3267–3274. 8 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia, et al.. (1995). Direct Observation of Deformation of Granular Materials Through X-ray Photographs. Engineering Mechanics. 605–608. 2 indexed citations
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Loret, Benjamin, et al.. (1993). Incremental constitutive relations for granular materials based on micromechanics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 441(1913). 433–463. 35 indexed citations
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Subhash, G. & Sia Nemat‐Nasser. (1993). Dynamic Stress‐Induced Transformation and Texture Formation in Uniaxial Compression of Zirconia Ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 76(1). 153–165. 57 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia. (1992). Retrospect and Prospect: Micromechanics. Engineering Mechanics. 632–632. 1 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia, et al.. (1992). An explicit constitutive algorithm for large-strain, large-strain-rate elastic-viscoplasticity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 95(2). 205–219. 23 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia, Jon Isaacs, & John E. Starrett. (1991). Hopkinson techniques for dynamic recovery experiments. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 435(1894). 371–391. 352 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia & Makoto Obata. (1988). A Microcrack Model of Dilatancy in Brittle Materials. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 55(1). 24–35. 206 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia & Makoto Obata. (1986). Rate-dependent, finite elasto-plastic deformation of polycrystals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 407(1833). 343–375. 105 indexed citations
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IWAKUMA, Tetsuo & Sia Nemat‐Nasser. (1984). Finite elastic-plastic deformation of polycrystalline metals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 394(1806). 87–119. 105 indexed citations
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Mehrabadi, Morteza M. & Sia Nemat‐Nasser. (1983). Stress, dilatancy and fabric in granular materials. Mechanics of Materials. 2(2). 155–161. 28 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia. (1979). The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Noncollinear Crack Growth. Engineering Mechanics. 449–452. 3 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia, et al.. (1971). On finite amplitude waves in heterogeneous elastic solids. International Journal of Engineering Science. 9(11). 1087–1105. 4 indexed citations
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Nemat‐Nasser, Sia. (1970). Discussion: “Elastic-Plastic Deformation at Finite Strains” (Lee, E. H., 1969, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 36, pp. 1–6). Journal of Applied Mechanics. 37(1). 243–244. 1 indexed citations

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