Stephen A. Thau

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen A. Thau is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen A. Thau has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 3 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen A. Thau's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (9 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (8 papers) and Elasticity and Wave Propagation (7 papers). Stephen A. Thau is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (9 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (8 papers) and Elasticity and Wave Propagation (7 papers). Stephen A. Thau collaborates with scholars based in United States. Stephen A. Thau's co-authors include J. D. Achenbach, Yih−Hsing Pao, J. W. Dally, Marijan Dravinski, Y.-H. Pao and Rouben Rostamian and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, International Journal of Solids and Structures and International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen A. Thau

23 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
    1974 3.1k citations Stephen A. Thau et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen A. Thau United States 11 2.4k 1.1k 675 585 545 23 3.5k
Yih−Hsing Pao United States 32 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 812 1.2× 429 0.7× 698 1.3× 80 3.5k
J. D. Achenbach United States 28 3.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 533 0.8× 439 0.8× 679 1.2× 122 3.9k
H. Kolsky United States 19 1.3k 0.5× 711 0.7× 346 0.5× 412 0.7× 462 0.8× 43 2.6k
L. E. Malvern United States 17 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 697 1.0× 357 0.6× 847 1.6× 39 3.9k
S. Nemat-Nasser United States 32 3.1k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 321 0.5× 254 0.4× 787 1.4× 110 4.6k
T. C. T. Ting United States 37 4.4k 1.9× 764 0.7× 1.2k 1.7× 202 0.3× 916 1.7× 171 5.8k
Eli Sternberg United States 34 4.0k 1.7× 883 0.8× 1.8k 2.7× 156 0.3× 726 1.3× 71 5.5k
Bert A. Auld United States 3 2.3k 1.0× 463 0.4× 2.5k 3.7× 481 0.8× 604 1.1× 4 4.4k
Bruno A. Boley United States 20 2.7k 1.1× 844 0.8× 486 0.7× 146 0.2× 1.1k 2.0× 66 4.1k
Ray M. Bowen United States 17 1.0k 0.4× 397 0.4× 693 1.0× 254 0.4× 338 0.6× 48 2.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dravinski, Marijan & Stephen A. Thau. (1976). Multiple Diffractions of Elastic Waves by a Rigid Rectangular Foundation: Plane-Strain Model. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 43(2). 291–294. 13 indexed citations
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Dravinski, Marijan & Stephen A. Thau. (1976). Multiple Diffractions of Elastic Shear Waves by a Rigid Rectangular Foundation Embedded in an Elastic Half Space. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 43(2). 295–299. 11 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A., et al.. (1974). Coupled Rocking and Translating Vibrations of a Buried Foundation. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 41(3). 697–702. 14 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A., et al.. (1974). Seismic Motion of Buildings with Buried Foundations. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 100(5). 919–933. 2 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A., et al.. (1973). Wave Diffraction by Rigid Foundations. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 99(4). 902–906. 2 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A., et al.. (1973). Transient Response of a Buried Foundation to Antiplane Shear Waves. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 40(4). 1061–1066. 15 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A., et al.. (1971). Analysis of Ground Wave Propagation in Layered Media.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A.. (1971). Motion of a finite rigid strip in an elastic half-space subjected to blast wave loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 7(2). 193–211. 4 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A., et al.. (1971). Transient stress intensity factors for a finite crack in an elastic solid caused by a dilatational wave. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 7(7). 731–750. 112 indexed citations
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Pao, Yih−Hsing & Stephen A. Thau. (1970). A perturbation method for boundary-value problems in dynamid elasticity, part II. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 28(2). 191–204. 3 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A. & Yih−Hsing Pao. (1970). On the derivation of point source responses from line source solutions. International Journal of Engineering Science. 8(3). 207–218. 4 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A. & J. W. Dally. (1969). Subsurface characteristics of the Rayleigh wave. International Journal of Engineering Science. 7(1). 37–44. 13 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A.. (1968). Dynamic reactions along a rigid-smooth wall in an elastic half-space with a moving boundary load. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 4(1). 1–13. 6 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A. & Yih−Hsing Pao. (1967). A perturbation method for boundary value problems in dynamid elasticity. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 25(3). 243–260. 5 indexed citations
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Dally, J. W. & Stephen A. Thau. (1967). Observations of stress wave propagation in a half-plane with boundary loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 3(3). 293–308. 26 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A. & Yih−Hsing Pao. (1967). Wave Function Expansions and Perturbation Method for the Diffraction of Elastic Waves by a Parabolic Cylinder. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 34(4). 915–920. 2 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A. & Yih−Hsing Pao. (1967). Stress-Intensification Near a Semi-Infinite Rigid-Smooth Strip Due to Diffraction of Elastic Waves. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 34(1). 119–126. 7 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A.. (1967). Radiation and Scattering From a Rigid Inclusion in an Elastic Medium. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 34(2). 509–511. 28 indexed citations
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Thau, Stephen A. & Yih−Hsing Pao. (1966). Diffractions of Horizontal Shear Waves by a Parabolic Cylinder and Dynamic Stress Concentrations. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 33(4). 785–792. 25 indexed citations

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