T. Y. Thomas

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 784 citations indexed

About

T. Y. Thomas is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Y. Thomas has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 784 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in T. Y. Thomas's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (6 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (5 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (5 papers). T. Y. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (6 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (5 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (5 papers). T. Y. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and France. T. Y. Thomas's co-authors include Richard Bellman, Ellis H. Dill, Dominic G. B. Edelen, Deepti Kodeboyina, Sriram Krishnan, Beth Plale, Octav Chipara, Liang Fang, Dennis Gannon and Gopi Kandaswamy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physics Today and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

T. Y. Thomas

47 papers receiving 698 citations

Hit Papers

Plastic Flow and Fracture in Solids 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 100 200 300
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. Plastic Flow and Fracture in Solids
    1962 365 citations T. Y. Thomas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
T. Y. Thomas United States 12 426 226 175 142 140 53 784
William O. Williams United States 20 1.1k 2.5× 340 1.5× 357 2.0× 222 1.6× 104 0.7× 50 1.6k
Gianfranco Capriz Italy 16 594 1.4× 328 1.5× 479 2.7× 74 0.5× 117 0.8× 62 934
Michael Sewell United Kingdom 19 537 1.3× 225 1.0× 152 0.9× 242 1.7× 122 0.9× 52 1.0k
P. Puri United States 19 769 1.8× 439 1.9× 218 1.2× 146 1.0× 356 2.5× 53 1.3k
I. I. Kolodner United States 8 118 0.3× 174 0.8× 298 1.7× 43 0.3× 146 1.0× 22 689
J. H. Huth United States 9 251 0.6× 49 0.2× 67 0.4× 132 0.9× 41 0.3× 15 485
Isaak A. Kunin United States 14 784 1.8× 127 0.6× 409 2.3× 74 0.5× 72 0.5× 47 1.1k
Miroslav Šilhavý Czechia 18 545 1.3× 539 2.4× 260 1.5× 116 0.8× 126 0.9× 94 1.2k
Leonid P. Lébedev Colombia 17 614 1.4× 194 0.9× 422 2.4× 101 0.7× 63 0.5× 45 929
V. I. Fabrikant Canada 16 844 2.0× 99 0.4× 107 0.6× 139 1.0× 35 0.3× 107 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Y. Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1969). Mathematical foundations of the theory of shocks in gases. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 26(3). 595–629. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1966). Constitutive Equations for Elastic-Plastic Flow in Cubic Crystals. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 16(2). 147–154. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1966). Shear waves in cubic crystals. International Journal of Engineering Science. 4(4). 331–341. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1966). ON THE STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONS FOR CUBIC CRYSTALS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 55(2). 235–239. 42 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1964). OUTLINE OF A THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 51(5). 718–723. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1964). ON GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE AND THE CREATION OF ENERGY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 52(6). 1313–1315. 1 indexed citations
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Edelen, Dominic G. B. & T. Y. Thomas. (1963). The dynamics of discontinuity surfaces in general relativity theory. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 7(2). 247–263. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1963). Hypersurfaces in Einstein-Riemann space and their compatibility conditions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 7(2). 225–246. 9 indexed citations
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Edelen, Dominic G. B. & T. Y. Thomas. (1962). Differential compatibility conditions on the momentum-energy tensor and necessary conditions for the existence of solutions to the Einstein field equations. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 9(1). 245–254. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y., et al.. (1961). PRESSURE SHOCKS IN VISCOUS HEAT-CONDUCTING GASES. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 47(3). 319–325. 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1961). On the propagation and decay of gravitational waves. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 3(2). 315–335. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1958). The Luders Band Problem. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 7(1). 17–27. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1957). A Correction to 'Extended Compatibility Conditions for the Study of Surfaces of Discontinuity in Continuum Mechanics'. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 6(4). 907–908. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1957). The Growth and Decay of Sonic Discontinuities in Ideal Gases. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 6(3). 455–469. 34 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1957). The Decay of Waves in Elastic Solids. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 6(4). 759–768. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1955). COMBINED ELASTIC AND PRANDTL-REUSS STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 41(10). 720–726. 23 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1954). DETERMINATION OF THE PLASTIC YIELD CONDITION AS A VARIATIONAL PROBLEM. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 40(5). 322–331. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1954). A DISCUSSION OF THE LOAD DROP AND RELATED MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORMATION OF A LÜDERS BAND. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 40(7). 572–576. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1952). On the Characteristic Surfaces of the von Mises Plasticity Equations. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 1(3). 343–357. 11 indexed citations
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Thomas, T. Y.. (1951). The Separation of Supersonic Flow From Curved Profiles. 1 indexed citations

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