Thomas E. Lacy

2.4k total citations
132 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Lacy is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Lacy has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 45 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Lacy's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (32 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (23 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (21 papers). Thomas E. Lacy is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (32 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (23 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (21 papers). Thomas E. Lacy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Thomas E. Lacy's co-authors include Charles U. Pittman, Hossein Toghiani, Juhyeong Lee, Steven R. Gwaltney, Santanu Kundu, Changwoon Jang, Hamid Daghigh, Vahid Daghigh, Sasan Nouranian and M.F. Horstemeyer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Macromolecules and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Lacy

120 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas E. Lacy United States 25 850 703 653 488 318 132 1.9k
Wenbo Luo China 22 401 0.5× 220 0.3× 281 0.4× 451 0.9× 292 0.9× 119 1.5k
Yi Sun China 25 909 1.1× 464 0.7× 535 0.8× 118 0.2× 254 0.8× 119 1.5k
Yichao Li China 21 154 0.2× 359 0.5× 290 0.4× 292 0.6× 69 0.2× 58 1.5k
Qing Xie China 22 221 0.3× 758 1.1× 378 0.6× 303 0.6× 73 0.2× 101 1.8k
Igor O. Golosnoy United Kingdom 25 279 0.3× 1.3k 1.9× 685 1.0× 165 0.3× 54 0.2× 84 2.2k
Jing Xiao United States 23 975 1.1× 835 1.2× 363 0.6× 114 0.2× 649 2.0× 57 1.9k
Xuemin Wang China 27 224 0.3× 935 1.3× 1.3k 2.0× 89 0.2× 205 0.6× 119 2.4k
Saibal Chatterjee India 17 213 0.3× 798 1.1× 306 0.5× 348 0.7× 33 0.1× 96 1.6k
Liming Zhou China 23 844 1.0× 372 0.5× 442 0.7× 23 0.0× 311 1.0× 149 1.7k
Nicola Bowler United States 25 209 0.2× 494 0.7× 517 0.8× 284 0.6× 77 0.2× 75 1.6k

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All Works

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Xiao, Kailu, et al.. (2025). Size matters: Impact energy absorption across five decades of length scale. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 207. 105478–105478.
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Rogers, Jeffrey, et al.. (2025). EPIC Simulations of Hypervelocity Impacts of Aluminum Spheres into High-Density Polyethylene Plates. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials.
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Daghigh, Vahid, Somayeh Bakhtiari Ramezani, Hamid Daghigh, & Thomas E. Lacy. (2024). Explainable artificial intelligence prediction of defect characterization in composite materials. Composites Science and Technology. 256. 110759–110759. 17 indexed citations
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Pittman, Charles U., et al.. (2024). A char removal protocol to visualize fiber cross‐sections of carbon/epoxy composites subjected to flame. Polymer Composites. 46(3). 2149–2162. 2 indexed citations
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Priddy, Matthew W., Santanu Kundu, Qingsheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Fractographic investigation of carbon/epoxy PRSEUS composites exposed to flame after compressive failure. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 187. 108507–108507. 1 indexed citations
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Daghigh, Vahid, Hamid Daghigh, Thomas E. Lacy, & Mohammad Naraghi. (2024). Review of machine learning applications for defect detection in composite materials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18. 100600–100600. 8 indexed citations
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Anderson, Michael, et al.. (2024). Design and evaluation of additively manufactured polyetherimide orbital debris shielding for spacecraft. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 196. 105150–105150. 4 indexed citations
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Priddy, Matthew W., Santanu Kundu, Charles U. Pittman, et al.. (2023). Fire impact on mechanically failed graphite/epoxy composites. Polymer Composites. 44(4). 2236–2249. 5 indexed citations
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Anderson, Michael, et al.. (2023). Design and Evaluation of Additively-Manufactured MMOD Satellite Shielding. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. 2 indexed citations
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the two‐parameter fracture criterion for various crack configurations made of 7075‐T6 aluminium alloy using finite‐element fracture simulations. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 42(8). 1743–1759. 2 indexed citations
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2016). Development of an Experimental Setup to Analyze Carbon/Epoxy Composite Subjected to Current Impulses.
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Samaratunga, Hemamali, et al.. (2015). WSFE-based User-Defined Elements in ABAQUS for Modeling 2D Laminated Composites with Complex Features. 3 indexed citations
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2015). Hypervelocity Impacts of Shear Thickening Fluid Imbibed Metallic Foam Core Sandwich Panels. 7 indexed citations
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2015). Computationally Efficient Solution of the High-Fidelity Generalized Method of Cells Micromechanics Relations. 5 indexed citations
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2014). A Multiscale Progressive Failure Modeling Methodology for Composites that Includes Fiber Strength Stochastics. Cmc-computers Materials & Continua. 40(2). 99–129. 8 indexed citations
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2013). The Effect of Fiber Strength Stochastics and Local Fiber Volume Fraction on Multiscale Progressive Failure of Composites. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 19(2). 207–22.
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Lacy, Thomas E., et al.. (2006). Response surface characterization of the mechanical behavior of impact-damaged sandwich composites. Journal of Applied Statistics. 33(4). 427–437. 8 indexed citations
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Tomblin, John, et al.. (2003). Guidelines for Analysis, Testing, and Nondestructive Inspection of Impact-Damaged Composite Sandwich Structures. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 12 indexed citations

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