Thomas J. Lienert

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Lienert is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Lienert has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 12 papers in Automotive Engineering and 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Lienert's work include Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (24 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (20 papers) and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (14 papers). Thomas J. Lienert is often cited by papers focused on Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (24 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (20 papers) and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (14 papers). Thomas J. Lienert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Thomas J. Lienert's co-authors include T. DebRoy, Rakesh Nandan, Gour Gopal Roy, John C. Lippold, John S. Carpenter, Veronica Livescu, P. Burgardt, Tuhin Mukherjee, Carl Cady and Ram Naresh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Acta Materialia and Progress in Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Lienert

53 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

Three-dimensional heat and material flow during friction stir welding of mild steel

2006 513 citations Thomas J. Lienert, T. DebRoy et al. profile →
Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components

2023 137 citations Tuhin Mukherjee, J. W. Elmer et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas J. Lienert United States	19	2.2k	516	339	324	209	56	2.3k
Swarup Bag India	24	1.6k 0.7×	243 0.5×	269 0.8×	80 0.2×	299 1.4×	106	1.7k
Young‐Kyun Kim South Korea	25	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	469 1.4×	316 1.0×	161 0.8×	128	2.2k
Waqas Muhammad Canada	21	952 0.4×	143 0.3×	447 1.3×	298 0.9×	408 2.0×	41	1.2k
Lars-Erik Svensson Sweden	22	1.4k 0.7×	220 0.4×	504 1.5×	124 0.4×	419 2.0×	77	1.5k
Gonçalo Pardal United Kingdom	13	2.0k 0.9×	190 0.4×	221 0.7×	1.0k 3.2×	89 0.4×	29	2.1k
Shuhao Wang China	23	1.4k 0.6×	281 0.5×	201 0.6×	471 1.5×	143 0.7×	44	1.5k
Jingbin Hao China	24	1.6k 0.7×	890 1.7×	208 0.6×	147 0.5×	256 1.2×	84	1.8k
D.M. Rodrigues Portugal	31	2.8k 1.3×	857 1.7×	346 1.0×	78 0.2×	564 2.7×	89	2.9k
Zhijiang Wang China	20	945 0.4×	107 0.2×	204 0.6×	170 0.5×	133 0.6×	55	1.0k
S. Romano Italy	11	1.6k 0.7×	154 0.3×	220 0.6×	1.0k 3.1×	258 1.2×	14	1.6k

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Hoffmann, William D., et al.. (2025). A mechanistic study of retained δ-ferrite in additively-manufactured Grade 91 steel. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 36. 5128–5143.

Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2024). Quantification of δ-ferrite and austenite retention in laser-deposited martensitic stainless steel. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 31. 2762–2773. 4 indexed citations

Kannan, Rangasayee, D.T. Pierce, Yousub Lee, et al.. (2024). Controlling microstructure and B2 ordering kinetics in Fe–Al system through additive manufacturing. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 1692–1703. 1 indexed citations

Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2024). Effects of Preheating on the Microstructure of Laser-DED AISI 420. Welding Journal. 103(12). 372–377. 1 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Tuhin, J. W. Elmer, Huiliang Wei, et al.. (2023). Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components. Progress in Materials Science. 138. 101153–101153. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

Mukherjee, Tuhin, et al.. (2022). Tempering kinetics during multilayer laser additive manufacturing of a ferritic steel. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 83. 105–115. 10 indexed citations

Radhakrishnan, M., et al.. (2021). Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Additive Manufactured AISI - 420 Martensitic Steel Developed by Directed Energy Deposition Method. Volume 2A: Advanced Manufacturing. 1 indexed citations

Gigax, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Solid-State Welding of the Nanostructured Ferritic Alloy 14YWT Using a Capacitive Discharge Resistance Welding Technique. Metals. 12(1). 23–23. 1 indexed citations

Lienert, Thomas J. & Johannes Fottner. (2019). Failure-Handling Strategies for Mobile Robots in Automated Warehouses. 7–7. 1 indexed citations

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Mascareñas, David, Michelle Lockhart, & Thomas J. Lienert. (2018). Barkhausen noise as an intrinsic fingerprint for ferromagnetic components. Smart Materials and Structures. 28(1). 15014–15014. 2 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). In Situ Monitoring of Directed Energy Deposition. 122. 1 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Laser weldability of 21Cr-6Ni-9Mn stainless steel: Part I - Impurity effects and solidifcation mode. Welding Journal. 95(10). 2 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Laser weldability of 21Cr-6Ni-9Mn stainless steel: Part II - Weldability diagrams. Welding Journal. 95(11). 2 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Development and simulation-based evaluation of an algorithm for the retrieval-in-sequence for shuttle systems. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 15–24. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Huiliang, Snehanshu Pal, V. Manvatkar, Thomas J. Lienert, & T. DebRoy. (2015). Asymmetry in steel welds with dissimilar amounts of sulfur. Scripta Materialia. 108. 88–91. 23 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2013). Weld bead center line shift during laser welding of austenitic stainless steels with different sulfur content. Scripta Materialia. 71. 37–40. 16 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2004). Joining of advanced and specialty materials VI : proceedings from Materials Solutions 2003 on Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials, 13-15 October 2003, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ASM International eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., et al.. (2003). Friction Stir Welding Studies on Mild Steel. Welding Journal. 82(1). 180 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., Péter B. Nagy, & W.A. Baeslack. (1998). Ultrasonic characterization of microstructures in inertia friction welds on SiC-reinforced 8009 aluminum. Welding Journal. 77(1). 6 indexed citations

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Lienert, Thomas J., W.A. Baeslack, J. Ringnalda, & Hamish L. Fraser. (1996). Inertia-friction welding of SiC-reinforced 8009 aluminium. Journal of Materials Science. 31(8). 2149–2157. 31 indexed citations

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