U.F. Kocks

18.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
90 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

U.F. Kocks is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, U.F. Kocks has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Materials Chemistry, 60 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 47 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in U.F. Kocks's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (62 papers), Metallurgy and Material Forming (31 papers) and Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (23 papers). U.F. Kocks is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (62 papers), Metallurgy and Material Forming (31 papers) and Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (23 papers). U.F. Kocks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. U.F. Kocks's co-authors include H. Mecking, P.S. Follansbee, C.N. Tomé, R. A. Mulford, G.R. Canova, John J. Jonas, R.O. Scattergood, Ricardo A. Lebensohn, Anthony D. Rollett and D. J. Bacon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Acta Materialia and Progress in Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

U.F. Kocks

90 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Physics and phenomenology of strain hardening: the FCC case

2002 2.6k citations U.F. Kocks, H. Mecking profile →
Kinetics of flow and strain-hardening

1981 2.2k citations H. Mecking, U.F. Kocks Acta Metallurgica profile →
Laws for Work-Hardening and Low-Temperature Creep

1976 1.3k citations U.F. Kocks Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology profile →
A constitutive description of the deformation of copper based on the use of the mechanical threshold stress as an internal state variable

1988 1.0k citations P.S. Follansbee, U.F. Kocks Acta Metallurgica profile →
The relation between polycrystal deformation and single-crystal deformation

1970 818 citations U.F. Kocks profile →
A model for texture development dominated by deformation twinning: Application to zirconium alloys

1991 537 citations C.N. Tomé, U.F. Kocks et al. profile →
A statistical theory of flow stress and work-hardening

1966 493 citations U.F. Kocks Philosophical magazine profile →
The relation between macroscopic and microscopic strain hardening in F.C.C. polycrystals

1984 490 citations C.N. Tomé, G.R. Canova et al. Acta Metallurgica profile →
New observations on the mechanisms of dynamic strain aging and of jerky flow

1979 483 citations U.F. Kocks et al. Acta Metallurgica profile →
The effect of dislocation self-interaction on the orowan stress

1973 407 citations U.F. Kocks, R.O. Scattergood et al. Philosophical magazine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
U.F. Kocks	11.3k	10.6k	7.1k	2.4k	1.1k	90	14.8k
F.J. Humphreys	8.9k 0.8×	9.1k 0.9×	5.1k 0.7×	5.1k 2.2×	1.6k 1.5×	130	13.5k
Hüseyin Şehitoğlu	10.9k 1.0×	10.3k 1.0×	6.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	640 0.6×	337	16.7k
J.D. Embury	7.0k 0.6×	8.5k 0.8×	4.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	969 0.9×	243	10.9k
R.J. Asaro	9.2k 0.8×	8.6k 0.8×	8.2k 1.2×	906 0.4×	663 0.6×	157	14.9k
Günter Gottstein	10.9k 1.0×	10.8k 1.0×	5.1k 0.7×	4.1k 1.7×	3.8k 3.5×	425	15.4k
Anthony D. Rollett	10.0k 0.9×	13.4k 1.3×	5.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	814 0.8×	415	18.7k
K. Lücke	5.8k 0.5×	5.3k 0.5×	3.1k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	599 0.6×	156	8.3k
A.J. Wilkinson	7.1k 0.6×	6.9k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	717 0.7×	206	11.1k
O.D. Sherby	5.9k 0.5×	7.9k 0.7×	2.9k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	897 0.8×	236	9.5k
R.D. Doherty	6.9k 0.6×	7.1k 0.7×	3.6k 0.5×	3.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	139	9.9k

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Kocks, U.F., Paul R. Dawson, & C. Fressengeas. (1994). KINEMATICS OF PLASTICITY RELATED TO THE STATE AND EVOLUTION OF THE MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURE. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 5(2). 107–128. 3 indexed citations

Poole, Warren J., J.D. Embury, S.R. MacEwen, & U.F. Kocks. (1994). Large strain deformation of a copper—tungsten composite system. II. Applications. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 69(4). 667–687. 8 indexed citations

Kocks, U.F.. (1994). Mechanisms and models for large-strain heterogeneous plasticity. Materials Science and Engineering A. 175(1-2). 49–54. 7 indexed citations

Bolmaro, R.E. & U.F. Kocks. (1992). A comparison of the texture development in pure and simple shear and during path changes. Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia. 27(12). 1717–1722. 21 indexed citations

Kocks, U.F., et al.. (1991). Accurate Representations of Geneil Textures by a Set of WetghtedGrains. Texture Stress and Microstructure. 14(1). 199–204. 16 indexed citations

Kocks, U.F., P. Franciosi, & M. Kawai. (1991). A Forest Model of Latent Hardening and its Application to Polycrystal Deformations. Texture Stress and Microstructure. 14(1). 1103–1114. 39 indexed citations

Follansbee, P.S., U.F. Kocks, & G. Regazzoni. (1985). THE MECHANICAL THRESHOLD OF DYNAMICALLY DEFORMED COPPER AND NITRONIC 40. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 46(C5). C5–25. 18 indexed citations

Bloom, Toby, U.F. Kocks, & Philip Nash. (1985). Deformation behavior of 4;Mo alloys. Acta Metallurgica. 33(2). 265–272. 17 indexed citations

Canova, G.R., U.F. Kocks, C.N. Tomé, & John J. Jonas. (1985). The yield surface of textured polycrystals†. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 33(4). 371–397. 66 indexed citations

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Tomé, C.N., G.R. Canova, U.F. Kocks, N. Christodoulou, & John J. Jonas. (1984). The relation between macroscopic and microscopic strain hardening in F.C.C. polycrystals. Acta Metallurgica. 32(10). 1637–1653. 490 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kocks, U.F. & Hendri Chandra. (1982). Slip geometry in partially constrained deformation. Acta Metallurgica. 30(3). 695–709. 202 indexed citations

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Chandra, Hendri, J.D. Embury, & U.F. Kocks. (1982). On the formation of high angle grain boundaries during the deformation of aluminum single crystals. Scripta Metallurgica. 16(5). 493–497. 20 indexed citations

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Kocks, U.F., Tadashi Hasegawa, & R.O. Scattergood. (1980). On the origin of cell walls and of lattice misorientations during deformation. Scripta Metallurgica. 14(4). 449–454. 78 indexed citations

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Kocks, U.F., John J. Jonas, & H. Mecking. (1979). The development of strain-rate gradients. Acta Metallurgica. 27(3). 419–432. 83 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Tadashi & U.F. Kocks. (1979). Thermal recovery processes in deformed aluminum. Acta Metallurgica. 27(11). 1705–1716. 74 indexed citations

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Kocks, U.F.. (1977). Theory of an obstacle-controlled yield strength: report after an international workshop. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 27. 5 indexed citations

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Kocks, U.F. & H. Mecking. (1976). Discussion: “A Recovery-Athermal Glide Creep Model” (Ostrom, P., and Lagneborg, R., 1976, ASME J. Eng. Mater. Technol., 98, pp. 114–121). Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. 98(2). 121–122. 1 indexed citations

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Kettunen, P. & U.F. Kocks. (1969). Cyclic hardening of copper single crystals. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 19(3). 299–314. 4 indexed citations

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Kocks, U.F.. (1966). A statistical theory of flow stress and work-hardening. Philosophical magazine. 13(123). 541–566. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kocks, U.F.. (1960). Polyslip in single crystals. Acta Metallurgica. 8(6). 345–352. 99 indexed citations

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