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 →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	KINEMATICS OF PLASTICITY RELATED TO THE STATE AND EVOLUTION OF THE MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURE 1994 ·Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials ·U.F. Kocks, Paul R. Dawson, C. Fressengeas	3
2	Mechanisms and models for large-strain heterogeneous plasticity 1994 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·U.F. Kocks	7
3	Large strain deformation of a copper—tungsten composite system. II. Applications 1994 ·Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties ·Warren J. Poole, J.D. Embury, S.R. MacEwen, U.F. Kocks	8
4	A comparison of the texture development in pure and simple shear and during path changes 1992 ·Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia ·R.E. Bolmaro, U.F. Kocks	21
5	Accurate Representations of Geneil Textures by a Set of WetghtedGrains 1991 ·Texture Stress and Microstructure ·U.F. Kocks, J. S. Kallend, (unknown)	16
6	A Forest Model of Latent Hardening and its Application to Polycrystal Deformations 1991 ·Texture Stress and Microstructure ·U.F. Kocks, P. Franciosi, M. Kawai	39
7	A “universal” temperature scale for plastic flow 1986 ·Acta Metallurgica ·H. Mecking, (unknown), N. Zárubová, U.F. Kocks	89
8	THE MECHANICAL THRESHOLD OF DYNAMICALLY DEFORMED COPPER AND NITRONIC 40 1985 ·Le Journal de Physique Colloques ·P.S. Follansbee, U.F. Kocks, G. Regazzoni	18
9	The yield surface of textured polycrystals† 1985 ·Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids ·G.R. Canova, U.F. Kocks, C.N. Tomé, John J. Jonas	66
10	Deformation behavior of 4;Mo alloys 1985 ·Acta Metallurgica ·Toby Bloom, U.F. Kocks, Philip Nash	17
11	On the formation of high angle grain boundaries during the deformation of aluminum single crystals 1982 ·Scripta Metallurgica ·Hendri Chandra, J.D. Embury, U.F. Kocks	20
12	On the origin of cell walls and of lattice misorientations during deformation 1980 ·Scripta Metallurgica ·U.F. Kocks, Tadashi Hasegawa, R.O. Scattergood	78
13	The development of strain-rate gradients 1979 ·Acta Metallurgica ·U.F. Kocks, John J. Jonas, H. Mecking	83
14	Thermal recovery processes in deformed aluminum 1979 ·Acta Metallurgica ·Tadashi Hasegawa, U.F. Kocks	74
15	Discussion: “A Recovery-Athermal Glide Creep Model” (Ostrom, P., and Lagneborg, R., 1976, ASME J. Eng. Mater. Technol., 98, pp. 114–121) 1976 ·Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology ·U.F. Kocks, H. Mecking	1
16	On the temperature and stress dependence of the dislocation velocity stress exponent 1970 ·Scripta Metallurgica ·U.F. Kocks	10
17	Cyclic hardening of copper single crystals 1969 ·Czechoslovak Journal of Physics ·P. Kettunen, U.F. Kocks	4
18	On a possible relation between work hardening and fatigue failure 1967 ·Scripta Metallurgica ·P. Kettunen, U.F. Kocks	9
19	On internal stresses due to a quasiuniform distribution of dislocations 1967 ·Acta Metallurgica ·U.F. Kocks	14
20	A statistical theory of flow stress and work-hardening breakdown → 1966 ·Philosophical magazine ·U.F. Kocks	493

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