W. S. Blackburn

728 total citations
38 papers, 469 citations indexed

About

W. S. Blackburn is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. S. Blackburn has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 469 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. S. Blackburn's work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (25 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (14 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (8 papers). W. S. Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Fatigue and fracture mechanics (25 papers), Numerical methods in engineering (14 papers) and Nuclear Materials and Properties (8 papers). W. S. Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. W. S. Blackburn's co-authors include T. K. Hellen, A.D. Jackson, Albert Edward Green, Charles C. Robinson, William S. Hall and D.P. Rooke and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Journal of Nuclear Materials and Engineering Fracture Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

W. S. Blackburn

35 papers receiving 415 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. S. Blackburn United Kingdom 9 420 144 125 102 28 38 469
Fred Nilsson Sweden 11 308 0.7× 98 0.7× 93 0.7× 93 0.9× 27 1.0× 33 368
M. D. German United States 8 526 1.3× 252 1.8× 110 0.9× 166 1.6× 34 1.2× 11 570
A. P. Kfouri United Kingdom 9 419 1.0× 164 1.1× 104 0.8× 90 0.9× 22 0.8× 17 430
PC Paris United States 2 242 0.6× 158 1.1× 70 0.6× 50 0.5× 23 0.8× 2 268
E.T. Wessel United States 6 304 0.7× 228 1.6× 139 1.1× 72 0.7× 21 0.8× 15 377
C.W. Marschall United States 9 213 0.5× 214 1.5× 82 0.7× 71 0.7× 23 0.8× 23 322
T. E. Wilt United States 12 291 0.7× 132 0.9× 99 0.8× 84 0.8× 35 1.3× 25 373
I.W. Goodall United Kingdom 10 248 0.6× 255 1.8× 68 0.5× 104 1.0× 48 1.7× 26 313
RH Heyer Japan 4 188 0.4× 150 1.0× 73 0.6× 48 0.5× 17 0.6× 4 236
T. Bui‐Quoc Canada 10 266 0.6× 200 1.4× 76 0.6× 109 1.1× 30 1.1× 36 306

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1999). Three dimensional calculation of growth of cracks starting in parallel planes by boundary elements. International Journal of Fatigue. 21(9). 933–939. 6 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S., William S. Hall, & D.P. Rooke. (1996). Growth and intersection of cracks using boundary-element analysis. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 7(1). 39–53. 3 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S., William S. Hall, & D.P. Rooke. (1995). BOUNDARY ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CRACK INTERSECTION, INITIATION AND GROWTH AT PIN LOADED HOLES. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 18(9). 949–957. 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1995). Contour integrals for 2D thermoelastic cracked bodies. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 16(1). 47–51.
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Blackburn, W. S., et al.. (1992). Effect of crack front non-linearity on results from compact tension tests. International Journal of Fracture. 55(3). 285–292. 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1991). NUMERICAL RESULTS FOR VOLUME, SURFACE AND CONTOUR INTEGRALS AROUND CRACK TIPS. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 14(6). 651–662. 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1986). Contour integration around crack tips for combined mixed mode load and strain controlled loading of an elastic plastic material. International Journal of Fracture. 32(2). 93–104. 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1986). Assessment of cracks under secondary and combined loading. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 26(3). 213–260. 6 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1985). Contour integrals around crack tips for reversed loading. International Journal of Fracture. 28(4). R73–R78. 7 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S., et al.. (1983). A comparison of theJ* integral with other methods of post yield fracture mechanics. International Journal of Fracture. 21(1). 49–66. 10 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S. & T. K. Hellen. (1980). Determination of stress intensity factors for Battelle Benchmark geometries. International Journal of Fracture. 16(5). 411–429. 5 indexed citations
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Hellen, T. K. & W. S. Blackburn. (1977). The Use of a Path Independent Integral in Non-Linear Fracture Mechanics. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1976). Calculation of stress intensity factors for straight cracks in grooved and ungrooved shafts. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 8(4). 731–736. 43 indexed citations
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Hellen, T. K. & W. S. Blackburn. (1975). The calculation of stress intensity factors for combined tensile and shear loading. International Journal of Fracture. 11(4). 605–617. 153 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1970). Conditions for onset of crack propagation in elastic plastic materials. International Journal of Fracture. 6(2). 211–212. 3 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S., et al.. (1963). The symmetric creep bowing of stacked fuel elements. Journal of Nuclear Energy Parts A/B Reactor Science and Technology. 17(6). 257–271.
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1962). The irradiation swelling of uranium under mechanical restraint. Journal of Nuclear Energy Parts A/B Reactor Science and Technology. 16(8). 387–390. 1 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S.. (1961). The effect of internal stresses due to irradiation growth and thermal cycling on the creep of uranium, in the cases of both elastic and plastic behaviour. Journal of Nuclear Energy Parts A/B Reactor Science and Technology. 14(1-4). 107–116. 4 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S., et al.. (1960). The effect of thermal cycling on the creep of uranium. 12(4). 162–171. 4 indexed citations
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Blackburn, W. S. & Albert Edward Green. (1957). Second-order torsion and bending of isotropic elastic cylinders. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 240(1222). 408–422. 9 indexed citations

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