William Prager

16.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
130 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

William Prager is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William Prager has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 39 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William Prager's work include Structural Analysis and Optimization (32 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (24 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (15 papers). William Prager is often cited by papers focused on Structural Analysis and Optimization (32 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (24 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (15 papers). William Prager collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. William Prager's co-authors include D. C. Drucker, Yu. N. Rabotnov, F. A. Leckie, Harvey J. Greenberg, Bruno A. Boley, J. H. Weiner, P. G. Hodge, R. T. Shield, W. Oettli and Kurt H. Gerstle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Applied Physics and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

William Prager

124 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Soil mechanics and plasti... 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 1970 1961 1956 1952 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Soil mechanics and plastic analysis or limit design
    1952 2.9k citations D. C. Drucker, William Prager Quarterly of Applied Mathematics profile →
  2. Creep Problems in Structural Members
    1970 929 citations William Prager et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
  3. Theory of Thermal Stresses
    1961 678 citations William Prager et al. Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
  4. A New Method of Analyzing Stresses and Strains in Work-Hardening Plastic Solids
    1956 607 citations William Prager Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →
  5. Extended limit design theorems for continuous media
    1952 546 citations D. C. Drucker, William Prager et al. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics profile →
  6. Theory of perfectly plastic solids
    1968 416 citations William Prager, P. G. Hodge Dover Publications eBooks profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William Prager 5.1k 4.3k 3.3k 1.7k 1.0k 130 10.2k
D. C. Drucker 4.2k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 66 8.4k
D. R. J. Owen 6.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.8× 262 11.2k
F. Erdoğan 18.7k 3.6× 5.7k 1.3× 5.6k 1.7× 3.4k 2.0× 553 0.5× 189 21.3k
G. Maier 3.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 644 0.4× 760 0.7× 205 6.0k
Edward L. Wilson 3.4k 0.7× 4.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.4× 316 0.2× 745 0.7× 92 8.3k
Bernard Budiansky 8.1k 1.6× 2.2k 0.5× 3.5k 1.1× 2.0k 1.2× 803 0.8× 95 12.0k
O.C. Zienkiewicz 5.8k 1.1× 4.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 378 0.2× 849 0.8× 105 10.0k
D.E. Beskos 4.4k 0.9× 5.7k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 578 0.6× 237 9.4k
Jean H. Prévost 2.8k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 536 0.3× 487 0.5× 138 6.6k
R. W. Lewis 2.4k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.9× 495 0.3× 840 0.8× 179 8.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bazant, Z.P. & William Prager. (1991). Mechanics of geomaterials : rocks, concretes, soils : proceedings of IUTAM William Prager Symposium held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, during September 11-15, 1983. UMI eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Prager, William & G. I. N. Rozvany. (1980). Optimal spherical cupola of uniform strength. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 49(5-6). 287–293. 12 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1972). Introductory remarks. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 30(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1970). Optimization of structural design. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 6(1). 1–21. 46 indexed citations
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Prager, William, et al.. (1970). Optimal design of beams for prescribed compliance under alternative loads. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 5(6). 424–431. 11 indexed citations
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Nayfeh, Adnan H. & William Prager. (1969). Response Time of Impulsively Loaded Structures. Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division. 95(3). 813–819. 3 indexed citations
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Prager, William & P. G. Hodge. (1968). Theory of perfectly plastic solids. Dover Publications eBooks. 416 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prager, William, et al.. (1965). Remark on Romberg quadrature. Communications of the ACM. 8(4). 236–237. 14 indexed citations
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Kolsky, H. & William Prager. (1964). Stress waves in anelastic solids : symposium held at Brown University, Providence, R.I., April 3-5, 1963. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Kolsky, H. & William Prager. (1964). Stress Waves in Anelastic Solids. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 43 indexed citations
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Prager, William & Ellis H. Dill. (1960). An Introduction to Plasticity. Physics Today. 13(3). 48–48. 147 indexed citations
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Prager, William & B. G. Neal. (1960). Introduction to Plasticity. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 27(1). 221–221. 63 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1957). On the analogy between plates and disks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 239(1218). 394–398. 1 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1957). On Ideal Locking Materials. Transactions of the Society of Rheology. 1(1). 169–175. 56 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1957). Numerical solution of the generalized transportation problem. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly. 4(3). 253–261. 5 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1956). On limiting states of deformation. 1 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1956). Thermal stresses in viscoelastic structures. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 7(3). 230–238. 2 indexed citations
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Prager, William. (1956). On the Caterer Problem. Management Science. 3(1). 15–23. 20 indexed citations
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Weiß, H.-J. & William Prager. (1954). The Bursting Speed of a Rotating Plastic Disc. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 21(3). 196–200. 14 indexed citations
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Drucker, D. C., Harvey J. Greenberg, & William Prager. (1951). The Safety Factor of an Elastic-Plastic Body in Plane Strain. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 18(4). 371–378. 105 indexed citations

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