Question 1

Who are the top researchers at Cranfield Impact Centre?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew C. Walton, Dušan Kecman and Roger Hardy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cranfield Impact Centre.

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from Cranfield Impact Centre?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Cranfield Impact Centre is "Fabrication, characterization and low‐velocity impact testing of hybrid sandwich composites with polyurethane/layered silicate foam cores" (James Njuguna, Sławomir Michałowski, Krzysztof Pielichowski et al., 2010), with 65 citations. Next come "Influence of loading rate on the delamination response of untufted and tufted carbon epoxy non-crimp fabric composites/Mode II" (59) and "Influence of loading rate on the delamination response of untufted and tufted carbon epoxy non crimp fabric composites: Mode I" (48).

Question 3

Which research topics does Cranfield Impact Centre publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Cellular and Composite Structures, Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis, High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior and Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics.

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at Cranfield Impact Centre?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Finite Element Model, Traumatic Brain Injury, Biomechanics, Brain Injury, Finite Element Simulation, Crash Tests and Guardrail Systems.

Question 5

Which fields of science does Cranfield Impact Centre work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 77% of research at Cranfield Impact Centre is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (67%), Medicine (19%), Materials Science (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 6

Is Cranfield Impact Centre's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.