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Researcher · Defence Science and Technology Group · Australia

Ben Main

Ben Main publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties and Non-Destructive Testing Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0001-5819-1653 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,513,738
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#91,677
of 140,210
Works
23
Citations
239
Citations per work
10.4
h-index
8
i10-index 8Top 59% in Mechanical Engineering
Ben Main

What does Ben Main research?

Ben Main's work is mostly in Engineering (75%), Decision Sciences (9%), Materials Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 19 works · 80.6% of their workEngineering: 17 works · 74.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 8 works · 32.8% of their workMechanics of Materials: 6 works · 25.4% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 10.4% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 works · 6.0% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 6.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 10.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 9.0% of their workDecision Sciences: 2 works · 9.0% of their workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 works · 9.0% of their workTHEIR WORKBen Main23works
Physical Sciences81%Social Sciences9%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1774.6%
    2. Materials Science16.0%
  2. Everything else210.4%
    1. Decision Sciences29.0%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering33% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials25% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty9% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ben Main's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fatigue Crack Closure, Fracture Toughness Testing, Mechanical Properties, Corrosion Behavior, Material Characterization, Aerospace Applications, Aluminium Alloys and Eddy Current Testing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Fatigue Crack Closure161 topic
  2. Fracture Toughness Testing161 topic
  3. Mechanical Properties133 topics
  4. Corrosion Behavior102 topics
  5. Material Characterization102 topics
  6. Aerospace Applications71 topic
  7. Aluminium Alloys71 topic
  8. Eddy Current Testing71 topic
  9. Non-Destructive Evaluation71 topic
  10. Failure Analysis61 topic
  11. Fracture Mechanisms61 topic
  12. Sensitivity Analysis61 topic
  13. Uncertainty Quantification61 topic
  14. Additive Manufacturing52 topics
  15. Hydrogen Embrittlement31 topic
  16. Metallic Components31 topic
  17. Passive Films31 topic
  18. Selective Laser Melting31 topic
  19. 3D Printing21 topic
  20. Materials21 topic

Where does Ben Main work?

Ben Main's main affiliation in the publication record is Defence Science and Technology Group, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Ben Main have?

OpenAlex counts 23 works and 239 citations for Ben Main, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,513,738 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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