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David Fletcher

David Fletcher publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering, on topics such as Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions.

World rank
#852,679
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#61,920
of 90,785
Works
38
Citations
84
Citations per work
2.2

What does David Fletcher research?

Mechanics of Materials: 35.0%Mechanical Engineering: 31.7%Civil and Structural Engineering: 8.3%Materials Chemistry: 6.7%other fields: 18.3%35%top field
Mechanics of Materials35.0%Mechanical Engineering31.7%Civil and Structural Engineering8.3%Materials Chemistry6.7%other fields18.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials35% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering32% of their works
  3. 3Civil and Structural Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Transportation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Fletcher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Finite Element Simulation, Experimental Validation, Fretting Wear, Ground Vibration, Railway Dynamics, Adhesion, Gecko and Cryogenic Treatment.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Finite Element Simulation122 topics
  2. Experimental Validation101 topic
  3. Fretting Wear101 topic
  4. Ground Vibration101 topic
  5. Railway Dynamics101 topic
  6. Adhesion61 topic
  7. Gecko61 topic
  8. Cryogenic Treatment31 topic
  9. Laser Surface Texturing31 topic
  10. Microstructure31 topic
  11. Tribological Performance31 topic
  12. Crash Tests21 topic
  13. Electro-Spark Alloying21 topic
  14. Fatigue Crack Closure21 topic
  15. Fracture Toughness Testing21 topic
  16. Guardrail Systems21 topic
  17. Surface Coatings21 topic

Where does David Fletcher work?

David Fletcher's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does David Fletcher have?

Science Explorer counts 38 works and 84 citations for David Fletcher, ranking #852,679 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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