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Researcher · Georgia Institute of Technology · United States

David L. McDowell

David L. McDowell publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Fatigue and fracture mechanics, High Temperature Alloys and Creep and Microstructure and mechanical properties.

ORCID 0000-0003-2178-066X OpenAlex
World rank
#34,078
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#15,848
of 358,040
Works
127
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
9.7

What does David L. McDowell research?

Mechanical Engineering: 25.2%Mechanics of Materials: 24.5%Materials Chemistry: 23.3%Civil and Structural Engineering: 4.9%other fields: 22.1%25%top field
Mechanical Engineering25.2%Mechanics of Materials24.5%Materials Chemistry23.3%Civil and Structural Engineering4.9%other fields22.1%

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

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering25% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials24% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry23% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David L. McDowell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Fatigue Crack Closure, Fracture Toughness Testing, High-Temperature Alloys, Nanocrystalline Materials and Severe Plastic Deformation.

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. Mechanical Properties224 topics
  2. Microstructure212 topics
  3. Grain Refinement202 topics
  4. Fatigue Crack Closure161 topic
  5. Fracture Toughness Testing161 topic
  6. High-Temperature Alloys151 topic
  7. Nanocrystalline Materials151 topic
  8. Severe Plastic Deformation151 topic
  9. Superalloys151 topic
  10. Microstructural Evolution122 topics
  11. Dynamic Recrystallization71 topic
  12. Hot Deformation71 topic
  13. Metal Matrix Composites61 topic
  14. Nanoindentation61 topic
  15. Reinforcement61 topic
  16. Thin Films61 topic
  17. Aerospace Applications51 topic
  18. Aluminium Alloys51 topic
  19. Cellular Metals51 topic
  20. Metal Foams51 topic

Where does David L. McDowell work?

David L. McDowell's main affiliation in the publication record is Georgia Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does David L. McDowell have?

Science Explorer counts 127 works and 1,226 citations for David L. McDowell, ranking #34,078 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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