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Douglas Cairns

Douglas Cairns publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Icing and De-icing Technologies and Structural Analysis of Composite Materials.

World rank
#488,711
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#163,683
of 358,040
Works
26
Citations
69
Citations per work
2.7

What does Douglas Cairns research?

Mechanics of Materials: 27.6%Aerospace Engineering: 17.2%Mechanical Engineering: 13.8%Civil and Structural Engineering: 10.3%other fields: 31.1%28%top field
Mechanics of Materials27.6%Aerospace Engineering17.2%Mechanical Engineering13.8%Civil and Structural Engineering10.3%other fields31.1%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials28% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering10% of their works
  5. 5Language and Linguistics7% of their works
  6. 6General Materials Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Douglas Cairns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fracture Mechanics, Cohesive Zone Models, Delamination, Failure Analysis, Icing Mitigation, Wind Turbines, Laminated Glass and Structural Adhesives.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Fracture Mechanics72 topics
  2. Cohesive Zone Models51 topic
  3. Delamination51 topic
  4. Failure Analysis32 topics
  5. Icing Mitigation31 topic
  6. Wind Turbines31 topic
  7. Laminated Glass21 topic
  8. Structural Adhesives21 topic
  9. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes11 topic
  10. Design Optimization11 topic
  11. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion11 topic
  12. Regression Rate Behavior11 topic
  13. Renewable Energy11 topic
  14. Structural Analysis11 topic
  15. Structural Engineering11 topic
  16. Vibration-based Damage Identification11 topic
  17. Wind Turbine Wakes11 topic
  18. Wireless Sensors11 topic

Where does Douglas Cairns work?

Douglas Cairns's main affiliation in the publication record is Montana State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Douglas Cairns have?

Science Explorer counts 26 works and 69 citations for Douglas Cairns, ranking #488,711 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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