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TK O’Brien

TK O’Brien publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization and Structural Load-Bearing Analysis.

World rank
#113,146
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#48,941
of 358,040
Works
34
Citations
197
Citations per work
5.8

What does TK O’Brien research?

Mechanics of Materials: 42.4%Civil and Structural Engineering: 12.1%Mechanical Engineering: 9.1%Aerospace Engineering: 6.1%other fields: 30.3%42%top field
Mechanics of Materials42.4%Civil and Structural Engineering12.1%Mechanical Engineering9.1%Aerospace Engineering6.1%other fields30.3%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials42% of their works
  2. 2Civil and Structural Engineering12% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Polymers and Plastics6% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe TK O’Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ballistic Impact, Cohesive Zone Models, Delamination, Buckling Behavior, Mechanical Properties, Finite Element Method, Functionally Graded Materials and Microstructural Evolution.

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. Ballistic Impact102 topics
  2. Cohesive Zone Models81 topic
  3. Delamination81 topic
  4. Buckling Behavior52 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties42 topics
  6. Finite Element Method31 topic
  7. Functionally Graded Materials31 topic
  8. Microstructural Evolution32 topics
  9. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes21 topic
  10. Dynamic Deformation21 topic
  11. High Strain Rate21 topic
  12. Moisture Management21 topic
  13. Structural Engineering21 topic
  14. Thermal Properties21 topic
  15. Aerospace Applications11 topic
  16. Aluminium Alloys11 topic
  17. Camera Calibration11 topic
  18. Hypersonic Effect11 topic
  19. Structured Light11 topic
  20. Ultrasonic Perception11 topic

Where does TK O’Brien work?

TK O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is Langley Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does TK O’Brien have?

Science Explorer counts 34 works and 197 citations for TK O’Brien, ranking #113,146 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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