Most cited papers in Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
What are the most cited papers in Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering?
The most cited paper in Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering is "The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems" (John Douglas Eshelby, 1957), with 13,025 citations. Next come "Friction of rocks" (4,060) and "Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials" (2,576).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 453 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems John Douglas Eshelby · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 20 Aug 1957 | 13,025 |
| 2 | Friction of rocks James D. Byerlee · Pure and Applied Geophysics | Jul 1978 | 4,060 |
| 3 | Conditions for the localization of deformation in pressure-sensitive dilatant materials John W. Rudnicki, JAMES R. RICE · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | Dec 1975 | 2,576 |
| 4 | Discrete particle simulation of two-dimensional fluidized bed Yutaka Tsuji, Toshihiro Kawaguchi, Toshitsugu Tanaka · Powder Technology | Oct 1993 | 2,460 |
| 5 | Elastic Waves in Layered Media William M. Ewing, W. S. Jardetzky, Frank Press et al. · Physics Today | Dec 1957 | 2,379 |
| 6 | Earthquakes and friction laws Christopher H. Scholz · Nature | 1998 | 2,263 |
| 7 | The thermodynamics of elastic materials with heat conduction and viscosity Bernard D. Coleman, Walter Noll · Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis | Dec 1963 | 2,039 |
| 8 | Transmission of Elastic Waves through a Stratified Solid Medium William T. Thomson · Journal of Applied Physics | Feb 1950 | 2,030 |
| 9 | Frictional–collisional constitutive relations for granular materials, with application to plane shearing P. C. Johnson, Roy Jackson · Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Mar 1987 | 1,767 |
| 10 | Structure of Phenomenological Lagrangians. II Curtis G. Callan, Sidney Coleman, Jane A. Wess et al. · Physical Review | 25 Jan 1969 | 1,744 |
| 11 | Wave motion in elastic solids D.P. Morgan · Ultrasonics | Sep 1975 | 1,703 |
| 12 | An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics Morton E. Gurtin, W. J. Drugan · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Dec 1984 | 1,675 |
| 13 | The finite element method with Lagrangian multipliers Ivo M. Babuska · Numerische Mathematik | Jun 1973 | 1,641 |
| 14 | Dislocations and Cracks in Anisotropic Elasticity A. N. Stroh · Philosophical magazine | Jun 1958 | 1,612 |
| 15 | Theory of Elasticity of an Anisotropic Elastic Body S.G. Lekhnitskii, P. Fern, Julius J. Brandstatter et al. · Physics Today | 1964 | 1,482 |
| 16 | Finite Element Method Accuracy for Wave Propagation Problems Roger L. Kuhlemeyer, John Lysmer · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | May 1973 | 1,457 |
| 17 | Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics Paul A. Hsieh · Geofluids | Aug 2009 | 1,306 |
| 18 | On grain boundary sliding and diffusional creep Rishi Raj, Michael Farries Ashby · Metallurgical Transactions | Apr 1971 | 1,279 |
| 19 | The Mechanics of Oblique Slip Faulting M. H. P. Bott · Geological Magazine | Apr 1959 | 1,242 |
| 20 | Simple microfluids A. Cemal Eringen · International Journal of Engineering Science | May 1964 | 1,239 |
| 21 | Estimation of the size of earthquake preparation zones Igor Petrovich Dobrovolsky, S. I. Zubkov, V. I. Miachkin · Pure and Applied Geophysics | Sep 1979 | 1,237 |
| 22 | Time-dependent friction and the mechanics of stick-slip James H. Dieterich · Pure and Applied Geophysics | Jul 1978 | 1,230 |
| 23 | A Review of Dynamic Experimental Techniques and Mechanical Behaviour of Rock Materials Qianbing Zhang, Jian Wei Zhao · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | 12 Sep 2013 | 1,222 |
| 24 | Numerical simulations of deviatoric shear deformation of granular media Colin Thornton · Géotechnique | Feb 2000 | 1,202 |
| 25 | Progress in understanding jointing over the past century David D. Pollard, Atilla Aydin · Geological Society of America Bulletin | Aug 1988 | 1,122 |
| 26 | Grain flow as a fluid-mechanical phenomenon Peter K. Haff · Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Sep 1983 | 1,097 |
| 27 | Stick-Slip as a Mechanism for Earthquakes W. F. Brace, James D. Byerlee · Science | 26 Aug 1966 | 1,090 |
| 28 | Shear zone geometry: A review John G. Ramsay · Journal of Structural Geology | 1980 | 1,079 |
| 29 | Three-Dimensional Problems of the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity and Thermoelasticity V. D. Kupradze, Tengiz G. Gegelia, Mikheil Basheleishvili et al. · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Mar 1980 | 1,029 |
| 30 | The failure of brittle solids containing small cracks under compressive stress states Michael Farries Ashby, S. D. Hallam · Acta Metallurgica | Mar 1986 | 1,010 |
| 31 | Two-Dimensional Motion of Idealized Grain Boundaries William W. Mullins · Journal of Applied Physics | Aug 1956 | 1,006 |
| 32 | Influence of Geologic Discontinuities on Hydraulic Fracture Propagation (includes associated papers 17011 and 17074 ) Norm R. Warpinski, Lawrence W. Teufel · Journal of Petroleum Technology | Feb 1987 | 992 |
| 33 | Viscosity, granular‐temperature, and stress calculations for shearing assemblies of inelastic, frictional disks Otis R. Walton, Robert L. Braun · Journal of Rheology | Oct 1986 | 979 |
| 34 | Numerical simulation of progressive rock failure and associated seismicity Chuman Tang · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | Feb 1997 | 950 |
| 35 | Thermal properties of gauge fields and quark liberation Alexander M. Polyakov · Physics Letters B | 1978 | 940 |
| 36 | THEORETICAL DISPLACEMENTS AND STRESSES NEAR FRACTURES IN ROCK: WITH APPLICATIONS TO FAULTS, JOINTS, VEINS, DIKES, AND SOLUTION SURFACES David D. Pollard, Paul E. Segall · Elsevier eBooks | 1987 | 908 |
| 37 | A Crack Between Dissimilar Media A. H. England · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Jun 1965 | 905 |
| 38 | The thickness of shear bands in granular materials H.‐B. Mühlhaus, I. Vardoulakis · Géotechnique | Sep 1987 | 904 |
| 39 | Model for collisions in granular gases Nikolai V. Brilliantov, F. Spahn, Jan‐Martin Hertzsch et al. · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics | May 1996 | 893 |
| 40 | The displacement fields of inclined faults Lalu Mansinha, D. E. Smylie · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Oct 1971 | 887 |
| 41 | General Solutions of the Equations of Elasticity and Consolidation for a Porous Material M. A. Biot · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Mar 1956 | 853 |
| 42 | Expansion of Cavities in Infinite Soil Mass Aleksandar Sedmak Vesić · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division | Mar 1972 | 848 |
| 43 | Confirmation of the empirical correlation of Al in hornblende with pressure of solidification of calc-alkaline plutons L. S. Hollister, G. C. Grissom, E. K. Peters et al. · American Mineralogist | Apr 1987 | 827 |
| 44 | Physical methods in determinative mineralogy F. A. Campbell · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Mar 1968 | 815 |
| 45 | R APID G RANULAR F LOWS Isaac Goldhirsch · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics | 18 Dec 2002 | 802 |
| 46 | Generalized constitutive relations for incremental deformation of metal crystals by multislip R. Hill · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | Mar 1966 | 775 |
| 47 | The damage mechanics of brittle solids in compression Michael Farries Ashby, Charles G. Sammis · Pure and Applied Geophysics | May 1990 | 770 |
| 48 | The Application of Newton’s Method to the Problem of Elastic Stability Eduard Riks · Journal of Applied Mechanics | Dec 1972 | 769 |
| 49 | A combined finite‐discrete element method in transient dynamics of fracturing solids A. Munjiza, D. R. J. Owen, Nenad Bičanić · Engineering Computations | Feb 1995 | 758 |
| 50 | Initiation and Extension of Hydraulic Fractures in Rocks Bezalel C. Haimson, C. Fairhurst · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal | Sep 1967 | 744 |
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