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37
Citations
5688
World Ranking
2381
National Ranking
178

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Colin Atkinson is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research spanning engineering, materials science, and medicine. Their scholarly work frequently addresses topics such as high temperature alloys and creep, high-temperature coating behaviors, material properties and failure mechanisms, corrosion behavior and inhibition, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, nuclear materials and properties, and emergency and acute care studies.

Their publications cover a variety of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to Corrosion Science and the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. Other journals featuring their work include International Orthopaedics, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, and Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

  • Modelling of the degradation of martensitic stainless steels by the Boudouard reaction (2020, Corrosion Science)
  • Assessment of corrosive attack of Fe9Cr1Mo alloys in pressurised CO2 for prediction of breakaway oxidation (2023, Corrosion Science)
  • Paediatric ballistic fracture patients: who has poor follow-up and why? (2025, International Orthopaedics)
  • Performance analysis of a single-wire capacitance sensor for interface level measurement in stratified multiphase flows (2022, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation)
  • Modelling of the Degradation of Fe9Cr Steels in High-Temperature CO2 (2025, Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion)

Frequent coauthors appearing alongside Atkinson include Yilun Gong, Roger C. Reed, Henrik Larsson, David J. Young, and Tomasz K. Olszewski, indicating recurring collaborative efforts primarily in the fields of materials science and engineering.

  • Yilun Gong
  • Roger C. Reed
  • Henrik Larsson
  • David J. Young
  • Tomasz K. Olszewski

Atkinson's research interests are reflected in their engagement with subfields such as materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, emergency medicine, and biomedical engineering. This multidisciplinary focus underscores the intersection of fundamental materials research with applied medical and engineering challenges.

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering

Atkinson has been recognized by election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1998, an acknowledgment of their professional standing within the broader scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Combined mode fracture via the cracked Brazilian disk test

    C. Atkinson;R. E. Smelser;J. Sanchez

  • The interaction between a crack and an inclusion

    C. Atkinson

  • On stress singularities and interfaces in linear elastic fracture mechanics

    C. Atkinson

  • On the microtwinning mechanism in a single crystal superalloy

    D Barba;E Alabort;Stella Pedrazzini;DM Collins

  • The rod pull out problem, theory and experiment

    C. Atkinson;J. Avila;E. Betz;R.E. Smelser

  • The effect of couple stresses on the tip of a crack

    C. Atkinson;F.G. Leppington

  • The flow of energy into the tip of a moving crack

    C. Atkinson;J. D. Eshelby

  • Portfolio management with transaction costs

    Colin Atkinson;Stanley R. Pliska;Paul Wilmott

  • Some boundary value problems for the Bingham model

    C. Atkinson;K. El-Ali

  • Steady state crack propagation into media with spatially varying elastic properties

    C. Atkinson;R.D. List

  • Some ribbon-like inclusion problems

    C. Atkinson

  • Influence of pore pressure on the drilling response in low-permeability shear-dilatant rocks

    Emmanuel M Detournay;C. Atkinson

  • The interface crack with a contact zone (an analytical treatment)

    C. Atkinson

  • SOME BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS FOR THE EQUATION 〈.(|〈φ|N〈φ)=0

    C. Atkinson;C. R. Champion

  • Theory for reaustenitisation from ferrite/cementite mixtures in Fe-C-X steels

    C. Atkinson;T. Akbay;R.C. Reed

  • On the stress intensity factors associated with cracks interacting with an interface between two elastic media

    C. Atkinson

  • Plane Strain Fracture in Poroelastic Media

    Colin Atkinson;R. V. Craster

  • The flow of energy into the tip of a moving crack

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  • The treatment of singularities in the calculation of stress intensity factors using the boundary integral equation method

    L.S. Xanthis;M.J.M. Bernal;C. Atkinson

  • Theoretical aspects of fracture mechanics

    C. Atkinson;R.V. Craster

  • The propagation of a brittle crack in anisotropic material

    C. Atkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard V. Craster
Richard V. Craster Imperial College London
John A. Kilner
John A. Kilner Imperial College London
Roger C. Reed
Roger C. Reed University of Oxford
Emmanuel M Detournay
Emmanuel M Detournay University of Minnesota
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University
Angus J. Wilkinson
Angus J. Wilkinson University of Oxford
Michael P. Moody
Michael P. Moody University of Oxford
John E. Field
John E. Field University of Cambridge
Colin Rogers
Colin Rogers University of New South Wales

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