David D. Pollard

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Composite material
• Sedimentary rock
• Geometry

David D. Pollard focuses on Dike, Geotechnical engineering, Geometry, Slip and Seismology. His Dike research includes elements of Volcano, Laccolith, Magma, Sill and Breccia. His study in Magma is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Petrology and Deformation.

His studies in Geotechnical engineering integrate themes in fields like Ultimate tensile strength, Fracture mechanics, Stiffness and Elastic modulus. His studies deal with areas such as Joint and Fracture as well as Geometry. His Slip study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Stress field, Mechanics, Active fault and Inelastic deformation.

His most cited work include:

• Mechanics of discontinuous faults (846 citations)
• Progress in understanding jointing over the past century (819 citations)
• 8 – THEORETICAL DISPLACEMENTS AND STRESSES NEAR FRACTURES IN ROCK: WITH APPLICATIONS TO FAULTS, JOINTS, VEINS, DIKES, AND SOLUTION SURFACES (696 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Slip, Geotechnical engineering, Geometry, Seismology and Petrology. David D. Pollard combines subjects such as Fold, Stress field, Strike-slip tectonics, Fault and Discontinuity with his study of Slip. In his research on the topic of Geotechnical engineering, Ultimate tensile strength is strongly related with Stress.

His Geometry study combines topics in areas such as Boundary element method and Isotropy. His Petrology study focuses on Dike in particular. His studies examine the connections between Dike and genetics, as well as such issues in Sill, with regards to Laccolith and Overburden pressure.

He most often published in these fields:

• Slip (21.56%)
• Geotechnical engineering (21.93%)
• Geometry (20.45%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

• Antarctic ice sheet (6.32%)
• Oceanography (4.46%)
• Slip (21.56%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David D. Pollard mostly deals with Antarctic ice sheet, Oceanography, Slip, Geotechnical engineering and Ice sheet. His Slip study combines topics in areas such as Geometry, Boundary value problem, Boundary element method, Discontinuity and Seismology. His Geometry study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Shear, Simple shear, Fault and Stiffness.

His Seismology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Stress field and Geodesy. David D. Pollard regularly ties together related areas like Isotropy in his Geotechnical engineering studies. His Isotropy study incorporates themes from Stress and Linear elasticity.

Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:

• The Carbonate-Silicate Cycle and CO2/Climate Feedbacks on Tidally Locked Terrestrial Planets (57 citations)
• Evaluation of the Eshelby solution for the ellipsoidal inclusion and heterogeneity (37 citations)
• Mechanical models for dikes: A third school of thought (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Composite material
• Sedimentary rock
• Paleontology

His main research concerns Slip, Geotechnical engineering, Mechanics, Geometry and Isotropy. His Slip research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Boundary value problem, Deformation, Strike-slip tectonics, Discontinuity and Seismology. The concepts of his Seismology study are interwoven with issues in Stress field and Sill.

Many of his research projects under Geotechnical engineering are closely connected to Diffusion creep with Diffusion creep, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. His studies in Mechanics integrate themes in fields like Ultimate tensile strength, Kinematics and Brittleness. His work carried out in the field of Geometry brings together such families of science as Shear, Dike, Finite element method and Plasticity.