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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
4442
World Ranking
2195
National Ranking
797

David L. Davidson publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 145 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

David L. Davidson D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Davidson sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

David L. Davidson was affiliated with the Southwest Research Institute in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to scientific research associated with this institution.

Davidson's work did not have listed recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or specific fields and subfields of study documented in the available data.

Information about awards or recognitions received during their career was not recorded.

The absence of detailed publication records or documented collaborations suggests limited publicly available bibliographic data for this scientist. The overall profile is shaped by their affiliation and the fact that they are deceased.

Best Publications

  • Fatigue-crack-tip plastic strains by the stereoimaging technique

    D. R. Williams;D. L. Davidson;J. Lankford

  • The crack-initiation threshold in ceramic materials subject to elastic/plastic indentation

    James Lankford;David L. Davidson

  • The effects on fracture toughness of ductile-phase composition and morphology in Nb-Cr-Ti and Nb-Si in situ composites

    D. L. Davidson;K. S. Chan;D. L. Anton

  • Fracture characteristics of Al-4 pct Mg mechanically alloyed with SiC

    D. L. Davidson

  • The growth of fatigue cracks through particulate sic reinforced aluminum alloys

    D.L. Davidson

  • The influence of crack tip plasticity in the growth of small fatigue cracks

    James Lankford;David L. Davidson;Kwai S. Chan

  • Fracture surface roughness as a gauge of fracture toughness: Aluminium-particulate SiC composites

    D. L. Davidson

  • Tensile deformation and fracture toughness of 2014 + 15 vol pct SiC particulate composite

    David L. Davidson

  • Titanium alloy fatigue fracture facet investigation by selected area electron channeling

    D. L. Davidson;D. Eylon

  • The effect of particulate SiC on fatigue crack growth in a cast-extruded aluminum alloy composite

    David L. Davidson

  • A description of fatigue crack growth in terms of plastik work

    S.R. Bodner;D.L. Davidson;J. Lankford

  • The micromechanics of fatigue crack growth at 25 °C in Ti-6Al-4V reinforced with SCS-6 fibers

    D. L. Davidson

  • Effects of Ti addition on cleavage fracture in Nb-Cr-Ti solid-solution alloys

    Kwai S. Chan;David L. Davidson

  • INCORPORATING THRESHOLD AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS INTO THE DAMAGE ACCUMULATION MODEL FOR FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH

    David L. Davidson

  • Experimental and theoretical strain distributions for stationary and growing cracks

    William W Gerberich;D. L. Davidson;M. Kaczorowski

  • THE EFFECT OF WATER VAPOR ON FATIGUE CRACK TIP MECHANICS IN 7075-T651 ALUMINUM ALLOY

    D. L. Davidson;J. Lankford

  • Fatigue Crack Initiation In WASPALOY at 20 °C

    David L. Davidson;R. G. Tryon;M. Oja;R. Matthews

  • Measurement of microdisplacements by machine vision photogrammetry (DISMAP)

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  • Improving the fracture toughness of constituent phases and Nb-based in-situ composites by a computational alloy design approach

    Kwai S. Chan;David L. Davidson

  • High-cycle fatigue test machine

    Thomas E. Owen;David L. Davidson;Andrew Nagy

  • Delineating brittle-phase embrittlement and ductile-phase toughening in Nb-based in-situ composites

    Kwai S. Chan;David L. Davidson

  • Indentation plasticity and microfracture in silicon carbide

    James LankFord;David L. Davidson

Frequent Co-Authors

William W Gerberich
William W Gerberich University of Minnesota
Peter K. Liaw
Peter K. Liaw University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Erland M. Schulson
Erland M. Schulson Dartmouth College
P.J. Maziasz
P.J. Maziasz Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chong Soo Lee
Chong Soo Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Mark F. Davis
Mark F. Davis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Gary E. Maciel
Gary E. Maciel Colorado State University

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