What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Composite material
- Thermodynamics
- Statistics
His primary scientific interests are in Plasticity, Composite material, Microstructure, Nucleation and Dislocation.
His Plasticity research incorporates themes from Hardening, State variable, Constitutive equation, Mechanics and Forensic engineering.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Viscoplasticity, Deformation, Amplitude, Structural engineering and Nonlinear system in addition to Mechanics.
His Composite material study incorporates themes from Metallurgy, Crystallite and Finite element method.
His studies deal with areas such as Slip, Aluminium and Periodic boundary conditions as well as Microstructure.
His Nucleation research integrates issues from Length scale, Condensed matter physics, Stacking fault and Molecular dynamics.
His most cited work include:
- Microstructure-sensitive computational modeling of fatigue crack formation (308 citations)
- Microstructure-based fatigue modeling of cast A356-T6 alloy (251 citations)
- In-Plane Stiffness and Yield Strength of Periodic Metal Honeycombs (247 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Composite material, Plasticity, Microstructure, Structural engineering and Dislocation.
His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Crystallite and Composite material.
His Plasticity study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Hardening, Fretting, Constitutive equation, Slip and Mechanics.
His Microstructure research is classified as research in Metallurgy.
David L. McDowell interconnects Statistical physics and Nucleation in the investigation of issues within Dislocation.
His Condensed matter physics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Crystallography, Single crystal, Grain boundary and Molecular dynamics.
He most often published in these fields:
- Composite material (28.63%)
- Plasticity (22.20%)
- Microstructure (21.78%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Dislocation (17.63%)
- Microstructure (21.78%)
- Condensed matter physics (10.37%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
David L. McDowell mainly investigates Dislocation, Microstructure, Condensed matter physics, Plasticity and Grain boundary.
He combines subjects such as Critical resolved shear stress, Mechanics and Stress with his study of Dislocation.
His Microstructure research incorporates elements of Fatigue testing, Structural engineering and Finite element method.
The various areas that he examines in his Condensed matter physics study include Crystallography, Single crystal and Crystal twinning.
His research in Plasticity focuses on subjects like Statistical physics, which are connected to Multiscale modeling.
His research integrates issues of Paris' law, Crack closure and Crystallite in his study of Grain boundary.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Failure of metals II: Fatigue (116 citations)
- Reduced-order structure-property linkages for polycrystalline microstructures based on 2-point statistics (66 citations)
- Sequential slip transfer of mixed-character dislocations across Σ3 coherent twin boundary in FCC metals: a concurrent atomistic-continuum study (62 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Composite material
- Thermodynamics
- Statistics
David L. McDowell spends much of his time researching Microstructure, Dislocation, Condensed matter physics, Grain boundary and Crystallography.
His work deals with themes such as Alloy, Structural engineering, Finite element method and Principal component analysis, which intersect with Microstructure.
The concepts of his Dislocation study are interwoven with issues in Fatigue limit, Multiscale modeling, Critical resolved shear stress and Statistical physics.
His studies in Condensed matter physics integrate themes in fields like Slip, Crystal twinning, Single crystal and Shear stress.
David L. McDowell has researched Grain boundary in several fields, including Chemical physics, Paris' law, Crack closure, Interstitial defect and Hydrogen embrittlement.
David L. McDowell focuses mostly in the field of Crystal plasticity, narrowing it down to matters related to Mechanics and, in some cases, Plasticity.
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