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Michael E. Fitzpatrick

Michael E. Fitzpatrick

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
7711
World Ranking
1533
National Ranking
110

Michael E. Fitzpatrick 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 Michael E. Fitzpatrick sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 279 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael E. Fitzpatrick 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 Michael E. Fitzpatrick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael E. Fitzpatrick is affiliated with Coventry University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong emphasis on Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry as key subfields. Additional focused areas include Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's published work covers several main topics of study, including:

  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Surface Treatment and Residual Stress
  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications

Frequent publication venues for Michael E. Fitzpatrick include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Applied Sciences
  • International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion

Their research collaborations involve several co-authors, notably:

  • Stratis Kanarachos
  • Daniel Fabijanic
  • Gowtham Soundarapandiyan
  • Mitchell Leering
  • P.A.S. Reed

Representative publications include:

  • Effects of laser shock peening on the mechanisms of fatigue short crack initiation and propagation of AA7075-T651, 2020, International Journal of Fatigue
  • Residual stresses induced by laser shock peening in orthopaedic Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy, 2020, Optics & Laser Technology
  • Influence of Deposition Strategies on Residual Stress in Wire + Arc Additive Manufactured Titanium Ti-6Al-4V, 2022, Metals
  • In situ characterisation of surface roughness and its amplification during multilayer single-track laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, 2023, Additive Manufacturing
  • The effects of powder reuse on the mechanical response of electron beam additively manufactured Ti6Al4V parts, 2021, Additive Manufacturing

Best Publications

  • Determination of residual stresses by X-ray diffraction

    M E Fitzpatrick;A T Fry;P Holdway;F A Kandil

  • Residual stress and texture control in Ti-6Al-4V wire + arc additively manufactured intersections by stress relief and rolling

    Jan R. Honnige;Paul A. Colegrove;B. Ahmad;M. E. Fitzpatrick

  • Residual stress evaluation in selective-laser-melting additively manufactured titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) and inconel 718 using the contour method and numerical simulation

    Bilal Ahmad;Sjoerd O. van der Veen;Michael E. Fitzpatrick;Hua Guo

  • An experimental study of residual stress and direction-dependence of fatigue crack growth behaviour in as-built and stress-relieved selective-laser-melted Ti6Al4V

    Abdul Khadar Syed;Bilal Ahmad;Hua Guo;Thays Machry

  • Strain imaging by Bragg edge neutron transmission

    J.R Santisteban;L Edwards;M.E Fitzpatrick;A Steuwer;A Steuwer

  • Separation of macroscopic, elastic mismatch and thermal expansion misfit stresses in metal matrix composite quenched plates from neutron diffraction measurements

    M. E. Fitzpatrick;Michael Hutchings;P. J. Withers

  • Effect of laser shock peening on residual stress and fatigue life of clad 2024 aluminium sheet containing scribe defects

    M. Dorman;M.B. Toparli;N. Smyth;A. Cini

  • Cross-sectional mapping of residual stresses in a VPPA weld using the contour method

    Y. Zhang;S. Ganguly;L. Edwards;M.E. Fitzpatrick

  • Detecting anomalies in time series data via a deep learning algorithm combining wavelets, neural networks and Hilbert transform

    Stratis Kanarachos;Stavros-Richard G. Christopoulos;Alexander Chroneos;Michael E. Fitzpatrick

  • Effects of surface preparation on pitting resistance, residual stress, and stress corrosion cracking in austenitic stainless steels

    A. Ben Rhouma;H. Sidhom;C. Braham;J. Lédion

  • The onset of tensile residual stresses in grinding of hardened steels

    M.J. Balart;A. Bouzina;L. Edwards;M.E. Fitzpatrick

  • Weld residual stress effects on fatigue crack growth behaviour of aluminium alloy 2024-T351

    C. D. M. Liljedahl;J. Brouard;O. Zanellato;J. Lin

  • The evolution of crack-tip stresses during a fatigue overload event

    A Steuwer;A Steuwer;M. Rahman;Anton Shterenlikht;M. E. Fitzpatrick

  • Effect of near-surface residual stress and microstructure modification from machining on the fatigue endurance of a tool steel

    F. Ghanem;H. Sidhom;C. Braham;Michael E. Fitzpatrick

  • Prediction of welding residual stresses using machine learning: Comparison between neural networks and neuro-fuzzy systems

    Jino Mathew;James M. Griffin;Miltiadis Alamaniotis;Stratis Kanarachos

  • Determination of the profile of the complete residual stress tensor in a VPPA weld using the multi-axial contour method

    M.E. Kartal;C.D.M. Liljedahl;S. Gungor;L. Edwards

  • The effect of weld residual stresses and their re-distribution with crack growth during fatigue under constant amplitude loading

    C.D.M. Liljedahl;O. Zanellato;M.E. Fitzpatrick;J. Lin

  • Fatigue crack growth in a laser shock peened residual stress field

    M. Pavan;D. Furfari;B. Ahmad;M.A. Gharghouri

  • Evaluation of the tribological properties of DLC for engine applications

    S. D. A. Lawes;M. E. Fitzpatrick;Sarah V. Hainsworth

  • Effects of laser shock peening on the mechanisms of fatigue short crack initiation and propagation of AA7075-T651

    AG Sanchez;C You;M Leering;Daniel Glaser

  • Efficient truss optimization using the contrast-based fruit fly optimization algorithm

    Stratis Kanarachos;James Griffin;Michael E. Fitzpatrick

  • A combined experimental and finite element approach for determining mechanical properties of aluminium alloys by nanoindentation

    M.K. Khan;Sarah V. Hainsworth;M.E. Fitzpatrick;L. Edwards

  • Studies regarding corrosion mechanisms in zirconium alloys

    M. Preuss;P. Frankel;S. Lozano-Perez;D. Hudson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyndon Edwards
Lyndon Edwards Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Philip J. Withers
Philip J. Withers University of Manchester
Axel Steuwer
Axel Steuwer European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Mark R. Daymond
Mark R. Daymond Queen's University
Weidong Li
Weidong Li Wuhan University of Technology
Alexander Chroneos
Alexander Chroneos Coventry University
James M. Griffin
James M. Griffin Texas A&M University
Ian Sinclair
Ian Sinclair University of Southampton
Khiam Aik Khor
Khiam Aik Khor Nanyang Technological University

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