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Overview

Michael S. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with a significant emphasis on mechanical engineering and related subfields.

The main fields of study in Michael S. Johnson's work include:

  • Engineering

The subfields of study covered in their publications are:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

The principal research topics Michael S. Johnson has engaged with are:

  • Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Engineering Structural Analysis Methods
  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Engineering Applied Research
  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

Johnson has contributed to multiple journals and proceedings, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Composites Science
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
  • Composite Structures
  • Applied Composite Materials
  • Polymer Testing

Their recent papers include:

  • Selection and ranking of rail vehicle components for optimal lightweighting using composite materials, 2020, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
  • Parametric sizing study for the design of a lightweight composite railway axle, 2021, Composite Structures
  • Structural analysis for the design of a lightweight composite railway axle, 2022, Composite Structures
  • Impact Resistance of Fibre Reinforced Composite Railway Freight Tank Wagons, 2021, Journal of Composites Science
  • A vision for a lightweight railway wheelset of the future, 2022, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Johnson has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Preetum Jayantilal Mistry
  • Stefano Bruni
  • A. Bernasconi
  • Shuguang Li
  • George Edward Street

Best Publications

  • Antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection-drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV in the United States: recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Dawn K Smith;Lisa A Grohskopf;Roberta J Black;Judith D Auerbach

  • Congruence Between Morphological and Allozyme Data in Evolutionary Inference and Character Evolution

    M. F. Mickevich;Michael S. Johnson

  • PATTERN BENEATH THE CHAOS: THE EFFECT OF RECRUITMENT ON GENETIC PATCHINESS IN AN INTERTIDAL LIMPET.

    Michael S. Johnson;Robert Black

  • Chaotic genetic patchiness in an intertidal limpet, Siphonaria sp.

    M. S. Johnson;R. Black

  • The Extinction of Endemic Species by a Program of Biological Control

    Bryan Clarke;James Murray;Michael S. Johnson

  • The Wahlund effect and the geographical scale of variation in the intertidal limpet Siphonaria sp.

    M. S. Johnson;R. Black

  • Protecting the innocent: studying short-range endemic taxa enhances conservation outcomes

    Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey;Michael G. Rix;Volker W. Framenau;Volker W. Framenau;Zoë R. Hamilton

  • Biochemical Systematics of the Atherinid Genus Menidia

    Michael S. Johnson

  • Effects of recruitment on genetic patchiness in the urchin Echinometra mathaei in Western Australia

    R. J. Watts;M. S. Johnson;R. Black

  • The extinction of Partula on Moorea.

    James Murray;Elizabeth Murray;Michael S. Johnson;Bryan Clarke

  • Cryptic speciation in two widespread subterranean amphipod genera reflects historical drainage patterns in an ancient landscape

    Terrie Finston;Michael Johnson;W.F. Humphreys;S.M. Eberhard

  • Asexual viviparity and population genetics of Actinia tenebrosa

    R. Black;M. S. Johnson

  • Contrasted modes of evolution in the same genome: allozymes and adaptive change in Heliconius.

    John R. G. Turner;Michael S. Johnson;Walter F. Eanes

  • Polymorphism for direction of coil in Partula suturalis: Behavioural isolation and positive frequency dependent selection

    Michael S Johnson

  • ISLANDS INCREASE GENETIC SUBDIVISION AND DISRUPT PATTERNS OF CONNECTIVITY OF INTERTIDAL SNAILS IN A COMPLEX ARCHIPELAGO

    Michael S. Johnson;Robert Black

  • The ecological genetics and adaptive radiation of Partula on Moorea

    Michael Johnson;J. Murray;B. Clarke

  • Relative size of Aristotle's lantern in Echinometra mathaei occuring at different densities

    R. Black;M. S. Johnson;J. T. Trendall

  • Estuaries, lagoons and enclosed embayments: habitats that enhance population subdivision of inshore fishes

    Robyn J. Watts;Michael S. Johnson

  • COMPARATIVE GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN MENIDIA.

    Michael S. Johnson

  • Founder effects and geographic variation in the land snail Theba pisana

    Michael S Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Black
Robert Black University of Western Australia
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Simon Biggs
Simon Biggs University of Western Australia
Mark S. Harvey
Mark S. Harvey Australian Museum
Zoe Richards
Zoe Richards Curtin University
Anya M. Waite
Anya M. Waite Dalhousie University
Alan E. Greenberg
Alan E. Greenberg George Washington University
Euan S. Harvey
Euan S. Harvey Curtin University
Ryan D. Phillips
Ryan D. Phillips La Trobe University

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