2026 Scott W. Sloan: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	88	324	28	381	26303

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Engineering and Technology

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Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Australia Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Scott W. Sloan was affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia.

They published research primarily in the field of engineering, with notable contributions in subfields such as ocean engineering, civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, environmental engineering, and sociology and political science.

The main topics explored in their work included:

Rock mechanics and modeling
Geophysical methods and applications
Drilling and well engineering
Soil and unsaturated flow
Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Dam engineering and safety
Family support in illness

Their recent papers included:

Three-dimensional finite element simulation of fracture propagation in rock specimens with pre-existing fissure(s) under compression and their strength analysis, 2020, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Numerical integration of an elasto-plastic critical state model for soils under unsaturated conditions, 2021, Computers and Geotechnics
PAR volume 147 issue 4 Cover and Back matter, 2020, Parasitology
Real-world holistic care for adult cancer survivors and their families: improved family dynamics and positive outlook, 2025, Academia Mental Health and Well-Being

Frequent co-authors included:

R. Pakzad
Shanyong Wang
Martí Lloret-Cabot
Simon J. Wheeler
Antonio Gens

The venues where they most regularly published were:

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Computers and Geotechnics
Parasitology
Academia Mental Health and Well-Being

Scott W. Sloan was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics in 2010.

Best Publications

Lower bound limit analysis using finite elements and linear programming

S. W. Sloan

922
Citations
Geotechnical stability analysis

S.W. Sloan

759
Citations
Lower bound limit analysis using non-linear programming

A. V. Lyamin;S. W. Sloan

667
Citations
Upper bound limit analysis using discontinuous velocity fields

S.W. Sloan;P.W. Kleeman

608
Citations
Upper bound limit analysis using linear finite elements and non-linear programming

A. V. Lyamin;S. W. Sloan

583
Citations
Substepping schemes for the numerical integration of elastoplastic stress–strain relations

S. W. Sloan

582
Citations
Refined explicit integration of elastoplastic models with automatic error control

Scott W. Sloan;Andrew J. Abbo;Daichao Sheng

555
Citations
Upper bound limit analysis using finite elements and linear programming

S. W. Sloan

522
Citations
A fast algorithm for constructing Delaunay triangulations in the plane

S. W. Sloan

429
Citations
A new discontinuous upper bound limit analysis formulation

Kristian Krabbenhoft;Andrei Vadimovich Lyamin;Mohammed Hjiaj;Scott William Sloan

415
Citations
Formulation and solution of some plasticity problems as conic programs

K. Krabbenhøft;A.V. Lyamin;S.W. Sloan

403
Citations
A constitutive model for unsaturated soils: thermomechanical and computational aspects

D. Sheng;S. Sloan;Antonio Gens

402
Citations
Limit Analysis versus Limit Equilibrium for Slope Stability

H. S. Yu;R. Salgado;S. W. Sloan;J. M. Kim

388
Citations
A smooth hyperbolic approximation to the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion

A.J. Abbo;S.W. Sloan

373
Citations
Stability of plate anchors in undrained clay

R. S. Merifield;S. W. Sloan;H. S. Yu

372
Citations
NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF COLLAPSE LOADS USING FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

S. W. Sloan;M. F. Randolph

356
Citations
The ultimate pullout capacity of anchors in frictional soils

R S Merifield;S W Sloan

350
Citations
Aspects of finite element implementation of critical state models

D. Sheng;S. W. Sloan;H. S. Yu

338
Citations
An algorithm for profile and wavefront reduction of sparse matrices

S. W. Sloan

297
Citations
Two- and three-dimensional bearing capacity of foundations in clay

R. Salgado;A. V. Lyamin;S. W. Sloan;H. S. Yu

295
Citations