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Stewart W. Williams

Stewart W. Williams

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
18771
World Ranking
4598
National Ranking
184

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
70
Citations
18975
World Ranking
1038
National Ranking
66

Stewart W. Williams publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stewart W. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 241 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Stewart W. Williams D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stewart W. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stewart W. Williams is affiliated with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and specializes in engineering research, with a primary focus on mechanical engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including automotive engineering, materials chemistry, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's research prominently covers topics such as additive manufacturing materials and processes, welding techniques and residual stresses, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, high entropy alloys studies, titanium alloys microstructure and properties, surface treatment and residual stress, and manufacturing process and optimization.

Williams has contributed to multiple papers, several of which have gained notable citations. Recent publications include the following:

  • The potential for grain refinement of Wire-Arc Additive Manufactured (WAAM) Ti-6Al-4V by ZrN and TiN inoculation, 2021, Additive Manufacturing
  • The effect of wire size on high deposition rate wire and plasma arc additive manufacture of Ti-6Al-4V, 2020, Journal of Materials Processing Technology
  • Study of residual stress and microstructural evolution in as-deposited and inter-pass rolled wire plus arc additively manufactured Inconel 718 alloy after ageing treatment, 2020, Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Effect of crack-like defects on the fracture behaviour of Wire + Arc Additively Manufactured nickel-base Alloy 718, 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • The Effectiveness of Grain Refinement by Machine Hammer Peening in High Deposition Rate Wire-Arc AM Ti-6Al-4V, 2020, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

Their frequent coauthors include Jialuo Ding, Wojciech Suder, Chong Wang, Gonçalo Pardal, and A. Davis.

Williams' work has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple publications in these key journals:

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes
  • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Journal of Materials Processing Technology
  • Materials & Design

The scientist's extensive research encompasses engineering disciplines and focuses strongly on the advancement of additive manufacturing techniques and materials optimization for industrial applications. This includes investigations into microstructural evolution, grain refinement methods, residual stresses, and fracture behavior in advanced alloys.

Best Publications

  • Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing

    Stewart W. Williams;Filomeno Martina;Adrian C. Addison;Jialuo Ding

  • Thermo-mechanical analysis of Wire and Arc Additive Layer Manufacturing process on large multi-layer parts

    J. Ding;Paul A. Colegrove;Jorn Mehnen;Supriyo Ganguly

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Wire and Arc Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V

    Fude Wang;Stewart Williams;Paul Colegrove;Alphons A. Antonysamy;Alphons A. Antonysamy

  • Investigation of the benefits of plasma deposition for the additive layer manufacture of Ti–6Al–4V

    Filomeno Martina;Jorn Mehnen;Stewart W. Williams;Paul A. Colegrove

  • Effect of arc mode in cold metal transfer process on porosity of additively manufactured Al-6.3%Cu alloy

    Baoqiang Cong;Jialuo Ding;Stewart Williams

  • The effect of inter-layer cold working and post-deposition heat treatment on porosity in additively manufactured aluminum alloys

    Jianglong Gu;Jianglong Gu;Jialuo Ding;Stewart W. Williams;Huimin Gu

  • The strengthening effect of inter-layer cold working and post-deposition heat treatment on the additively manufactured Al–6.3Cu alloy

    Jianglong Gu;Jianglong Gu;Jialuo Ding;Stewart W. Williams;Huimin Gu

  • The effectiveness of combining rolling deformation with Wire–Arc Additive Manufacture on β-grain refinement and texture modification in Ti–6Al–4V

    Jack Donoghue;Alphons Anandaraj Antonysamy;F. Martina;P.A. Colegrove

  • Characterisation of the cold metal transfer (CMT) process and its application for low dilution cladding

    Craig Graeme Pickin;Stewart W. Williams;M. Lunt

  • The effect of welding parameters on the corrosion behaviour of friction stir welded AA2024–T351

    M Jariyaboon;A.J. Davenport;Rajan Ambat;Rajan Ambat;B.J. Connolly

  • Microstructure of Interpass Rolled Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing Ti-6Al-4V Components

    Filomeno Martina;Paul A. Colegrove;Stewart W. Williams;Jonathan Meyer

  • Fabrication of geometrical features using wire and arc additive manufacture

    Panagiotis Kazanas;Preetam Deherkar;Pedro Almeida;Helen Lockett

  • Morphology investigation on direct current pulsed gas tungsten arc welded additive layer manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy.

    Fude Wang;Stewart Williams;Matthew Rush

  • Effect of welding parameters on nugget zone microstructure and properties in high strength aluminium alloy friction stir welds

    Kh. A. A. Hassan;P. B. Prangnell;A. F. Norman;D. A. Price

  • Numerical analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow in multilayer deposition of PAW-based wire and arc additive manufacturing

    Xingwang Bai;Paul A. Colegrove;Jialuo Ding;Xiangman Zhou

  • A computationally efficient finite element model of wire and arc additive manufacture

    J. Ding;P. Colegrove;J. Mehnen;S. Williams

  • Deformation microstructures and strengthening mechanisms for the wire+arc additively manufactured Al-Mg4.5Mn alloy with inter-layer rolling

    Jianglong Gu;Xiaoshu Wang;Jing Bai;Jialuo Ding

  • Residual stress of as-deposited and rolled wire+arc additive manufacturing Ti–6Al–4V components

    Filomeno Martina;M. J. Roy;B. A. Szost;S. Terzi

  • Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of maraging steel produced by wire + arc additive manufacture process

    Xiangfang Xu;Supriyo Ganguly;Jialuo Ding;Shun Guo

  • Residual stress in friction stir-welded Al sheets

    P Staron;M Koçak;S Williams;A Wescott

  • Innovative Process Model of Ti-6Al-4V Additive Layer Manufacturing Using Cold Metal Transfer (CMT)

    P.M. Sequeira Almeida;S. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Jialuo Ding
Jialuo Ding Cranfield University
Filomeno Martina
Filomeno Martina Cranfield University
Paul A. Colegrove
Paul A. Colegrove Cranfield University
Philip B. Prangnell
Philip B. Prangnell University of Manchester
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Philip J. Withers
Philip J. Withers University of Manchester
Rosa Maria Mendes Miranda
Rosa Maria Mendes Miranda Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Meiling Zhu
Meiling Zhu University of Exeter
Axel Steuwer
Axel Steuwer European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association
Ralph P. Tatam
Ralph P. Tatam Cranfield University

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