Siegfried S. Hecker

Siegfried S. Hecker's Degrees

PhD Metallurgy Case Western Reserve University

Why Is Siegfried S. Hecker Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Siegfried S. Hecker is an American metallurgist and nuclear scientist. He served as Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1986 to 1997 and is now affiliated with Stanford University, where he is research professor emeritus in the Department of Management Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, and senior fellow emeritus at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. During this time, he was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for outstanding research on plutonium and the forming of materials, and for leadership in developing energy and weapons systems.

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Siegfried S. Hecker's Published Works

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Published Works

Stretching limits in sheet metals: In-plane versus out-of-plane deformation (1974) (157)
Nucleation and evolution of strain-induced martensitic (b.c.c.) embryos and substructure in stainless steel: A transmission electron microscope study (1983) (156)
Phase stability and phase transformations in Pu–Ga alloys (2004) (135)
An investigation of plastic flow and differential work hardening in orthotropic brass tubes under fluid pressure and axial load (1994) (127)
Failure in thin sheets stretched over rigid punches (1975) (108)
Formability of Aluminum Alloy Sheets (1975) (100)
Yield surfaces in prestrained aluminum and copper (1971) (55)
Quantitative evidence for dislocation emission from grain boundaries (1979) (46)
An Evaluation of Anisotropic Effective Stress-Strain Criteria for the Biaxial Yield and Flow of 2024 Aluminum Tubes (1983) (46)
Plutonium and Its Alloys From atoms to microstructure (2000) (45)
The magic of plutonium: 5f electrons and phase instability (2004) (44)
Lessons learned from the North Korean nuclear crises (2010) (42)
Experimental studies of yield phenomena in biaxially loaded metals. [Review] (1976) (37)
The Complex World of Plutonium Science (2001) (37)
Large strain plastic deformation of commercially pure nickel (1983) (36)
Plutonium—an Element Never at Equilibrium (2008) (32)
Influence of deformation history on the yield locus and stress-strain behavior of aluminum and copper (1973) (29)
Role of geometry in plastic instability and fracture of tubes and sheet (1983) (28)
Dislocation Pile-ups in Anisotropic Crystals (1965) (26)
The Right to a Fair Trial (1998) (25)
Strain hardening of heavily cold-worked metals (1982) (23)
Report on North Korean Nuclear Program (2006) (22)
Theory for saturation stress difference in torsion versus other types of deformation at low temperatures (1983) (21)
Thoughts about an integrated strategy for nuclear cooperation with Russia (2001) (21)
Experimental investigation of corners in the yield surface (1972) (21)
Effects of Strain Rate on Deformation-Induced Martensite in 304 Stainless Steel (1981) (20)
Aging of Plutonium and Its Alloys (2000) (18)
Properties of plutonium and its alloys for use as fast reactor fuels (2008) (18)
The Forming of Sheet Metal (1976) (17)
Actinides: from heavy fermions to plutonium metallurgy (1985) (14)
Toward a Comprehensive Safeguards System: Keeping Fissile Materials out of Terrorists' Hands (2006) (14)
Plutonium: Coping with instability (2003) (14)
Plutonium Aging: From Mystery to Enigma (2001) (14)
An X-ray diffraction study of the δ → α′ transformation in a Pu-2 at% Al alloy (1983) (14)
Comparison of residual stress effects on the yielding and fracture of metal and glass composites (1970) (13)
CHAPTER 7. PLUTONIUM (2005) (11)
Experiments on plastic deformation at finite strains (1981) (10)
Nuclear physical methods in radioecological investigations of nuclear test sites (2000) (10)
Mechanical Behavior of Uniaxially Loaded Multilayered Cylindrical Composites (1971) (10)
Strain-Induced Softening of Certain Eutectics (1980) (9)
Formability, analysis, modeling, and experimentation : proceedings of a symposium held in Chicago, Illinois, October 24 and 25, 1977 (1978) (7)
Adventures in scientific nuclear diplomacy (2011) (7)
Elastic-plastic analysis: A simplified approach (1969) (7)
Iran's Nuclear and Missile Potential: A Joint Threat Assessment by U.S. and Russian Technical Experts (2009) (6)
When governments forecast (1985) (6)
Plutonium A Wartime Nightmare but a Metallurgist ' s Dream by (1996) (6)
Iran's Nuclear and Missile Potential: A Joint Threat Assessment by U.S. and Russian Technical Experts (2009) (6)
Phase Stability and Phase Transformations in Pu—Ga Alloys (2004) (6)
North Korea in 2011: Countdown to Kim il-Sung’s centenary (2012) (5)
Fracture surfaces of high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels (1974) (5)
What I Found in North Korea (2010) (5)
Ending the assassination and oppression of Iranian nuclear scientists (2015) (5)
Denuclearizing North Korea (2008) (4)
Brain Tumor Incidence at Los Alamos (1991) (4)
Plastic Flow Characteristics of Uranium-Niobium as a Function of Strain Rate and Temperature (1999) (3)
What We Really Know About North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons (2017) (3)
Mechanical behavior of δ-phase Pu–Ga alloys. Part I: Constitutive model (2006) (3)
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT (2013) (3)
Mechanical Behavior of Plutonium and Its Alloys (2000) (3)
Materials response to large plastic deformation (1983) (3)
DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS. (1967) (3)
A Bayesian Model to Assess the Size of North Korea's Uranium Enrichment Program (2015) (2)
Science and technology advice in the judiciary (1988) (2)
Suhl, Hecker, and Smith Respond (1982) (2)
Nuclear Developments in North Korea (2013) (2)
Roundtable: New Challenges for the National Labs (1991) (2)
Multiaxial loading of large‐diameter, thin‐walled tube rock specimens (1981) (2)
Essays on the Future (2000) (2)
Preventing Nuclear Weapon Proliferation as Nuclear Power Expands (2008) (2)
Essays on the Future: In Honor of Nick Metropolis (2000) (2)
North Korea's Choice: Bombs over Electricity (2010) (2)
Factors affecting plastic instability and sheet formability (1984) (2)
WITHDRAWN: Plutonium metallic fuels for fast reactors (2007) (1)
PLUTONIUM METALLIC FUELS FOR FAST REACTORS (2007) (1)
Temperature-induced transformation in a Pu-2at. % Al alloy (1981) (1)
EXTRAORDINARY VISITS (2011) (1)
Three Kims And Six US Presidents Later, Diplomacy Can Still Solve The North Korea Crisis (2017) (1)
Fundamentally, why is plutonium such an unusual metal? (2001) (1)
Volcanoes: How Dangerous? (1991) (1)
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF THE GENESIS OF STRAIN-INDUCED MARTENSITE EMBRYOS. (1982) (1)
Lab-to-Lab Cooperative Threat Reduction (2017) (1)
Mechanical properties of /sup 238/PuO/sub 2/ (1977) (1)
Mechanical behavior of δ-phase Pu–Ga alloys. Part II: Model verification and application (2006) (1)
Edward Teller Returns to LOS Alamos (2010) (1)
Fundamentals of Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Nuclear non-proliferation (2011) (1)
The Nuclear Crisis in North Korea (2004) (1)
North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Complex: A Report by Siegfried S. Hecker (2010) (1)
The role of the DOE weapons laboratories in a changing national security environment: CNSS papers No. 8, April 1988 (1988) (1)
Fracture strains in biaxially loaded 2024 aluminum tubes (1983) (1)
Energy Consumption (1990) (0)
Multiaxial loading of large diameter, thin-walled tube rock specimens : Geophys Res Lett, V8, N7, July 1981, P703–706 (1983) (0)
Nuclear materials safeguards -- The price of admission for Russian-US nuclear collaborations (1998) (0)
Structuring Cooperative Nuclear Risk Reduction Initiatives with China (2017) (0)
Materials Education and the National Laboratories (1985) (0)
A tribute to Zachary Fisk (2002) (0)
Comparison of finite-element stress analysis with experimental copper sphere impacts. [NONSAP computer code] (1980) (0)
Postimpact examinations of three DOP 4 iridium shells from simulant fuel sphere assemblies (1975) (0)
COPY Mechanical Properties of 238 PuOZ by (1996) (0)
Comparison of Finite-Element Stress Analysis with Experimental Copper Sphere Impacts (2005) (0)
LA-6529 UC-25 Issued : April 1977 Mechanical Properties of 23 S Pu 0 2 by (2005) (0)
Improved fibre composite tensile performance by mechanical residual stress relief (1970) (0)
The mysterious world of plutonium metallurgy: Past and future (1998) (0)
Doomed to Cooperate: How American and Russian Scientists Joined Forces to Avert Some of the Greatest Post-Cold War Nuclear Dangers (2016) (0)
A role for national laboratories in enhancing economic competitiveness. The example of high-temperature superconductors: CNSS papers, No. 1 (1987) (0)
Fracture behavior of a Pt--30% Rh--8% W alloy between room temperature and 1300$sup 0$C (1975) (0)
The North Korean nuclear dilemma. (2004) (0)
The Nuclear Security Challenge: It is International (2016) (0)
Discussions in scientific nuclear diplomacy (2012) (0)
Plutonium Metallurgy , and the Manhattan Project (2013) (0)
Safeguards at Los Alamos: 20 years (1987) (0)
6th US-Russian Pu Science Workshop Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of California, Livermore, California, July 14 and 15, 2006 (2006) (0)
Leveraging federal research and development for united states science and technology (1990) (0)
Globetrotting to Reduce the Nuclear Danger: From Confrontation to Collaboration (2009) (0)
Stockpile Stewardship's 20th Anniversary (2015) (0)
Scientific and Historic Impacts from the Manhattan Project (2020) (0)
In search of plutonium: A nonproliferation journey (2010) (0)
US-Russia rift threatens science ties that keep us safe (2016) (0)
Siegfried S. Hecker: The story of Plutonium Mountain (2013) (0)
Leveraging federal research and development for United States science and technology (1990) (0)
Visit to the Yongbyon Nuclear Facilities in North Korea (2004) (0)
Pressure-induced transformation in a Pu-2at. % Al alloy (1981) (0)
A Path To a Nuclear Future (2000) (0)
Leo Szilard Lectureship Award Lecture: North Korea: Reactors, bombs and people (2012) (0)
A tribute to Terence E. Mitchell (2004) (0)
Nuclear promise or nuclear peril (2010) (0)
Questions for the presidential candidates on nuclear terrorism, proliferation, weapons policy, and energy (2016) (0)
DOE weapons laboratories' contributions to the nation's defense technology base (1988) (0)
A historical overview (2000) (0)
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PLUS: BREAKING THE STALEMATE WITH THE DPRK (2022) (0)
Los Alamos National Laboratory strategic directions (1995) (0)
Effect of strain rate on the tensile properties of $alpha$- and delta- stabilized plutonium (1975) (0)
Life After 2000—The Debate Goes On (1984) (0)
Reining in Judges: The Case of Hate Speech (1999) (0)
Comment on Donohue (1991) (0)
A Differing View on Viewpoint Discrimination (1993) (0)
Earth's carrying capacity. (1995) (0)

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