A question for those interested in the history of mechanics. We have Hooke's law for 2D stress-strain and a generalised Hooke's law for 3D stress states. Maybe I have missed something in my reading of history, but since it appears that it was Thomas Young and not Hooke who related stress and strain (Hooke looked only at force - displacement), why don't we use Young's law or a generalised Young's law?
Iain Finnie passed away in December. At the time he was the James Fife Professor Emeritus U.C. Berkeley Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Iain had an amazing number of contributions spanning diverse area of mechanics. To the best of my recollection:
He published some great early work on the shear angle in metal cutting in 1953.
He published the first book on creep in 1959 with William Heller.
He published a (the?) pioneering paper on erosion in 1960.
C. S. Desai Is Recipient of the 2009 Nathan M. Newmark Medal
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Regents’ Professor Chandra Desai has been awarded the 2009 Nathan M.
Newmark Medal by the Structural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Institutes of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Congratulations to Prof. Yonggang Huang who has been selected to appear on ISIHighlyCited.com because of his exceptional citation count in the field of Engineering.
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A growing number of mechanicians are entering the field of soft materials, such as polymers, gels, and tissues. While they interact with researchers in technical societies traditionally identified with the field, they also maintain connection with researchers in applied mechanics.
With great pleasure I inform you that Jerrold E. Marsden, of Caltech, are selected to receive the 2010 Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award.
I am writing on behalf of the Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award Committee: Zhigang Suo (Chair), Tayfun E. Tezduyar, Ares J. Rosakis, Kenneth M. Liechti, Lawrence A. Bergman, Daniel J. Inman, Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar, Thomas N. Farris, Wing Kam Liu, Mary C. Boyce, Paul Jennings, Geof Tomlinson, and Ali Nayfeh.
With great pleasure I inform you that Yoichiro Matsumoto, of the University of Tokyo, is selected to receive the 2010 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award.
Harley T. Johnson has just been selected to receive the 2010 Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award.
I am writing on behalf of the Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award Committee: Zhigang Suo (Chair), Tayfun E. Tezduyar, Ares J. Rosakis, Kenneth M. Liechti, Lawrence A. Bergman, Daniel J. Inman, Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar, Thomas N. Farris, Wing Kam Liu, and Mary C. Boyce.
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress
Orlando, Florida, November 17, 2009
Reminiscences and Reflections of a Mechanician by Luck
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xi Chen, of Columbia University, has graciously agreed to be a new Editor of the iMechanica Journal Club. Xi is one of the earliest active users of iMechanica (user number 15), and has played a large role in shaping the development of iMechanica. He has a broad vision for mechanics, and has made contributions to diverse topics. in 2008, he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
