Carl T. Herakovich

Broschiertes Buch

Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM

A History of People, Events, and Communities

Beschreibung

This book provides a detailed history of theUnited States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(USNC/TAM) of the US National Academies, the relationship between the USNC/TAMand IUTAM, and a review of the many mechanicians who developed the field overtime. It emphasizes the birth and growth of USNC/TAM, the birth and growth ofthe larger International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM),and explores the work of mechanics from Aristotle to the present. Written bythe former Secretary of USNC/TAM, Dr. Carl T. Herakovich of the University ofVirginia, the book profiles luminaries of mechanics including Galileo, Newton,Bernoulli, Euler, Cauchy, Prandtl, Einstein, von Kármán, Timoshenko, and in so doingprovides insight into centuries of scientific and technologic advance.

Autor

Dr. Carl T. Herakovich, Professor Emeritus, was until 1998 Henry L. Kinnier Professor in Civil Engineering, and Director of the Applied Mechanics Program in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, at the University of Virginia. He served as the Secretary of the USNC/TAM from 2000 to 2012. His many awards include Fellow of SES; 2005, ASME Applied Mechanics Division Award (now the Ted Belytschko Award); 2001-04, ASME Vice-President Basic Engineering; 1996,  Fellow ASME; 1992, Fellow AAM; 1987, Fellow ASCE; 1986, Frank J. Maher Outstanding Educator Award (Virginia Tech, ESM Department); Indiana Football Hall of Fame (1985); leading collegiate football scorer in the nation 1958 (168 points in 8 games); Lambda Chi Alpha Hall of Fame (1996). Professor Herakovich was also an Atlantic Coast Conference Football Official for twenty years (1972-91) officiating 10 bowl games.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-81252-6
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 394g
• ISBN-13: 9783319812526
• ISBN-10: 3319812521
• Artikelnr.: 53576040