John W. Hutchinson

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John Woodsides Hutchinson
Born 10 April 1939
Residence Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Fields Solid mechanics
Institutions Harvard University
Alma mater Lehigh University
Harvard University
Doctoral advisor Bernard Budiansky
Doctoral students Hans Obrecht, Donald Danielson, Alan Needleman, Shih Choon Fong, John Bassani, Chung-Yuen Herbert Hui, Zhigang Suo, Yonggang Huang, Xi Chen, Nathan Wicks, Daniel S. Balint
Known for Solid mechanics
Notable awards Timoshenko Medal

John W. Hutchinson (born April 10, 1939) is a renowned scholar in the field of applied mechanics, and has made seminal contributions to the mechanics of structures and mechanics of materials. He is a recipient of the Timoshenko Medal. He earned his doctoral degree from Harvard University in 1963, advised by Bernard Budiansky. He has been the author of very important and famous works about solid and fracture mechanics, among the others the so-called HRR (Hutchinson-Rice-Rosengren) theory of elastic-plastic stress fields in power hardening materials, posing a miliar stone for the modern Non-Linear (or Elasto-Plastic) Fracture Mechanics (NLFM, EPFM, Hutchinson, 1968, and Rice and Rosengren, 1968). The starting point is the monotonic stress-strain constitutive law of many ductile solids undergoing uniaxial tension, i.e. the well known Ramberg-Osgood law.

It has been announced that Hutchinson has been selected as the 2012 winner of the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring, the highest honor awarded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt.[1] In 2013 he was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "John W. Hutchinson is awarded the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring". iMechania. October 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-28. 
  2. ↑ "New Fellows 2013". Royal Society. Retrieved 30 July 2013. 

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