Frank A. McClintock
Frank Ambrose McClintock (born January 2, 1921 in Saint Paul , Minnesota , † February 20, 2011 in Needham , Massachusetts ) was an American engineer .
McClintock studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with bachelor's and master's degrees ) and received his PhD from Caltech in 1950 . In 1949 he became assistant professor , 1955 associate professor and 1959 professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. In 1990 he retired.
He is considered a pioneer in the merging of applied mechanics and materials science, for example in the investigation of fatigue fractures with previous plastic deformation.
In 2004 he received the Daniel C. Drucker Medal , in 1978 the Nadai Medal , the Howe Medal , the Griffith Medal of the European Structural Integrity Society and in 1956 the James Clayton Prize of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Great Britain. He was an honorary doctor of the University of Glasgow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1961).
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- with Ali S. Argon: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Addison-Wesley 1966
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| SURNAME | McClintock, Frank A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McClintock, FA; McClintock, Frank Ambrose (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul , Minnesota |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 2011 |
| Place of death | Needham , Massachusetts |