Henry L. Longhair

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Henry Louis Langhaar (born October 14, 1909 in Oklahoma , † September 28, 1992 ) was an American engineer for mechanics.

He was a professor studying mechanics at Lehigh University , where he received his doctorate in 1940 with Clarence Albert Shook (Steady flow in the transition length of a cylindrical conduit). He was Professor of Mechanics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .

In 1979 he received the Von Karman Medal .

Fonts

  • Dimensional Analysis and Theory of Models, Krieger 1980
  • Energy Methods in Applied Mechanics, Wiley 1962
  • with Arthur Boresi, Robert E. Miller, Jerry Bruegging: Stability of hyperboloidal cooling tower, ASCE J. Eng. Mech., 96, 1970, 753-779
  • with Boresi: Buckling and post-buckling behavior of a cylindrical shell subjected to external pressure, TAM Report 93, 1956
  • Buckling of a cylindrical shell subjected to external pressure, Austrian Engineering Archive 1960

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry L. Langhaar in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Longhair, Henry L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Longhair, Henry Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1992