Kenneth L. Johnson
Kenneth Langstreth Johnson (born March 19, 1925 in Barrow-in-Furness , † September 21, 2015 ) was a British mechanical engineer.
He studied at Manchester University with a bachelor's degree in 1944, a master's degree in 1949 and a doctorate in 1955. From 1944 to 1949 he was a technical assistant at Rotol Limited and from 1949 to 1954 Assistant Lecturer at the University of Manchester. He was a professor at Cambridge University , where he began as a lecturer in 1954 and retired in 1992. He is known for contributions to contact mechanics .
In 2006 he received the Timoshenko Medal , in 1991 the Mayo D. Hersey Award and in 1999 the William Prager Medal . In 1982 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society , whose Royal Medal he received in 2003. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering .
He has been married since 1954 and has three children.
Fonts
- Contact Mechanics, Cambridge University Press 1985
- with Kevin Kendall , Alan D. Roberts : Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids, Proc. Roy. Soc. A, Volume 324, 1971, pp. 301-313 (JKR theory)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ Professor Ken Johnson ( memento of the original from October 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johnson, Kenneth L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, Kenneth Langstreth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barrow-in-Furness |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2015 |