Richard M. Christensen
Richard Monson Christensen (born July 3, 1932 in Idaho Falls ) is an American engineer.
Christensen studied civil engineering at the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in 1955 and at Yale University with a master's degree in 1956 and a doctorate in mechanics in 1961. Previously, he worked in the aerospace industry at General Dynamics (Convair, 1956-1958) and after PhD at TRW Systems (1961–1964). In 1962 he became a lecturer at the University of Southern California and in 1964 an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley . From 1967 to 1974 he was an engineer at Shell. In 1974 he became a professor at Washington University , in 1976 at the University of California, Davis and at the same time a member of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and from 1994 he was professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University .
He dealt in particular with the viscoelasticity of polymers, composite materials, waves in heterogeneous materials, very porous materials, kinetics of crack growth, failure criteria for materials, prediction of service life.
In 1989 he received the William Prager Medal and he also received the Nadai Medal . In 1987 he became a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering . For 2013 he was awarded the Tymoshenko Medal .
Fonts (selection)
- Theory of Viscoelasticity, Dover 2003
- Mechanics of Composite Materials, Dover 2005
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christensen, Richard M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Christensen, Richard Monson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Idaho Falls |