Yuan-Cheng Fung

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Yuan-Cheng Bertram Fung , called Bert, (born September 15, 1919 in Changzhou , † December 15, 2019 in San Diego ) was an American engineer who is considered a pioneer of biomechanics in the USA .

Fung studied at Nanjing University (diploma in 1943) and received his doctorate from Ernest Sechler at Caltech in 1948 (Elastostatic and aeroelastic problems relating to thin wings of high speed airplanes), where he initially dealt with aircraft mechanics. He was a professor at the University of California, San Diego .

He established a material law named after him for biological tissues and special material laws for a whole range of human tissues and organs and their components.

In 1976 he received the Von Karman Medal , in 1977 the Otto Laporte Prize , in 1991 the Timoshenko Medal , in 2000 the National Medal of Science and in 2007 the Russ Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1979), the National Academy of Sciences (1992), the Institute of Medicine, Academia Sinica and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1994).

He was one of the founders of the Journal of Biomechanics. In 1972 he founded the Biomechanics Symposium of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was awarded four honorary doctorates (including Drexel University, Hong Kong). He held several honorary professorships in China.

He had been married since 1949 and had two children.

Fonts

  • First course in continuum mechanics, Prentice-Hall 1969, 3rd edition 1994
  • Foundations of solid mechanics, Prentice-Hall 1965
  • Introduction to the theory of aeroelasticity, Wiley 1955, Reprint Dover 1969, 2008
  • Selected works on biomechanics and aeroelasticity, 2 volumes, World Scientific 1997
  • Biomechanics: mechanical properties of living tissues, 2nd edition, Springer Verlag 1993
  • Biomechanics: motion, flow, stress, and growth, Springer Verlag 1990
  • Biodynamics: circulation, Springer Verlag 1984
  • Editor: Introduction to Bioengineering, World Scientific 2001
  • with Pin Tong: Classical and computational solid mechanics, World Scientific 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ^ UC San Diego's YC Fung, the lifesaving 'father of biomechanics', dies at 100. In: sandiegouniontribune.com. The San Diego Union-Tribune , December 18, 2019, accessed December 21, 2019.