Ronald Rivlin
Ronald Rivlin · Science & Medicine
Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity; Timoshenko Medal (1987)
1915, London, England — 2005, Palo Alto, California, United States
United Kingdom · United States
Ronald Rivlin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity; Timoshenko Medal (1987)
Ronald Rivlin was a British-American physicist and mathematician regarded as a father of nonlinear continuum mechanics; his theory of large elastic deformations transformed the understanding of rubber and soft-material elasticity and underpins modern computational mechanics. He received the Timoshenko Medal in 1987. Rivlin was born into a Jewish family in London.
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Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity; Timoshenko Medal (1987)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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