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Science & Medicine

Ronald Rivlin

Who

Ronald Rivlin · Science & Medicine

What

Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity; Timoshenko Medal (1987)

When

1915, London, England — 2005, Palo Alto, California, United States

Where

United Kingdom · United States

Biography

Ronald Rivlin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity; Timoshenko Medal (1987)

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics

Contributions & Sources

Father of nonlinear continuum mechanics and rubber elasticity; Timoshenko Medal (1987)

1915

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics