William Prager
German American mathematician
William Prager
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Born |
William Prager
( 1903-05-23 ) 23 May 1903 |
Died |
17 March 1980
(1980-03-17)
(aged
76)
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Known for |
Prager consistency condition
Prager trusses Drucker–Prager yield criterion Viscoplasticity |
Awards |
Timoshenko Medal
(1966)
Theodore von Karman Medal (1960) Guggenheim Fellowship (1957) |
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Fields |
Applied mathematics
Mechanics |
Institutions |
Brown University
Istanbul University University of California University of Göttingen |
William Prager , (before 1940) Willy Prager, (May 23, 1903 in Karlsruhe – March 17, 1980 in Zurich ) was a German-born US applied mathematician . In the field of mechanics he is well known for the Drucker–Prager yield criterion .
Willy Prager studied civil engineering at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and received his diploma in 1925. [1] He received his doctorate in 1926 and worked as a research assistant in the field of mechanics from 1925 to 1929. [1] From 1927 to 1929 he habilitated . [1] He was a deputy director at University of Göttingen , professor at Karlsruhe, University of Istanbul , the University of California, San Diego and Brown University , where he advised Bernard Budiansky . Prager was also on a sabbatical at IBM's research lab in Zurich. [2]
The Society of Engineering Science has awarded the William Prager Medal in Solid Mechanics since 1983 in his honor. [3] In 1957, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship . [4]
Works
- Beitrag zur Kinematik des Raumfachwerks , 1926, dissertation
- "Dynamik der Stabwerke" (with K. Hohenemser), 1933
- "Mechanique des solides isotropes" , 1937
- Prager, William; Hodge, Philip G, Jr. (1951). Theory of Perfectly Plastic Solids . John Wiley & Sons. LCCN 51-012695 .
- Prager, William (1961). Introduction to Mechanics of Continua . Ginn and Company.
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References
- 1 2 3 "Willy (William) Prager" (PDF) . Karlsruhe Institute of Technology . Retrieved 22 March 2022 .
- ↑ Speiser, Ambros (1988). "IBM Research Laboratory Zurich: The Early Years". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing . 20 : 15–28. doi : 10.1109/85.646205 .
- ↑ William Prager Medal
- ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | William Prager" . Retrieved 2019-09-16 .
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