Scientist, Engineer. He is best remembered as the inventor of the Finite Element Method (a numerical method for solving problems of engineering and mathematical physics). Born in Russia, he attended the Institute of Railway Engineering in Moscow, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver where he received his Master of Science degree in 1933, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge where his received his Doctor of Science degree in 1941. While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he began his work on the Finite Element Method. He developed the lattice analogy which models membrane and plate bending of structures as a lattice framework. This work received little attention at the time because of the lack of computational power, but it is often considered as the turning point in the Time-Line of the Structural Analysis leading to development of the Finite Element Method. He later extended the lattice models to plate and shell buckling problems and made important contributions to the plastic design theory of metal structures. His main works on structural analysis included, Plane stress and bending of plates by method of articulated framework in 1940, Solution of problems in elasticity by the framework method, in 1941, Three-Dimensional bar cell for elastic stress analysis in 1971, Stability of plates using rectangular bar cells in 1972, and Trapezoidal bar cells in plane stress in 1975. His structural theories were also very important at the time of when computers were becoming more powerful and more available. For his contribution to science he was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers Moissieff Award in 1949. He continued working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of British Columbia where he served as a Professor of Structural Engineering until his death from a heart attack in 1984.
Scientist, Engineer. He is best remembered as the inventor of the Finite Element Method (a numerical method for solving problems of engineering and mathematical physics). Born in Russia, he attended the Institute of Railway Engineering in Moscow, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver where he received his Master of Science degree in 1933, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge where his received his Doctor of Science degree in 1941. While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he began his work on the Finite Element Method. He developed the lattice analogy which models membrane and plate bending of structures as a lattice framework. This work received little attention at the time because of the lack of computational power, but it is often considered as the turning point in the Time-Line of the Structural Analysis leading to development of the Finite Element Method. He later extended the lattice models to plate and shell buckling problems and made important contributions to the plastic design theory of metal structures. His main works on structural analysis included, Plane stress and bending of plates by method of articulated framework in 1940, Solution of problems in elasticity by the framework method, in 1941, Three-Dimensional bar cell for elastic stress analysis in 1971, Stability of plates using rectangular bar cells in 1972, and Trapezoidal bar cells in plane stress in 1975. His structural theories were also very important at the time of when computers were becoming more powerful and more available. For his contribution to science he was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers Moissieff Award in 1949. He continued working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of British Columbia where he served as a Professor of Structural Engineering until his death from a heart attack in 1984.
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