William Prager
William Prager (May 23, 1903, Karlsruhe - March 16, 1980, Zurich) was a German-born US applied mathematician. In the field of mechanics he is well known for the Drucker–Prager yield criterion.
He was a lecturer at Darmstadt, 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.
The Society of Engineering Science has awarded the William Prager Medal in Solid Mechanics since 1983 in his honor.[1]
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.
External links
- William Prager - Encyclopedia Brunoniana - Brown University
- References for William Prager
- Mac Tutor Bio for William Prager
- William Prager at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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