Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM : A History of People, Events, and Communities

This book provides a detailed history of the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) of the US National Academies, the relationship between the USNC/TAM and IUTAM, and a review of the many mechanicians who developed the field over time. It emphasizes the birth and growth of USNC/TAM, the birth and growth of the larger International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), and explores the work of mechanics from Aristotle to the present. Written by the former Secretary of USNC/TAM, Dr. Carl T. Herakovich of the University of Virginia, the book profiles luminaries of mechanics including Galileo, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Cauchy, Prandtl, Einstein, von Kármán, Timoshenko, and in so doing provides insight into centuries of scientific and technologic advance. This book provides a detailed history of the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) of the US National Academies, the relationship between the USNC/TAM and IUTAM, and a review of the many mechanicians who developed the field over time. It emphasizes the birth and growth of USNC/TAM, the birth and growth of the larger International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), and explores the work of mechanics from Aristotle to the present. Written by the former Secretary of USNC/TAM, Dr. Carl T. Herakovich of the University of Virginia, the book profiles luminaries of mechanics including Galileo, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Cauchy, Prandtl, Einstein, von Kármán, Timoshenko, and in so doing provides insight into centuries of scientific and technologic advance. Profiles the applied mathematicians and engineers who developed the field of mechanics in the context of the establishment of the USNC/TAM and the IUTAM Details the relationship between USNC/TAM and IUTAM Traces the significant developments in the field of mechanics Examines the development of the USNC/TAM from its birth to the present Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Mechanics: An Engineering Science....Pages 1-4 The Giants of Mechanics....Pages 5-35 Major Developments in Mechanics....Pages 37-42 Mechanics in the United States....Pages 43-48 Immigrants to United States....Pages 49-70 ASME Applied Mechanics Division....Pages 71-72 International Congresses: American Involvement....Pages 73-79 International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics....Pages 81-84 USNC/TAM....Pages 85-93 USNC/TAM Chairs....Pages 95-124 Secretaries of the USNC/TAM....Pages 125-130 USNC/TAM in IUTAM Leadership Positions....Pages 131-135 U.S. Members of the IUTAM General Assembly....Pages 137-137 USNC/TAM Diversity....Pages 139-142 USNC/TAM Activities....Pages 143-149 Finances....Pages 151-154 Relations with the National Academy of Sciences....Pages 155-167 Back Matter....Pages 169-231 "Provides a detailed history of the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) of the US National Academies, the relationship between the USNC/TAM and IUTAM [International Union of Theoretical and Appliced Mechanics], and a review of the many mechanicians who developed the field over time"--Back cover