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'''John Douglas Eshelby''' (21 December 1916 - 10 December 1981) was a [[scientist]] in [[micromechanics]]. His work has shaped the fields of defect mechanics and micromechanics of inhomogeneous solids for fifty years and provided the basis for the quantitative analysis of the controlling mechanisms of plastic deformation and fracture. |
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Eshelby was born at Puddington Cheshire, the son of Captain Alan John Eshelby and his wife Phoebe Mason Hutchinson. He was educated at [[St Cyprian's School]] and was due to go to [[Charterhouse School]] but appears to have taken a place somewhere else. He was then at [[Bristol University]]. Eshelby taught himself the theory of elasticity for his thesis on ‘Stationary and moving dislocations’. After holding several early research posts he worked in the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] at [[Cambridge University]] and was elected a Fellow of [[Churchill College]]. He was then appointed Reader in the Faculty of Materials (Theory of Materials) at the [[University of Sheffield]] where he became Professor in 1971. He was awarded the [[Timoshenko Medal]] in 1977. He retired in 1982 and the Eshelby Memorial Bursary was founded in his memory. |
Eshelby was born at Puddington, Cheshire, the son of Captain Alan John Eshelby and his wife Phoebe Mason Hutchinson. He was educated at [[St Cyprian's School]] and was due to go to [[Charterhouse School]] but appears to have taken a place somewhere else. He was then at [[Bristol University]]. Eshelby taught himself the theory of elasticity for his thesis on ‘Stationary and moving dislocations’. After holding several early research posts he worked in the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] at [[Cambridge University]] and was elected a Fellow of [[Churchill College]]. He was then appointed Reader in the Faculty of Materials (Theory of Materials) at the [[University of Sheffield]] where he became Professor in 1971. He was awarded the [[Timoshenko Medal]] in 1977. He retired in 1982 and the Eshelby Memorial Bursary was founded in his memory. He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in March, 1974. <ref> {{cite web | url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27eshelby%27%29| title= Library and Archive Catalogue| publisher= Royal Society|accessdate= 1 December 2010}} </ref> |
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The scientific phenomenon called "[[Eshelby's inclusion]]" is named after this scientist, and points at a ellipsoidal subdomain in an infinite homogeneous body, subjected to a uniform transformation strain. Eshelby was clear and amusing as a lecturer, and prepared his lectures with great care, but was not keen on doing experimental work. He was well versed in Sanskrit (among other classical languages)and was an avid second-hand book buyer. |
The scientific phenomenon called "[[Eshelby's inclusion]]" is named after this scientist, and points at a ellipsoidal subdomain in an infinite homogeneous body, subjected to a uniform transformation strain. Eshelby was clear and amusing as a lecturer, and prepared his lectures with great care, but was not keen on doing experimental work. He was well versed in Sanskrit (among other classical languages)and was an avid second-hand book buyer. |
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Revision as of 12:22, 1 December 2010
John Douglas Eshelby (21 December 1916 - 10 December 1981) was a scientist in micromechanics. His work has shaped the fields of defect mechanics and micromechanics of inhomogeneous solids for fifty years and provided the basis for the quantitative analysis of the controlling mechanisms of plastic deformation and fracture.
Eshelby was born at Puddington, Cheshire, the son of Captain Alan John Eshelby and his wife Phoebe Mason Hutchinson. He was educated at St Cyprian's School and was due to go to Charterhouse School but appears to have taken a place somewhere else. He was then at Bristol University. Eshelby taught himself the theory of elasticity for his thesis on ‘Stationary and moving dislocations’. After holding several early research posts he worked in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University and was elected a Fellow of Churchill College. He was then appointed Reader in the Faculty of Materials (Theory of Materials) at the University of Sheffield where he became Professor in 1971. He was awarded the Timoshenko Medal in 1977. He retired in 1982 and the Eshelby Memorial Bursary was founded in his memory. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March, 1974. [1]
The scientific phenomenon called "Eshelby's inclusion" is named after this scientist, and points at a ellipsoidal subdomain in an infinite homogeneous body, subjected to a uniform transformation strain. Eshelby was clear and amusing as a lecturer, and prepared his lectures with great care, but was not keen on doing experimental work. He was well versed in Sanskrit (among other classical languages)and was an avid second-hand book buyer.
Bibliography (incomplete)
- A Tentative Theory of Metallic Whisker Growth University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Received 4 June 1953 The American Physical Society
- The Force on an Elastic Singularity - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 244 (1951), p 87
- The Determination of the Elastic Field of an Ellipsoidal Inclusion - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 241 (1957), p 376
- The Elastic Field Outside an Ellipsoidal Inclusion- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 252 (1959), p 561
- Collected Works of J. D. Eshelby, Mechanics of Defects and Inhomogeneities, Springer (2006), Xanthippi Markenscoff and Anurag Gupta (Eds.) ISBN 1-4020-4416-X
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- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 December 2010.