| Paul C. Paris | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1930-08-07)August 7, 1930 New York, New York, USA |
| Died | January 15, 2017(2017-01-15) (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
| Notable work | Paris' law |
Paul Croce Paris (August 7, 1930 - January 15, 2017) was an American academic, engineering consultant and researcher in the field of mechanics and fatigue. He was known particularly for introducing fracture mechanics methods to the aviation industry, and for the empirical Paris' law relating crack growth rate to the amplitude of the stress intensity factor.
Career
Paris was trained in applied mechanics at Lehigh University. He was a faculty associate at Boeing in the summer of 1955, where he investigated the Comet fatigue (material) failure. His first paper on fracture mechanics was famously rejected by top journals. Paris joined Washington University in St. Louis in 1976. In 2009 he became a professor emeritus and continued to teach.
Awards
- Honorary Doctorate from Paris Nanterre University
- 2003 Crichlow Trust Prize by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 2009 George Irwin Gold Medal by the International Congress on Fracture at Ottawa, Canada
- 2016 August Wöhler Medal by the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS)
References
- Paris, Paul C.; Erdogan, F (1963). "A critical analysis of crack propagation laws". Journal of Basic Engineering, Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: 528–534.
- ^ Lutz, Diana (18 November 2010). "Paul C. Paris, pioneer of fracture mechanics, honored for his work". Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- Paris, Paul C; Gomez, Mario P.; Anderson, William E. (1961). "A rational analytic theory of fatigue" (PDF). The Trend in Engineering. 13 (1): 9–14.
- "Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Trust Prize Recipients". aiaa.org. Retrieved June 16, 2017.