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Tribute to Professor Lazar M. Kachanov on his 75th birthday
Tribute to Professor Lazar M. Kachanov on his 75th Birthday
All
over
solid
the world.
mechanics
the rbotcric
his 75th
every
topic
in solid
mechanics
phcnomcna.
birthday
In his long career.
gcncrations
the name of Prof.
of inelastic
realm
is celebrating
the last scvcral
discovcrcd
and researchers
Kachanov
Currently
in the area of
as soon as they delved into
a rcsidcnt
of Boston.
Lazar
Kachanov
this year.
hc published
mechanics,
of laminutcd
of students Lazar
more
than
his share of pioneering
works
on virtually and
such as elastic stability. creep phenomena. plasticity.
media (WC list
of Major
Publications).
Many
of these works
are
~trtz~frrtttentctlso/‘Plu.stic~i~y. was publishcti in 19-W. Hc is best known for his second book. Fotrtdtrtiotts c!/‘rhr Tlrror_r of Phsficify.
nou’ considered which
first
appcarcd
of the founders (which
classic.
bears
His
in I956
of modern his
first
book
on plasticity,
and has since been translated
damage mechanics,
name)
and
having
methods
of solving
in
in turbulent
into
many languages.
established
the fundamental
boundary-value
problems
Hc is one equation
in damaged
media. Dr
Kachanov
bvorking
at Leningrad with
this
Llnivcrsity.
university,
distinguished World
War
After
was born
as a Iathc operator
II in which
hc participated
he returned
to the United
In the United Visiting
States,
of Illinois. Professor.
The Since
as ever. he puhlishcd True
to his
four
tlis
as a Navy
head in which
of
Russia. from
endeavors artillery
In
1937.
after
and Mathematics
hc has been associated
undergraduate
student
were interrupted
officer
Elasticity
capacity
Russia.
of Physics
to
in 1941 by
in defense of Leningrad.
at Leningrad
he served
for
University 15 years.
and
until
his
in 1978.
he has continued University new books
his academic activities
of Dcluwarc.
197X he has written
international
from
spectrum
scientific
to the Dcpartmcnt States
prc-revolution the College
his departure
the rntire
of mechanics.
became department
immigration UniLcrsity
Since then. until
in roles covering
professor
the war
ultimately
1914.
for a year. he entered
and Boston
all his new books
at Brown
University,
The
University
as a Distinguished
in English.
Still
researcher
and educator,
as productive
in the last 7 years.
reputation
as an outstanding
he
1106
Tributeto Professor Lazar M. Kachanov
continues to push forward the leading edge of science in his tireless investigations, and we wish him many more years of creative life. For his many pupils. colleagues and friends. A. CHUDNOVSKY,L. PAPERNIKand M. REITMAN.
Major Publications Mechanics of Plastic Deformations. Gostekhizdat. Moscow, 1948. Fwuiamenrafs of Plasticity. Nauka. Moscow. 1956. 1969. North
Holland. Amsterdam, 1971. Some Problems of Creep. Fizmatgiz. Moscow, 1949. Theory of Creep. Fizmatgiz. Moscow, 1960. Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics. Nauka. Moscow. 1974. A Brief Course on the Theory of Buckliny. The University of Waterloo Press. Waterloo, Canada. I98 I. Buckling of Thin-\t,alletlRods. The University of Waterloo Press. Waterloo. Canada. 1983. Introduction to Continuum Damage Mechanics. Martinus Nijhoff. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 1986. Dclcwtination Buckling of Composite Mafcricrls. Kluwer Academic Publishers, BostonLondon. 1988.
All
over
solid
the world.
mechanics
the rbotcric
his 75th
every
topic
in solid
mechanics
phcnomcna.
birthday
In his long career.
gcncrations
the name of Prof.
of inelastic
realm
is celebrating
the last scvcral
discovcrcd
and researchers
Kachanov
Currently
in the area of
as soon as they delved into
a rcsidcnt
of Boston.
Lazar
Kachanov
this year.
hc published
mechanics,
of laminutcd
of students Lazar
more
than
his share of pioneering
works
on virtually and
such as elastic stability. creep phenomena. plasticity.
media (WC list
of Major
Publications).
Many
of these works
are
~trtz~frrtttentctlso/‘Plu.stic~i~y. was publishcti in 19-W. Hc is best known for his second book. Fotrtdtrtiotts c!/‘rhr Tlrror_r of Phsficify.
nou’ considered which
first
appcarcd
of the founders (which
classic.
bears
His
in I956
of modern his
first
book
on plasticity,
and has since been translated
damage mechanics,
name)
and
having
methods
of solving
in
in turbulent
into
many languages.
established
the fundamental
boundary-value
problems
Hc is one equation
in damaged
media. Dr
Kachanov
bvorking
at Leningrad with
this
Llnivcrsity.
university,
distinguished World
War
After
was born
as a Iathc operator
II in which
hc participated
he returned
to the United
In the United Visiting
States,
of Illinois. Professor.
The Since
as ever. he puhlishcd True
to his
four
tlis
as a Navy
head in which
of
Russia. from
endeavors artillery
In
1937.
after
and Mathematics
hc has been associated
undergraduate
student
were interrupted
officer
Elasticity
capacity
Russia.
of Physics
to
in 1941 by
in defense of Leningrad.
at Leningrad
he served
for
University 15 years.
and
until
his
in 1978.
he has continued University new books
his academic activities
of Dcluwarc.
197X he has written
international
from
spectrum
scientific
to the Dcpartmcnt States
prc-revolution the College
his departure
the rntire
of mechanics.
became department
immigration UniLcrsity
Since then. until
in roles covering
professor
the war
ultimately
1914.
for a year. he entered
and Boston
all his new books
at Brown
University,
The
University
as a Distinguished
in English.
Still
researcher
and educator,
as productive
in the last 7 years.
reputation
as an outstanding
he
1106
Tributeto Professor Lazar M. Kachanov
continues to push forward the leading edge of science in his tireless investigations, and we wish him many more years of creative life. For his many pupils. colleagues and friends. A. CHUDNOVSKY,L. PAPERNIKand M. REITMAN.
Major Publications Mechanics of Plastic Deformations. Gostekhizdat. Moscow, 1948. Fwuiamenrafs of Plasticity. Nauka. Moscow. 1956. 1969. North
Holland. Amsterdam, 1971. Some Problems of Creep. Fizmatgiz. Moscow, 1949. Theory of Creep. Fizmatgiz. Moscow, 1960. Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics. Nauka. Moscow. 1974. A Brief Course on the Theory of Buckliny. The University of Waterloo Press. Waterloo, Canada. I98 I. Buckling of Thin-\t,alletlRods. The University of Waterloo Press. Waterloo. Canada. 1983. Introduction to Continuum Damage Mechanics. Martinus Nijhoff. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 1986. Dclcwtination Buckling of Composite Mafcricrls. Kluwer Academic Publishers, BostonLondon. 1988.