Alan Arnold Griffith

Alan Arnold Griffith
Born(1893-06-13)13 June 1893
Died13 October 1963(1963-10-13) (aged 70)
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
Known forFracture mechanics
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsRoyal Aircraft Establishment

Alan Arnold Griffith CBE FRS[1] (13 June 1893 – 13 October 1963), was an English engineer and the son of Victorian science fiction writer George Griffith. Among many other contributions, he is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now known as metal fatigue, as well as being one of the first to develop a strong theoretical basis for the jet engine. Griffith's advanced axial-flow turbojet engine designs were integral in the creation of Britain's first operational axial-flow turbojet engine, the Metropolitan-Vickers F.2, which first ran successfully in 1941. Griffith, however, had little direct involvement in actually producing the engine, after he moved in 1939 from leading the engine department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment to start work at Rolls-Royce.

  1. ^ a b Rubbra, A. A. (1964). "Alan Arnold Griffith 1893-1963". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 10: 117–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1964.0008. S2CID 71857346.