Bernard Budiansky | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 March 1925 |
| Died | 23 January 1999 (aged 73) |
| Education | B.S., City College of New York, 1944, Ph.D, Brown University, 1950 |
| Awards | Eringen Medal (1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | plasticity Buckling shell structures |
| Institutions | Harvard |
| Doctoral advisor | William Prager |
| Doctoral students | John W. Hutchinson Olvi L. Mangasarian |
Bernard Budiansky (/bʌdiˈænski/; 8 March 1925 – 23 January 1999) was an American scholar in the field of applied mechanics, and made seminal contributions to the mechanics of structures and mechanics of materials.[1][2] He was a recipient of the Timoshenko Medal.