Ronald Samuel Rivlin | |
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Born | London, United Kingdom | May 6, 1915
Died | October 4, 2005 Palo Alto, California, United States | (aged 90)
Nationality | British-American |
Alma mater | Cambridge |
Known for | Finite strain theory Polynomial hyperelastic model Neo-Hookean solid Mooney–Rivlin solid Rivlin–Ericksen tensor |
Awards | Bingham Medal (1958) Timoshenko Medal (1987) Charles Goodyear Medal (1992) Theodore von Karman Medal (1993) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Continuum Mechanics |
Institutions | BRPRA Brown University Lehigh University |
Ronald Samuel Rivlin (6 May 1915 in London[1] – 4 October 2005) was a British-American physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber.[2][3]