Rodney Hill
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Rodney Hill FRS was an applied mathematician and a former Professor of Mechanics of Solids at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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In 1953 he was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics at Nottingham University. His 1950 The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity forms the foundation of Plasticity Theory. Hill is widely regarded as among the foremost contributors to the foundations of solid mechanics over the second half of the 20th century. His early work was central to founding the mathematical theory of plasticity. This deep interest led eventually to general studies of uniqueness and stability in nonlinear continuum mechanics, work which has had a profound influence on the field of solid mechanics - theoretical, computational and experimental alike - over the past decades. Hill was the founding editor of the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, still among the principal journals in the field.
His work is recognized world wide for the spare and concise style of presentation and for its exemplary standards of scholarship. Elsevier
, in collaboration with IUTAM, has set up a quadrennial award in the field of solid mechanics. It will be known as the Rodney Hill Prize and the first award was presented at ICTAM in Adelaide
in August 2008. The prize consists of a plaque and a cheque for US$25,000 to the winner. Its first recipient is Michael Ortiz, for his contribution to Nonconvex plasticity and deformation microstructures (California Institute of Technology, USA).,
He won the Royal Medal
in 1993 for his contribution to the theoretical mechanics of soil
and the plasticity
of solids. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
He died on 2 February 2011.
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and...
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In 1953 he was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics at Nottingham University. His 1950 The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity forms the foundation of Plasticity Theory. Hill is widely regarded as among the foremost contributors to the foundations of solid mechanics over the second half of the 20th century. His early work was central to founding the mathematical theory of plasticity. This deep interest led eventually to general studies of uniqueness and stability in nonlinear continuum mechanics, work which has had a profound influence on the field of solid mechanics - theoretical, computational and experimental alike - over the past decades. Hill was the founding editor of the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, still among the principal journals in the field.
His work is recognized world wide for the spare and concise style of presentation and for its exemplary standards of scholarship. Elsevier
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, in collaboration with IUTAM, has set up a quadrennial award in the field of solid mechanics. It will be known as the Rodney Hill Prize and the first award was presented at ICTAM in Adelaide
Adelaide
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in August 2008. The prize consists of a plaque and a cheque for US$25,000 to the winner. Its first recipient is Michael Ortiz, for his contribution to Nonconvex plasticity and deformation microstructures (California Institute of Technology, USA).,
He won the Royal Medal
Royal Medal
The Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal, is a silver-gilt medal awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences" made within the Commonwealth of...
in 1993 for his contribution to the theoretical mechanics of soil
Soil mechanics
Soil mechanics is a branch of engineering mechanics that describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid mechanics in the sense that soils consist of a heterogeneous mixture of fluids and particles but soil may also contain organic solids, liquids, and gasses and other...
and the plasticity
Plasticity
Plasticity may refer to:Science* Plasticity , in physics and engineering, plasticity is the propensity of a material to undergo permanent deformation under load...
of solids. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1961.
He died on 2 February 2011.
Selected works
- Hill R., The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity, Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences, Oxford University Press, 1950.