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Alexander Hrennikoff
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Russian-Canadian structural engineer, a founder of the Finite Element Method. He developed the lattice analogy, modeling membrane and plate bending of structures as a lattice framework, while working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the work is now considered a turning point on the path to the Finite Element Method. From 1933 until his death he was a professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia.
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Professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia from 1933 until his death.
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Developed the lattice analogy at MIT, considered the turning point on the path to the Finite Element Method; the term "finite element" itself was coined later by Ray W. Clough (1960).
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1. Alexander Hrennikoff (Wikipedia)
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Alexander Pavlovich Hrennikoff (11 November 1896 - 31 December 1984) was a Russian-Canadian structural engineer, a founder of the Finite Element Method.
1. Alexander Hrennikoff (Wikipedia)
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During his work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed the lattice analogy which models membrane and plate bending of structures as a lattice framework. While this work received little attention at the time because of the lack of computational power, it is often considered as the turning point in the Time-Line of the Structural Analysis leading to development of the Finite Element Method.
1. Alexander Hrennikoff (Wikipedia)
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From 1933 until his death in 1984 he worked as a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
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