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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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What was Alexander Hrennikoff's lattice analogy?
A method modeling membrane and plate bending as a lattice framework, a turning point toward the Finite Element Method.
While working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hrennikoff developed the lattice analogy, which modeled membrane and plate bending of structures as a lattice framework. The work is now considered a turning point on the path to the Finite Element Method, of which he is regarded as a founder.
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Devised the framework method that became a forerunner of the finite element method used across structural engineering.
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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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Alexander Pavlovich Hrennikoff (11 November 1896 - 31 December 1984) was a Russian-Canadian structural engineer, a founder of the Finite Element Method.
Biography section, second paragraph
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.
In Field: Civil Engineering, Biography section, first paragraph
From 1933 until his death in 1984 he worked as a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
In Group: Bridge and Structural Engineers, Introduction
Alexander Pavlovich Hrennikoff (Russian: Александр Павлович Хренников; 11 November 1896-31 December 1984) was a Russian-Canadian structural engineer, a founder of the Finite Element Method.
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