Information from Johns Hopkins University

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CLIFFORD A. TRUESDELL, III

Professor Emeritus of Rational Mechanics
Program in Rational Mechanics
Phone: (410) 516-7264

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Special functions
  • Theory of elastic shells
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Dynamics of rarefied gases
  • Kinematics of continua
  • Kinetic theory of gases
  • Statistical mechanics
  • General continuum mechanics
  • Large elastic deformations
  • Acoustics
  • Thermodynamics
  • History of science
  • EDUCATION

    EXPERIENCE

    AWARDS AND HONORS

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    BOOKS

    BOOK CHAPTER


    Last modified: Wed May 22 08:35:58 EDT 1996
    Jon Doyle <doyle@mit.edu>