Richard M. Christensen
Brief Biography

About the Author

Richard Christensen received his D. Eng. degree from Yale University in 1961.  Over a long and productive career he has worked in industry, national laboratories and academia.  His books, Theory of Viscoelasticity (Dover) and Mechanics of Composite Materials (Dover), are widely read and referenced.  He has received many  awards for his research with the latest being the Nadai Medal from the Materials Division of ASME for “distinguished achievement and contribution to the field of engineering materials”.  He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Failure Surface Graphics

Home Page

Recent Additons
Updated June. 13, 2019

Failure Characterization

Key Junctures

Navigating the Website
Understanding the Discipline

The First Failure Criterion

General Matters

New Book on Failure

How Do Mises & Tresca Fit In

Is It Stress or Strain

A Basic Failure Mechanism

Can Atomic/Nano Scale
Failure Events Predict
Macroscopic Failure

The Ductile-Brittle Problem

Damage

Failure Theory Applications

The Brittle Limit

Unsolved Problems

Which is Fundamental:
T&C or S&D

Physical Ductility of Elements

Letter to WWFE

WWFE-II Results

A Call to Service

Timoshenko Medal

Acknowledgment

Copyright© 2019
Richard M. Christensen

Looking Ahead