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Progress in Applied Mechanics

The Chien Wei-zang Anniversary Volume

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Yeh Kai-yuan

    1. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

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Part of the book series: Mechanics of Surface Structure (MOSS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  5. Elasticity and Plasticity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. A Note on biharmonic functions

      • Fan Wei-Xun
      Pages 93-95

    3. The effect of transverse shear deformations on ring-shaped elastic plates

      • Cheng Chang-Jun, Shang Xin-Chun, Duan Dai-Ming, Zhu Jian-Gang
      Pages 97-118
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About this book

Prof. W. Z. Chien was born on 9 October, 1912 and 1982 saw the 70th anniversary of his birth. Some of his friends, colleagues, and former students prepared this special volume in honour of his outstanding contribution to the field of mechanics. The volume does not contain contributions from all of his students and friends and for this we apologize. Prof. Chien's family have lived. in Qufangquiao Village, Hongshengli, Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province for generations. Many members of his family have been teachers in this village. When he was 14 years old his father died and for a time it appeared necessary to terminate his education but, fortunately, an uncle, Chien Mu, who later became a very famous historian in China, came to his aid and he was able to continue his studies. In 1931 he took entrance exams and was simultaneously admitted to five prestigious Chinese universities. Of these, he chose to enter Tsing-hau University in Beijing, with major work in physics. He received his baccaulaurate in 1935 and taught at middle school for a time until he was awarded a Sino:'British scholarship to study abroad. In the competition for this award, three of the recipients were in the field of mechanics: Prof. C. C. Lin, Prof. Kuo Yung-huai, and Prof. Chien Wei-zang. All three arrived in Toronto in August, 1940 and entered the Depart­ ment of Applied Mathematics of the University of Toronto to study under Prof. J. L. Synge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China

    Yeh Kai-yuan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Progress in Applied Mechanics

  • Book Subtitle: The Chien Wei-zang Anniversary Volume

  • Editors: Yeh Kai-yuan

  • Series Title: Mechanics of Surface Structure

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3487-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3249-4Due: 31 January 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8061-3Published: 30 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3487-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 416

  • Topics: Classical Mechanics

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