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Contributions to Dynamic Behaviour of Materials Professor John Edwin Field, FRS 1936–2020
journal contribution
posted on 2021-11-15, 10:57 authored by DR Andrews, NK Bourne, EN Brown, JP Dear, P Dickson, CJ Freeman, SG Goveas, GT Gray, H Hauser, Jonathan Huntley, IM Hutchings, TG Leighton, MJ Matthewson, M Meyers, PJ Rae, CR Siviour, M Swain, D Townsend, S van der Zwaag, SM Walley, DM WilliamsonProfessor John Edwin Field passed away on October 21st, 2020 at the age of 84. Professor Field was widely regarded as a leader in high-strain rate physics and explosives. During his career in the Physics and Chemistry of Solids (PCS) Group of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, John made major contributions into our understanding of friction and erosion, brittle fracture, explosives, impact and high strain-rate effects in solids, impact in liquids, and shock physics. The contributions made by the PCS group are recognized globally and the impact of John’s work is a lasting addition to our knowledge of the dynamic effects in materials. John graduated 84 Ph.D. students and collaborated broadly in the field. Many who knew him attribute their success to the excellent grounding in research and teaching they received from John Field.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
Journal of Dynamic Behavior of MaterialsVolume
7Issue
3Pages
353 - 382Publisher
SpringerVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40870-021-00303-w.Acceptance date
2021-04-12Publication date
2021-05-06Copyright date
2021ISSN
2199-7446eISSN
2199-7454Publisher version
Language
- en