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British engineer
Kenneth Langstreth Johnson
FRS
[1]
FREng (19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015) was a British engineer,
Professor of Engineering at the
University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1992 and a
Fellow of
Jesus College, Cambridge.
[2] Most of his research was in the areas of
tribology and
contact mechanics.
Education
Johnson was educated at
Barrow Grammar School and the
University of Manchester where he was awarded MScTech,
Master of Arts and
Doctor of Philosophy degrees supervised by H. Wright Baker.
[3]
Awards and honours
Johnson was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1987,
[4] a
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1982
[1]
[5] and won their
Royal Medal in 2003
[6] "In recognition of his outstanding work in the field of
contact mechanics." His 1971 paper
[7] with
Kevin Kendall and
Alan D. Roberts forms the basis of modern theories of
contact mechanics.
[8] He also made significant contributions to the understanding of fluid rheology under elastohydrodynamic
lubrication conditions.
[9]
He received the International Award from the
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers in 1983.
[10] He was awarded the Tribology Gold Medal from the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1985.
[11] He was awarded the
Mayo D. Hersey Award from the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1991.
[12] In 1999, Johnson won the
William Prager Medal awarded by the Society of Engineering Science.
[13] He was also awarded the 2006
Timoshenko Medal.
[14]
He died on 21 September 2015.
[2]
[4]
References
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a
b
c Smith, Roderick Arthur (2016).
"Kenneth Langstreth Johnson. 19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015".
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62. London:
Royal Society: 247–265.
doi:
10.1098/rsbm.2016.0012.
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a
b
"JOHNSON, Prof. Kenneth Langstreth".
Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2016 (online
Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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^ Johnson, Kenneth Langstreth (1954).
An experimental investigation of the effects of an oscillating tangential force at the interface between elastic bodies in contact (PhD thesis).
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
OCLC
500485074.[
permanent dead link]
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a
b Smith, Roderick Arthur (2015).
"Kenneth Johnson: Inspirational lecturer and researcher who wrote the definitive text on contact mechanics".
The Independent. London. Archived from
the original on 22 December 2015.
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^
"Fellows". Royal Society. Archived from
the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
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^
"Royal Medal Winners: 2007 - 1990". Archived from
the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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^ Johnson, Kenneth Langstreth; Kendall, Kevin; Roberts, A. D.; Tabor, David (1971).
"Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 324 (1558): 301–313.
Bibcode:
1971RSPSA.324..301J.
doi:
10.1098/rspa.1971.0141.
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^ Ciavarella, M.; Joe, J.; Papangelo, A.; Barber, J. R. (2019).
"The role of adhesion in contact mechanics". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 16 (151): 20180738.
doi:
10.1098/rsif.2018.0738.
PMC
6408355.
PMID
30958203.
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^ Evans, C R; Johnson, K L (1986).
"The Rheological Properties of Elastohydrodynamic Lubricants". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 200 (5): 303–312.
doi:
10.1243/PIME_PROC_1986_200_134_02.
ISSN
0954-4062.
S2CID
135487459.
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"International Award | STLE". www.stle.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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"IMechE Tribology Gold Medal Laureates | Institution of Mechanical Engineers". www.imeche.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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"Mayo D. Hersey Award". www.asme.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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"Prager Medal". Society of Engineering Science. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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"2006 Timoshenko Medal Acceptance Speech by Kenneth L. Johnson". Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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