2014 - Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi
2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
2010 - Theodore von Karman Medal
2005 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his seminal contributions to engineering research and education in the area of wave propagation in solids and for pioneering the field of quantitative non-destructive evaluation.", Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
2001 - William Prager Medal
1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1979 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Jan Drewes Achenbach spends much of his time researching Optics, Mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Surface wave and Longitudinal wave. While the research belongs to areas of Optics, Jan Drewes Achenbach spends his time largely on the problem of Ultrasonic sensor, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Lamb waves, Interferometry, Attenuation and Composite material. His Lamb waves research includes themes of Plane wave and Classical mechanics.
His Mechanics study incorporates themes from Crack closure, Crack growth resistance curve, Moving load, Stress and Constitutive equation. He has researched Mathematical analysis in several fields, including Geometry and Transverse isotropy. His Longitudinal wave research entails a greater understanding of Wave propagation.
His primary areas of study are Mechanics, Optics, Ultrasonic sensor, Mathematical analysis and Composite material. His study on Mechanics also encompasses disciplines like
His study looks at the intersection of Mathematical analysis and topics like Scattering with Surface and Diffraction. His study in the fields of Composite number and Stiffness under the domain of Composite material overlaps with other disciplines such as Interphase. The Surface wave study combines topics in areas such as Wave propagation, Rayleigh scattering, Reflection and Free surface.
His scientific interests lie mostly in Surface wave, Ultrasonic sensor, Composite material, Mathematical analysis and Acoustics. His Surface wave study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Scattering, Geometry, Isotropy and Mechanics, Free surface. His Ultrasonic sensor research incorporates elements of Attenuation, Laser, Optics and Sensitivity.
His study looks at the relationship between Composite material and topics such as Acoustic microscopy, which overlap with Characterization. His studies deal with areas such as Amplitude and Wave propagation, Rayleigh wave as well as Mathematical analysis. Mechanical wave is the focus of his Wave propagation research.
Jan Drewes Achenbach focuses on Ultrasonic sensor, Optics, Surface wave, Laser and Composite material. Jan Drewes Achenbach combines subjects such as Material properties and Sensitivity with his study of Ultrasonic sensor. His Surface wave research includes elements of Reciprocity, Mathematical analysis, Superposition principle, Sound wave and Free surface.
His studies in Reciprocity integrate themes in fields like Classical mechanics and Calculus. Jan Drewes Achenbach interconnects Amplitude, Isotropy and Wave propagation, Rayleigh wave in the investigation of issues within Mathematical analysis. His Composite material research integrates issues from Lamb waves and Nonlinear system.
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Wave propagation in elastic solids
Jan D. Achenbach.
(1962)
Wave propagation in elastic solids
Jan D. Achenbach.
(1962)
Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves
D. S. Jones;J. D. Achenbach.
(1986)
Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves
D. S. Jones;J. D. Achenbach.
(1986)
Research techniques in nondestructive testing
R. S. Sharpe;J. D. Achenbach.
(1970)
Effect of interfacial zone on mechanical behavior and failure of fiber-reinforced composites
Jan Drewes Achenbach;H. Zhu.
Journal of The Mechanics and Physics of Solids (1989)
Effect of interfacial zone on mechanical behavior and failure of fiber-reinforced composites
Jan Drewes Achenbach;H. Zhu.
Journal of The Mechanics and Physics of Solids (1989)
Computation of the Weight Function from a Stress Intensity Factor
H.J. Petroski;J.D. Achenbach.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics (1978)
Computation of the Weight Function from a Stress Intensity Factor
H.J. Petroski;J.D. Achenbach.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics (1978)
Continuum Theory for a Laminated Medium
C.-T. Sun;J. D. Achenbach;George Herrmann.
Journal of Applied Mechanics (1968)
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