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Ronald S. Rivlin

Ronald S. Rivlin

D-Index & Metrics

Mathematics

D-Index
43
Citations
10598
World Ranking
1668
National Ranking
721

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
16362
World Ranking
879
National Ranking
373

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1993 - Theodore von Karman Medal
  • 1987 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1961 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ronald S. Rivlin was affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the field of mechanical engineering and related disciplines.

Their achievements were recognized through several prestigious awards. These included being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007. Earlier honors consisted of receiving the Theodore von Karman Medal in 1993 and the Timoshenko Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1987. Additionally, they were a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1961.

Best Publications

  • Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials IV. further developments of the general theory

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  • Rupture of rubber. I. Characteristic energy for tearing

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  • Stress-Deformation Relations for Isotropic Materials

    R. S. Rivlin;J. L. Ericksen

  • Large Elastic Deformations of Isotropic Materials

    R. S. Rivlin

  • Multipolar continuum mechanics

    A. E. Green;R. S. Rivlin

  • The Mechanics of Non-Linear Materials with Memory

    A. E. Green;A. E. Green;R. S. Rivlin;R. S. Rivlin

  • The Theory of Matrix Polynomials and its Application to the Mechanics of Isotropic Continua

    A. J. M. Spencer;R. S. Rivlin

  • Simple force and stress multipoles

    A. E. Green;R. S. Rivlin

  • Further results in the theory of matrix polynomials

    A. J. M. Spencer;R. S. Rivlin

  • Further Remarks on the Stress-Deformation Relations for Isotropic Materials

    R. S. Rivlin

  • The mechanics of non-linear materials with memory: Part II

    A. E. Green;R. S. Rivlin;A. J. M. Spencer

  • On cauchy's equations of motion

    Albert E. Green;Ronald S. Rivlin

  • Surface Waves in Deformed Elastic Materials

    M. Hayes;R. S. Rivlin

  • Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials. V. The problem of flexure

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  • The hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian fluids. I

    R. S. Rivlin

  • Flow of a Newtonian fluid between eccentric rotating cylinders: Inertial effects

    B. Y. Ballal;R. S. Rivlin

  • Torsion of a Rubber Cylinder

    R. S. Rivlin

  • Large Elastic Deformations of Homogeneous Anisotropic Materials

    J. L. Ericksen;R. S. Rivlin

  • THE STRAIN-ENERGY FUNCTION FOR ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC MATERIALS

    G. F. Smith;R. S. Rivlin

  • The relation between the flow of non-Newtonian fluids and turbulent Newtonian fluids

    R. S. Rivlin

  • The Formulation of Constitutive Equations in Continuum Physics. II

    R. S. Rivlin

  • Isotropic integrity bases for vectors and second-order tensors

    A. J. M. Spencer;A. J. M. Spencer;R. S. Rivlin;R. S. Rivlin

  • Large Elastic Deformations

    A. E. Green;J. E. Adkins;R. S. Rivlin

Frequent Co-Authors

A. N. Gent
A. N. Gent University of Akron
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt University of California, Berkeley
Daniel D. Joseph
Daniel D. Joseph University of Minnesota

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