Bill Johnson (scientist)

William "Bill" Johnson FRS[2] FREng (20 April 1922 – 13 June 2010) was a British engineer, educator, research scientist and Professor of Mechanics at the University of Cambridge.[2][3][4][5] He died in June 2010 at the age of 88.[6]

Bill Johnson
Born
William Johnson

(1922-04-20)20 April 1922
Openshaw, Manchester, England
Died13 June 2010(2010-06-13) (aged 88)
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Awards and honours

Johnson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1982. His nomination reads:

Distinguished for basic studies of the mechanics of metal forming and for pioneering investigations of novel technological processes. Johnson's 230 papeers and five books have established an international reputation in metal-working theory and design. His experimental work is imaginative and wide-ranging, and is supported by effective mathematical calculations. He has made substantial contributions to the fundamental understanding of metal flow in extrusion, forging, deep-drawing, blanking, and machining processes. In recent years he has systematically explored difficult and hazardous techniques of explosive forming and cutting. His latest ventures are in speculative fields such as ring-rolling, rotary forging, bubble-casting, electro-magnetic and magneto-hydraulic shaping, and energy-absorption devices. Johnson is the founder-editor of the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, and has served as a consultant to many companies and government bodies. He has been for many years the inspiring leader of an extremely active and productive group of research engineers.[1]

References
  1. "EC/1982/19: Johnson, William". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27.
  2. Reid, Stephen Robert (2014). "William Johnson FREng. 20 April 1922 -- 13 June 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60: 261. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0001. (subscription required)
  3. Authors, V. (2004). "Book reviews". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 58: 101. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2003.0230.
  4. Bill Johnson's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. Mamalis, A. G.; Johnson, W. (1983). "The quasi-static crumpling of thin-walled circular cylinders and frusta under axial compression". International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 25 (9–10): 713. doi:10.1016/0020-7403(83)90078-4.
  6. PROFESSOR WILLIAM JOHNSON, FREng, FRS OBITUARY


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