Some Historical and Future Aspects of Engineering Mechanics
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128, Issue 12
Abstract
This paper considers some historical aspects of engineering mechanics with emphasis on the long historical development of mechanics from the evolution of mathematics and tool making before the Common Era to modern genomic and nanoengineering research. To focus, the discussion is divided into five periods of development: (1) engineering mechanics before the Common Era B.C., (2) development between the first and sixteenth centuries; (3) acceleration in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; (4) glory of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and (5) window in the twenty-first century. The paper also attempts to project a personal view on the future development in the next 50 years in engineering mechanics. This is given in a section of science fiction and fact at the end of the paper.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128 • Issue 12 • December 2002
Pages: 1242 - 1253
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 5, 2002
Accepted: Jun 5, 2002
Published online: Nov 15, 2002
Published in print: Dec 2002
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