Wilhelm Flügge

Gottfried Wilhelm Flügge (March 18, 1904 – March 19, 1990) was a German engineer, and Professor of Applied Mechanics at Stanford University. He is known as recipient of the 1970 Theodore von Karman Medal in Engineering Mechanics, and the 1970 Worcester Reed Warner Medal.

In 1934 Flügge published his most noted work ''Statik und Dynamik der Schalen'' in German, in 1960 translated it into English, entitled ''Stresses in shells.'' In those days this work evolved into the international standard work on shell theory.

As Gere et al. (2004) put it, that work "served as the handbook for designers of concrete roofs, pressure vessels for storage and power generation, as well as aircraft, and served as the established point of departure for countless analytical and experimental research investigations. Even after numerous other texts on the subject have appeared, this book continues to occupy the position of primary reference." Provided by Wikipedia