- Yuan-Cheng Fung
Yuan-Cheng Bert Fung (born 1919) is a modern scientist, regarded as a founding figure of
bioengineering and the "Founder of ModernBiomechanics " [ [http://www.techscience.com/mcb_pdf/v1n1/pdf/184288277842.pdf YC “Bert” Fung: The Father of Modern Biomechanics (pdf)] ] . He was born inJiangsu Province,China in 1919. He earned a Bachelor's degree in 1941 and a Master's degree in 1943 from theNational Central University of China, and earned a Ph.D. from theCalifornia Institute of Technology in theUnited States in 1948. He is a professor emeritus at theUniversity of California, San Diego .He is the author of numerous books including Foundations of Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, and a series of books on Biomechanics.
He is also one of the principal founders of the Journal of Biomechanics.
He is well known for Fung's Law.
Fung's law in 1-D is written:
:sigma+eta=exp(alpha [lambda-1] )
Fung's famous exponential strain energy function (in 3-D) is ρw = c exp(Q), Q is a quadratic form of strains.
He was a past chair of the ASME International
Applied Mechanics Division , and was the 1991 recipient of theTimoshenko Medal .References
External links
* [http://www-bioeng.ucsd.edu/faculty/alpha/faculty.cfm?psnid=1948 Profile at UCSD]
*Y.C. Fung, [http://amresearch.blogspot.com/2006/07/1991-timoshenko-medal-lecture-by-yuan.html Mechanics of Man] , Acceptance Speech for the Timoshenko Medal.
* [http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/YC_Fung_Young_Investigator.cfm YC Fung Young Investigator Award]
* [http://www.techscience.com/mcb_pdf/v1n1/pdf/171267552381.pdf YC Fung: A Scientific Giant and a Kind Man (pdf)]
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