Erich Schmid (4 May 1896, in

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– 22 October 1983, in

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) was a physicist from

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. He made important discoveries in the field of

crystal plasticity Crystal plasticity is a mesoscale computational technique that takes into account crystallographic anisotropy in modelling the mechanical behaviour of Crystallite, polycrystalline materials. The technique has typically been used to study deformatio ...

. Schmid studied physics and mathematics at the

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and received his doctorate in 1920 under the supervision of

Felix Ehrenhaft Felix Ehrenhaft (24 April 1879 – 4 March 1952) was an Austrian physicist who contributed to atomic physics, to the measurement of electrical charges and to the optical properties of metal colloids. He was known for his maverick and controversial ...

. He then became the assistant of

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. In 1951 he accepted a position at the University of Vienna and stayed there until retiring in 1967. One of his most successful contributions is the book "''Plasticity of Crystals: with special reference to metals''" ("''Kristallplastizität: Mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Metalle''") which he coauthored with Walter Boas. In 1960 the Austrian Academy of Sciences awarded him the

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and named the institute for material sciences after him ("''Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science''"). He was also awarded the Wilhelm Exner Medal, the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and the Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna. The Schmid Factor (or Schmid's Law) is named for him.

References

External links

Plasticity of Crystals: with special reference to metals
The open access English translation of Schmid's book. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmid, Erich Austrian physicists 1896 births 1983 deaths Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin