Zvi Hashin (1929–29 October 2017) was an Israeli
mechanical engineer
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.
He was a professor for engineering sciences at
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
. In 2012, he won the
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering, for his research on
micro-mechanics of failure of
fibre-reinforced plastic
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Publications
* Z. Hashin, Failure criteria for unidirectional fiber composites, J. Appl. Mech.,47, 329–334 (1980).
References
External links
* http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~hashin/
1929 births
2017 deaths
Tel Aviv University faculty
Israeli mechanical engineers
Israel Prize in technology and engineering recipients
Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni
German emigrants to Israel
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