Zvi Hashin (1929–29 October 2017) was an Israeli

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...

. 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.

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 {{Israel-engineer-stub