Bernard Parker Haigh, MBE[1] (8 July 1884[2][3] – 18 January 1941)[4][5] was a Scottish mechanical engineer. Haigh was educated at Allan Glen's School[6] and the University of Glasgow He served as professor of applied mechanics at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich.
Bernard Parker Haigh | |
|---|---|
 Professor Bernard Parker Haigh | |
| Born | 8 July 1884 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 18 January 1941 (aged 56) Greenwich, London, England |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | Haigh diagram, Haigh-Westergaard stress space, Beltrami-Haigh yield criterion |
| Spouse | Mildred May Cole |
| Children | One |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mechanics |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow, Royal Naval College |
| Thesis | Alternating stress testing machine with record of researches carried out (1915) |
Haigh is known for his contributions in the fields of metal fatigue, welding and theory of plasticity. He is particularly known for Haigh diagram.[7][8]
In 1913 Haigh became a lecturer in applied mechanics at the Royal Naval College.
Notable publications
edit- A new machine for alternating load tests (1912)[9]
- Report on Alternating Stress Tests of a Sample of Mild Steel received from the British Association Stress Committee (1916) [10]
- Experiments on the fatigue of brasses (1917)[11]
- Strain-energy Function and the Elastic-limit (1920)[12][13]
- Strain-energy Function and the Elastic limit (1922)[14]
- Stresses in Bridges (1924)[15]
- Hysteresis in relation to cohesion and fatigue (1928)[16]
- Electric welding as an integral part of structural design (1939)[17]
References
edit- ^ "World War 1 at sea: Royal Navy Medals - Award of the Orders of the British Empire". 8 August 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Obituary. Professor Bernard Parker Haigh, M.B.E., D.Sc". Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 16 (6): 209–210. 31 January 1941. doi:10.1680/ijoti.1941.13655.
- ^ "The University of Glasgow Story: Bernard Parker Haigh". 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Milne-Thomson, Louis Melville (22 February 1941). "Obituaries: Prof. B.P. Haigh, M.B.E." Nature. 147 (3721): 230. doi:10.1038/147230a0.
- ^ "Obituary: Bernard Parker Haigh" (PDF). The Engineer. 171: 81–82. 1 April 1941. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Bernard Parker Haigh - Graces Guide".
- ^ Sendeckyj, Georg P. (April 2001). "Constant life diagrams — a historical review". International Journal of Fatigue. 23 (4): 347–353. doi:10.1016/S0142-1123(00)00077-3.
- ^ Stephens, Ralph Ivan; Fatemi, Ali; Stephens, Robert R.; Fuchs, Henry Otten (2000). Metal Fatigue in Engineering (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-471-51059-8. OCLC 43599226.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (22 November 1912). "A new machine for alternating load tests". Engineering. 94. London: Design Council: 721–723.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (1916). "Report on Alternating Stress Tests of a Sample of Mild Steel received from the British Association Stress Committee". Report of the Eighty-Fifth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 7–11 September 1915, Manchester. London: John Murray. pp. 163–170.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (1917). "Experiments on the fatigue of brasses". Journal of the Institute of Metals. 18 (2). London: Institute of Metals: 55–77.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (1920). "Strain-energy Function and the Elastic-limit". Report of the Eighty-Seventh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 9–13 September 1919, Bournemouth. London: John Murray. pp. 486–495.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (30 January 1920). "Strain-energy Function and the Elastic limit". Engineering. 109. London: Design Council: 158–160.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (1922). "Strain-energy Function and the Elastic limit". Report of the Eighty-Ninth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 7–14 September 1921, Edinburgh. London: John Murray. pp. 324–329.
- ^ Wilson, J. S.; Haigh, Bernard Parker (1924). "Stresses in Bridges". Report of the Ninety-First Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 12–19 September 1923, Liverpool. London: John Murray. pp. 368–382.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (1928). "Hysteresis in relation to cohesion and fatigue". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 24: 125–137. doi:10.1039/TF9282400125.
- ^ Haigh, Bernard Parker (1939). "Electric welding as an integral part of structural design". Transactions of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders. 55 (2): 43–82.
 | This article about a Scottish engineer, inventor or industrial designer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biography of a Scottish academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |