About Arpad Nadai
Lived 1883 – 1963 (aged 80). Arpad Nadai was a Hungarian engineer and university teacher.
Arpád Ludwig Nádai (3 April 1883 – 18 July 1963) was a Hungarian-born academic who was a professor of mechanics.
Early life and career Nadai was born in Budapest, Hungary. He attended the University of Budapest for his undergraduate education. For doctorate, he went to Germany and studied at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin).
In 1952, he received Bingham Medal for his work.
In 1975, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) established an award, Nadai Medal, named after him.
Publications Theory of flow and fracture of solids and Plasticity; a mechanics of the plastic state of matter
Awards Bingham Medal (1952) Worcester Reed Medal Timoshenko Medal Elliott Cresson Medal
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Who was Arpad Nadai?
Hungarian American mechanical engineer (1883-1963)
When was Arpad Nadai born?
Arpad Nadai was born on 3 April 1883 in Budapest.
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Arpad Nadai died on 18 July 1963 in Pittsburgh.
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Arpad Nadai was an engineer and university teacher.
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Arpad Nadai was Hungarian.
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