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Walter Pilkey

1936 – 2007

American mechanical engineer

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About Walter Pilkey

Lived 1936 – 2007 (aged 70–71). Walter Pilkey was an engineer, university teacher and mechanical engineer.

Walter Pilkey (1936–2007) was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia. He earned his PhD from Penn State.

Research His areas of professional interest included crash safety, shock and computational mechanics. He wrote or co-authored more than 30 books and 300 professional articles. He founded Shock and Vibration, a journal published in association with SAVIAC and the limited distribution journal Critical Technology in Shock and Vibration, also in association with SAVIAC. He was the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Finite Elements in Analysis and Design.

Pilkey was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Selected publications

Pilkey, Walter, Formulas for Stress, Strain, and Structural Matrices, Wiley, 2nd edition (November 11, 2004), , Pilkey, Walter, Pilkey, Deborah, Peterson's Stress Concentration Factors, Wiley, 3rd edition (January 14, 2008), , Pilkey, Walter, Analysis and Design of Elastic Beams: Computational Methods, Wiley, (June 3, 2002), ,

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Important facts

Born
1936
Birth century
Died
2007
Employers
University of Virginia

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Walter Pilkey's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Walter Pilkey?

American mechanical engineer

When was Walter Pilkey born?

Walter Pilkey was born in 1936.

When did Walter Pilkey die?

Walter Pilkey died in 2007.

What was Walter Pilkey's occupation?

Walter Pilkey was an engineer, university teacher and mechanical engineer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Walter Pilkey

· Wikidata: Q16017884

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