Kenneth Johnson | |
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Born | 19 March 1925 |
Died | 21 September 2015 | (aged 90)
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Thesis | An experimental investigation of the effects of an oscillating tangential force at the interface between elastic bodies in contact (1954) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | engineering |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Main interests | contact mechanics |
Kenneth Langstreth Johnson (19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015) was a British engineer, Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1992 and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] Most of his research was in the areas of tribology and contact mechanics.