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C. E. Inglis
Department of Engineering Head of Department 1919-43
He carried the largest teaching load, covering the subjects : statics, dynamics, theory of structures, materials and drawing, balancing engines, girder design and reinforced concrete.
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Griffith理论
C. E. Inglis
thin plate of glass with an elliptical hole in the middle He found that point A, at the end of the ellipse, was feeling the most pressure. He also found that as the ratio of a/b gets bigger (the ellipse gets longer and thinner) that the stress at A becomes greater and greater The maximum stress occurs at the ends of the major axis of the cavity and is given by Inglis’s formula
(1913), pp.219–230.
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C. E. Inglis
Sir Charles Edward Inglis (31 July 1875-19 April 1952) was a British civil engineer. Inglis spent much of his life as a lecturer and academic at King's College Cambridge and made several important studies into the effects of vibration and defects on the strength of plate steel. Inglis served in the Royal Engineers during the First World War and invented a lightweight, reusable steel bridge - the precursor and inspiration for the Bailey bridge of the Second World War . His military service was rewarded with an appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire His mother died when he only is eleven days, he was brought up by his father’s unmarried sister.