Heinrich Hencky (∗November 2, 1885, in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany; †July 6, 1951, in Gries, Tyrol, Austria) was an engineer with contributions to plasticity, continuum mechanics, and plate theory, among others.
Early Years and Education
Heinrich Hencky was born in Ansbach (Bavaria), as elder son of a Bavarian school administrator. After the early death of his father, he studied civil engineering at the Technische Hochschule Munich. This was followed by his military service and a short activity as engineer for the Alsatian Railway in Strasbourg. In 1912, he moved to the Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt as “design engineer and assistant for engineering sciences” and received his doctorate in 1913 with a thesis on the numerical calculation of stresses in thin plates.
Professional Career
After completing his doctorate, he sought for a new position in railway engineering (in those days one of the most attractive branches in civil engineering) and in 1914 moved to...
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Altenbach, H., Bruhns, O.T. (2018). Hencky, Heinrich. In: Altenbach, H., Öchsner, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53605-6_292-1
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