Alan H. Muhr

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Alan Hugh Muhr is a retired TARRC scientist noted for contributions to understanding the mechanics elastomer applications, including laminated rubber isolators, marine fenders, automotive mounts, and structural energy dissipation systems [1]

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Education

Muhr graduated in 1975 with an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge. He completed his PhD and post-doctoral research at the University of Nottingham on the rheology, thermodynamics and crystallization of polysaccharides. [2] [3]

Career

Muhr joined TARRC in 1983, known at the time as the Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Association. He was recruited by Alan G. Thomas to work on the abrasion of rubber and its relationship to crack-growth characteristics. He later became an authority on the mechanics of flexible rubber-steel laminates and seismic isolaters. [4] In 1999, he was promoted to Leader of the Engineering Research & Design Unit. [5] His most cited work in the rubber field is a review on modeling stress-strain behavior. [6] Muhr organized a 2005 symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rivlin and Thomas' seminar work on fracture mechanics in rubber, [7] and he co-founded the biennial European Conferences on Constitutive Models for Rubber. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "TARRC's Dr Alan Muhr wins Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award". tarrc.co.uk. TARRC. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Muhr, A. H.; Blanshard, J. M. V. (1986). "Effect of polysaccharide stabilizers on the rate of growth of ice". International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 21 (6): 683–710. doi:10.1111/ijfs1986216683 . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Alan Muhr". rubber.confex.org. ACS Rubber Division. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Guerreiro, Luís; Azevedo, João; Muhr, Alan H. (2007). "Seismic tests and numerical modeling of a rolling-ball isolation system". Journal of Earthquake Engineering. 11 (1): 49–66. doi:10.1080/13632460601123172. S2CID   108816146 . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "TARRC's Dr Alan Muhr wins Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award". tarrc.co.uk. TARRC. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Muhr, Alan H. (1 July 2005). "Modeling the Stress-Strain Behavior of Rubber". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 78 (3): 391–425. doi:10.5254/1.3547890 . Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Fracture Mechanics and Elastomers seminar: 50 not out". tarrc.co.uk. TARRC. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Busfield, James (12 November 2013). "Editorial". Plastics, Rubber and Composites. 41 (7): 271–272. doi: 10.1179/1465801112Z.00000000096 . S2CID   218681103.
  9. ↑ Dorfmann, Al; Muhr, A. H. (1 January 1999). Constitutive Models for Rubber. Taylor and Francis. ISBN   9789058091130 . Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Meyer, Bruce (15 October 2014). "ExxonMobil scientist to receive 2015 Charles Goodyear Medal". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  11. ↑ Anthony, Chris (24 October 2018). "Dr Alan Muhr awarded the Hancock Medal". Tyrepress. Tyrepress. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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