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See:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/pes20/MJSewell/mjs.html
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80-132480
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/michael-j.-sewell
Emeritus professor of applied mechanics
University of Reading, UK
Main Research Interests:
Mechanics of elastic and plastic solids and structures
Mechanics of fluids and continuum mechanics
Meteorology
Variational and extremum principles - duality
Catastrophe and singularity theory - bifurcation theory
Other Interests:
Mathematics masterclasses for young people. Local Organiser of Royal Institution Masterclasses for 13-year-olds in Berkshire (1991-2000), and for 8 to 10-year-olds in West Berkshire, and in Windsor and Maidenhead (1999-2011).
Playing member of Reading University Academic Staff Cricket Club, 1967 to 2002, and Captain from 1978 to 1981. Here are my descriptions of 17 Cricket Grounds visited by RUASCC.
Biographies of mathematics teachers (2006/7 below).
Family history (2002/6/7 below).
Appointments:
1960-1962 Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Nottingham
1962-1963 Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Nottingham
1963-1966 Research Associate in Theoretical Mechanics, University of Bristol
1966-1977 Reader in Applied Mathematics, University of Reading
1970-1971 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Research Center, University of Wisconsin (also summer 1982, 1983, 1984)
1976 Visiting Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (also University of Waterloo, Canada and University of Mexico)
1977-1999 Personal Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Reading
1999-date Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Reading
2010 Associate Tutor, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey
Selected Publications:
A General Theory of Inelastic Column Failure, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nottingham.
A General Theory of Inelastic Column Failure, Part I, (with R. Hill), J. Mech. Phys. Solids 8, 105 - 111, also published in Russian in Mechanika 6, 129 - 136, 1961.
A General Theory of Inelastic Column Failure, Part II, (with R. Hill), J. Mech. Phys. Solids 8, 112 -118, also published in Russian in Mechanika 6, 137 - 144, 1961.
A General Theory of Inelastic Column Failure, Part III, (with R. Hill), J. Mech. Phys. Solids 10, 285 - 300, 1962
A General Theory of Elastic and Inelastic Plate Failure, Part I, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 11, 377 - 393, 1963
A General Theory of Elastic and Inelastic Plate Failure, Part II, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 12, 279 - 297, 1964
The Static Perturbation Technique in Buckling Problems, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 13, 247 - 265, 1965.
On the Connexion between Stability and the Shape of the Equilibrium Surface, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 14, 203 - 230, 1966
A General Theory of Equilibrium Paths through Critical Points, Part I, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A306, 201-223, 1968
A General Theory of Equilibrium Paths through Critical Points, Part II, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A306, 225-238, 1968
A Method of Post-Buckling Analysis, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 17, 219 - 233, 1969
On the Branching of Equilibrium Paths, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A315, 499 - 518, 1970
A Survey of Plastic Buckling, pp. 85 - 197 of Stability, edited by H. Leipholz, Waterloo University Press, 1972
A Yield Surface Corner Lowers the Buckling Stress of an Elastic-Plastic Plate under Compression, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 21, 19 - 45, 1973
A Plastic Flow Rule at a Yield Corner, pp. 95 - 97 of Buckling of Structures, edited by B. Budiansky, Springer-Verlag, 1974
Elastic and Plastic Bifurcation Theory, Lectures to the Seminar on the Plasticity Theory and its Application in Techniques, University of Nis, Yugoslavia. 1975
Book: Mechanics of Solids. The Rodney Hill 60th Anniversary Volume, (edited with H.G.Hopkins), xxiv + 693 pp., Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1982
Mechanical Demonstrations of Buckling and Branching, Bull. Inst. Maths. Applics. 19, 61 - 66, 1983
Book: Maximum and Minimum Principles. A Unified Approach, with Applications, xvi + 468 pp., Cambridge University Press, 1987. Reprinted 1990 and 2007
Demonstrations of Buckling by Bifurcation and Snapping, pp. 315 - 345 of Elasticity: Mathematical Methods and Applications. The Ian Sneddon 70th Birthday Volume, edited by G. Eason and R.W. Ogden, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 1990
Branching and Snapping in Mechanics, a Mathematics Masterclass, xiv + 34 pp., 1990
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