Frank A. McClintock (January 2, 1921 – February 20, 2011)
Frank McClintock, professor emeritus, alumnus, dies at 90, February 24, 2011.
Frank A. McClintock, January 10, 2007. of Concord, Massachusetts, Concord,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

, was an American

mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations o ...

material science A material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their geol ...

. A pioneer in the study of

ductile fracture Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity sur ...

, McClintock was an Emeritus professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. Along with Ali S. Argon in 1966 he co-authored a book titled ''Mechanical Behavior of Materials''.
Mechanical behavior of materials. / Frank A. McClintock and Ali S. Argon, editors. ontributors Ali S. Argon nd others/ref> "His professional contributions revolutionized the understanding of the fracture process in engineering practice, by introducing a physical and mechanistic perspective emphasizing the plasticity aspects of ductile fracture and fatigue crack propagation."

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