Walter Pilkey (1936–2007) was a professor of mechanical engineering at

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. He earned his PhD from

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Research

His areas of professional interest included crash safety, shock and

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. He wrote or co-authored more than 30 books and 300 professional articles. He founded ''Shock and Vibration'', a journal published in association with

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and the limited distribution journal ''Critical Technology in Shock and Vibration'', also in association with SAVIAC. He was the editor-in-chief of the ''International Journal of Finite Elements'' ''in Analysis and Design''. Professor Pilkey was a Fellow of the

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Selected publications

* Pilkey, Walter,Formulas for Stress, Strain, and Structural Matrices, Wiley, 2nd edition (November 11, 2004), , *Pilkey, Walter, Pilkey, Deborah, Peterson's Stress Concentration Factors, Wiley, 3rd edition (January 14, 2008), , *Pilkey, Walter, Analysis and Design of Elastic Beams: Computational Methods, Wiley, (June 3, 2002), ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilkey, Walter University of Virginia faculty American mechanical engineers 1936 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American engineers