Zvi Hashin (; 1929–29 October 2017) was an Israeli

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 ...

. He was a professor for engineering sciences at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) is a Public university, public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and ...

. In 2012, he won the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering, for his research on micro-mechanics of failure of

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Publications

* Z. Hashin, Failure criteria for unidirectional fiber composites, J. Appl. Mech.,47, 329–334 (1980).

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* http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~hashin/ 1929 births 2017 deaths Academic staff of Tel Aviv University Israeli mechanical engineers Israel Prize in technology and engineering recipients Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) laureates Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni German emigrants to Israel {{Israel-engineer-stub