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Egon Orowan

Affiliations: 
1939-1947 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 
 1950-1968 Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States 
Area:
metallurgy, plastic deformation
Website:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5406&page=261
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Bio:

(1902 - 1989)
http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/51933.html
DOI: 10.1098/rsbm.1995.0020
https://history.aip.org/phn/11906003.html

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Parents

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Richard Becker grad student 1932 TU Berlin
 (Die Zugfestigkeit von Glimmer und das Problem der technischen Festigkeit)

Children

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Robert W Cahn grad student (Chemistry Tree)
Peter L. Pratt grad student Cambridge (E-Tree)
Robert W. K. Honeycombe grad student 1947-1949 Cambridge
Paul R. Paslay grad student 1955 MIT (E-Tree)
Ali S. Argon grad student 1956 MIT
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Elliot RA, Orowan E, Udoguchi T, et al. (2004) Absence of yield points in iron on strain reversal after aging, and the Bauschinger overshoot Mechanics of Materials. 36: 1143-1153
Orowan E. (1974) Origin of Surface Features of the Moon Proceedings of the Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 336: 141-163
Doyle MJ, Maranci A, Orowan E, et al. (1972) The Fracture of Glassy Polymers Proceedings of the Royal Society a: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 329: 137-151
Orowan E. (1970) The physical basis of adhesion Journal of the Franklin Institute. 290: 493-512
Orowan E. (1966) Dilatancy and the seismic focal mechanism Reviews of Geophysics. 4: 395
Orowan E. (1965) Convection in a non-Newtonian mantle, continental drift, and mountain building Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 258: 284-313
Argon AS, Orowan E. (1964) Crack nucleation in mgo single crystals Philosophical Magazine. 9: 1023-1039
Argon AS, Orowan E. (1964) Plastic deformation in mgo single crystals Philosophical Magazine. 9: 1003-1021
Argon AS, Orowan E. (1961) Lattice rotation at slip band intersections Nature. 192: 447-448
ARGON AS, HORI Y, OROWAN E. (1960) Indentation Strength of Glass Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 43: 86-96
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