Alan W. Bishop
Alan Wilfred Bishop | |
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Born | Whitstable, England | 27 May 1920
Died | 30 June 1988 Whitstable, England | (aged 68)
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Imperial College London, UK University of Cambridge, UK |
Known for | Bishop's method of Slope stability analysis |
Awards | 6th Rankine Lecture (1966) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Soil mechanics |
Institutions | Imperial College London, UK |
Academic advisors | Alec Skempton |
Notable students | Nicholas Ambraseys, John H. Atkinson, Peter Rolfe Vaughan, Stephen G. Evans |
Alan Wilfred Bishop (27 May 1920 – 30 June 1988) was a British geotechnical engineer and academic, working at Imperial College London.
He was known for the Bishop's method[1] of analysing soil slopes. After his graduation from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Bishop worked under Alec Skempton and obtained his PhD in 1952 with his thesis title being: The stability of earth dams.[2] He worked extensively in the field of experimental Soil mechanics and developed apparati for soil testing, such as the triaxial test and the ring shear.
His contribution to the science was widely acknowledged and he was invited in 1966 to deliver the 6th Rankine Lecture of the British Geotechnical Association titled: The strength of soils as engineering materials.[3]
Nowadays, a part of the Soil Mechanics Laboratories at Imperial College is named after him in recognition of his long-time work at the College.
See also
References
- ^ Bishop's method
- ^ Bishop A. W. (1952), The stability of earth dams. PhD Thesis, Imperial College London
- ^ Bishop A. W. (1966), The strength of soils as engineering materials. Rankine Lecture, Geotechnique, 16 (2), 91–130
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- The Skempton and Bishop Archives
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- 1920 births
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