Alexander Hrennikoff

Hrennikoff Alexander (* 1896 in Russia; † 31 December 1984) was a Russian- Canadian engineer and co-founder of the finite element method.

Hrennikoffs stations were the University of British Columbia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1933 until his death in 1984 Hrennikoff worked as a professor of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia.

Important publications

  • A. Hrennikoff: Solution of problems of elasticity by the frame -work method. ASME J. Appl. Mech 8 (1941 ), 8, pp. 169-175
  • Flegel, Robert: Contributions to Hrennikoffschen rod models for disc and disc problems. 1968
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