John Baker, Baron Baker

John Fleetwood Baker, Baron Baker, ( born March 19, 1901 in Liscard, Cheshire, † September 9, 1985 in Cambridge ) was a British civil engineer and professor of structural engineering at the University of Cambridge.

Life

Baker was the son of JW Baker and Emily Westwood. He studied at Cambridge University (Clare College) and worked at the Air Ministry to the structures for airships. In 1926 he was Assistant Lecturer at University College, Cardiff and 1928 researchers at the Building Research Station. After a tuberculosis disease in 1929, he moved to research in structural steel at Structural Steel Research Committee ( SSRC ), where you had problems with the strongly deviates from the theoretical prediction of measured voltage values ​​in steel structures. Baker developed in Britain a Traglastheorie for steel construction, which was based in contrast to the previously used design according to the elasticity theory to the theory of plasticity. With his pupils, he advocated the application in other areas of civil engineering ..

In 1933 he became a professor at Bristol University. 1939 to 1943 he was scientific adviser to the Department of Homeland Security and developed in 1940 ( according to his burden theory ) a protective device in homes in case of a bomb hit, Morrison indoor shelter (named after the then Secretary of Homeland Security ), which was produced in large numbers the. From 1943 he was professor of mechanical engineering and director of faculty at the University of Cambridge. A building at the Institute (Baker Building ), designed by Bakers load theory and opened in 1952, is named after him. In 1968 he retired. Baker was also the board of several companies.

In 1963 he became an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. In 1977 he received the Peers dignity and became Baron Baker of Windrush ( for a place in Gloucestershire ). He also received the Order of the British Empire (OBE ) and the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Since 1928 he was married to Fiona Mary MacAlister Walker and had two daughters.

Writings

  • Alfred Pippard: The Analysis of Engineering Structures, London, E. Arnold 1937, 4th edition 1968
  • The steel skeleton, Volume 1 (Elastic Design), Cambridge University Press, 1954, Volume 2 (Plastic Design) with Heyman, Horne, Cambridge University Press 1956
  • With Heyman: Plastic design of frames, 2 volumes, Cambridge University Press 1969, 1971, new edition 2008
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