Kenneth H. Roscoe

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Kenneth H. Roscoe
Born13 December 1914
Died10 April 1970
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Academic advisorsJohn Baker, Baron Baker
Doctoral studentsPeter Wroth
Andrew N. Schofield
John Burland
A. Thurairajah

Kenneth Harry Roscoe (13 December 1914 – 10 April 1970) was a British civil engineer who made tremendous contributions to the plasticity theories of soil mechanics.[1]

Early life

Roscoe was born in 1914, the son of Col. H. Roscoe, OBE, of

Prisoner of War.[3]

Work

After returning to the Department of Engineering at

Imperial Geotechnical Laboratories, led to the publication of the critical state concept.[6]

Roscoe's experiences of trying to create tunnels to escape when held as a prisoner of war introduced him to soil mechanics.[3] His pioneering work lead to the formation of the theory of Critical state soil mechanics and what is known today as the Cam clay constitutive model for the behaviour of soils.

Academic Contribution

He was the research supervisor of John Burland, A. Thurairajah, Andrew N. Schofield and Peter Wroth. In 1970, he delivered the 10th Rankine Lecture titled "The influence of strains in soil mechanics".[7]

See also

References

  1. doi:10.1680/geot.1970.20.2.123
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  2. Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ^ a b c d Kenneth H. Roscoe - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, pp. 894-6
  4. ^ Kenneth H. Roscoe - National Portrait Gallery
  5. ^ Kenneth Harry Roscoe at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. doi:10.1680/geot.1958.8.1.22
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  7. ^ Roscoe, K. H. (1970) The influence of strains in soil mechanics. Geotechnique 20(2) 129-170.
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