C.R. Smith (engineer)

Clarence R. Smith was a Structures Design Specialist in the Fatigue Laboratory at General Dynamics/Convair.^[1]

Education

Smith studied physics at Stanford University.^[2]

Smith joined Convair in 1941, working extensively in the area of fatigue with a focus on aluminum aircraft structures.^[3] He contributed work on fatigue in support of the US Air Force,^[2] US Navy,^[1] and NASA.^[4] Smith was an early adopter of photoelasticity to determining stress concentrations due to notches, corner fillets, and holes in materials. He was an active member if the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (later the Society for Experimental Mechanics) serving on the Executive Committee from 1953 to 1955, and the American Society for Testing Materials.^[2] He was the second recipient of the SESA Tatnall award after Frank Tatnall.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "TIPS ON FATIGUE" (PDF). Published by Direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons. NAVWEPS 00-25-559. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 7, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Division, United States Wright Air Development (1959). WADD Technical Report. Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force.
^ ^a ^b "SEM History - Clarence R. Smith" (PDF). Experimental Techniques. 24. 2000.
^ "S-N CHARACTERISTICS OF NOTCHED SPECIMENS" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA CR-54503.
^ "Society for Experimental Mechanics". sem.org. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
^ "Society for Experimental Mechanics". sem.org. Retrieved December 21, 2021.