Arthur Leissa

Arthur W. Leissa is an American scientist specialised in the vibrations and dynamics of continuous systems fields.

Arthur Leissa obtained his PhD in 1958 in the Ohio State University.

The activities he is involved in imply:

• vibrations of plates
• effects of corner singularities
• shallow shell vibrations
• three-dimensional vibrations of bodies of revolution
• laminated composite structural elements

Professor Leissa is a member of the American Academy of Mechanics (which he presided in 1987-88) and ASME. Since 1993, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Applied Mechanics Reviews.

• Vibration of Plates, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969
• Vibration of Shells, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973
• Buckling and Postbuckling Theory for Laminated Composite Plates, Chapter 1 in Buckling and Postbuckling of Composite Plates, edited by G.J. Turvey and I.J. Marshall, Chapman and Hall Publishers Ltd., pp. 3–29, 1995