Hu Haichang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hú.

Hu Haichang (Chinese: 胡海昌; pinyin: Hú Hǎichāng; April 25, 1928, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China – February 21, 2011, in Beijing, China) was a Chinese mechanical and astronautic engineer. He was in charge of the early phase development for Dong Fang Hong I, which is the first artificial satellite of China. Hu was also a senior academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Biography

Hu was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in April 1928. Hu graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and his academic advisor was Chien Wei-zang.

After graduation, Hu joined the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, which was mainly founded by Tsien Hsue-shen in 1950s. From 1968 until retired, Hu worked for the CAS Department of Spacecraft System Design.

Hu mainly generalized some versatile variational principles especially in elastic mechanics and promoted their corresponding applications such as in the spacecraft system design. Hu worked for China's spacecraft system design as early as 1966. Hu was in charge of the general system and structure design both for the Dong Fang Hong I and Dong Fang Hong II satellites in their early development phases.

In 1993, Hu became a senior advisor and member of the Science and Technology Commission of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, a technical consultant of the China Academy of Space Technology. He was also the Honorary Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the Department of Spacecraft System Design.

Hu was the Chief Director of the Chinese Society for Vibrational Engineering (Traditional/Simplified Chinese: 中國振動工程學會/中国振动工程学会) and a vice-president of the Chinese Society of Mechanics (中國力學學會/中国力学学会).

Hu was a part-time professor of Peking University in Beijing, Zhejiang University and Jilin University in Changchun, Jilin Province, and he was titled as an Honorary Professor of Qingdao University in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Hu was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Academic contributions

The Hu Washizu principle and the Hu-Washizu functional in continuum mechanics is named after him.

The Hu Hai-chang's solution or Hu's solution for the 3-dimensional problems in the theory of elasticity of a transversely isotropic body, is also named after Hu.^[1]^[2]

References

External links

China Academy of Space Technology: The Biography of Hu Haichang ((English), including photo)
China Vitae: Biography of Hu Haichang ((English), including photo)
The Holeung Ho Lee Foundation: Abstract of Hu Haichang ((English), including photo)

Chinese space program

Space programs	Beidou Navigation Satellite System Chinese anti-satellite missile test Chinese space station CBERS CLEP (Chang'e) Dark Matter Particle Explorer Dong Fang Hong Double Star Fanhui Shi Weixing Fengyun Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope Kuafu Kuaizhou Long March Naga-L Project 921-3 Shenlong Shenzhou program Shuguang Space Solar Telescope Tiangong program Tianlian I Tianzhou Yaogan Yinghuo-1

Launch sites	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Xichang Satellite Launch Center (include China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site)

Scientists	Chen Qiufa Du Qinghua Hu Haichang Ma Xingrui Ouyang Ziyuan Qi Faren Qian Xuesen Sun Laiyan Wan Hu Wang Yongzhi Xu Dazhe Ye Peijian Zhao Jiuzhang Zhu Miaolong

Astronauts	Chen Dong Fei Junlong Jing Haipeng Liu Boming Liu Yang Liu Wang Nie Haisheng Yang Liwei Zhai Zhigang Zhang Xiaoguang Wang Yaping

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

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