Gabrio Piola

Gabrio Piola
Vincenzo Vela, Statue of Gabrio Piola, 1857. Palazzo Brera, Milan
Born(1794-07-15)15 July 1794
Milan, Duchy of Milan
Died9 November 1850(1850-11-09) (aged 56)
Giussano, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Pavia
Known forPiola–Kirchhoff stress tensor
Piola transformation
Piola stress tensor
Scientific career
Fields
Doctoral advisorVincenzo Brunacci
Doctoral studentsFrancesco Brioschi

Gabrio Piola (15 July 1794 – 9 November 1850) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, member of the Lombard Institute of Science, Letters and Arts. He studied in particular continuum mechanics, linking his name to the tensors called Piola–Kirchhoff.

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