Kenneth L. Johnson

Kenneth Johnson
Born(1925-03-19)19 March 1925
Died21 September 2015(2015-09-21) (aged 90)
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Known forJKR model
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering
Contact mechanics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisAn experimental investigation of the effects of an oscillating tangential force at the interface between elastic bodies in contact (1954)

Kenneth Langstreth Johnson (19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015) was a British engineer, Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1992 and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Most of his research was in the areas of tribology. He is known for developing the JKR model of contact mechanics.