Abstract
Alan Wells was probably best known for his seminal contributions to studies of brittle fracture and fracture mechanics conducted during his period at the British Welding Research Association (BWRA) from 1951 to 1964. He was Professor of Structural Science at Queen's University Belfast from 1964 to 1977, when he returned to the Welding Institute (as the BWRA had then become) as Director General until his retirement in 1988. In his later years, he worked on wave energy devices and was responsible for the development of the innovative ‘Wells’ turbine, a device that continues to rotate in the same direction under oscillatory air flows.
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