Alan Hugh Muhr is a retired
TARRC scientist noted for contributions to understanding the mechanics elastomer applications, including laminated rubber isolators, marine fenders, automotive mounts, and structural energy dissipation systems[1]
Muhr joined TARRC in 1983, known at the time as the Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Association. He was recruited by
Alan G. Thomas to work on the abrasion of rubber and its relationship to crack-growth characteristics. He later became an authority on the mechanics of flexible rubber-steel laminates and seismic isolaters.[4] In 1999, he was promoted to Leader of the Engineering Research & Design Unit.[5] His most cited work in the rubber field is a review on modeling
stress-strain behavior.[6] Muhr organized a 2005 symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of
Rivlin and
Thomas' seminar work on
fracture mechanics in rubber,[7] and he co-founded the biennial
European Conference on Constitutive Models for Rubber.[8][9]