THE ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS

Based on the historical data, this paper briefly describes the establishment process of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and some stories of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM) joining the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1980 , which can be used as a reference for readers to study the history of mechanics.