| Birth Date: | 2 January 1921 |
| Birth Place: | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Death Place: | Needham, Massachusetts |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Mechanical engineering, Material science |
| Work Institutions: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology |
| Spouse: | Mary McClintock (m.1945?-2011) (his death) 4 children Martha Roger David Richard |
| Prizes: | James Clayton Prize of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers The Nadai Award Drucker Medal Howe Medal The Griffith Medal of the European Structural Integrity Society |
Frank A. McClintock (January 2, 1921 – February 20, 2011)[1] [2] of Concord, Massachusetts, was an American mechanical engineer in material science. A pioneer in the study of ductile fracture,[3] McClintock was an Emeritus professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Along with Ali S. Argon in 1966 he co-authored a book titled Mechanical Behavior of Materials.[4]
"His professional contributions revolutionized the understanding of the fracture process in engineering practice, by introducing a physical and mechanistic perspective emphasizing the plasticity aspects of ductile fracture and fatigue crack propagation.[1] "