George Batchelor

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George Keith Batchelor
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Doctoral studentsPhilip Saffman
Keith Moffatt
Adrian Gill

George Keith Batchelor

fluid dynamicist
.

He was for many years a Professor of Applied Mathematics in the

Melbourne High School and University of Melbourne.[3]

As an applied mathematician (and for some years at Cambridge a co-worker with

turbulent flow
), he was a keen advocate of the need for physical understanding and sound experimental basis.

His An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (CUP, 1967) is still considered a classic of the subject, and has been re-issued in the Cambridge Mathematical Library series, following strong current demand.[4] Unusual for an 'elementary' textbook of that era, it presented a treatment in which the properties of a real viscous fluid were fully emphasised.[5] He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959.[6]

The Batchelor Prize award, is named in his honour and is awarded every four years at the meeting of the International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.[7]

References

  1. JSTOR 3650247
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  2. doi:10.1017/S0022112000001968
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  3. ISBN 978-0-646-43922-8
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  4. ISBN 978-0-521-66396-0
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  5. ^ Review of An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by G. K. Batchelor, G. I. Taylor, Eureka, February 1968
  6. ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  7. ^ "The Batchelor Prize in Fluid Mechanics – IUTAM". iutam.org. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

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