Hans W. Liepmann
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| Born | July 3, 1914 Universität Zürich |
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| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The sound velocity in liquid oxygen as a function of the boiling temperature at frequencies of 7.5 and 1.5 × 10 6 Hz Hz (1938) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Bär[1] |
| Doctoral students | Stanley Corrsin Frank E. Marble Satish Dhawan Arthur E. Bryson Anatol Roshko Roddam Narasimha |
Hans Wolfgang Liepmann (July 3, 1914 – June 24, 2009) was an American fluid dynamicist,[2] aerospace scientist and emeritus Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology.[3]
He is known for his numerous contributions in fluid mechanics covering a wide range of problem areas, such as flow instability and turbulence, gas kinetics, viscous compressible fluids and liquid helium flows.[2]
Academic history
Hans Liepmann received a Dr.Ing.h.c. from the
University of Aachen and a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in 1938.[3]
On July 31, 1939 Liepmann arrived in New York, to join
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics and 1984-85 von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics. From 1972 to 1985 Liepmann was Director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory and Executive Officer for Aeronautics from 1976 to 1985.[3]
He retired in 1985, but remained the emeritus von Kármán Professor at Caltech.
Liepmann received several awards, a selection:
- 1968: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- 1980: Fluid Dynamics Prize by the American Physical Society[4]
- 1985: Otto Laporte Award by the American Physical Society
- 1986: National Medal of Science
- 1986: Daniel Guggenheim Medal
- 1993: National Medal of Technology for "Outstanding research contributions to the field of fluid mechanics"
Books
- 1957: (with John Wiley & Sons, Dover Publications (2002)
- 1947: (with Allen E. Puckett) Introduction to Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid, John Wiley & Sons
References
- ^ Hans W. Liepmann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ ISSN 0066-4189.
- ^ a b c "Hans Liepmann". Caltech Aerospace (GALCIT). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
External links
- Hans W. Liepmann at the American Institute of Physics
- Hans W. Liepmann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Passings: Hans W.Liepmann, longtime Caltech professor from Los Angeles Times
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