Technical University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Known for
Boundary layer Mixing length theory Lifting-line theory Membrane analogy Prandtl box wing Prandtl condition Prandtl number Prandtl stress function Prandtl tube Prandtl's one-seventh-power law Prandtl–Meyer expansion fan Prandtl–Meyer function Prandtl–Batchelor theorem Prandtl–Glauert transformation Prandtl–Glauert singularity Prandtl–Tomlinson model Kármán–Prandtl resistance equation
Awards
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1918) ForMemRS (1928) Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1930) Harnack Medal (1936) Wilhelm Exner Medal (1951)
Scientific career
Fields
Aerodynamics
Institutions
University of Göttingen, Technical University of Hannover
Thesis
Tilting Phenomena, A case of unstable elastic balance (1899)
Ludwig Prandtl (4 February 1875 – 15 August 1953)[1] was a German fluid dynamicist, physicist and aerospace scientist. He was a pioneer in the development of rigorous systematic mathematical analyses which he used for underlying the science of aerodynamics, which have come to form the basis of the applied science of aeronautical engineering.[2] In the 1920s, he developed the mathematical basis for the fundamental principles of subsonic aerodynamics in particular; and in general up to and including transonic velocities. His studies identified the boundary layer, thin-airfoils, and lifting-line theories. The Prandtl number was named after him.[3]
^Busemann, A. (1960). "Ludwig Prandtl. 1875-1953". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5: 193–205. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0015.
^Eckert, Michael (2006). "The Beginnings of Fluid Mechanics in Göttingen, 1904–14". The Dawn of Fluid Dynamics: A Discipline Between Science and Technology. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. pp. 31–56. ISBN 3-527-40513-5.
^Oswatitsch, K; Wieghardt, K (January 1987). "Ludwig Prandtl and His Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 19 (1): 1–26. Bibcode:1987AnRFM..19....1W. doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.19.010187.000245. ISSN 0066-4189. S2CID 122665275.
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The LudwigPrandtl Ring is the highest award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics), awarded...
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major centers for aeronautical research, having attended lectures by LudwigPrandtl. In 1933, while still a student, he conceived what he called "an engine...
applications over a period of years". In 1983 Lighthill was awarded the LudwigPrandtl Ring from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German...
parts on those hard surfaces. In the early 20th century, physicist LudwigPrandtl studied air movement and aerodynamic forces between air (or fluid) and...
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