Ludwig Prandtl
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Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneering German physicist and engineer known as the father of modern aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, particularly for his development of boundary layer theory.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ludwig Prandtl canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
aerodynamicist
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engineer ⓘ fluid mechanician ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in engineering ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Daniel Guggenheim Medal
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Franklin Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society of London foreign membership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-02-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1953-08-15 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | August Föppl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Technical University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Göttingen Aerodynamic Institute
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Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fluid Mechanics NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Prandtl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aerodynamics
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applied mechanics ⓘ continuum mechanics ⓘ fluid mechanics ⓘ |
| givenName | Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
engineering
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physics ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hermann Schlichting
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Johannes Martinus Burgers NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore von Kármán NERFINISHED ⓘ Werner Heisenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs |
father of modern aerodynamics
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father of modern fluid mechanics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Prandtl boundary layer
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Prandtl lifting-line theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl mixing length theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl number NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl stress function NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Batchelor theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Blasius boundary layer solution NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Glauert transformation NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Meyer expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Meyer function NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Reuss equations NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Taylor vortices NERFINISHED ⓘ Prandtl–Tomlinson model NERFINISHED ⓘ boundary layer theory ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Freising
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Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Göttingen
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Lower Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Aerodynamic Institute in Göttingen
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professor of applied mechanics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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