Osborne Reynolds
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Osborne Reynolds was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer and physicist best known for his foundational work in fluid mechanics, particularly the concept of Reynolds number and the study of laminar and turbulent flow.
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| Osborne Reynolds canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
human
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physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Bachelor of Arts in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bakerian Medal and Prize
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Royal Medal ⓘ Telford Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1842-08-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-02-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Queen’s College Cambridge
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Queen’s College, Cambridge University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedTo | Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionDate | 1877 ⓘ |
| employer |
Owens College, Manchester
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University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Osborne Reynolds Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation |
clergyman
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schoolmaster ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fluid mechanics
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mechanical engineering ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Osborne Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Reynolds analogy
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Reynolds number NERFINISHED ⓘ Reynolds transport theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern fluid dynamics
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hydraulic engineering ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Reynolds analogy
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Reynolds number NERFINISHED ⓘ Reynolds transport theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations NERFINISHED ⓘ study of laminar flow ⓘ study of turbulent flow ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableExperiment | dye-streak visualization of flow in a glass pipe ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An experimental investigation of the circumstances which determine whether the motion of water shall be direct or sinuous
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On the dynamical theory of incompressible viscous fluids NERFINISHED ⓘ Papers on the law of resistance in parallel channels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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physicist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Watford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Engineering at Owens College
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Professor of Engineering at the University of Manchester ⓘ |
| startTime | 1868 ⓘ |
| studied | transition from laminar to turbulent flow in pipes ⓘ |
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Claude-Louis Navier