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Ludwig Prandtl
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- Born
- 1875
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Abriss der Lehre von der Flüssigkeits- und Gasbewegung
- Guide à travers la mécanique des fluides
- Ergebnisse der Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt zu Göttingen
- Applied Hydro- and Aeromechanics
- Applications of modern hydrodynamics to aeronautics
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1875-02-04 ) 4 February 1875, Freising , Upper Bavaria , German Empire
- Died
- 15 August 1953 (1953-08-15) (aged 78), Göttingen , West Germany
- Alma mater
- Technical University of Munich , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Awards
- Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1918) , ForMemRS (1928) , Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1930) , Harnack Medal (1936) , Wilhelm Exner Medal (1951)
- Fields
- Aerodynamics
- Institutions
- University of Göttingen , Technical University of Hannover
- Thesis
- Tilting Phenomena, A case of unstable elastic balance (1899)
- Doctoral advisor
- August Föppl
- Doctoral students
- Ackeret , Blasius , Busemann , Munk , Nikuradse , Schlichting , Tollmien , von Kármán , Timoshenko , Vâlcovici , Vishnu Madav Ghatage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ludwig
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Freising
- Place of death
- Göttingen
- Occupation
- physicist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- Leibniz University Hannover
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- August Föppl
- Doctoral student
- Heinrich Hencky
- Field of work
- aerodynamics
- Image
- Prandtl portrait.jpg
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- place of burial
- Göttingen City Cemetery
- Commons category
- Ludwig Prandtl
- date of birth
- 1875-02-04
- date of death
- 1953-08-15
- birth name
- Ludwig Prandtl
- Commons gallery
- Ludwig Prandtl
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- name in native language
- Ludwig Prandtl
- student
- Hermann Schlichting
- writing language
- German
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Blšanka
- archives at
- Göttingen State and University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Ludwig Prandtl ( German pronunciation: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈpʁantl̩]; 4 February 1875 – 15 August 1953) 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. 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.
Early years
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