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Ludwig Prandtl 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 a…
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science · German physicist (1875–1953) · physicist · university teacher · engineer · also Ludwig Prandtl, Prandtl
Born 4 February 1875 · Died 15 August 1953 · Q76683
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Prandtl was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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Died 1953-08-15.
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Won Wilhelm Exner Medal (1951).
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And argued that physics in Germany was falling behind that of the United States due to rejection of "Jewish Physics" (relativity and quantum theory) from German physicists
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1941).
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Won Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1940).
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“The struggle, which Germany unfortunately had to fight against the Jews, was necessary for its self-preservation.”
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To a NACA representative "I believe that Fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany represent very good beginnings of new thinking and economics
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Won Harnack medal (1936).
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Won Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1930).
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Won Grashof Commemorative Medal (1929).
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1928).
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The university spun off his research arm to create the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Flow Research (now the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization)
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On the momentum integral equation across the boundary layer
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Met in Bad Nauheim and came to the conclusion that there was a need for a new umbrella for applied sciences due to their experience during the war
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Awarded Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1918).
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During his time at Göttingen, Prandtl was tasked with establishing a new facility for model studies of motorized airships called Motorluftschiffmodell-Versuchsanstalt (MVA), later the Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt (AVA)
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Prandtl became a professor of fluid mechanics at the technical school in Hannover, later the Technical University Hannover and then the University of Hannover
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Studied at Technical University of Munich (1894–1898).
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Born 1875-02-04.
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