Ludwig Prandtl |
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Prandtl in 1937 |
| Born | (1875-02-04)4 February 1875
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| Died | 15 August 1953(1953-08-15) (aged 78)
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| Nationality | German |
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| Alma mater | Technical University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
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| 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 |
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| Awards | Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1918)
ForMemRS (1928)
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1930)
Harnack Medal (1936)
Wilhelm Exner Medal (1951) |
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| Scientific career |
| Fields | Aerodynamics |
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| Institutions | University of Göttingen,
Technical University of Hannover |
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| Thesis | Tilting Phenomena, A case of unstable elastic balance (1899) |
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| Doctoral advisor | August Föppl |
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| Doctoral students | Ackeret, Blasius, Busemann, Munk, Nikuradse, Schlichting, Tollmien, von Kármán, Timoshenko, Vâlcovici, Vishnu Madav Ghatage |
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Ludwig Prandtl (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.