William Craig Reynolds (March 16, 1933 – January 3, 2004) was a fluid physicist and mechanical engineer who specialized in turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics.[2][3]
William C. Reynolds | |
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| Born | March 16, 1933 |
| Died | January 3, 2004 (aged 70) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Awards | Otto Laporte Award (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fluid mechanics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | William M. Kays[1] Stephen J. Kline[1] |
| Doctoral students | Fazle Hussain Parviz Moin |
Reynolds completed his undergraduate degrees, as well as his doctorate, all at Stanford University, in 1954, 1955, and 1957, respectively, after which he joined the faculty. He was chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1972 to 1982 and again from 1989 to 1992.[4]
Reynolds was one of the pioneers in Large eddy simulation for fluid modeling.[2][4] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979.[2] He won the Fluid Engineering Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1989[5] and the Otto Laporte Award by the American Physical Society in 1992.[6]
Selected publications
edit- Reynolds, W.C. (1976), "Computation of Turbulent Flows", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 8: 183–208, Bibcode:1976AnRFM...8..183R, doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.08.010176.001151, hdl:2060/19750022392, S2CID 122972588
References
edit- ^ a b Reynolds, William Craig (September 1957). "Ph.D Dissertation: Heat Transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Boundary Layer with Constant and Variable Wall Temperature". Stanford University: i–iii.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c Moin, Parviz; Homsy, G.M. (3 January 2017). "An Appreciation of the Life and Work of William C. Reynolds (1933–2004)". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 49 (1): 1–21. Bibcode:2017AnRFM..49....1M. doi:10.1146/annurev-fluid-122414-034434. ISSN 0066-4189.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2005), "William Craig Reynolds", Physics Today, 58 (4): 85–86, Bibcode:2005PhT....58R..85B, doi:10.1063/1.1955501
- ^ a b Moin, P. (2007), "William C. Reynolds", Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, 11: 266–269
- ^ "Fluids Engineering Award". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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