Hans W. Liepmann

Hans W. Liepmann
Born(1914-07-03)July 3, 1914
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
DiedJune 24, 2009(2009-06-24) (aged 94)
La Cañada Flintridge, California
Alma materUniversität Zürich
Scientific career
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
Thesis The sound velocity in liquid oxygen as a function of the boiling temperature at frequencies of 7.5 and 1.5 × 10 6 Hz Hz  (1938)
Doctoral advisorRichard Bär[1]
Doctoral studentsStanley Corrsin
Frank E. Marble
Satish Dhawan
Arthur E. Bryson
Anatol Roshko
Roddam Narasimha

Hans Wolfgang Liepmann (July 3, 1914 – June 24, 2009) was an American fluid dynamicist,[2] aerospace scientist and emeritus Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology.[3]

He is known for his numerous contributions in fluid mechanics covering a wide range of problem areas, such as flow instability and turbulence, gas kinetics, viscous compressible fluids and liquid helium flows.[2]

  1. ^ Hans W. Liepmann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ a b Narasimha, Roddam; Roshko, Anatol; Gharib, Morteza (3 January 2013). "Hans W. Liepmann, 1914–2009". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 45 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101108. ISSN 0066-4189.
  3. ^ "Hans Liepmann". Caltech Aerospace (GALCIT). Retrieved 25 March 2023.