Leonid Leibenson | |
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.JPG) Prison record photograph, c. 1936 | |
| Born | 14 June 1879 (in Julian calendar)  Kharkiv |
| Died | 15 March 1951 (aged 71) Moscow (Soviet Union) |
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Leonid Samuilovich Leibenson or Leybenzon (Russian: Леонид Самуилович Лейбензон; 26 June, 1879 – 15 March, 1951) was a Russian and Soviet physicist who worked on fluid dynamics. The Leibenson equation named after him describes the flow of liquids through porous media. He helped establish research on petrochemical fluid research, developed the first Soviet wind tunnel and worked on mathematical approaches to study boundary layers in fluid dynamics.