Robert Edmund Froude

Robert Edmund Froude
Born22 December 1846
Devonshire
Died19 March 1924 (1924-03-20) (aged 77)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
NationalityEnglish
OccupationEngineer
Parent(s)William Froude, Catherine Henrietta Elizabeth Holdsworth
Engineering career
DisciplineHydrodynamics
InstitutionsAdmiralty Experiment Works
Significant advanceMomentum theory
AwardsLegum Doctor (Glasgow University), Fellow of the Royal Society (1924)

Robert Edmund Froude CB FRS (/ˈfruːd/; 22 December 1846 – 19 March 1924) (frequently styled in publication as R. E. Froude) was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect who described momentum theory,[1] both used in the systematic evaluation of propeller design efficiency and as components of blade element momentum theory.

  1. ^ Froude, Robert (12 April 1889). "On the Part Played in Propulsion by Differences in Fluid Pressure". Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. 30: 390 – via Hathi Trust.