William Froude
William Froude [fruːd] (born November 28, 1810 in Dartington, Devon , England , † May 4, 1879 in Simonstown, South Africa ) was an English naval engineer and researcher in the field of hydrodynamics . Froude was a brother of the Anglican cleric Richard Hurrell Froude (1803-1836) and the historian James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) and father of the shipbuilding engineer Robert Edmund Froude (1846-1924).
Life
Froude was the first to devise reliable formulas for the resistance that the water offers to the movement of a ship and for predicting the stability of the ship.
In fluid dynamics , the Froude number bears his name, which is used to calculate the movements of liquid surfaces , e.g. B. waves is used.
In 1870 he was elected as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which in 1876 awarded him the Royal Medal .
William Froude Medal
The William Froude Medal is named after Froude , the highest award of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA). Until 2015, this award had only been given 27 times.
Prize winners:
- Jeom Kee Paik (2015)
Web links
- Navies in Transition: William Froude . ( Memento from March 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Froude, William (1810–1879) ( Memento July 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Medals, Prizes and Awards . Royal Institution of Naval Architects; accessed on November 18, 2015
- ^ A b Professor Paik claims William Froude Medal for Naval Architecture. ( Memento of November 18, 2015 on the Internet Archive ) University College London , May 5, 2015; accessed on November 18, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Froude, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English marine engineer and researcher in the field of hydrodynamics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dartington, Devon , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1879 |
| Place of death | Simonstown , South Africa |