8 Introduction to Celebrities in Fluid Mechanics
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Fig. 8.32 Lilienthal (1848–1996)
made detailed records of his experience in gliding, accumulated rich materials, compiled air pressure datasheets, and wrote Practical Tests in Flight and
other books. He planned to install a steam engine on the glider to realize
power flight after fully mastering the stable control, but this wish failed to
be realized. In 1896, he lost his life in a flight test. Although Lilienthal did
not realize the aircraft power flight, his large number of flight practices and
research provided valuable experience for later aircraft researchers, especially
the Wright brothers gained many lessons from his experience (Fig. 8.32).
8.33 Lamb (1849–1934)
Horace Lamb (1849–1934) was a British mathematician and mechanist, and
was good at fluid mechanics. His research field was wave and its application
in earthquake, tide, etc. There is a kind of wave running in thin layer, namely
Lamb wave, named after him. Lamb wave is a combination of longitudinal
wave and shear wave. From 1921 to 1927, he also studied the air flow on the
plane surface. The original name of Hydrodynamics (1878) written by lamb
was Fluid Motion Teaching Theory, which was revised in 1895 and renamed
617
Fig. 8.32 Lilienthal (1848–1996)
made detailed records of his experience in gliding, accumulated rich materials, compiled air pressure datasheets, and wrote Practical Tests in Flight and
other books. He planned to install a steam engine on the glider to realize
power flight after fully mastering the stable control, but this wish failed to
be realized. In 1896, he lost his life in a flight test. Although Lilienthal did
not realize the aircraft power flight, his large number of flight practices and
research provided valuable experience for later aircraft researchers, especially
the Wright brothers gained many lessons from his experience (Fig. 8.32).
8.33 Lamb (1849–1934)
Horace Lamb (1849–1934) was a British mathematician and mechanist, and
was good at fluid mechanics. His research field was wave and its application
in earthquake, tide, etc. There is a kind of wave running in thin layer, namely
Lamb wave, named after him. Lamb wave is a combination of longitudinal
wave and shear wave. From 1921 to 1927, he also studied the air flow on the
plane surface. The original name of Hydrodynamics (1878) written by lamb
was Fluid Motion Teaching Theory, which was revised in 1895 and renamed