Anatol Roshko
Anatol Roshko | |
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| Born | July 15, 1923 Bellevue, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | January 23, 2017 (aged 93) Altadena, California, U.S. |
| Known for | Roshko number |
| Spouse | Renee Byrnes |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Alberta (BSc) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Thesis | On the development of turbulent wakes from vortex streets (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans W. Liepmann |
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| Institutions | Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory California Institute of Technology |
| Notable students | Morteza Gharib Dimitri Papamoschou |
Anatol Roshko (15 July 1923 – 23 January 2017) was a Canadian-born physicist and engineer who made fundamental contributions to fluid dynamics and the study of turbulence. He was the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology.