Thomas Ernest Stanton

Sir
Thomas Ernest Stanton
CBE FRS
Born(1865-12-12)12 December 1865
Atherstone, Warwickshire, UK
Died30 August 1931(1931-08-30) (aged 65)
Pevensey Bay
Known forStanton number
SpouseMartha Grace Child
Children3, including Hannah Margaret Stanton
Academic background
Alma materOwens College, Manchester
University of Liverpool
Academic work
Disciplinemechanical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity College, Bristol
National Physical Laboratory
Main interestsfluid dynamics and tribology

Sir Thomas Ernest Stanton CBE FRS (12 December 1865 – 30 August 1931) was a British mechanical engineer and a specialist in fluid dynamics and tribology. He was the first to construct a supersonic wind tunnel in 1921. The eponymous Stanton number is based on his research on the transfer of heat between metal surfaces through a separating thin layer of lubricating fluid.

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