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Milton Van Dyke

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American fluid dynamicist

United StatesScientistsLived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87
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Milton Denman Van Dyke was Professor of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He was known for his work in fluid dynamics, especially with respect to the use of perturbation analysis in aerodynamics.

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1986Otto Laporte Award
1954Guggenheim Fellowship
Fulbright Scholarship

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Milton Denman Van Dyke was Professor of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He was known for his work in fluid dynamics, especially with respect to the use of perturbation analysis in aerodynamics. His often-cited book An Album of Fluid Motion presents a collection of about 400 selected black-and-white photographs of flow visualization in experiments, received - on his request - from researchers all over the world.

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United States
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87
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