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Wallace D. Hayes

American mechanical and aerospace engineer (1918-2001) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 82

Wallace Dean Hayes was a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University and one of the world's leading theoretical aerodynamicists, whose numerous and fundamental contributions to the theories of supersonic and hypersonic flow and wave motion strongly influenced the design of aircraft at supersonic speeds and missiles at hypersonic speeds.

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This greatly enhanced the development of supersonic flight and supersonic aircraft design.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2001 · aged 82