Lewis Ferry Moody (5 January 1880 – 21 February 1953) was an American engineer and professor, best known for the

Moody chart In engineering, the Moody chart or Moody diagram (also Stanton diagram) is a graph in non-dimensional form that relates the Darcy–Weisbach friction factor ''f'D'', Reynolds number Re, and surface roughness for fully developed flow in a circul ...

, a diagram capturing relationships between several variables used in calculating fluid flow through a pipe. He has 23 patents for his inventions. He was the first Professor of Hydraulics in the School of Engineering at

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Biography

He was born on 5 January 1880. Lewis F. Moody as professor of fluid mechanics and machine design taught at

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starting in 1930. He co-wrote the book Fifty Years’ Progress in Hydraulics with fellow engineer

Blake R. Van Leer Blake Ragsdale Van Leer (August 16, 1893 – January 23, 1956) was an engineer and university professor who served as the fifth president of Georgia Institute of Technology from 1944 until his death in 1956. Early life and education Van Leer was ...

. He married Eleanor Greene. His wife died in 1937. His daughter, Eleanor Lowry Moody, married in 1944. He was awarded the

Elliott Cresson Medal The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute. The award was established by Elliott Cresson, life member of the Franklin Institute, with $1,000 granted in 1848. The ...

in 1945. He was awarded an Honorary Membership of the

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(ASME) in 1951. He died on 21 February 1953.

Legacy

Five years after his death, ASME created an Award to his honours: The Lewis F. Moody award, which is awarded for outstanding original papers useful to the practice of mechanical engineering by the Fluids Engineering Division (FED).asme.org - Lewis F. Moody award

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