John Leask Lumley (4 November 1930 in

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– 30 May 2015 in

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) was an American fluid dynamicist and a professor at

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. He is widely known for his research in

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and is the coauthor of ''A First Course in Turbulence'' along with

Hendrik Tennekes Hendrik (Henk) Tennekes (born December 13, 1936, Kampen (Overijssel), Kampen died July 3, 2021, Arnhem) was the director of research at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (''Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut'', or KNMI), and was ...

Academic career

Lumley received his M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from

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in 1954 and 1957 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis supervisor was Stanley Corrsin. He started his academic career at the

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where he became Evan Pugh Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He was also in charge of research on turbulence and transition at the Applied Research Laboratory. In 1977 Lumley joined Cornell University where he was the Willis H. Carrier Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Emeritus) until his death in May 2015 of

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. He was an editor of the ''

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'' from 1977 to 2002.

Honors and awards

Lumley received the 1990

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, "For his outstanding contributions to the understanding of turbulent flow, in particular, the fundamental structure of turbulent shear flows, the effects of drag-reducing additives, and his widely recognized contributions to the statistical theory of turbulence, and for his personal and intellectual leadership in the international fluid dynamics community, including his educational films and books, and his long active devotion to the Division of Fluid Dynamics of The American Physical Society." He has also received several other awards, including: *Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1982 *

Timoshenko Medal The Timoshenko Medal is an award given annually by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to an individual "in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics." The Timoshenko Medal, widely regarded as th ...

, 19931993 Timoshenko Medal Acceptance Speech by John L. Lumley
/ref> *Recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees (honoris causa) from the French University System, in Lyon and in Poitiers. *Fellow of the

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*Fellow of the

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*Member of the

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Books authored

* Tennekes, H. and J. L. Lumley, ''A First Course in Turbulence'', MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (1972). * Holmes, P., J. L. Lumley, and G. Berkooz, ''Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry'', Cambridge University Press (1998). * Lumley, J. L., ''Engines: An Introduction'', Cambridge University Press, (1999). hbk ; pbk * Lumley, J. L.
''Still Life with Cars: An Automotive Memoir''
McFarland, (2005). * Lumley, J. L., ''Stochastic Tools in Turbulence'', Dover Publications (2007). * Monin, A. S., A. M. Yaglom, and J. L. Lumley, ''Statistical Fluid Mechanics - vol 1: Mechanics of Turbulence'', The MIT Press (1971). * Lumley, J. L., H. A. Panofsky, "The Structure of Atmospheric Turbulence", John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, NY (1964).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lumley, John L. 1930 births 2015 deaths Fluid dynamicists Johns Hopkins University alumni Pennsylvania State University faculty Cornell University faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Annual Reviews (publisher) editors