Philip G. Saffman

• D.I. Pullin ^[1] ; D.I. Meiron ^[1]
  1. [1] California Institute of Technology

     California Institute of Technology

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Annual review of fluid mechanics, ISSN 0066-4189, Nº. 45, 2013, págs. 19-34
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article surveys the contributions of Philip Geoffrey Saffman to our knowledge of fluid-dynamical phenomena both in nature and in the laboratory. We begin with Saffman's first work on fluid mechanics in Cambridge, England, in the mid-1950s and then describe the evolution of his ideas and research, over many diverse areas in fluid mechanics until his final paper in 2002. It is argued that Saffman brought a unique perspective to our interpretation of fluid mechanics as a broad scientific discipline that remains with us today.