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NICHOLAS ROTT
Pages 268-271

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From page 269...
... CANTWELL AND GEORGE S SPRINGER NICHOLAS ROTT, professor emeritus of fluid dynamics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, whose teaching and research led to fundamental advances in aerodynamics, acoustics, and fluid mechanics, died on August 10, 2006, at the age of 88.
From page 270...
... With respect to Prandtl's formulation of boundary layer equations in 1904, Nicholas made "fundamental contributions to the solution of many boundary layer problems, such as laminar boundary layer calculations on yawed wings, compressible, time-dependent and acoustic boundary layers as well as boundary layers in rotating flows." Nicholas wrote a landmark paper, published in 1956, in the first volume of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. In this paper Nicholas proposed to parameterize vortex sheet spirals by their circulation and showed that this led to a particularly useful description of their motion.
From page 271...
... Dainuri created a foundation in his father's name to promote hybrid tricycles for elders called Good Life Trikes, which has now developed into Good Life Mobility. Nicholas Rott is survived by his daughter, Kathy Roselli of Ashland, Oregon; a son, Dainuri Rott of Palo Alto; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.


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