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Stanley Corrsin
Stanley Corrsin
Pages 94-99
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A deeper understanding of some of the fundamental problems of fluid mechanics had to be acquired by a small number of competent people to help in the design of advanced aircraft. Gifted graduate students thus were drawn immediately into research and development work, stretching their abilities and stamina to the limit.
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His outstanding writing ability he had at one time consiclered becoming a professional writer was quite evident and a great help to him, even at this early stage in his career. When Corrsin left Caltech in 1947 to become an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University, he was already an acknowledgecl expert in turbulence research.
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The first serious experimental verification of the concept of local isotropy is credited to him. The still lively discussions concerning the validity of gradient transport in turbulent shear flows collie be much improved if the participants were to take the time to read Corrsin's publications clearing with the subject.
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In a field of long standing such as fluid mechanics a field that is crucial for a host of engineering applications, but that still contains unresolved fundamental physics problemsspectacular breakthroughs are virtually nonexistent. Progress proceeds on a wide front in larger or smaller steps.
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