Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
	Von Kármán in 1957
Born	May 11, 1881; Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	May 6, 1963 (aged 81); Aachen, West Germany
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery; Hollywood, California U.S.
Nationality	Hungarian
Citizenship	Hungary; United States;
Alma mater	Budapest University of Technology and Economics; University of Göttingen;
Known for	See list Kármán vortex street; von Kármán constant; von Kármán swirling flow; von Kármán momentum integral; Kármán–Moore theory; Kármán–Moore solution; Kármán line; Kármán–Howarth equation; Law of the wall; Supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization; ;
Awards	ASME Medal (1941); John Fritz Medal (1948); Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (1954); Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1955); Timoshenko Medal (1958); National Medal of Science (1962); Wilhelm Exner Medal (1962); Foreign Member of the Royal Society;
	Scientific career
Fields	Aerospace engineering
Institutions	University of Göttingen; RWTH Aachen; California Institute of Technology; von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics;
Thesis	Investigations on buckling strength (1908)
Doctoral advisor	Ludwig Prandtl
Doctoral students	Giuseppe Gabrielli (1926); Wolfgang Klemperer (1926); Richard G. Folsom (1932); Maurice Anthony Biot (1932); Frank Wattendorf (1933); Ernest Sechler (1934); Arthur T. Ippen (1936); Qian Xuesen (1939); Louis Dunn (1940); Frank Malina (1940); Homer J. Stewart (1940); Hu Ning (1943); Guo Yonghuai (1944); Chia-Chiao Lin (1944); Wallace D. Hayes (1947); Frank E. Marble (1947);

Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: (szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor [(søːløːʃkiʃlɒki) ˈkaːrmaːn ˈtoːdor], May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work.^[3] Kármán is regarded as an outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the 20th century.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Goldstein, S. (1966). "Theodore von Karman 1881–1963". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 12: 334–365. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1966.0016. S2CID 72977857.
^ ^a ^b Theodore von Kármán at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ "Karman line | Definition & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ Chang, Iris, Thread of the Silkworm, Basic Books, 1996, pages 47–60
^ Greenberg, J. L.; Goodstein, J. R. (1983). "Theodore von Karman and Applied Mathematics in America". Science. 222 (4630): 1300–1304. Bibcode:1983Sci...222.1300G. doi:10.1126/science.222.4630.1300. PMID 17773321. S2CID 19738034.
^ Sears, W. R. (1965). "Some Recollections of Theodore von Kármán". Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 13: 175–183. doi:10.1137/0113011.

[frs-1] Goldstein, S. (1966). "Theodore von Karman 1881–1963". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 12: 334–365. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1966.0016. S2CID 72977857.

[mathgene-2] Theodore von Kármán at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[3] "Karman line | Definition & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[4] Chang, Iris, Thread of the Silkworm, Basic Books, 1996, pages 47–60

[5] Greenberg, J. L.; Goodstein, J. R. (1983). "Theodore von Karman and Applied Mathematics in America". Science. 222 (4630): 1300–1304. Bibcode:1983Sci...222.1300G. doi:10.1126/science.222.4630.1300. PMID 17773321. S2CID 19738034.

[6] Sears, W. R. (1965). "Some Recollections of Theodore von Kármán". Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 13: 175–183. doi:10.1137/0113011.

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