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Sheila Widnall

Engineering

#1030

World Rank

#1590

Historical Rank

#419

USA Rank

Aerospace Engineering

#29

World Rank

#33

Historical Rank

#16

USA Rank

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According to Wikipedia, Sheila Marie Evans Widnall is an American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . She served as United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1993 to 1997, making her the first woman to hold that post and the first woman to lead an entire branch of the United States Armed Forces in the Department of Defense. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2003.

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Sheila Widnall's Published Works

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Published Works

The two- and three-dimensional instabilities of a spatially periodic shear layer (1982) (457)
The instability of short waves on a vortex ring (1974) (382)
Sexual Harassment of Women (2018) (296)
On the stability of vortex rings (1973) (278)
The stability of short waves on a straight vortex filament in a weak externally imposed strain field (1976) (259)
A flow-visualization study of transition in plane Poiseuille flow (1982) (232)
The stability of a helical vortex filament (1972) (231)
The Structure and Dynamics of Vortex Filaments (1975) (224)
The instability of the thin vortex ring of constant vorticity (1977) (165)
Lean Enterprise Value (2002) (152)
Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Stability of a Vortex Pair (1971) (149)
Helicopter Noise due to Blade‐Vortex Interaction (1971) (118)
Study of Vortex Rings Using a Laser Doppler Velocimeter (1973) (83)
An analytic solution for two- and three-dimensional wings in ground effect (1970) (82)
Unsteady lifting-line theory as a singular perturbation problem (1985) (61)
The structure of organized vortices in a free shear layer (1979) (59)
Aircraft wake dissipation by sinusoidal instability and vortex breakdown. (1973) (58)
Unified aerodynamic-acoustic theory for a thin rectangular wing encountering a gust (1980) (52)
Sound Radiation from Rigid Flow Spoilers Correlated with Fluctuating Forces (1970) (50)
An aeroacoustic model for high-speed, unsteady blade-vortex interaction (1983) (46)
Examination of group-velocity criterion for breakdown of vortex flow in a divergent duct (1980) (40)
Slender-body analysis of the motion and stability of a vortex filament containing an axial flow (1971) (38)
Effect of tip vortex structure on helicopter noise due to blade-vortex interaction (1978) (33)
The BRIDGE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (1998) (31)
Energetics and optimum motion of oscillating lifting surfaces of finite span (1986) (25)
Application of unsteady aerodynamics to large‐eddy breakup devices in a turbulent flow (1986) (24)
Generalized aerodynamic forces on an oscillating cylindrical shell (1966) (24)
Reform of the Aeronautics and Astronautics Curriculum at MIT (1993) (22)
Wave patterns in plane Poiseuille flow created by concentrated disturbances (1989) (22)
A Correlation of Vortex Noise Data from Helicopter Main Rotors (1969) (18)
Generalized aerodynamic forces on an oscillating cylindrical shell -Subsonic and supersonic flow. (1966) (13)
Optimum lift-drag ratio for a ram wing tube vehicle (1970) (13)
Potential Flow Calculations of Axisymmetric Ducted Wind Turbines (2009) (13)
Water‐Table Visualization of Flow‐Induced Pressure Oscillations in Shallow Cavities for Simulated Supersonic Flow Conditions (1974) (12)
Lifting-Surface Theory for a Semi-Infinite Wing in Oblique Gust (1974) (12)
Prediction of Unsteady Airloads for Oblique Blade-Gust Interaction in Compressible Flow (1974) (11)
A Study of Helicopter Rotor Rotational Noise (1977) (8)
The aerodynamics of ram wing vehicles for application to high speed ground transportation (1970) (7)
UNSTEADY LOADS ON HYDROFOILS INCLUDING FREE SURFACE EFFECTS AND CAVITATION (1964) (7)
Growth of turbulent spots in plane Poiseuille flow (1984) (7)
Numerical simulation of acoustic diffraction of two-dimensional rigid bodies in arbitrary flows (1990) (7)
Science and the atari generation. (1983) (7)
THE USE OF AERODYNAMIC LIFT FOR APPLICATION TO HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATION (1970) (6)
Dynamics of an Acoustic Probe for Measuring Pressure Fluctuations on a Hypersonic Re‐Entry Vehicle (1968) (6)
Lecture D27-Variable Mass Systems: The Rocket Equation (2004) (5)
The role of fluctuating forces in the generation of compressor noise (1972) (5)
Energetics and optimum motion of oscillating lifting surfaces. [energy losses of rigid wings] (1983) (5)
Predictions of Low-Frequency and Impulsive Sound Radiation From Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines (1982) (5)
Aerodynamic forces on an oscillating cylindrical duct with an internal flow (1967) (5)
Review of Three-Dimensional Vortex Dynamics: Implications for the Computation of Separated and Turbulent Flows (1987) (4)
Unsteady lifting-line theory with applications (1982) (4)
Correlation of fluctuating forces with the sound radiation from rigid flow spoilers (1969) (4)
Islands of Success (2002) (3)
3D Rigid Body Dynamics: Kinetic Energy, Instability, Equations of Motion (2009) (2)
A panel method study of vortex sheets with special emphasis on sheets of axisymmetric geometry. M.S. Thesis (1985) (2)
National Academy of Engineering (2021) (2)
An experimental study of helicopter rotor rotational noise in a wind tunnel (1976) (2)
Structural response to inflight acoustic and aerodynamic environments (1967) (2)
Job and Health Outcomes of Sexual Harassment and How Women Respond to Sexual Harassment (2018) (2)
Lecture L30 - 3D Rigid Body Dynamics: Tops and Gyroscopes 3D Rigid Body Dynamics: Euler Equations in Euler Angles (2009) (2)
Incipient stall detection through unsteady-pressure monitoring on aircraft wings. (1972) (2)
Calculations of axisymmetric vortex sheet roll-up using a panel and a filament model (1986) (2)
A Three-Dimensional Lifting Surface Theory with Leading-Edge Vortices. (1975) (2)
Scattering of Sound by Rigid Bodies in Arbitrary Flows (1993) (2)
Lecture L8 - Relative Motion using Rotating Axes (2009) (2)
The Interaction between Long and Short Wind-Generated Waves (1986) (2)
Changing the Culture and Climate in Higher Education (2018) (1)
Energetics of oscillating lifting surfaces using integral conservation laws (1987) (1)
3D Rigid Body Dynamics (2009) (1)
Aeroacoustic theory for noncompact wing-gust interaction (1981) (1)
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A FLAT-BOTTOMED SEMI-CIRCULAR WING IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND (1971) (1)
VORTEX WAKE ROLLUP AND VORTICITY CONCENTRATION BEHIND AN AIRFOIL. (1967) (1)
Sexual harassment is a threat to engineering: A national academies report finds that it's not just individuals who suffer when gender-based abuse goes unaddressed - [Spectral Lines] (2018) (1)
Augmentation of Power Output of Axisymmetric Ducted Wind Turbines by Porous Trailing Edge Disks (2014) (1)
Research Enables Enterprise Transformation (2006) (0)
Monuments and Misalignments (2002) (0)
Fundamental issues in the calculation of rotor wakes (1987) (0)
Horton Guyford Stever (2011) (0)
The Cold War Legacy (2002) (0)
Lecture L 23-2 D Rigid Body Dynamics : Impulse and Momentum (2008) (0)
Effects of Spanwise Flexibility on Lift and Rolling Moment of a Wingsail (2014) (0)
A group-velocity criterion for breakdown of vortex flow: An application to measured inlet profiles (1979) (0)
Fault Tree Elements Not Closed (0)
Lecture L4 -curvilinear Motion. Cartesian Coordinates Kinematics of Curvilinear Motion Position Vector and Path (0)
Lecture D22 -3d Rigid Body Kinematics Rotation about a Fixed Point (0)
Correlation of Fluctuating Forces on Enclosed Flow Spoilers with Sound Radiation (1969) (0)
Implications for the Computation of Separated and Turbulent Flows (1987) (0)
Value in Corporate and Government Enterprises (2002) (0)
L 16-Central Force Motion : Orbits (0)
Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations (2018) (0)
An examination of a group-velocity criterion for the breakdown of an idealized vortex flow (1979) (0)
Committee Meeting and Workshop Agendas (2018) (0)
A Value-Creation Framework (2002) (0)
Value at National and International Levels (2002) (0)
Lecture L 15-Central Force Motion : Kepler ’ s Laws (2008) (0)
The 21st-Century Enterprise Challenge (2002) (0)
A Lifting Surface Theory for Wings Experiencing Leading-Edge Separation (1977) (0)
Fluctuating Forces on Rotating Airfoils and their Relationship to Radiated Sound (1972) (0)
Lecture L10 -angular Impulse and Momentum for a Particle Angular Momentum (0)
Remarks delivered on behalf of the honorable Sheila E. Widnall, secretary of the Air Force (1994) (0)
Turbulent Boundary Layer Structure and Drag Reduction. (1979) (0)
Millie's Impact on Women at MIT (2018) (0)
A C C I D E N T I N V E S T I G a T I O N B O a R D Columbia 1 2 1 Fault Tree Elements Not Closed (0)

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