Walter G. Vincenti

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Walter G. Vincenti

Engineering

#6021

World Rank

#7316

Historical Rank

#1241

USA Rank

Applied Physics

#2658

World Rank

#2700

Historical Rank

#235

USA Rank

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Engineering

Walter G. Vincenti's Degrees

PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics Stanford University
Masters Aeronautics and Astronautics Stanford University
Bachelors Aeronautical Engineering University of Notre Dame

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According to Wikipedia, Walter Guido Vincenti was an American engineer who worked in the field of aeronautics, designing planes that could fly at hypersonic speed. He was elected as a member of several scientific societies, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and National Academy of Engineering. He won several prestigious awards, such as the Leonardo da Vinci Medal and the Daniel Guggenheim Medal.

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Walter G. Vincenti's Published Works

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Published Works

Introduction to physical gas dynamics (1965) (2167)
What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History. (1992) (809)
What engineers know and how they know it : analytical studies from aeronautical history (1996) (508)
What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (1990) (501)
Differential approximation for radiative transfer in a nongrey gas near equilibrium. (1968) (378)
Wall interference in a two-dimensional-flow wind tunnel, with consideration of the effect of compressibility (1944) (247)
Technological Knowledge without Science: The Innovation of Flush Riveting in American Airplanes, ca. 1930-ca. 1950 (1984) (73)
The Retractable Airplane Landing Gear and the Northrop "Anomaly": Variation-Selection and the Shaping of Technology (1994) (67)
Effect of thermal radiation on the propagation of plane acoustic waves (1962) (61)
Non-equilibrium flow over a wavy wall (1959) (57)
The Britannia Bridge: The Generation and Diffusion of Technological Knowledge (1980) (46)
Inviscid radiating flow over a blunt body (1967) (35)
The Air-Propeller Tests of W. F. Durand and E. P. Lesley: A Case Study in Technological Methodology (1979) (34)
Coupled radiative and vibrational nonequilibrium in a diatomic gas, with application to gas dynamics (1970) (32)
Engineering Knowledge, Type of Design, and Level of Hierarchy: Further Thoughts About What Engineers Know … (1992) (30)
Control-Volume Analysis: A Difference in Thinking between Engineering and Physics (1982) (30)
Transonic flow past a wedge profile with detached bow wave (1951) (27)
A substitute-kernel approximation for radiative transfer in a nongrey gas near equilibrium, with application to radiative acoustics (1969) (27)
Real-world variation-selection in the evolution of technological form: historical examples (2000) (26)
The Technical Shaping of Technology: Real-World Constraints and Technical Logic in Edison's Electrical Lighting System (1995) (25)
Criteria for acoustic instability in a gas with ambient vibrational and radiative nonequilibrium (1975) (24)
The Scope for Social Impact in Engineering Outcomes: A Diagrammatic Aid to Analysis (1991) (23)
The Coupling of Radiative Transfer and Gas Motion (1971) (21)
A Gas‐Dynamic Model for Coupled Vibrational and Radiative Nonequilibrium in CO2—with Application to the Spectrophone (1971) (20)
Radiation‐Driven Acoustic Waves in a Confined Gas (1967) (16)
APPLIED MECHANICS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF APPLIED MECHANICS (12TH) STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 26-31 AUGUST 1968. (1969) (14)
The Davis Wing and the Problem of Airfoil Design: Uncertainty and Growth in Engineering Knowledge (1986) (14)
Variation--selection in the innovation of the retractable airplane landing gear: the Northrop 'anomaly' (1994) (13)
METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOW OF A GENERAL GAS MIXTURE THROUGH A HYPERSONIC NOZZLE (1962) (13)
Boundaries, Contingencies and Rigor (2003) (13)
Theoretical study of the transonic lift of a double-wedge profile with detached bow wave (1952) (10)
Comparison Between Theory and Experiment for Wings at Supersonic Speeds (1950) (9)
Application to radiative acoustics of Whitham's method for the analysis of non-equilibrium wave phenomena (1969) (8)
Engineering Theory in the Making: Aerodynamic Calculation “Breaks the Sound Barrier” (1997) (6)
Nonlinear resonant wave motion of a radiating gas (1973) (6)
On an Engineering Use of Engineering History (2007) (6)
Investigation of Wing Characteristics at a Mach Number of 1.53 I : Triangular Wings of Aspect Ratio 2 (1947) (5)
The effect of wall interference upon the aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil spanning a closed-throat circular wind tunnel (1946) (5)
Calculation of the supersonic pressure distribution on a single-curved tapered wing in regions not influenced by the root or tip (1955) (5)
H. Julian Allen: An Appreciation* (2007) (4)
The Experimental Assessment of Engineering Theory As a Tool for Design (2001) (4)
Engineering Experiment and Engineering Theory: The Aerodynamics of Wings at Supersonic Speeds, 1946–1948 (2000) (3)
An experimental study of the lift and pressure distribution on a double-wedge profile at Mach numbers near shock attachment (1954) (3)
Annual review of fluid mechanics. Volume 7 (1970) (3)
Measurements of the Effects of Finite Span on the Pressure Distribution over Double-wedge Wings at Mach Numbers near Shock Attachment (1955) (2)
Investigation of Wing Characteristics at a Mach Number of 1.53 II : Swept Wings of Taper Ratio 0.5 (1948) (2)
Applied Mechanics : Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University, August 26-31, 1968 (1969) (2)
Investigation of wing characteristics at a Mach number of 1.53 III : unswept wings of differing aspect ratio and taper ratio (1948) (2)
Robert T. Jones, One of a Kind (2005) (1)
Calculations of the flow over an inclined flat plate at free-stream Mach number 1 (1956) (1)
Proceedings at the Meetings Held During the Session 1955–1956 (1956) (0)
Aeronautics and astronautics : proceedings of the Durand Centennial Conference held at Stanford University 5-8 August, 1959 (1960) (0)
. NATIONAL AQWiORY’ 03M~1TTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (0)
Experimental Studies of Radiation-Driven Wave Propagation in a Radiating Gas. (1971) (0)
What engineers know. An interview with Walter Vicenti (1996) (0)
NACA APR No. 41(03 NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS ADVANCE RESTRICTED REPORT WALL INTERFERENCE IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL-FLOW WIND TUNNEL, WITH CONSIDERATION OF TEE (0)
Proceedings of the 1960 heat transfer and fluid mechanics institute : held at Stanford University, June 15-17, 1960 (1960) (0)
Theory for radiatively driven harmonic acoustic waves in a confined gas (1973) (0)
Howard Stanley Seifert 1911–1977 (1978) (0)
TECHNICAL NOTE 3522 OF THE EFFECTS OF FINITE SPAN ON THE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OVER DOUBLE-WEDGE WINGS AT MACH NUMBERS NEAR SHOCK ATTACHMENT (1997) (0)
New technique produces tunable , nanoporous materials (0)
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics Vol. 7 (Book Review) (1976) (0)
Two-dimensional supersonic wing theory (1948) (0)
Comment and Response on “The Retractable Airplane Landing Gear” (1995) (0)

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