William R. Sears

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William R. Sears is affiliated with the following schools: California Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, University of Arizona, Cornell University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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William R. Sears

Engineering

#910

World Rank

#1419

Historical Rank

#380

USA Rank

Applied Physics

#498

World Rank

#516

Historical Rank

#102

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According to Wikipedia, William Rees Sears was an aeronautical engineer and educator who worked at Caltech, Northrop Aircraft, Cornell University , and the University of Arizona. He was an editor of the Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences from 1955 to 1963 and the founding Editor of the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics in 1969.

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William R. Sears's Published Works

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Airfoil Theory for Non-Uniform Motion (1938) (685)
Some Aspects of Non-Stationary Airfoil Theory and Its Practical Application (1941) (618)
The Prospects for Magneto-Aerodynamics (1958) (250)
Boundary-layer separation in unsteady flow (1975) (220)
Some Recent Developments in Airfoil Theory (1956) (164)
On the instability of small gas bubbles moving uniformly in various liquids (1957) (151)
The Unsteady Forces Due to Viscous Wakes in Turbomachines (1955) (145)
The Boundary Layer of Yawed Cylinders (1948) (143)
Aerodynamic Interference Between Moving Blade Rows (1953) (125)
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (1994) (120)
Operational methods in the theory of airfoils in non-uniform motion (1940) (116)
On projectiles of minimum wave drag (1947) (103)
Theory of thin airfoils in fluids of high electrical conductivity (1959) (74)
Self correcting wind tunnels (1973) (73)
Unsteady motion of airfoils with boundary-layer separation (1976) (55)
Potential Flow Around a Rotating Cylindrical Blade (1950) (41)
SOME REMARKS ABOUT FLOW PAST BODIES (1960) (38)
D. Supersonic and Transonic Small Perturbation Theory (1954) (34)
A Systematic Presentation of the Theory of Thin Airfoils in Non-Uniform Motion (1938) (33)
On the Reaction of an Elastic Wing to Vertical Gusts (1941) (32)
The aerodynamic noise of small-perturbation subsonic flows (1970) (31)
Interference-free wind-tunnel flows by adaptive-wall technology (1977) (31)
Aerodynamics, noise, and the sonic boom. (1969) (26)
Magneto-gasdynamic channel flow (1958) (26)
Magnetohydrodynamic Effects in Aerodynamic Flows (1959) (24)
The Prospects for Magneto-Aerodynamics— Correction and Addition* (1959) (23)
Magneto-Aerodynamic Flow Past Bodies (1964) (22)
On Calculation of Induced Drag and Conditions Downstream of a Lifting Wing (1974) (20)
Rotating stall in axial compressors (1955) (20)
Potential Flow Around a Rotating, Advancing Cylindrical Blade (1950) (19)
Small Perturbation Theory (1960) (15)
Adaptive Wind Tunnels (1988) (14)
The Universal Man: Theodore Von Kármán's Life in Aeronautics (1993) (13)
The boundary layer in crossed-fields m.h.d. (1966) (12)
The Growth of the Circulation of an Airfoil Flying through a Gust (1939) (12)
A second note on compressible flow about bodies of revolution (1947) (12)
Adaptable wind tunnel for testing V/STOL configurations at high lift (1983) (11)
A new treatment of the lifting-line wing theory, with applications to rigid and elastic wings (1948) (11)
A note on adaptive-wall wind tunnels (1977) (10)
Introduction to Theoretical Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics (2011) (10)
Sub- and super-Alfvenic flows past bodies (1962) (9)
Adaptive Wind Tunnels with Imperfect Control (1979) (8)
Ground Effect with Special Reference to Pitching Moments (1938) (8)
Comment on 'Induced drag and the ideal wake of a lifting wing' (1990) (8)
On compressible flow about bodies of revolution (1946) (7)
F. Plane Subsonic and Transonic Potential Flows (1954) (7)
Boundary-layer phenomenon in magneto-fluid dynamics (1961) (6)
WHIRLING OF A HEAVY CHAIN (5)
The aerodynamics of supersonic biplanes (1951) (5)
Some Recollections of Theodore von Kármán (1965) (5)
Magneto-fluid dynamics (1960) (5)
Sub-Alfvenic Flow in Magnetoaerodynamics (1961) (4)
Nonverbal Thought in Technology (1978) (4)
Reflection and Transmission of Oblique Sound Waves by a Blade Row (1969) (4)
The Linear‐Perturbation Theory for Rotational Flow (1949) (3)
Transonic Potential Flow of a Compressible Fluid (1950) (3)
R. T. Jones (1999) (2)
Experiments in an Adaptable-Wall Wind Tunnel for V/STOL Testing. (1986) (2)
Von Kármán: Fluid Dynamics and Other Things (1986) (2)
Magneto-fluid-dynamic nozzle flow (1963) (2)
Wing Theory, by A. ROBINSON and J. A. LAURMANN. Cambridge University Press, 1956. 569 pp. 75s. or $13.50. (1957) (1)
Classical Aerodynamic Theory. Compiled by ROBERT T. JONES. NASA Reference Publiation no. 1050, 1979, 311 pp. $11.75 from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va 22161. (1981) (1)
On the Definition of Freestream Conditions in Wind-Tunnel Testing (1982) (1)
SECTION C. SMALL PERTURBATION THEORY (1960) (1)
TECHNICAL EVALUATION REPORT ON AGARD SPECIALISTS' MEETING ON AIRCRAFT ENGINE NOISE AND SONIC BOOM (1970) (0)
Prince of peace (1986) (0)
Discussion: “Forces on Unstaggered Airfoil Cascades in Unsteady In-Phase Motion With Applications to Harmonic Oscillation” (Kemp, N. H., and Ohashi, H., 1976, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 98, pp. 521–530) (1976) (0)
Day in the life of the IDA. (2010) (0)
Stories from a Twentieth-Century Life (1994) (0)
Irrotational Motion of an Incompressible Fluid: Laplace’s Equation (2011) (0)
On Stereoscopic Painting (1975) (0)
Dynamics of Frictionless Fluids (2011) (0)
Forces on Unstaggered Airfoil Cascades in Unsteady In-Phase Motion With Applications to Harmonic Oscillation (2009) (0)
Motion of Bodies in an Incompressible Frictionless Fluid (2011) (0)
Erratum: Transonic Potential Flow of a Compressible Fluid (1950) (0)
Plane Irrotational Incompressible Flow: Complex Variables (2011) (0)
Wing Theory . A. Robinson and J. A. Laurmann. Cambridge University Press, London, 1956. 569 pp. Illus. $13.50. (1957) (0)
Kinematics of Fluid Flows (2011) (0)
The sound due to acceleration of a sphere (1975) (0)
Streamlining algorithms for complete adaptation (1990) (0)
A Wind-Tunnel Method for V/STOL Testing (1986) (0)
National Transonic Facility: A review of the operational plan (1980) (0)
Sheila E. Widnall: President-Elect of AAAS. (1986) (0)
Final Report, 1 November 1959-1 May 1962, (1962) (0)
Some aerodynamic problems of compressors and turbines (1953) (0)
Toward New Horizons. Volume 4. Aerodynamics and Aircraft Design (1946) (0)
Self-Correcting Wind Tunnels - Concept and Demonstration (Two Reprints). (1975) (0)
Table of Contents and Preface (2011) (0)
Geoffrey S.S. Ludford 1928–1986 (1987) (0)
Obituary—Geoffrey S.S. Ludford (1987) (0)

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