| RefNo | EC/1963/12 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVII, 71 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Kuchermann, Dietrich: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate of Election |
| Citation | Distinguished for theoretical and experimental work in several branches of aerodynamics. His contributions began at Gottingen; at Farnborough his studies of swept wings in combination with bodies have profoundly influenced current high speed design. He is a leading exponent of the proposal to use, rather than suppress, flow separation at leading edges; and since 1955 he has been in successful charge of a large body of aerodynamic research specifically aimed at the design of a supersonic air-liner. In all his work airframe and engine are treated as aerodynamic partners: witness his text book (with J Weber) on Aerodynamics of Propulsion, the first of its kind. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: S B Gates; B Melvill Jones; G I Taylor; A G Pugsley; L Howarth; M J Lighthill; ?A A Hall; Ernest F Relf; A Fage; H B Squire; W S Farren;
From General Knowledge: G K Batchelor |
| Format | Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA640 | Kuchemann; Dietrich (1911 - 1976) | 1911 - 1976 |