| RefNo | EC/1988/32 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XXII, 129 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Saffman, Philip Geoffrey: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1986 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Distinguished for his important contributions to fluid mechanics in more than 140 papers characterized by originality, powerful mathematical analysis, and deep physical insight. The problems he has illuminated include the following: dispersion in porous media, fingering in a Hele-Shaw cell, the interaction of molecular and macroscopic mixing in turbulent fluid, the forces on a small particle in moving fluid, the effect of dust particles on stability of gas flows, the dynamics of homogeneous turbulence, the shear layers bounding a Taylor column, vortex rings, trailing line vortices from aircraft wings, stability of vortex streets, diffusion of macromolecules in cell walls, nonlinear gravity-capillary waves, and instability of finite-amplitude water waves. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4778 | Saffman; Philip Geoffrey (1931 - 2008) | 1931 - 2008 |