A Century of Fluid Mechanics in The Netherlands

• Main Author: Alkemade, Fons (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Technology.; Fluid mechanics.; Fluids.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Renewable energy resources.; Water pollution.; Popular Science in Technology.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

In October 1918, Jan Burgers, 23 years old, started as professor of 'aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and their applications' at the Technical University in Delft. This can be regarded as the birth of fluid mechanics in the Netherlands, not only as an academic discipline but also as the start...