Guo Yonghuai
Chinese aerospace engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guo Yonghuai, or Yung-Huai Kuo, (Chinese: 郭永怀; April 4, 1909 – December 5, 1968), was a Chinese aerospace engineer and aerodynamics scientist.[1]
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Guo Yonghuai Yung-Huai Kuo | |
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郭永怀 | |
Born | (1909-04-04)4 April 1909 |
Died | 5 December 1968(1968-12-05) (aged 59) |
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater | |
Spouse | Li Pei |
Awards | Two Bombs and One Satellite Achievement Medal (1999) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Aerodynamics |
Thesis | Two-dimensional irrotational mixed subsonic and supersonic flow of a compressible fluid and the upper critical mach number (1944) |
Doctoral advisor | Theodore von Kármán |
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