John Ffowcs Williams
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John "Shôn" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams FRSA FRAeS FInstP FREng[1][7][8][lower-alpha 1] (1935–2020) was Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1996–2002).[9] He may be best known for his contributions to aeroacoustics, in particular for his work on Concorde. Together with one of his students, David Hawkings,[10] he introduced the far-field integration method in computational aeroacoustics based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy, known as the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy.[11]
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Born | Shôn Eirwen Ffowcs Williams (1935-05-25)25 May 1935 Wales |
Died | 12 December 2020(2020-12-12) (aged 85) North Wales, Wales |
Spouse |
Anne Mason (m. 1959) |
Awards | Sir Frank Whittle Medal (2002) |
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Alma mater | University of Southampton[1] |
Thesis | On Noise from Convected Turbulence (1961) |
Doctoral advisor | Elfyn Richards[2] |
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Discipline | Engineering |
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Notable ideas | Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings analogy |
Ffowcs was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for contributions to the theory of jet noise, and other aspects of aeroacoustics and hydrodynamics.