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Henri Coandă

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Also known as Henri Marie Jean Gustave Coandă

romanian inventor (1886-1972)

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Type
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Origin
Bari

Discography

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Key facts

Born
Henri Marie Coandă , ( 1886-06-07 ) 7 June 1886, Bucharest , Kingdom of Romania
Died
25 November 1972 (1972-11-25) (aged 86), Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Alma mater
Technische Universität Berlin , Montefiore Institute
Occupations
Engineer, physicist, inventor
Known for
Coandă effect , aeronautical engineering
Parent s
Constantin Coandă (father), Aida Danet (mother)

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Encyclopedic overview

Henri Marie Coandă ( Romanian pronunciation: [ɑ̃ˈri ˈko̯andə] ; 7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of fluid dynamics.

In the 1950s, Coandă inflated his importance in aviation history, describing falsely how he had invented the air-breathing jet engine and incorporated that design into the Coandă-1910 aircraft. However, his ducted engine design, the "turbo-propulseur", was described in its patent as working the same way with either water or air running through.

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