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Nikolay Zhukovsky
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zhukovskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Egorovich, 1847-1921, Nikolaĭ Egorovich Zhukovskiĭ, Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky, Nikolai Zhukovsky, Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovskii, Nicolai Egorovich Joukowsky
Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1847-01-17 ) 17 January 1847, Orekhovo, Vladimir Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 17 March 1921 (1921-03-17) (aged 74), Moscow , Russian SFSR
- Alma mater
- Moscow State University
- Known for
- Joukowsky equation , Joukowsky transform , Kutta–Joukowski theorem
- Awards
- Order of Saint Anna , Order of Saint Stanislaus , Order of Saint Vladimir
- Fields
- Aerodynamics
- Institutions
- Imperial Moscow University , Bauman Moscow State Technical University , Moscow State University
- Academic advisors
- August Davidov
- Notable students
- S. Chaplygin , L. I. Sedov , V. V. Shuleikin , Leonid Leibenson , Andrei Tupolev
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikolay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Place of birth
- Orekhovo-Zuyevo
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- aerospace engineer
- Position held
- director
- Employer
- Imperial Moscow University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- Kutta condition
- Doctoral advisor
- August Davidov
- Student of
- Vasili Yakovlevich Zinger
- Field of work
- aviation
- Image
- Nikolai Egorovich Zhukovskii at work 1915.jpg
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- Nikolai Zhukovsky
- date of birth
- 1847-00-00
- date of death
- 1921-00-00
- place of burial
- Donskoe cemetery
- interested in
- mechanics
- student
- Leonid Sedov
- birth name
- Николай Егорович Жуковский
- influenced by
- Ernst Mach
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- member of
- Moscow Mathematical Society
- name in native language
- Николай Егорович Жуковский
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Russian: Никола́й Его́рович Жуко́вский, IPA: [ʐʊˈkofskʲɪj]; 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1847 – 17 March 1921) was a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, and a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. Whereas contemporary scientists scoffed at the idea of human flight, Zhukovsky was the first to undertake the study of airflow. He is often called the Father of Russian Aviation.
The Joukowsky transform is named after him, while the fundamental aerodynamical theorem, the Kutta–Joukowski theorem, is named after both him and German mathematician Martin Kutta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nikolay Zhukovsky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.