David Tritton
Tritton was born in Slough on 26 July 1935.[1] He received his PhD under Alan Townsend at Cambridge on "Experiments on Flow past Cylinders and Free Convection" .[2] Subsequently, he worked at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. He was a visiting professor in Texas when he died on 24 April 1998 .[3]
David John Tritton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 July 1935 |
| Died | 24 April 1998 (aged 62) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | fluid dynamics |
| Institutions | University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Townsend |
David Tritton was a fluid dynamicist.
Tritton is known for his textbook "Physical Fluid Dynamics".[4]
References
- "David Tritton – Physicist | Tritton Family History". 2011-03-06. Archived from the original on 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- "The Mathematics Genealogy Project - D. Tritton". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- Obituary: "David John Tritton" Harry L. Swinney and Peter A. Davies, Physics Today April 1999. http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/52/4/10.1063/1.882637
- Physical Fluid Dynamics, Second Edition, D. J. Tritton, Clarendon Press, 1988
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