Li Tian

Li Tian (Chinese: 李天; pinyin: Lǐ Tiān; Wade–Giles: Li T'ien; 2 October 1938 – 11 April 2018) was a Chinese physicist and aircraft designer. An expert in aerodynamics for aeronautics, he served as chief scientist of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. He was also an adjunct professor at Beihang University.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Li Tian
李天
Born(1938-10-02)2 October 1938
Jilin City, Jilin, Republic of China
Died11 April 2018(2018-04-11) (aged 79)
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Alma materTsinghua University
Scientific career
FieldsAerodynamics
InstitutionsShenyang Aircraft Design Institute,
Beihang University

Biography

Li was born in October 1938 in Jilin City, Jilin province. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1963 with a degree in fluid mechanics.[2] He was assigned to the then 601 Institute as a technician afterwards, and was banished to western Liaoning during the Cultural Revolution.[3]

Li was responsible for the aerodynamic projects when developing Shenyang J-8 and Shenyang J-11, he is known as one of the founders of Chinese stealth technology for aircraft. He improved Chinese fighter configurations and stealthy designs by combining electromagnetic scattering characteristics with aerodynamic theory.[4]

Li was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Li's father, Li Pengshu, taught Chinese literature at a high school. Li was the third of five children. After his mother died in 1948, his father remarried in 1950 and had two more children.[3] Li died on 11 April 2018 in Shenyang, aged 79.[1]

References
  1. "中国科学院院士李天逝世　系中国战机隐身技术之父". www.people.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. "天之骄子——记中国科学院院士、沈阳飞机设计研究所首席专家李天". China Aviation News (in Chinese).
  3. 情志蓝天——记航空气动专家、中国科学院院士李天 (in Chinese). Aviation Industry Press. 2011. ISBN 9787802437159.
  4. "李天 飞机空气动力学专家". 航空制造技术 [Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology] (in Chinese). 423 (3): 26–27. 2013.
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