Frank T. Smith

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Frank T. Smith
Born1948 (1948)
Alma mater University of Oxford
Awards FRS (1984)
Scientific career
Institutions University College London
Thesis Theoretical and experimental study of airflow past a porous surface with strong blowing, and two related problems (1972 [1] )

Frank Thomas Smith FRS (1948) is a Goldsmid professor in the department of mathematics in the University College London, a specialist in Fluid Mechanics. [2] [3]

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Biography

Frank Smith completed his doctoral degree in 1972 at the University of Oxford. Smith has made significant contributions to triple-deck theory applied to boundary layer flows, separated flows, biofluid mechanics, [4] skimming-stone problem, [5] [6] etc. He is the director of Lighthill institute of mathematical sciences. [7]

Awards and honours

Smith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. [8]

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