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Frank T. Smith
Born 1948 (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)

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

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, skimming-stone problem, etc. He is the director of Lighthill institute of mathematical sciences.

Awards and honours

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

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