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Trevor Stuart
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John Trevor Stuart
29 January 1929 |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
| Known for | Stuart number Stuart–Landau equation |
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| Fields | Fluid mechanics |
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| Thesis | Stability of viscous motion for finite disturbances (1952) |
John Trevor Stuart, born on January 29, 1929, is a famous mathematician. He works at Imperial College London and studies how liquids and gases move. This field is called fluid mechanics. He also studies how fluids flow smoothly or become unstable.
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Education and Early Life
Trevor Stuart went to Gateway Grammar School in Leicester. Later, he studied at Imperial College London in London. He earned his first degree there in 1949. In 1953, he got his Ph.D. (a very high degree) from Imperial College. His Ph.D. research was about how liquids move smoothly or become unstable.
Career Highlights
After college, Stuart worked at the National Research Laboratory for a short time. Then, he came back to Imperial College. In 1966, he became a professor, teaching about how fluids move.
He was also in charge of the Mathematics Department for several years. He led the department from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1986. From 1990 to 1993, he was the Dean of the Royal College of Science. Today, he is an emeritus professor at Imperial College, meaning he has retired but still has an important connection to the university.
Key Research and Discoveries
Trevor Stuart is well-known for his work on how waves form in fluids. He studied how these waves can lead to turbulence, which is when fluids move in a chaotic, swirling way.
He also built upon the work of another famous scientist, Lord Rayleigh. Stuart researched how fluids create a steady flow when they are moving unsteadily. This happens especially at high Reynolds numbers, which is a way to measure how fluids flow. His work helped us understand more about how fluids behave in different situations.
Awards and Recognition
Stuart has received many important awards for his work. In 1974, he was chosen as a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very high honor for scientists in the United Kingdom.
He also received the Otto Laporte Award in 1985. In 1984, he was given the Senior Whitehead Prize. He has honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Brown University and the University of East Anglia. He is also the editor of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.
See also
- Stuart–Landau equation
