Anthony Oppenheim (August 11, 1915, Warsaw , Poland - January 12, 2008, Kensington , California ) - one of the world's leading experts in combustion and radiation heat exchange, Honorary Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California (Berkeley)
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Date of Birth | August 11, 1915 |
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Date of death | January 12, 2008 (92 years) |
Place of death | Kensington , California |
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Biography
Received primary education at home (in French). Polish began to learn in high school. In adulthood, fluent in Russian.
In 1933, after graduating from high school, he entered the Warsaw Institute of Technology , where he studied aviation technology.
In 1939, after the invasion of Nazi Germany into Poland, he was forced to leave his native country and through Romania, Greece, France, Spain and Portugal reached England in June 1940.
In England, he entered the service of the Polish army in Scotland. Independently studied English. In 1942 he received leave in the army and in 1943 received a degree in engineering from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. He also received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of London and a diploma from Imperial College London in 1945.
For three years, he lectured in mechanical engineering in the City. He led the scientific work, together with his graduate students built the first supersonic channel.
During his stay in England, he worked on improving the engines used in the UK (Spitfire and Hurricane).
After the end of hostilities in Europe, he was sent to Germany as a British intelligence officer for contacts with engine developers. Oppenheim's interest in the study of detonation and combustion grew out of this early acquaintance with the problems of pulsed jet engines.
In 1948 he moved to the United States, received the position of assistant professor at Stanford University with a degree in mechanical engineering. Two years later, he went to work at the University of California at Berkeley to the same position. In 1954 he was appointed Adjunct Professor, he became full professor in 1958.
In 1967, Oppenheim, Nyuma Munson, and R. I. Soloukhin were co-founders of the International Colloquium on Explosive Dynamics and Reactive Systems ( eng. The International Committee on Gasdynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems , ICDERS) gas dynamics of the explosion and non-stationary combustion.
He worked at the University of California at Berkeley, in 1986 he officially retired, but continued to conduct active research until his death. Died after a long illness at his home in Kensington.
Research Interests
The motto in the work: "The creativity of one is a routine for another" ( One man's research is another man's routine ).
He studied the problems of heat exchange, radiation, initiation and propagation of gas detonation, the structure of detonation fronts, the mutual influence of detonation fronts, blast waves, turbulent combustion, and processes in internal combustion engines.
Developed equipment for high-speed photography on laser light sources, thanks to which he was able to conduct a series of unique experiments on the study of blast waves and detonation processes. Oppenheim is also credited with developing a method for the quantitative analysis of radiative heat transfer.
Recent studies have related to improving the efficiency of automotive internal combustion engines.
Awards
A foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 1997.
Memory
In 1989, the Oppenheim Prize was established and awarded for the outstanding contribution to the formation of theoretical or interpretive aspects of the dynamics of explosions and reactive systems. [2]
Links
Antoni K. Oppenheim, dies at 92 (eng.)
MEMORANDUM OF PROF. AK OPPENHEIM // Journal of KONES Powertrain and Transport, Vol. 17, No. 2010 2 (English)
ANTONI K. OPPENHEIM (English)
Notes
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2008.
- Ic Awards icders