Max Munk
Max Munk · Science & Medicine
Fluid mechanics
1890, Hamburg, Germany — 1986, United States
Germany · United States
Max Munk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics
Munk was a German-born aerospace engineer, a pupil of Ludwig Prandtl, who introduced thin-airfoil theory and designed the pioneering Variable Density Tunnel at NACA (later NASA), transforming the scientific design of aircraft wings. Special orders were needed to bring the former wartime enemy to work in the United States. He is listed among Jews in continuum mechanics by the Jewish biographical database Jinfo.org.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics
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Fluid mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics
