William R. Sears
Affiliations: | 1937-1941 | Aeronautical Engineering | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
| 1946-1974 | Aeronautical Engineering | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States | |
| 1974-1985 | Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
Area:
aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, and airfoils.Website:
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(1913 - 2002)
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Theodore von Kármán | grad student | 1938 | Caltech | |
| (A Systematic Presentation of the Theory of Thin Airfoils in Non-Uniform Motion) | ||||
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Jack Edward Cermak | grad student | Cornell (E-Tree) | |
| Franklin Kingston Moore | grad student | 1949 | Cornell (E-Tree) |
| Hsien Kei Cheng | grad student | 1952 | Cornell (E-Tree) |
| James Elliott McCune | grad student | 1958 | Cornell |
| Stanley G. Rubin | grad student | 1963 | Cornell (E-Tree) |
| Demetri P. Telionis | grad student | 1970 | Cornell (E-Tree) |
| William K. Van Moorhem | grad student | 1971 | Cornell (Physics Tree) |
| Helmut Hans Korst | research scientist | 1948 | UIUC (Physics Tree) |
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| Sears WR. (1990) Comment on 'Induced drag and the ideal wake of a lifting wing' Journal of Aircraft. 27: 191-191 |
| Lee DCL, Sears WR. (1987) Experiments with an adaptable-wall wind tunnel for large lift Journal of Aircraft. 24: 371-376 |
| Sears WR. (1983) Adaptable wind tunnel for testing V/STOL configurations at high lift Journal of Aircraft. 20: 968-974 |
| Sears WR. (1979) Adaptive Wind Tunnels with Imperfect Control Journal of Aircraft. 16: 344-348 |
| Sears WR. (1977) A note on adaptive-wall wind tunnels Zeitschrift FüR Angewandte Mathematik Und Physik. 28: 915-927 |
| Sears WR, Telionis DP. (1975) Boundary-Layer Separation in Unsteady Flow Siam Journal On Applied Mathematics. 28: 215-235 |
| Sears WR. (1974) On Calculation of Induced Drag and Conditions Downstream of a Lifting Wing Journal of Aircraft. 11: 191-192 |
| Sears WR. (1961) Sub-Alfvenic Flow in Magnetoaerodynamics Journal of the Aerospace Sciences. 28: 249-250 |
| Resler EL, Sears WR. (1958) The Prospects for Magneto-Aerodynamics Journal of the Aerospace Sciences. 25: 235-245 |
| Sears WR. (1956) Some Recent Developments in Airfoil Theory Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences. 23: 490-499 |