RICHARDSON E G

UNITED KINGDOM (see also List of Individuals)

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15.7.1896 Watford/UK - 31.3.1960 Newcastle/UK

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Edward Gick Richardson graduated during World War I from University College, London. He served then in the Royal Air Force which no doubt initiated his life-long interest in both aerodynamics and meteorology. He undertook research at the Queen Mary College under Charles Herbert Lees (1864-1952) and from there was appointed Lecturer at University College from 1923 to 1931. His research in acoustics was awarded with the PhD title. In 1931 Richardson moved to King's College in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he spent the rest of his life. He was made a Reader in 1943 and in 1956 a chair in acoustics was created for him.

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Richardson's research achievement was extensive and diverse including besides works in acoustics also liquid jets, suspensions, viscometry, hot-wire anemometry, atmospheric turbulence and fish locomotion. His experimental work was characterized by directness of attack and economy of means, and he was particularly interested in new lines of investigation. His research covered aerodynamics where he investigated the flow pattern close to the wing surface in his 1928 Report, thereby using the boundary layer approach devised by Ludwig Prandtl (1875-1953). He also contributed to fluid flow with a study for instance on sediment transport. Whereas most of this research was directed to the understanding of bedload, the portion of sediment transport close to a rigid surface, Richardson analyzed the more complicated suspended portion of the complete transport problem. He also presented in 1950 a book on the viscous fluid flow in which the effect of viscosity is particularly accounted for. Richardson was the president of the British Society of Rheology in the term 1957-1958.

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_{Curtis, W.E. (1960). Prof. E.G. Richardson. Nature 186: 678.}

_{Poggendorff, J.C. (1936). Richardson, Edward Gick. Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch 6: 2168; 7b: 4352-4354. Verlag Chemie: Leipzig, with bibliography.}

_{Richardson, E.G. (1927). Recent model experiments in aerodynamics. Journal Royal Aeronautical Society 31: 810-843.}

_{Richardson, E.G. (1928). Flow of air adjacent to the surface of an aerofoil. ARC Reports and Memoranda 1224. HMSO: London.}

_{Richardson, E.G. (1934). The transport of silt by a stream. Philosophical Magazine 17: 769- 783.}

_{Richardson, E.G. (1950). Dynamics of real fluids. Arnold: London.}

_{Richardson, E.G., ed. (1960). Aerodynamic capture of particles. Pergamon Press: Oxford. Stephens, R.W.B. (1960). Prof. Edward Gick Richardson, BA., PhD, D.Sc. Acustica 10(2): 73. P}