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==Publications==
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Libby has produced more than 200 journal publications throughout his career. He authored numerous books and monographs, which includes ''An Introduction to Turbulence'',<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/An_Introduction_To_Turbulence.html?id=8v97SGFsYOoC</ref> ''Turbulent Reacting Flows''<ref>https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F3-540-10192-6</ref> (co-authored with [[Forman A. Williams]]), ''Space Flight and Re-Entry Trajectories'',<ref>https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783709154724</ref> ''A Theoretical Analysis of the Turbulent Mixing of Reactive Gases with Application to the Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen'',<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=DAnRPgAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Paul+A.+Libby%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij_bGeuc3TAhUDLmMKHSJQD24Q6AEILDAB</ref> ''Some Perturbation Solutions in Laminar Boundary Layer Theory'',<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6jPtjwEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Paul+A.+Libby%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5huvmt83TAhVdGGMKHZ_MABcQ6AEIOzAE</ref> and ''Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Combustion''<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Theoretical_and_Experimental_Investigati.html?id=g5-nNwAACAAJ</ref>
Libby has produced more than 200 journal publications throughout his career. He authored numerous books and monographs, which includes ''An Introduction to Turbulence'',<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/An_Introduction_To_Turbulence.html?id=8v97SGFsYOoC | title=An Introduction to Turbulence| isbn=9781560321002| last1=Libby| first1=Paul A.| date=1996-10-01}}</ref> ''Turbulent Reacting Flows''<ref>{{Cite book | doi=10.1007/3-540-10192-6|title = Turbulent Reacting Flows|volume = 44|series = Topics in Applied Physics|year = 1980|isbn = 978-3-540-10192-5| last1=Libby| first1=Paul A.| last2=Williams| first2=Forman Arthur}}</ref> (co-authored with [[Forman A. Williams]]), ''Space Flight and Re-Entry Trajectories'',<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783709154724 | isbn=9783709154724| title=Space Flight and Re-Entry Trajectories: International Symposium Organized by the International Academy of Astronautics of the IAF Louveciennes, 19–21 June 1961 Proceedings| publisher=Springer| year=1962}}</ref> ''A Theoretical Analysis of the Turbulent Mixing of Reactive Gases with Application to the Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/?id=DAnRPgAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Paul+A.+Libby%22 | title=A Theoretical Analysis of the Turbulent Mixing of Reactive Gases with Application to the Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen| last1=Libby| first1=Paul A.| year=1961}}</ref> ''Some Perturbation Solutions in Laminar Boundary Layer Theory'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/?id=6jPtjwEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Paul+A.+Libby%22 | title=Some Perturbation Solutions in Laminar Boundary Layer Theory: The momentum equation| last1=Libby| first1=Paul A.| last2=Fox| first2=Herbert| year=1962}}</ref> and ''Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Combustion''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Theoretical_and_Experimental_Investigati.html?id=g5-nNwAACAAJ | title=Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Combustion| last1=Ferri| first1=Antonio| last2=Libby| first2=Paul A.| last3=Zakkay| first3=V.| year=1962}}</ref>


==Honors==
==Honors==

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Paul A. Libby
Born (1921-09-04) September 4, 1921 (age 102)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Known forBray-Moss-Libby Model
Scientific career
FieldsFluid dynamics
Combustion
Aerospace Engineering
InstitutionsPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
University of California, San Diego
Thesis (1948)

Paul A Libby (born September 4, 1921) is an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, a specialist in the field of Combustion and Aerospace Engineering.

Biography

Paul Libby received his bachelor's degree in 1942 and obtained his PhD under the supervision of Sol Penner in 1948, both from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He also served in the United States Navy in between his Bachelors and Doctorate degree; he was a Junior Grade Lieutenant when discharged.

He joined the faculty of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and advanced to the rank of Professor. At that time, the famous aerodynamist Antonio Ferri, a friend of Theodore von Kármán, joined the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Libby worked with Ferri as an assistant for ten years. In 1962, when Sol Penner was looking for faculty for the newly-found School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, Libby was recommended to Penner by von Kármán. He joined UCSD in 1964 as one of the 10 founding faculty members. He served as department chair from 1973 to 1976. He also served as Acting Dean and Associate Dean of Graduate affairs.

Research

Paul Libby's research focuses on a broad range of topics in fluid dynamics including boundary layers, turbulence, aerothermochemistry and combustion. He, along with Keith Stewartson, were the first to identify the eigensolutions of boundary layer equations and to study the uniqueness of the boundary-layer solutions. Homann flow, axisymmetric stagnation point flows, was generalized by Libby. Paul Libby, along with Kenneth Bray, discovered an important phenomena known as Counter-gradient diffusion in turbulent flames, in a series of papers in the 80s which are considered important contributions to our understanding of turbulent combustion.[1][2][3][4]

Publications

Libby has produced more than 200 journal publications throughout his career. He authored numerous books and monographs, which includes An Introduction to Turbulence,[5] Turbulent Reacting Flows[6] (co-authored with Forman A. Williams), Space Flight and Re-Entry Trajectories,[7] A Theoretical Analysis of the Turbulent Mixing of Reactive Gases with Application to the Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen,[8] Some Perturbation Solutions in Laminar Boundary Layer Theory,[9] and Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Combustion[10]

Honors

He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1999.[11] He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a British Royal Society Guest Fellow.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bray, K. N. C., et al. "Turbulence production in premixed turbulent flames." (1981): 127-140.
  2. ^ Libby, Paul A., and K. N. C. Bray. "Countergradient diffusion in premixed turbulent flames." AIAA journal 19.2 (1981): 205-213.
  3. ^ Bray, K. N. C., Paul A. Libby, and J. B. Moss. "Unified modeling approach for premixed turbulent combustion—Part I: General formulation." Combustion and flame 61.1 (1985): 87-102.
  4. ^ Bray, K. N. C., Paul A. Libby, and J. B. Moss. "Flamelet crossing frequencies and mean reaction rates in premixed turbulent combustion." Combustion Science and Technology 41.3-4 (1984): 143-172.
  5. ^ Libby, Paul A. (1996-10-01). An Introduction to Turbulence. ISBN 9781560321002.
  6. ^ Libby, Paul A.; Williams, Forman Arthur (1980). Turbulent Reacting Flows. Topics in Applied Physics. Vol. 44. doi:10.1007/3-540-10192-6. ISBN 978-3-540-10192-5.
  7. ^ Space Flight and Re-Entry Trajectories: International Symposium Organized by the International Academy of Astronautics of the IAF Louveciennes, 19–21 June 1961 Proceedings. Springer. 1962. ISBN 9783709154724.
  8. ^ Libby, Paul A. (1961). "A Theoretical Analysis of the Turbulent Mixing of Reactive Gases with Application to the Supersonic Combustion of Hydrogen".
  9. ^ Libby, Paul A.; Fox, Herbert (1962). "Some Perturbation Solutions in Laminar Boundary Layer Theory: The momentum equation".
  10. ^ Ferri, Antonio; Libby, Paul A.; Zakkay, V. (1962). "Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Supersonic Combustion".
  11. ^ https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/28998.aspx
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