John W. Miles
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| Born | 1 December 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | 20 October 2008 (aged 87) Santa Barbara, California |
| Residence | La Jolla, California |
| Fields | Fluid mechanics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lockheed Aircraft Corporation UCLA (1945–1961) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (1964–2008) |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | wind-wave growth model |
| Notable awards | Timoshenko Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1982) Otto Laporte Award (1983) |
John Wilder Miles (December 1, 1920 – October 20, 2008) was a research professor emeritus of applied mechanics and geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He was well regarded for his pioneering work in theoretical fluid mechanics, and made fundamental contributions to understanding how wind energy transfers to waves.[1]
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Career [edit]
The first 20 years of Miles' research was devoted to electrical and aeronautical engineering. He turned his mathematical abilities to geophysical fluid dynamics when he joined Scripps, and made numerous contributions to all aspects of fluid dynamics, including supersonic flow, ocean tides, the stability of currents and water waves and their nonlinear interactions, as well as extensive work in the application of mathematical methods.
Throughout his career, he wrote more than 400 publications.
Selected publications [edit]
- Miles, J. W. (1957), "On the generation of surface waves by shear flows", Journal of Fluid Mechanics 3 (2): 185–204, Bibcode:1957JFM.....3..185M, doi:10.1017/S0022112057000567
- —— (1963), "On the stability of heterogeneous shear flows. Part 2", Journal of Fluid Mechanics 16 (2): 209–227, Bibcode:1963JFM....16..209M, doi:10.1017/S0022112063000707
- —— (1974), "Harbor seiching", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 6: 17–33, Bibcode:1974AnRFM...6...17M, doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.06.010174.000313
- —— (1977), "On Hamilton's principle for surface waves", Journal of Fluid Mechanics 83 (1): 153–158, Bibcode:1977JFM....83..153M, doi:10.1017/S0022112077001104
- —— (1980), "Solitary waves", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 12: 11–43, Bibcode:1980AnRFM..12...11M, doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.12.010180.000303
- ——; Henderson, D. (1990), "Parametrically forced surface waves", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 22: 143–165, Bibcode:1990AnRFM..22..143M, doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.22.010190.001043
References [edit]
- ^ "Obituary Notice: Distinguished Scientist and Professor: John W. Miles". Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
External links [edit]
- John W. Miles at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Ristine, Jeff (November 3, 2008), Obituary – John W. Miles; Scripps researcher known for theory on waves, San Diego Union Tribune, retrieved 2010-11-11
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