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Shan-Fu Shen
Pages 268-273

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From page 269...
... A distinguished scholar in aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer, Shan-Fu Shen taught and advised Cornell undergraduates and graduate students, conducted his own research, and guided others until his retirement in 1991 as the John Edson Sweet Professor Emeritus.
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From page 270...
... He made important contributions in transonic and hypersonic aerodynamics; aeroelasticity; finite-element methods for aerodynamics; hydrodynamic stability (including a notable review of the subject in the Princeton Series in High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion) ; the kinetic theory of gases; non-Newtonian flows, including modeling of polymer flows with heat transfer; rarefied gas dynamics; and most recently, the theory and computation of boundary-layer separation, especially in unsteady flow over maneuvering bodies.
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From page 271...
... Shen authored 75 refereed and invited articles that were published in prestigious journals, including Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, Advances in Applied Mechanics, Vol. 4 of the Princeton Series in High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Math and Physics, Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences and AIAA Journal, Journal of Statistical Physics, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Israel Journal of Technology, and Rheologica Acta.
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From page 272...
... K.K. Wang, recalling his association with him in the injection-molding program, says that at a critical time when he needed a partner to initiate interdisciplinary research on injection molding of plastics, Shan-Fu stepped in, and, for the next 14 years, generously contributed his vital expertise in fluid mechanics and heat transfer.
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