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BATCHELOR, George Keith

Born Melbourne 8 March 1920. Education Melbourne University (B.Sc. 1940, M.Sc. 1941) and Cambridge University (Ph.D. 1948). Research officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Melbourne, 1940-44. 1851 Exhibition senior scholar 1946-48. Lecturer in mathematics, Cambridge University 1948-59; Reader in fluid dynamics 1959-64; professor of applied mathematics 1964-83; Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics 1959-83. F.R.S. 1957.
  1. Interference in a wind-tunnel of octagonal section. Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Bulletin., 144 (1942), 24pp; Australian Council for Aeronautics. Report., ACA 1 (1944), 11pp.
  2. (With F.S. Shaw) A consideration of the design of wind tunnel contractions. Australian Council for Aeronautics. Report., ACA 4 (1944), 14pp.
  3. Interference on wings, bodies and airscrews in a closed tunnel of octagonal section. Australian Council for Aeronautics. Report., ACA 5 (1944), 26pp.
  4. Transition to turbulence within the boundary layer. Australian Journal of Science, 6 (1944), 108-112.
  5. (With A.A. Townsend) 'Singing' corner vanes. Nature, 155 (1945), 236.
  6. Power series expansions of the velocity potential in compressible flow. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, 2 (1945), 318-328.
  7. On the concept and properties of the idealized hydrodynamic resistance. Australian Council for Aeronautics. Report., ACA 13 (1945), 15pp.
  8. Sound in wind tunnels. Australian Council for Aeronautics. Report., ACA 18 (1945), 23pp.
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