Llewellyn M. K. Boelter
American engineer (1898–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter (August 7, 1898 – July 27, 1966)[1] was an American engineer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, and founding Dean of its UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.[2]
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Llewellyn M. K. Boelter | |
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Born | Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter (1898-08-07)August 7, 1898 Winona, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | July 27, 1966(1966-07-27) (aged 67) |
Nationality | American |
Education | UC Berkeley College of Engineering (BSc, MSc) |
Occupation | Engineer |
Known for | Work with heat transfer |
Parent(s) | John Julius Boelter Clara Carolina Kraus |
Awards | ASME Medal (1957) Max Jakob Memorial Award (1962) |
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In the late 1920s Boelter came into prominence for by his work in the field heat transfer, for which he had investigated heat transfer in the automobile radiator of the tubular type.[3] F. W. Dittus and Boelter proposed "a convective heat transfer correlation for turbulent flows,"[4] which became known as the Dittus-Boelter equation. In 1957 he was awarded the ASME Medal.