Adolf Busemann at Langley

Adolph Busemann (* 20 April 1901 in Lübeck, † 3 November 1986 in Boulder, Colorado) was an influential early pioneer in aerodynamics, specialising in supersonic airflows. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Luebeck. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... Aerodynamics (shaping of objects that affect the flow of air, liquid or gas) is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of forces and gas flows. ...

Born in Luebeck, Germany he originated the concept of swept winged aircraft which he presented at the Volta Congress in Rome in 1935, which led to the F-86, Soviet MIG-15 and many other modern aircraft. At the time of his proposal flight much beyond 300 miles per hour had not been achieved, and it was considered an academic curiosity. However, Busemann's sweep was kept ahead of the Mach cone in the supersonic airflow^[1], unlike the later concept of Robert T. Jones. Bobby Jones can refer to different people: Bobby Jones: a golf player Bobby Jones: a baseball player Bobby Jones: a basketball player Bobby Jones: a gospel singer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

He also did early work on magneto-hydrodynamics in the 1920s, as well as his work on cylindrical focusing of shock waves and non-steady gas dynamics. He invented Busemann's Biplane a supersonic design that emits no sonic shockwaves. MHD Simulation of Solar Wind Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), or magnetofluiddynamics, is the academic discipline which studies the dynamics of electrically-conducting fluids. ... Busemanns Biplane is a conceptual airframe design that inherently prohibits the formation of N-type shockwaves and thus does not create a sonic boom. ... For the vector animation platform, see Macromedia Shockwave. ...

He held a professorship at the University of Colorado from 1963 and suggested the use of ceramic tiles on the space shuttle which were used.^[2] NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...

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