Dudley Brian Spalding

Background

Spalding, Dudley Brian was born on January 9, 1923 in London. Son of Harold Andrwe and Kathleen Constance (Davey) Spalding.

Education

Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1944. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1952.

Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, England, 1966.

Career

Head heat transfer Imperial College, London, 1958-1981, professor heat transfer, 1958-1988, head computational fluiddynamics unit, 1981-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Chairman, director Cham North America, Huntsville, Alabama, 1977-1991. Managing director Concentration Heat & Momentum Ltd., Wimbledon, since 1970.

Honorary president Ercoftac, since 1991, chairman science committee, 1988-1991.

Achievements

• Achievements include creation of phoenics, a general purpose computer code for the simulation of fluid-flow and heat-transfer processes.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author 12 books. Contributor numerous articles to professional journals.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society, Royal Academy Engineering, ICHIME IMECHE. Member Russian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine National Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Married Eda Isle-Lotte Goericke. 4 children; Married Colleen I. King. 2 children.

Father:

Harold Andrwe Spalding

Mother:

Kathleen Constance (Davey) Spalding

Spouse:

Eda Isle-Lotte Goericke

Spouse:

Colleen I. King