Henri Coandă
Henri Marie Coandă (7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972) was an inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft from Romania. The Coandă-1910, made by Coanda is sometimes considered to be first jet.[1] This information has also created controversies.[2] He invented a number of devices, he also designed "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of fluid dynamics.[3] During World War 2, he lived in occupied France.[4]
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| 200px Henri Coandă in 1967 | |
| Born | Henri Marie Coandă June 7, 1886 Bucharest, Romania |
| Died | November 25, 1972 (aged 86) Bucharest, Romania |
| Occupation | Engineer, inventor, aviation pioneer |
| Parent(s) | Aida (née Danet) and Constantin Coandă |
In 1969, he got back to Romania, he served as director of the Institute for Scientific and Technical Creation (INCREST), in 1971 he recorganized with professor Elie Carafoli, the Department of Aeronautical Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
Coandă died in Bucharest on 25 November 1972. He was 86 years old, he is buried at Bellu cemetery.[5]
Henri Coandă Media
- Henri Coanda airplane 1910.jpg
Coandă-1910 airplane with the turbo-propulseur on separate display
- Bristol Coand Monoplane.jpg
References
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- ↑ Martin Caidin, 'The Coanda Story', Flying Magazine, vo. 58, No. 5 (May 1956), pp. 33, 50, 54
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).