| Lewis Ferry Moody | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 1953 |
| Nationality | US American |
| Fields | Mechanical engineer |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Known for | Moody chart |
Lewis Ferry Moody (1880–1953) was an American engineer and professor, best known for the Moody chart, a diagram capturing relationships between several variables used in calculating fluid flow through a pipe.
He was the first Professor of Hydraulics in the School of Engineering at Princeton.[1]
Lewis F. Moody as professor of fluid mechanics and machine design arrived in 1930 at Princeton. [2]
He has 23 patents for his inventions.[3]
He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1945.
He was awarded an Honorary Membership of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 1951.[4]
Only five years after his death, ASME created an Award to his honours: The Lewis F. Moody award, which is awarded for outstanding original papers useful to the practice of mechanical engineering by the Fluids Engineering Division (FED). [5]
Moody, Lewis F. (1944), "Friction factors for pipe flow", Transactions of the ASME 66 (8): 671–684 paper on mtu.edu