John Horlock
| Sir John Horlock FRS FREng | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 April 1928 |
| Nationality | British |
|
Engineering career | |
| Engineering discipline | Science and engineering |
| Institution memberships |
University of Liverpool University of Salford Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge |
Sir John Harold Horlock FRS FREng[1] (born 19 April 1928),[2][3] North London, is a British professor of mechanical engineering, and was Vice-Chancellor of both the Open University and the University of Salford, as well as Vice-President of the Royal Society.[4] He was elected in 1977 as a Fellow[5] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[6]
Early life
Horlock was raised in North London and attended The Latymer School, Edmonton. He went from there to the University of Cambridge where he gained his PhD in 1958.[4]
Career
In spite of a job offer by Rolls-Royce, Horlock accepted the role of Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Liverpool.
He returned to Cambridge as Professor of Engineering in 1967, and in 1973 he founded the department's Whittle Laboratory, also becoming its Director.[7]
In 1981 Horlock began working for the Open University. Whilst there he tackled the government over spending cuts, introduced a taught postgraduate masters programme, and expanded the OU.
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Following his retirement he was treasurer and later vice-president of the Royal Society.[4]
Research
Horlock's main area of research is turbomachinery, particularly Gas turbines, compressors and Jet engines.[4]
Honours
He was given a knighthood in the 1996 New Year Honours, for services to science, engineering and education.[8]
The Horlock building on the Open University's Walton Hall campus was named in his honour in 1989,[4] and the Association of Open University Graduates' Sir John Horlock Award for Science was established two years later in 1991.[7]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Horlock, John H (1958). Axial flow compressors fluid mechanics & thermodynamics. Oxford, UK: Butterworth & Co Publishers Ltd.
- Horlock, John H (1966). Axial flow turbines. Oxford, UK: Butterworth & Co Publishers Ltd. ISBN 9780408122504.
- Horlock, John H (1973). Axial flow compressors, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Huntington, N.Y: R.E. Krieger Pub. Co. ISBN 9780882750965.
- Horlock, John H (1978). Actuator disk theory: discontinuities in thermo fluid dynamics. London New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780070303607.
- Horlock, John H (1997). Cogeneration—combined heat and power (CHP): thermodynamics and economics. Malabar, Fla: Krieger Pub. ISBN 9780894649288.
- Horlock, John H (2002). Combined power plants: including combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. ISBN 9781575241975.
Chapters in books
- Horlock, John H (1997), "Keynote address", in Hah, Chunhill, Turbomachinery fluid dynamics and heat transfer: based on the proceedings of the symposium held at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 13–14, 1995: on the occasion of Dr. B. Lakshminarayana's 60th birthday, New York: M. Dekker, pp. 1–12, ISBN 9780824798291
Journal articles
- Horlock, John H (March 1963). "Annulus wall boundary layers in axial compressor stages". Journal of Fluids Engineering (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)) 85 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1115/1.3656537.
- Horlock, John H; Henderson, Robert E (October 1972). "An approximate analysis of the unsteady lift on airfoils in cascade". Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)) 94 (4): 233–240. doi:10.1115/1.3445678.
- Horlock, John H; Grainger, CF (September 1980). "Linearized solutions for the supersonic flow through turbomachinery blade rows (using actuator disk theory)". Journal of Fluids Engineering (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)) 102 (3): 330–337. doi:10.1115/1.3240690.
- Horlock, John H (January 1997). "Aero-engine derivative gas turbines for power generation: thermodynamic and economic perspectives". Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)) 119 (1): 119–123. doi:10.1115/1.2815534.
- Horlock, John H; Cumpsty, Nicholas A (2005). "Averaging non-uniform flow for a purpose". Turbo Expo 2005, Parts a and b (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)) 6: 1–14. doi:10.1115/GT2005-68081.
- Horlock, John H; Torbidoni, Leonardo (January 2008). "Calculations of cooled turbine efficiency". Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)) 130 (1). doi:10.1115/1.2771250.
References
- ↑ "List of Fellows".
- ↑ HORLOCK, Sir John (Harold), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
Prof Sir John Horlock, Vice–Chancellor, Open University, 1981–90, 84
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "History of the OU – John Horlock". Open University. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ "List of Fellows".
- ↑ "List of Fellows".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The AOUG Sir John Horlock Award for Science". Association of Open University Graduates (AOUG). Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ "New Year Honours List 1996". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). January 1996. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
Note: Text as published in the New Zealand Gazette (Special), Wellington: Friday, 19 January 1996 – Issue No. 4 (pp.121 – 124)
External links
- John Horlock, History of the Open University
- The AOUG Sir John Horlock Award for Science, Association of Open University Graduates (AOUG)
- Whittle Laboratory, Cambridge University Engineering Department
- School of Engineering, Liverpool University
- Mechanical Engineering, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, University of Salford, Greater Manchester