Lewis Ferry Moody

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Lewis Ferry Moody
Born 1880
Died 1953
Nationality US American
Fields Mechanical engineer
Institutions Princeton University
Known for Moody chart
Notable awards Elliott Cresson Medal (1945)

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.

Moody chart showing friction factor plotted against Reynolds number for various roughnesses

He was the first Professor of Hydraulics in the School of Engineering at Princeton.[1]

Life

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]

Awards

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]

References

Moody, Lewis F. (1944), "Friction factors for pipe flow", Transactions of the ASME 66 (8): 671–684 paper on mtu.edu

  1. ↑ princeton.edu - Description of Acquisitions by the Princeton University Library, princeton.edu - Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, The Department of
  2. ↑ aiaa.org - Aerospace Education and Research at Princeton University, 1942–1975
  3. ↑ iplexl.com - Petents list for Moody, Lewis Ferry
  4. ↑ asme.org - Honorary Members
  5. ↑ asme.org - Lewis F. Moody award