Merwin Sibulkin

Merwin Sibulkin (1926–2006) was an American scientist active in the field of aerodynamics,^[1] fluid mechanics,^[2] heat transfer and combustion.

Early life and education[edit]

A World War II Navy veteran, he earned his PhD at California Institute of Technology in 1956.^[3]

Career[edit]

Sibulkin worked at General Dynamics in San Diego, California until 1963,^[4] and then became professor at the Division of Engineering at Brown University.

Sibulkin was particularly known for his work on investigating drag around air intakes on jet-propelled aircraft.

Sibulkin was also once involved in an experiment trying to investigate if the coriolis force due to the rotation of the Earth could be seen in the form of spiraling water around the outlet when draining a bath tub.^[4]^[5] He was, however, unsuccessful.^[6]

Selected publications[edit]

Transition from Turbulent to Laminar Pipe Flow, Defense Technical Information Center, 1961
A note on the bathtub vortex, General Dynamics/Astronautics, San Diego, California
Unsteady, viscous, circular flow Part 3. Application to the Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube, Convair Scientific Research Laboratory, San Diego
"Boundary-Layer Measurements at Supersonic Nozzle Throats", Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 4 (1957), pp. 249–252.

Personal[edit]

Sibulkil was married to Lucinda, née Weiss.

References[edit]

^ Aerospace Engineering. Institute of the Aerospace Sciences. May 1958.
^ The New Scientist. New Science Publications. 1963.
^ "Tribute to Merv Sibulkin". Engineering Ingenuity, Brown University
^ ^a ^b "The bathtub vortex reverses at the end". Reed Business Information (20 September 1962). New Scientist. Reed Business Information. pp. 628–. ISSN 0262-4079. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ South African Journal of Science: Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Wetenskap. South African Association for the Advancement of Science. 1962. p. 294.
^ Martin Gardner (July 2005). The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings. Dover Publications. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-0-486-44244-0. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

External links[edit]

[1] Aerospace Engineering. Institute of the Aerospace Sciences. May 1958.

[2] The New Scientist. New Science Publications. 1963.

[3] "Tribute to Merv Sibulkin". Engineering Ingenuity, Brown University

[Information1962-4] "The bathtub vortex reverses at the end". Reed Business Information (20 September 1962). New Scientist. Reed Business Information. pp. 628–. ISSN 0262-4079. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[5] South African Journal of Science: Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Wetenskap. South African Association for the Advancement of Science. 1962. p. 294.

[Gardner2005-6] Martin Gardner (July 2005). The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry and Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings. Dover Publications. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-0-486-44244-0. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

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