Papers of G. K. Batchelor

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
6 Papers relating to the G I Taylor Professorship File
7 Papers relating to the G I Taylor lecture/memorial fund File
8 Applications and references for the Lucasian chair File 1968
10 File of correspondence concerning attempts to keep A E Gill’s University post while holding a 5-year Royal Society Senior Research Fellowship File 1978-82
3 File of papers relating to the Schlumberger Scholarship and the Cambridge-USA scholarship File 1982-84
6 Visiting Scholars Series 1979-1996
2 File relating to the visit of C F Chen File 1986-87
4 Papers relating to the visit of S P Zhu File 1993-94
5 File relating to the visit of D F James File 1995
4 Papers relating to an application to the Science Research Council to pursue research in ‘The Mechanics of Suspensions' File 1970-71
8 Papers relating to an application for an SERC grant for D J Jeffrey, later declined File 1982
13 Proposals for a research project on turbulence under the aegis of the Fellowship of Engineering about which Batchelor was sceptical File 1991
9 Notes for Batchelor's’s Preliminary course on the mechanics of liquids and gases File c 1960
11 Prizes Class
13 Personal material relating to DAMTP and its predecessors Series 1948-83
4 Appointment as Maths Faculty representative on the Faculty Board of Engineering File 27 Oct 1949
7 Papers relating to various events to mark GKB’s retirement File 1983
1 ‘Interesting documents from CSIR [Council for Scientific and Industrial Research] period’ including memoranda on the work of the Fluid Motion Group with plans for a proposed fluid motion laboratory Item 1940-44
2 'Wind Tunnel Measurements of the Hinge Moments on Bomb Doors beneath an Engine Nacelle'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A3 by T F C Laurence and G K Batchelor Item Jan 1941
4 'Sighting Corrections for a Free Gun'. Division of Aeronautics Report, No A4 Addendum by G K Batchelor Item May 1941
11 'Ducted Cooling Tests Comparing the Normal Ring-Gill Exit with a Flap-Exit beneath the Wing'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A10 by G K Batchelor Item May 1942
12 "Velocity and Total Head Traverse of the Working Section of the 9’ x 7' Wind Tunnel". Division of Aeronautics, Note No A11 by G K Batchelor Item May 1942
20 'Determination of the Lift of an Aerofoil in a Wind Tunnel from the Pressure on the Walls'. Division of Aeronautics, Report No A24 by G K Batchelor Item Jun 1944
21 'A Numerical Method of Determining Subsonic Compressible Flow Past an Obstacle. II Joukowski Aerofoil'. Division of Aeronautics, Aerodynamics Note No 61 by G K Batchelor Item Dec 1944
3 Copy letter from Batchelor revealing that he no longer complies with the regulations of the Dixson Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne File 4 Jun 1941
4 Correspondence concerning the David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne File 1944
5 Notes of lectures by Sir Edward Bullard, Miles Burkitt, Glyn Daniel and Robert Stoneley File 1945-47
4 Miscellaneous applications and for and offers of academic posts Series 1946-51
1 Application for the Imperial Chemical Industries Fellowship File 1946
11 Letter from Batchelor to G I Taylor explaining why he has declined the opffer of a Fellowship by Clare College File 5 Jun 1951