Hunt, J. C. R. Nonlinear and wave theory contributions of T. Brooke Benjamin (1929–1995). (English) Zbl 1125.76300 Davis, Stephen H. (ed.) et al., Annual review of fluid mechanics. Vol. 38. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews (ISBN 0-8243-0738-0/hbk). Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 38, 1-25 (2006). Summary: Brooke Benjamin’s original theories of fluid mechanical phenomena changed our basic understanding of cavitation bubbles, surface and internal waves, gravity currents, instabilities of shear flow over flexible surfaces, and swirling flows. For some types of finite-amplitude wave phenomena, he generated integral constraints and derived new partial differential equations; by establishing their general properties he showed how they have wide application. He developed a complementary approach based on functional analysis that was quite new to fluid mechanics. He demonstrated methods for deriving, without detailed calculation, the essential features of nonlinear and indeterminate flow problems that are otherwise intractable.For the entire collection see [Zbl 1081.76003]. Cited in 1 Document MSC: 76-03 History of fluid mechanics 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies 74J35 Solitary waves in solid mechanics 76B15 Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction 76D33 Waves for incompressible viscous fluids 76E05 Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability Keywords:Obituary Biographic References: Benjamin, T. Brooke PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. C. R. Hunt}, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 38, 1--25 (2006; Zbl 1125.76300) Full Text: DOI