John K. Harvey

John K. Harvey is a Professor in Gas Dynamics at Imperial College and is a visiting Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He obtained his PhD in 1960 at Imperial College for research into the roll stability of slender delta wings which was an integral part of the Concorde development program. In the early 1960s he became involved in experimental research into rarefied hypersonic flows, initially with Professor Bogdonoff at Princeton University and...See more

John K. Harvey is a Professor in Gas Dynamics at Imperial College and is a visiting Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He obtained his PhD in 1960 at Imperial College for research into the roll stability of slender delta wings which was an integral part of the Concorde development program. In the early 1960s he became involved in experimental research into rarefied hypersonic flows, initially with Professor Bogdonoff at Princeton University and subsequently back at Imperial College in London. He has published widely on the use of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) computational method to predict low density flows and he has specialized in the development of suitable molecular collision models used in these computations to represent reacting, ionized and thermally radiating gases. He has also been active in the experimental validation of this method. Through his association with CUBRC, Inc. in the USA, he has been involved in the design and construction of three major national shock tunnel facilities and in the hypersonic aerodynamic research programs associated with them. Professor Harvey has also maintained a strong interest in low speed experimental aerodynamics and is a recognized expert on the aerodynamics of F1 racing cars. Professor Harvey is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). See less