12 Facts About Brian Spalding

Dudley Brian Spalding was Professor of Heat Transfer and Head of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Unit at Imperial College, London.

Brian Spalding was one of the founders of computational fluid dynamics and an internationally recognized contributor to the fields of heat transfer, fluid mechanics and combustion.

Brian Spalding became a Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Brian Spalding was born at New Malden, Surrey, England, and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon.

Brian Spalding received his BA degree in Engineering Science from Oxford University in 1944 and PhD from Cambridge University in 1952.

Brian Spalding joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College in 1954 as a Reader in Heat Transfer.

Brian Spalding was the founder of the company Concentration Heat And Momentum Limited, specialising in computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer processes.

Brian Spalding himself was the main creator of, and contributor to, PHOENICS.

In late 1970s and early 1980s, Brian Spalding was the Reilly Professor of Combustion Engineering at Purdue University.

Brian Spalding formed Combustion Heat and Momentum Ltd on 14 November 1969, which was renamed to Concentration Heat and Momentum Ltd in 1974.

Brian Spalding was set up as a means of financing and conducting research and development in the fields of fluid mechanics, heat transfer and combustion, with special emphasis on the development of computer programs for the design of engineering equipment, and for the analysis and prediction of the motion of matter and heat in the environment.

In 1978, Brian Spalding conceived the idea of a single CFD code capable of handling all fluid-flow processes.