Rankine’s Scientific Work, Vision on the Bicentenary of His Birth
- September 11, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Engineering, IJRIAS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume V, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Rankine’s Scientific Work, Vision on the Bicentenary of His Birth
Celso Luis Levada, Elaine Ziviani Scarpa, Paulo Alessandro Rodrigues, Jose Ricardo Melges Bortolin, Miriam de Magalhães Oliveira Levada
HERMÍNIO OMETTO FOUNDATIONS (FHO)-Uniararas/Brazil
Article honoring the group of Physics laboratory of Engineering Nucleus from FHO
Abstract: – The bicentennial of the William John Macquorn Rankine will be commemorated in July 5, 2020. He is known as Rankine in scientific and academic circles and was a British-born Scottish polymath that worked in civil, mechanic and marine engineering sectors. Thermodynamics was founded using their scientific work together with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson studies. From 1842 he published hundreds of articles and notes on science and engineering. With multiple interests, he studied many subjects like botany or music theory, using the branches of mathematics, science and engineering.
Keywords: Rankine, Engineering, Thermodynamic cycle
