As the ASME Division of Fluids Engineering celebrates its 90th Anniversary, I make a broad-brush sweep of progress in the field of fluid mechanics during this period. Selected theoretical, numerical, and experimental advances are described. The inventions of laser and computer have profound effects on humanity, but their influence on fluid mechanics is particularly elucidated in this review.

Issue Section:
Review Article
Keywords:
Aerodynamics , Boundary layers, Computational fluid dynamics, Direct numerical simulation, Experimental techniques, Fluid instability, hydrodynamics, LES, Micro-scale flows, Stability, Transition
Topics:
Computers, Flow (Dynamics), Fluid mechanics, Turbulence, Lasers, Stability
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