Vincenc Strouhal (Čeněk Strouhal) (10 April 1850 inSeč – 26 January 1922 inPrague) was aCzechphysicist specializing inexperimental physics. He was one of the founders of the Institute of Physics of the Czech part ofCharles University.[1] He was engaged in hydrodynamic phenomena, acoustics and electric and magnetic properties of steel.
Strouhal's major contribution to the fundamentals offluid mechanics was his discovery in 1878 of theStrouhal number (St). This dimensionless number describing oscillating flow mechanisms was discovered by Strouhal while experimenting in 1878 with wires experiencingvortex shedding and singing in the wind.[2]
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