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{{Short description|Chinese physicist and aircraft designer}}
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| birth_place = [[Jilin]], [[Jilin City]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]
| birth_place = [[Jilin City]], [[Jilin]], [[Manchukuo]]
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|11|1938|10|2|df=yes}}
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| fields = [[Aerodynamics]]
| workplaces = [[Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute]],<br />[[Beihang University]]
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| alma_mater = [[Tsinghua University]]
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}}'''Li Tian''' ({{zh|c=李天|p=Lǐ Tiān|w=Li T'ien|s=|t=}}; 2 October 1938 – 11 April 2018) was a Chinese expert in aerodynamics for aeronautics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://m.people.cn/n4/2018/0411/c45-10811708.html|title=中国科学院院士李天逝世 系中国战机隐身技术之父--军事--人民网|last=|first=|date=|website=www.people.cn|language=zh|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref>
'''Li Tian''' ({{zh|c=李天|p=Lǐ Tiān|w=Li T'ien|s=|t=}}; 2 October 1938 – 11 April 2018) was a Chinese physicist and aircraft designer. An expert in aerodynamics for aeronautics, he served as chief scientist of the [[Shenyang Aircraft Corporation]]. He was also an adjunct professor at [[Beihang University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://m.people.cn/n4/2018/0411/c45-10811708.html|title=中国科学院院士李天逝世 系中国战机隐身技术之父 |website=www.people.cn|language=zh|access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref>


==Biography==
Li was responsible for the aerodynamic projects when developing [[J-8]] and [[J-11]], he is known as one of the founders of Chinese stealth technology for aircraft. He improved fighter configurations and stealthy designs by combining electromagnetic scattering characteristics with aerodynamic theory.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=|year=2013|title=李天 飞机空气动力学专家|url=|journal=航空制造技术 [Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology]|volume=423|issue=3|pages=26–27|via=}}</ref>
Li was born in October 1938 in [[Jilin City]], [[Jilin]] province. He graduated from [[Tsinghua University]] in 1963 with a degree in fluid mechanics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cannews.com.cn/epaper/zghkb/2014/12/23/A06/story/440632.shtml|title=天之骄子——记中国科学院院士、沈阳飞机设计研究所首席专家李天|work=China Aviation News|language=zh}}</ref> He was assigned to the [[Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute|then 601 Institute]] as a technician afterwards, and was banished to western Liaoning during the Cultural Revolution.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=情志蓝天——记航空气动专家、中国科学院院士李天|publisher=Aviation Industry Press|year=2011|isbn=9787802437159|language=zh}}</ref>


Li was responsible for the aerodynamic projects when developing [[Shenyang J-8]] and [[Shenyang J-11]], he is known as one of the founders of Chinese stealth technology for aircraft. He improved Chinese fighter configurations and stealthy designs by combining electromagnetic scattering characteristics with aerodynamic theory.<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2013|title=李天 飞机空气动力学专家|journal=航空制造技术 [Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology]|language=zh|volume=423|issue=3|pages=26–27}}</ref>
Li was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. He died on 11 April 2018, aged 79.<ref name=":0" />

Li was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Li's father, Li Pengshu, taught Chinese literature at a high school. Li was the third of five children. After his mother died in 1948, his father remarried in 1950 and had two more children.<ref name=":1" /> Li died on 11 April 2018 in [[Shenyang]], aged 79.<ref name=":0" />


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Latest revision as of 14:09, 17 September 2024

Li Tian
李天
Born(1938-10-02)2 October 1938
Died11 April 2018(2018-04-11) (aged 79)
Alma materTsinghua University
Scientific career
FieldsAerodynamics
InstitutionsShenyang Aircraft Design Institute,
Beihang University

Li Tian (Chinese: 李天; pinyin: Lǐ Tiān; Wade–Giles: Li T'ien; 2 October 1938 – 11 April 2018) was a Chinese physicist and aircraft designer. An expert in aerodynamics for aeronautics, he served as chief scientist of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. He was also an adjunct professor at Beihang University.[1]

Biography

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Li was born in October 1938 in Jilin City, Jilin province. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1963 with a degree in fluid mechanics.[2] He was assigned to the then 601 Institute as a technician afterwards, and was banished to western Liaoning during the Cultural Revolution.[3]

Li was responsible for the aerodynamic projects when developing Shenyang J-8 and Shenyang J-11, he is known as one of the founders of Chinese stealth technology for aircraft. He improved Chinese fighter configurations and stealthy designs by combining electromagnetic scattering characteristics with aerodynamic theory.[4]

Li was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Li's father, Li Pengshu, taught Chinese literature at a high school. Li was the third of five children. After his mother died in 1948, his father remarried in 1950 and had two more children.[3] Li died on 11 April 2018 in Shenyang, aged 79.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "中国科学院院士李天逝世 系中国战机隐身技术之父". www.people.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ^ "天之骄子——记中国科学院院士、沈阳飞机设计研究所首席专家李天". China Aviation News (in Chinese).
  3. ^ a b 情志蓝天——记航空气动专家、中国科学院院士李天 (in Chinese). Aviation Industry Press. 2011. ISBN 9787802437159.
  4. ^ "李天 飞机空气动力学专家". 航空制造技术 [Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology] (in Chinese). 423 (3): 26–27. 2013.