Frank Wattendorf (1906 – 11 June 1986) was an American physicist specializing in wind tunnels for research in aerodynamics.
Wattendorf is recalled for his report on a wind tunnel that was under construction in Ötztal in Austria during World War II.
His thesis, "The effect of curvature on fully developed turbulent flow", was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society (series A, volume 148, issue #865).
[2] In 1937 Wattendorf was at Tsing Hua University organizing an aeronautical engineering department and building a wind tunnel.
[4] He was named Civilian Chairman of the AEDC Planning Group and in 1950 was posted to The Pentagon as Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor of the Air Engineering Development Division.