Adolf Ludin

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Adolf Ludin (born December 27, 1879 in Karlsruhe , † August 4, 1968 in Berlin ) was an internationally active German engineer in the field of hydraulic engineering and dam construction.

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During his studies, Ludin became a member of the Tulla Karlsruhe fraternity in 1899 . In 1904 he graduated as a civil engineer , in 1910 he earned his doctorate. 1904 to 1914 and 1919 he was an engineer for the Baden Railway and the Baden Hydraulic Engineering and Road Administration. In 1920 he became a private lecturer at the Technical University in Karlsruhe, and in 1923 professor for hydraulic engineering at the Technical University in Berlin. Since 1939 he was also a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

Already in his first work as a civil engineer he dealt with hydraulic issues and in 1906 made studies on the navigability of the Neckar . In 1913/14 and 1918–20 he was involved in the construction of the two Murg hydropower plants I and II on the Murg . From 1920 he was a consultant for other hydraulic engineering projects. In 1921 he made studies on the technical and financial feasibility of hydropower plants on the Imara River in Finland . In 1924 he worked on the same projects on the Rioni , Kura and Aras rivers in Transcaucasia ( Georgia and Azerbaijan ).

In 1930 he presented a project to the government of Uruguay to build the Rincón del Bonete dam and in 1933 he worked out this project in its final form. Between 1947 and 1951 he planned 15 dams and hydropower plants in Yugoslavia, including the Jablanica hydropower plant on the Neretva and one on the Drina . In 1952 he was back in Uruguay as a consultant for the Rincón de Baygorria dam . In 1956 he worked for the FAO on the reservoir project on the Vafreghan River in Iran, as well as on the Indus in Pakistan and in Japan.

In 1939 he was accepted as a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Ludin is the author or co-author of several specialist books on hydraulic engineering. One of his students was Paul Neményi .

Adolf Ludin died in Berlin in 1968 at the age of 88. His grave is in the Dahlem forest cemetery .

Honors

estate

Ludin's estate is in the university archive of the TU Berlin .

Publications

  • The expansion of the low pressure water forces. Dissertation from the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Heidelberg 1910
  • The hydropower: its expansion and its economic exploitation. A technical and economic teaching and manual. Volume 1 + 2, Berlin 1913
  • together with Paul Nemenyi: The Nordic hydropower: expansion and economic exploitation. Berlin 1930
  • Demand and supply: Newer methods of electricity and water management management. Berlin 1932
  • Hydropower plants. First half. Planning, water pipes and power plants. Berlin 1934
  • together with Friedrich Tölke: Hydropower plants: second half, first part: dams, dams and dam walls. Berlin 1938
  • The water industry in Africa. 1943
  • together with Wilhelm Borkenstein: Hydropower plants 1: Planning, principles and basic features. 1955 and hydropower plants 2: arrangement and design of the main structures. 1958

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1927/28. Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 312.
  2. ^ Members of the previous academies. Adolf Ludin. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on May 1, 2015 .
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 585.
  4. ↑ Adolf Ludin (stadtlexikon.karlsruhe.de)
  5. ↑ University archive of the TU Berlin : Flyer with chronicle and self-presentation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ub.tu-berlin.de  
personal data
SURNAME Ludin, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hydraulic engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1968
Place of death Berlin