Alf Pflüger
Alf Pflüger (born July 17, 1912 in Hanover ; † October 22, 1989 ibid) was a German civil engineer and, as professor, rector of the Technical University of Hanover from 1968 to 1969 .
Life
Pflüger completed his studies in civil engineering at what was then the Technical University of Hanover in 1935 as a student of Otto Flachsbart . In the following ten years he worked at Focke-Wulf GmbH in Bremen . In 1936 he also received his doctorate in his hometown on the stability of thin cone shells . In 1941 he completed his habilitation in mechanics , which he turned to due to his work in aircraft construction.
From 1945 he initially taught structural engineering on a substitute basis, and in 1951 he was appointed professor. 1968 to 1969 he was elected rector of the university. During his rectorate the conversion to the Technical University took place.
Awards
- 1975: Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum
Since 1957 he was a full member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society .
Fonts (selection)
- Elementary shell statics , several editions, Springer, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-540-10320-1 .
- Statics of the rod structures , Springer, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-540-08717-6 .
- Alf Pflüger: Barkhausen, Karl Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 590 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Three contributions to aerodynamics and strength calculation of rotary wing systems in construction and aircraft construction , Habilitation TH Hannover, 1941
- Stability of thin cone shells , Dissertation TH Hannover, 1936
literature
- Klaus Stiglat : Civil engineers and their work , Ernst & Sohn , Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-433-01665-8 , p. 306.
- H. Hain, J. Stern: Festschrift Alf Pflüger for his 65th birthday , 1977
- Karl-Eugen Kurrer : German Steel Construction Day in Hanover , in: Stahlbau , 84th year (2015), no. 2, pp. 143–151.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alf Pflüger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries - online bibliography , accessed February 24, 2010
- ^ The Ruhr University: On the move. Yearbook 2007/08 , Bochum 2009, p. 40
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pflüger, Alf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and rector of the Leibniz University Hannover (1904–1907) |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1989 |
Place of death | Hanover |