Dietrich Küchemann

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Dietrich Küchemann (born September 11, 1911 in Göttingen , † February 23, 1976 in Farnham , Great Britain ), was a German-British engineer .

Life

Dietrich Küchemann studied mathematics , physics and fluid mechanics in Göttingen and Munich and, after completing his doctorate in 1936 ( perturbation movements in a gas flow with boundary layer ), worked with Albert Betz at the Göttingen Aerodynamic Research Institute, among other things on the aerodynamics of the biplane. In 1942 he developed the so-called power wing concept, which was taken up after the end of the war as a "tilt rotor aircraft" by the United Flight Technical Works in Bremen . He was mainly concerned with the aerodynamics of radiators and engine intakes - partly together with his colleague Johanna Weber . Küchemann was 1,947 employees of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) in Farnborough and went after his naturalization to the Head of Division Supersonic (1957) and Head of Aerodynamics Department (1966) on; In 1971 he became a professor at Imperial College in London . At the RAE, his research focused on the swept wing for high subsonic speeds, the slender wing for supersonic speeds and the “wave rider” concept for aircraft at hyper speeds. Küchemann played a key role - again with his colleague Johanna Weber - in the plans for the British-French " Concorde " and headed the "Fluid Dynamics Panel" and the "Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development".

In 1964 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Fonts

  • Dietrich Küchemann: Perturbation movements in a gas flow with a boundary layer . In: Journal for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics . 18, No. 4, 1938, pp. 207-222. doi : 10.1002 / zamm.19380180402 .
  • Dietrich Küchemann, Johanna Weber: Aerodynamics of Propulsion  (= McGraw-Hill publications in aeronautical science), 1st edition, McGraw Hill, New York, NY 1953.
  • Dietrich Küchemann: The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft  (= Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies), 1st edition, Pergamon Press, Oxford 1978, ISBN 0-08-020515-1 .
  • Dietrich Küchemann [1978]: The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft  (= AIAA Education Series). American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Reston, VA 2012, ISBN 978-1-60086-922-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Küchemann, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1976
Place of death Farnham , England