Erich Siebel

Erich Siebel (born May 17, 1891 in Solingen , † October 17, 1961 in Stuttgart ) was a German materials technician and material tester. From 1931–1940 and 1947–1957 he was professor for materials science, material testing and strength theory and head of the material testing institute at the TH Stuttgart .

Life

Siebel studied metallurgical machinery and rolling mills at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg and received his doctorate on the subject of the fundamentals of calculating the force and labor requirements in forging and rolling . After a time as a production engineer in the iron and steel industry and as head of the department with a focus on "Plastic Forming of Steel" at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Iron Research (1925–1931) as well as part-time teaching at the Clausthal Mining Academy with a lecture on "Plastic Forming" and strength "he was appointed full professor for materials science, materials testing and strength theory at the Technical University of Stuttgart in 1931 and was appointed to the board of the Stuttgart materials testing institute.

In 1940 Siebel became President of the State Materials Testing Office in Berlin-Dahlem (today's Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing , BAM). In 1947 Siebel returned to the Technical University of Stuttgart and headed the material testing institute again until his retirement in 1957. From 1950 to 1951 he was rector of the TH Stuttgart. Siebel made important contributions to strength research, strength theory and materials technology . Groundbreaking work concerns the scientific principles for the construction of steam boilers and pressure vessels as well as deformation science . In 1958 he was awarded the Grashof commemorative coin from the Association of German Engineers .

In his honor, the German Association for Materials Research and Testing (DVM) and the European Research Society for Sheet Metal Processing award the Erich Siebel commemorative coin, one of the most important awards in German materials technology.

literature

• Walter Ruske, Gerhart W. Becker, Horst Czichos: The Chronicle. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing . Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Bremerhaven, ISBN 3-89429-714-X
• Harald Zenner:  Siebel, Lothar Max Erich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 318 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Erich Siebel , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 50/1961 of December 4, 1961, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

• Literature by and about Erich Siebel in the catalog of the German National Library
• The website of the MPA Stuttgart