Erich Truckenbrodt

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Erich Truckenbrodt (born February 1, 1917 in Hermsdorf ; † December 21, 2009 ) was a German fluid mechanic .

Life

After attending the then new high school with natural science teaching content, he began studying aeronautical engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig , graduating in 1940 with a Dipl.-Ing. after three years.

This was followed by a job as a design engineer at Junkers aircraft and engine works . The doctorate took place in 1945 with the topic The flow around rotating bodies with axial flow and the habilitation in 1953 at the Technical University of Braunschweig. After the war, Truckenbrodt worked in a German engineering group at Sud Aviation and Heinkel Flugzeugbau . From August 1957 to 1982 he took over the management of the 2nd chair for mechanics at the Technical University of Munich . which in 1966 was rededicated to the Chair of Fluid Mechanics due to the stronger fluid mechanics of his work . From 1964 to 1966 he was the dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and shaped the structure of the aerospace engineering course . In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit .

Two important calculation methods in aerodynamics go back to him, the Truckenbrodt wing method and the Truckenbrodt boundary layer quadrature method .

He was a member of the Academic Fliegergruppe Braunschweig .

Honors

Works (selection)

  • A quadrature method for calculating the laminar and turbulent friction layer in a plane and rotationally symmetrical flow. Berlin 1952.
  • By calculating the lift distribution of delta wings with flap deflection. Braunschweig 1954.
  • Experimental and theoretical investigations on symmetrically flown arrow and delta wings. Braunschweig 1954.
  • A method of quadrature for calculation of the laminar and turbulent boundary layer in case of plane and rotationally symmetrical flow. Washington DC 1955.
  • Investigations on the stalling characteristics of Delta wings in incompressible flow with EG Feindt, Braunschweig 1957.
  • Space technology course. Munich 1962.
  • Statics of rigid bodies: after lectures. Munich 1963.
  • Wind forces on buildings with Günter Lusch, 1964.
  • Aerodynamics of the aircraft with Hermann Schlichting , Berlin 1967.
  • Fluid Mechanics - Fundamentals and Technical Applications. Berlin 1968.
  • Aerodynamics at the airplane with Hermann Schlichting and Heinrich J. Ramm, New York 1979.
  • Fundamentals and elementary flow processes of density-stable fluids. 2nd completely revised and expanded edition Berlin 1980.
  • Textbook of applied fluid mechanics. Berlin 1983.
  • New perceptions concerning the calculation of boundary layers by means of simple quadrature formulas: part 1. with JM Bowyer, Wichita 1988.
  • Elementary flow processes of density variable fluids as well as potential and boundary layer flows with 20 tables. Reprint of the 4th, revised and expanded edition Berlin 1999.
  • Fundamentals of fluid mechanics - aerodynamics of the wing. Part 1, 3rd edition Berlin 2001.
  • Aerodynamics of the wing, the fuselage, the wing-fuselage arrangement and the tail units. Part 2, 3rd edition Berlin 2001.
  • Fluid mechanics. Volume 1, Fundamentals and elementary flow processes of density-stable fluids. Berlin 2008.
  • Fluid mechanics. Volume 2, Elementary Flow Processes of Density-Variable Fluids as well as Potential and Boundary Layer Flows, Altered Hold Pressure. Berlin 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Academic Fliegergruppe Braunschweig EV Braunschweig 1965, p. 35.

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personal data
SURNAME Truckenbrodt, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fluid mechanic
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermsdorf (High Börde)
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 2009