Ernst von der Osten-Sacken

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Ernst Baron von der Osten-Sacken (born January 20, 1937 in Mitau ; † December 10, 2017 in Roetgen ) was a German university professor and mechanical engineer .

Career

After graduating from high school in Hanover , von der Osten-Sacken studied at RWTH Aachen University . In 1970 he was presented there with a dissertation on “Calculation of general spatial, multi-link articulated gears using the example of a 19-joint proximity gear for a motor vehicle” at Walther Fritz Heinrich Meyer zur Capellen as Dr.-Ing. PhD. At 36, he followed the call to a professorship in the teaching and research area " Machine Elements " at the RWTH Aachen, which he represented until his retirement.

Both professionally and privately, his particular passion was cycling . He was known as (Germany's only) "bicycle professor" beyond the borders of Aachen.

Publications (selection)

  • Walther Fritz Heinrich Meyer zur Capellen, Ernst von der Osten-Sacken: Systematics and kinematics of plane and spherical crank-wheel drives . Research reports of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, vol 1901. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 1968 ISBN 978-3-663-07326-0
  • Ernst von der Osten-Sacken: Analysis of general spatial articulated gears with a high number of links . West German publishing house Opladen 1974 ISBN 978-3-531-02440-0
  • Ernst von der Osten-Sacken, Claus Heinrich, Frank Nicklisch: Road safety of bicycles . Wirtschaftsverlag NW, publishing house for new sciences. Bremerhaven 1996 ISBN 978-3-89429-647-6
  • Ernst von der Osten-Sacken, Robert Spahl: Fatigue fractures on the bike . In: Spectrum of Science . May 1, 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Baronin von der Osten-Sacken: Obituary for Ernst von der Osten-Sacken . In: Aachener Zeitung . 20th December 2017.
  2. ↑ Ernst von der Osten-Sacken: Calculation of general spatial, multi- link articulated gears illustrated using the example of a 19-articulated proximity gear for a motor vehicle 1970 DNB 482622547
  3. ^ Ernst Schmachtenberg , Stefan Kowalewski: Obituary for Ernst von der Osten-Sacken . In: Aachener Zeitung . 23rd December 2017.
  4. ↑ Christoph Drösser : Germany has only one bicycle professor - blood on the wheel In: Die Zeit . No. 38 1994.
personal data
SURNAME Osten-Sacken, Ernst von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitau
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 2017
Place of death Aachen