Franz Xaver Wortmann
Franz Xaver Wortmann (born September 24, 1921 in Lette ; † January 16, 1985 ) was an important German aerodynamicist .
After the Second World War , which he spent as a pilot and observer in the German Air Force , he studied physics in Münster and Stuttgart. After completing his diploma thesis in the field of fluid dynamics and obtaining a doctorate in engineering in 1955, he completed his habilitation in 1963 . In 1974 Franz Xaver Wortmann took over the management of the Institute for Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics at the University of Stuttgart . Above all, he investigated questions relating to the formation and influence of turbulence.
Together with Richard Eppler and Dieter Althaus , he did pioneering work in the late 1950s and 1960s in the field of developing laminar profiles using the inverse design method . His profile designs (recognizable by the FX for Franz Xaver in their code) were used in many gliders of the first and second GRP generation. Up to the beginning of the 1980s almost all successful gliders, such as the ASW 19 (FX 61-163, FX 60-126), ASW 20 (FX K131 mod., FX 60-126), LS 4 (Wortmann modified) had and LS 6 (FX 81K-13o / 17 / FX 81-K-148/17), a Wortmann profile.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Xaver Wortmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Helga L. Hillebrand: Died: Franz-Xaver Wortmann . In: Flugrevue . No. 3 , 1985, pp. 85 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wortmann, Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aerodynamicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Latvian |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1985 |