Gustav Schmidt (engineer)

Gustav Schmidt

Gustav Johann Leopold Schmidt (born September 16, 1826 in Vienna , † January 27, 1883 in Prague ) was an Austrian mechanical engineer. From 1864 he was professor of mechanical engineering at the polytechnic institute (later the kk German technical university ) in Prague.

Life

After the division into German and Czech teaching language and the name change of this institute, he was professor of mechanics and mechanical engineering from 1873. Gustav Schmidt was also rector of the Prague Technical University in 1868 and 1876.

In his actual areas of expertise, theoretical mechanics and mechanical engineering, he was particularly well known in Austria.

In 1871 he succeeded in deriving an analytical solution for the circular process work of a Stirling machine with sinusoidal piston movement and dead volume. These calculation results add a lot to the understanding of Stirling engines. The importance of the Stirling engine analysis according to the Schmidt cycle lies in the fact that it is still used successfully today for the design of Stirling engines, Stirling engines.

Schmidt was an Imperial and Royal Councilor and holder of the Russian Stanislaus Order 2nd class.

Fonts

Gustav Schmidt published over 200 papers, including:

• Theory of steam engines. Freiberg 1861.
• Theory of the Lehmann caloric machine. In: Journal of the Association of German Engineers. 1871 Volume XV, 1871. Book 1, pp. 1–12, in addition Plate III, and Book 2, pp. 97–112.
• About Woolf's steam engines. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 209, 1873, pp. 97-109.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schmidt, Gustav Johann Leopold . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, p. 251 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Kořistka : Professor Gustav Schmidt. A biographical sketch on behalf of the professors' college of the Imperial and Royal German Technical University in Prague. 1886 ( title page ).
• Article in “ Bohemia ” of January 28, 1883 - deaths section
• Article in "Bohemia" of January 30, 1883.
• Heinrich Schmidt: Article in “Prager Nachrichten” No. 6 / XLIV, 1993, pp. 8-10.
• Heinrich Schmidt: Article in the Alma Mater Pragensis section of "Prager Nachrichten" No. 5 / LIII, 2002
• HO Janetschek:  Schmidt Gustav Johann Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 267.