Heinrich Wiegand (engineer)

Heinrich Wiegand (born March 26, 1906 in Schlüchtern-Elm ; † May 11, 1998 in Darmstadt ) was a German engineer.

Life

After studying general mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt , which he graduated with his diploma in 1929, Heinrich Wiegand was a university assistant to Professor August Thum from 1930 to 1933. In 1933 he received his doctorate as a Dr.-Ing. at the TH Darmstadt with the title "On the fatigue strength of screw materials and screw connections". He then became department head of the Henschel-Flugzeug-Werke AG research institute , later department head in the BMW aircraft engine plant in Berlin-Spandau, then head of department at BMW Berlin and Munich. In 1939 Wiegand received his habilitation at the TH Darmstadt on the subject of "Surface and fatigue strength" . From 1943 to 1945 he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg (field of aviation materials). Then he switched to jet engine development at Aeroplanes G. Voisin, where he worked until 1950. Then he was managing director of the sheet metal processing research company. From 1953 to 1973 Wiegand was full professor at the TH Darmstadt for materials science and head of the institute for materials science in personal union board of the state material testing institute. In 1973 he retired.

honors and awards

• 1966 Erich Siebel commemorative coin of the German Association for Materials Testing
• 1976 plaque of honor from the VDT
• 1976 Adolf Martens Medal from the Heat Treatment and Materials Technology Working Group
• 1977 Otto v. Guericke commemorative coin of the Working Group of Industrial Research Associations
• 1987 Erasmus Kittler Medal from the TH Darmstadt

Works

• About the fatigue strength of screw materials and screw connections. The influence of long-term stress on the static strength properties. The influence of the clamping and nut shape, the nut height and the nut material on the fatigue strength, means to increase the durability of screw connections . At the same time: TH Darmstadt, dissertation 1933. Düsseldorf, 1935, 91 pp.
• Surface and fatigue strength . At the same time: TH Darmstadt, Habil.-Schrift, 1939. Berlin: Erwin Müller, 1941, 83 pp.
• Heinrich Wiegand and Karl-Heinz Kloos: Calculation and design of screw connections . 5., completely reworked. Edition, Springer, Berlin [u. a.] 2007

literature

• Heinz-Joachim Spies: Professor em. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Wiegand † . In: Materials Science and Technology . Volume 29, 1998, p. A118

Web links

• ILR TU Berlin ( Memento from January 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive )