Karl Schaffran
Karl Schaffran (* 1878 in Freystadt ; † 1945 in Danzig-Sopot ) was a German shipbuilding engineer who has made a name for himself as a specialist in the design, testing and design as well as in the design and construction of ship propellers .
Teaching and study and work
Schaffran was born in Freystadt in 1878 and completed an internship at the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk after attending school . While studying shipbuilding and marine engineering at the Technical University of Charlottenburg, he completed the preliminary diploma examination as well as the main diploma examination with distinction.
After working in Gdansk and Bremen , he was appointed head of department at the Berlin Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Shipbuilding . Here he investigated the hydrodynamic conditions on seaplanes and ships. He carried out the first systematic propeller tests on highly loaded propellers. Schaffran received his doctorate in engineering after the First World War .
Own institute
In Hamburg-Altona he founded his own "Scientific Technical Institute for Economic Ship Propulsion" and examined ship propulsion using a holistic approach with a focus on propellers. Important results were published in his book "Systematic Tests with Standard Screw Model". The "Schaffran diagrams for the propeller design", based on which he also designed and cast propellers, also originate from this time. From this the "Schaffran Propeller Society" developed, which found a new home in 1957 in Lübeck.
In 1939 he was appointed director of the Danzig shipyard, which he successfully managed. In 1945 Schaffran died in Danzig-Sopot.
Fonts (selection)
- The experimental methods of the Kgl. Research institute for hydraulic engineering and shipbuilding , shipbuilding, Strauss, Berlin, 1915.
- About the ascent conditions of seaplanes and flying boats , Yearbook of the Shipbuilding Society . 7th volume, Springer, Berlin 1916.
- Systematic propeller tests , shipbuilding, Strauss, Berlin, 1916.
- About the work of heavily loaded screw tugs , Yearbook of the Shipbuilding Society. 8th volume, Springer, Berlin 1917.
- Systematic experiments with cargo steamer models , yearbook of the shipbuilding society. 22nd volume, Springer, Berlin 1921.
literature
- Shipbuilding Society: 100 Years Shipbuilding Society - Biographies on the History of Shipbuilding , Springer, Berlin, 1999, ISBN 3-540-64150-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaffran, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freystadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |
| Place of death | Gdansk Sopot |