Otto Flax Beard

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Otto Heinrich Flachsbart (born February 26, 1898 in Paderborn ; † September 23, 1957 in Hanover ) was a German engineer and professor of mechanics. From 1947 to 1950 rector of the Technical University of Hanover . Flaxbeard is considered a pioneer in the field of wind loads.

Life

Studied with Ludwig Prandtl in Göttingen . Flachsbart later became head of department at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Flow Research in Göttingen, which was founded by Prandtl . 1928 doctorate at the TH Hannover on the subject: "History of Goslar Water Management". At the TH Hannover he was initially a private lecturer for hydrodynamics and aerodynamics. In 1932 Flachsbart was appointed professor of mechanics at the TH Hannover. He worked out a physical justification for the wind forces on structures, helped design DIN 1055 Part IV and built a wind tunnel. In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges . In 1937 he was retired in accordance with the political environment according to § 6 BBG because his wife was of "Jewish descent". After he was forced to retire from university, Flachsbart took on a leading research position at Gutehoffnungshütte in Oberhausen at the beginning of 1938. In addition, he also held a leading position in a working committee of the Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition.

At its own request, the university's senate decided retrospectively to October 1, 1945 to rehabilitate and revoke retirement . Flachsbart received his professorship for mechanics again and also became dean of the faculty for mechanical engineering and head of the mechanical engineering department. In 1947 he founded the North German Mechanics Colloquium with Hermann Schaefer , professor of mechanics at the TU Braunschweig, at his suggestion. From 1947 to 1950 he was rector of the TH Hannover and in 1950 also chairman of the university rectors' conference . From 1953 he was a full member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society .

Flachsbart later also became State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture. He remained a professor at the TH Hannover until his death in 1957.

His student Alf Pflüger later also became rector of the university.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • History of the Goslar water management: An investigation into the nature and importance of water management in the German city history. Dissertation . TH Hannover, Goslar 1928, DNB 570175623 .

Flax Beard Medal

The Windtechnological Society awards the Flax Beard Medal to outstanding personalities who have promoted wind engineering internationally through their work. The medal has been awarded to Alan Garnett Davenport (2000), Jack E. Cermak (2007) and Giovanni Solari (2013).

literature

  • Anikó Szabó: eviction, return, reparation. Göttingen university professor in the shadow of National Socialism, with biographical documentation of the dismissed and persecuted university professors: University of Göttingen - TH Braunschweig - TH Hannover - University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. (= Publications of the Working Group on the History of Lower Saxony (after 1945). Volume 15). Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-89244-381-5 . (also dissertation at the University of Hanover 1998).
  • TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The teaching staff of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of Technology 1956, p. 171.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GVK - Common Union Catalog gso.gbv.de
  2. ↑ Outstanding personalities in the history of Leibniz Universität Hannover ( Memento from September 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 26, 2016.
  3. ^ History of the Institute for Structural Mechanics and Numerical Mechanics ( Memento from October 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ Michael Jung: Our hearts beat enthusiastically to the Führer. The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. BOD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6451-3 , pp. 107-114; Anikó Szabó: eviction, return, reparation. (= Publications of the Working Group on the History of Lower Saxony. Volume 15). Wallstein, 2000, ISBN 3-89244-381-5 , p. 43.
  5. ↑ Michael Jung: Our hearts beat enthusiastically to the Führer. The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. BOD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6451-3 , p. 114.
  6. ^ Anikó Szabó: Expulsion, return, reparation. (= Publications of the Working Group on the History of Lower Saxony. Volume 15). Wallstein-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-89244-381-5 , p. 99 f.
  7. ↑ Rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries - online bibliography: Otto Flachsbart. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  8. ^ History of HRK: Presidents. accessed on December 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Honorary senators or honorary citizens 1920–1976 alphabetically. ( Memento of February 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved March 3, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Flax beard, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flax Beard, Otto Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanical engineer and, as professor of mechanical engineering, Rector of the Technical University of Hanover (1947–1950)
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1957
Place of death Hanover