Rudolf Camerer (engineer)

Gottfried Leonhard Rudolf Camerer (born August 25, 1869 in Karlsruhe , † April 19, 1921 in Munich ) was a German mechanical engineer and university professor .

Rudolf Camerer was appointed to the Royal Bavarian Technical University in Munich on November 1, 1902, as an associate professor of mechanical engineering for the subject "Theory and Design of Hydroelectric Engines" and was appointed full professor on April 16, 1906 . Under his direction, the Hydraulic Institute was founded in the summer of 1912 after Friedrich von Thiersch had completed the construction of the laboratory on Hochschulstrasse . The design and equipment of the new laboratory with the help of the assistant and later operations manager O. Poebing in the period from 1911 to 1916 made it possible to investigate a wide range of hydraulic problems, especially with water turbines and centrifugal pumps . When it was commissioned, the laboratory was the largest such facility in Europe.

As early as 1902, Camerer introduced the specific speed, which is still in use today, as a key figure for turbo machines ; In 1914 his standard work "Lectures on Hydro Power Machines" appeared. Among other things, his investigations on an axial pump developed by MAN were remarkable .

Rudolf Camerer died on April 19, 1921 at the age of 51. The Hydraulic Institute was renamed Dieter Thoma Labor in 2011 and is now assigned to the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Camerer, Gottfried Leonhard Rudolf. Hessian biography. (As of July 2, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ ^a ^b Prof. Rudolf Camerer. Technical University of Munich - Chair of Fluid Mechanics (article text taken over with permission from the Chair of Fluid Mechanics from August 12, 2014), archived from the original on October 22, 2014 ; Retrieved August 12, 2014 .
^ Rudolf Camerer: Lectures on water power machines . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig / Berlin 1914, DNB 994148003 .
↑ Dieter Thoma Laboratory. History of the laboratory. Chair of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management, accessed on August 13, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	Camerer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mechanical engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH	April 19, 1921
Place of death	Munich

[LAGIS-1] Camerer, Gottfried Leonhard Rudolf. Hessian biography. (As of July 2, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[TUM_Camerer-2] Prof. Rudolf Camerer. Technical University of Munich - Chair of Fluid Mechanics (article text taken over with permission from the Chair of Fluid Mechanics from August 12, 2014), archived from the original on October 22, 2014 ; Retrieved August 12, 2014 .

[VüW-3] Rudolf Camerer: Lectures on water power machines . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig / Berlin 1914, DNB 994148003 .

[TUM_DieterThomaLabor-4] Dieter Thoma Laboratory. History of the laboratory. Chair of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management, accessed on August 13, 2014 .