Rudolf Klein (engineer)

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Rudolf Klein (born December 6, 1908 in Kleinostheim , † February 8, 1986 in Karlsruhe ) was a German engineer and professor of railways and roads .

Life

Klein became a Dr.-Ing. In 1936 with a study to determine the shortest travel time on a mechanical-dynamic basis . PhD. After his habilitation, he taught from 1949 as an honorary professor at the Technical University in Karlsruhe. In 1952 he was appointed full professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt, where he worked until his retirement in 1974.

Klein's scientific focus was on roads and railways. He wrote numerous specialist articles for railway and road construction journals and was co-editor of the railway technical review from 1965 to 1978 .

In the academic year 1964/65 he was rector of the TH Darmstadt .

Publications (selection)

  • The railways in modern traffic , Darmstadt: Röhrig 1963.
  • On the effects of the use of studded tires on road wear and the driving behavior of vehicles , together with Karl-Heinz Schulze, Georg Suss, Bonn-Bad Godesberg: Federal Ministry of Transport, Road Construction Department, 1975.
  • Model tests for the runoff of rainwater on twisting sections , together with Hannes Lacher, Frank Thiele, Bonn-Bad Godesberg: Federal Ministry of Transport, Road Construction Department, 1978.

Festschriften

  • Contributions to railways and roads. On the retirement of Professor Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Klein , ed. v. W. Ahlert, Railway and Road Engineering, TH Darmstadt, 1974.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/ermittlung-der-kurzesten-fahrzeit-auf-mechanischdynamischer-grundlage/oclc/490910122?referer=di&ht=edition
personal data
SURNAME Klein, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, professor of railways and roads
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinostheim
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1986
Place of death Karlsruhe