Sigmund Erk
Sigmund Erk (born July 11, 1895 in Munich , † December 18, 1939 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a technical physicist .
His parents were Fritz Erk and his wife Luise Engelhardt . Soon after the First World War he finished his studies in the laboratory for technical physics at the Technical University of Munich .
On April 1, 1922, he joined the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt as a graduate engineer and scientific assistant . For eight years he headed the laboratory for viscometry and petroleum apparatus. As a captain and adjutant in a communications department, he contracted a stomach disease on the Western Front during World War II , from which he died in a reserve hospital in Frankfurt.
Publications
- with Max Jakob (1879–1955): The pressure drop in smooth pipes and the flow rate of normal nozzles ; Volume 267 of Research in the Field of Engineering; 1924
- Toughness measurements and investigation of viscometers ; 1927
- with Max Jacob: The heat transfer when condensing hot and cold water Saturated steam ; 1928
- with Heinrich Gröber : The basic laws of heat transfer
- Thermal-mechanical material separation ; 1933, with Arnold Eucken
- with Arnold Eucken : Physical work processes of the company: thermal-mechanical material separation, part 3
- Cold resistance of supplies ; 1937
literature
- Helmuth Hausen: Erk, Sigmund. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 590 ( digitized version ).
- Obituary in magazine for the entire refrigeration industry. Volumes 47-48, p. 32
Web links
- Literature by and about Sigmund Erk in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erk, Sigmund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erk, Sigmund Hugo Georg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German technical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1939 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |