Walther Kaufmann

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Franz Paul Walther Kaufmann (born December 7, 1887 in Lützen , † June 5, 1965 in Munich ) was a German hydraulic engineer and university professor .

Life

Kaufmann attended school in Weißenfels and studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart and at the Technical University of Hanover, where he graduated as a civil and mechanical engineer in 1913 . In 1913 he worked as a structural engineer at the Zeppelin-Hallenbau-Gesellschaft in Berlin. From August 1914 on, he was drafted into army service in the First World War for one year . His doctorate as Dr.-Ing. took place in 1916 at the Technical University of Hanover . In 1917 he was first office director and then chief engineer at Karl Schiege AG for iron structures and bridge construction in Leipzig-Paunsdorf.

In 1919 he worked as an assistant for statics and iron construction at the TH Hannover. In 1920 he became a private lecturer and from 1922 to 1932 was a lecturer in statics of spatial systems and iron construction. From 1922 he taught as a full professor of mechanics for civil engineers at the TH Hannover. In 1929 he was commissioned to represent the technical hydromechanics (fluid mechanics) department. From this point on, his field of study included mechanics (statics and dynamics), strength theory and hydrodynamics .

In 1932, Kaufmann moved to the Technical University of Munich as a full professor for technical mechanics and fluid mechanics . From 1943 he was director of the aerodynamic laboratory he founded (later the Institute for Fluid Mechanics), which planned a hypersonic wind tunnel in Kochel am See . Towards the end of the Second World War , the aerodynamic laboratory was destroyed and then rebuilt by Kaufmann. The second mechanics chair at the TH Munich with an attached institute for fluid mechanics developed under his leadership in the direction of aerodynamics. At the beginning of the 1950s, he replaced the wind tunnel that had been destroyed in the war with a new wind tunnel from Göttingen .

After his retirement in 1955, he was entrusted with the representation of his chair and institute for another two years.

His extensive publications give an insight into his work as a university lecturer and researcher. Kaufmann's work in the field of fluid dynamics is set out in several publications, for example in the textbooks "Applied Hydromechanics", 2 volumes, "Technical Hydro- and Aerodynamics" and "Fluid Mechanics".

Honors

Kaufmann was made a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich in 1940 . In 1961 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the TH Hannover and in 1964 the Bavarian Order of Merit .

literature

  • TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The teaching staff at the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of Technology 1956, p. 128.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g German biography: Kaufmann, Walther - German biography. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Technical University of Hanover: The faculty of the Technical University of Hanover, 1831-1956 . Revised version: Hans Rotermund, 1956 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Technical University of Hanover: The teaching staff of the Technical University of Hanover, 1831-1956 . Revised version: Hans Rotermund, 1956 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
  4. ↑ D. Eckardt Munich / Lenzerheide, German Aerospace Congress 2014: The 1 x 1 M hypersonic wind tunnel in Kochel / Tullahoma 1940 - 1960. (PDF) Retrieved on March 14, 2020 .
  5. ^ Wolfgang A. Hermann, Dr Martin Pabst, Margot Fuchs: Technical University of Munich: the history of a scientific enterprise . Metropol, 2006, ISBN 978-3-938690-34-5 , pp. 537 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Ludwig Föppl , Walther Kaufmann December 7, 1887-5 June 1965. Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Yearbook 1965, Munich 1965, pp. 215–216
personal data
SURNAME Kaufmann, Walther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaufmann, Franz Paul Walther (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hydraulic engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Lützen
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1965
Place of death Munich