Wilhelm Leutzbach

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Wilhelm Leutzbach (born November 9, 1922 in Freudenberg ; † July 20, 2009 in Karlsruhe ) was a German transport scientist. He was the founder and head of the Institute for Transport at the University of Karlsruhe for many years .

Life

After graduating from high school , serving on the Eastern Front and subsequent Soviet captivity, Leutzbach studied civil engineering at RWTH Aachen University from 1949 . In 1955 he finished his studies and went to the HUK Association as head of the traffic engineering department (today a professional association within the German Insurance Association ). In 1956 Leutzbach did his doctorate on the time gap distribution of disrupted road traffic flows . In 1961 he switched to the TU Berlin as a lecturer . In 1962 he was appointed to the newly founded Institute for Transport at the University of Karlsruhe. He remained its director until his retirement in 1991. The focus of his research work was on issues of road traffic engineering , traffic safety , traffic planning and the theory of traffic flow.

Activities and honors

From 1966 to 1968 Leutzbach was Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. For a long time he was also a member of the administrative board of the University of Karlsruhe and of the large and small senate of the same.

Leutzbach was involved in specialist institutions beyond his university career. From 1976 to 1983 he was President of the German Transport Science Society , from 1987 to 1991 he was Chairman of the Research Advisory Board of the Research Society for Roads and Transport . From 1972 to 1996 he was a member of the research advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Transport . He was also an advisory member of the planning committee of the city of Karlsruhe and for many years head of the FGSV working committee “Theoretical Basics of Road Traffic”.

In 1965 he was awarded the Golden Diesel Ring by the Association of Motor Journalists (VdM) for special services to increasing road safety . In 1979 he became an honorary member of the Institute of Highways and Transportation in London . In 1987 he became an honorary member of the German Transport Science Society and in 1990 received the FGSV badge of honor. In 1991 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Transport in Dresden and in 2000 an honorary professorship from the Moscow Technical University.

In 2003 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class.

Fonts

  • Introduction to the Theory of Traffic Flow . Springer, New York 1987.
  • Introduction to the theory of traffic flow . Springer, Berlin 1972.
  • The problem with the future . Alba-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-87094-644-X .
  • with Martina Neuherz: Evaluation of previous German practical and theoretical studies on the traffic flow on multi-lane one-way lanes, taking into account different traffic regulations . Typo-Dr. and Verl.-Ges., Bonn 1993.
  • with Stephan Schnittger: Simulation of the traffic flow in trunk road networks taking into account fuel consumption, exhaust gas values ​​and travel time . Federal Highway Research Institute, Bergisch Gladbach 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christian Lippold (Ed.): Der Elsner. Road and Transportation Handbook . Otto Elsner Verlagsgesellschaft, 2018, ISBN 978-3-87199-222-3 , page A / 56.
  2. ^ Obituary in: Internationales Verkehrwesen (61) 9/2009, p. 345
personal data
SURNAME Leutzbach, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German transport scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Freudenberg (Siegerland)
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 2009
Place of death Karlsruhe