Aurel Stodola
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Aurel Boreslav Stodola (1859-1942) was a Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was a pioneer in the area of technical thermodynamics and its applications and published his book Die Dampfturbine at the turn of the 20th Century. In addition to the thermodynamic issues involved in turbine design the book discussed aspects of fluid flow, vibration, stress analysis of plates, shells and rotating discs and stress concentrations at holes and fillets[1].
Aurel Stodola's Steam and Gas Turbines, published in English in 1927 and reprinted many times up to 1945 was a basic reference for engineers working on the first generation of jet propulsion engines in the United States[2].
In 1915-1916 Stodola collaborated with Ferdinand Sauerbruch a German surgeon to develop an advanced mechanically driven prosthetic arm. This collaboration marked one of the first documented examples of a surgeon and engineer merging efforts. Sauerbruch said, “Henceforth, surgeon, physiologist, and technician (prosthetist/engineer) will have to work together.”[3]
[edit] Honors
- 1905 - Honorary degree of Leibniz University Hannover
- 1908 - Grashof medal of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
- Honorary degree of German Technical University of Brno
- 1929 - Honorary degree of University of Prague
- 1941 - James Watt International Medal
Corresponding member of French Academy of Sciences.
[edit] References
- ^ Rao, S., "Mechanical Vibrations", Addison-Wesley, Wokingham, England, Third Edition, 1995.
- ^ Dawson, V.P., Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology. NASA SP-4306, 1991.
- ^ Childress, D.S., Development of rehabilitation engineering over the years: As I see it. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 2002, 39(6, Supplement):1-10.
