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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Aurel Stodola was born in Vrbica-Hušták (now a part of Liptovský Mikuláš), in the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Slovakia) on 11 May 1859. His father Ondrej Stodola was a leather manufacturer. His mother was Anna (born Kováčová). He was baptized as Aurel Bohuslav, but he used just name Aurel. He was baptized by the famous person of the Slovak emancipation movement, Protestant priest, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovak national movement in 1840s Michal Miloslav Hodža.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Najväčší z vel̕kých : Aurel Bohuslav Stodola|last=Petráš|first= Milan|isbn=9788022747363|location=Bratislava|oclc=1035956346|year = 2017}}</ref> |
Aurel Stodola was born in Vrbica-Hušták (now a part of region Liptovský Mikuláš), in the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Slovakia) on 11 May 1859. His father Ondrej Stodola was a leather manufacturer. His mother was Anna (born Kováčová). He was baptized as Aurel Bohuslav, but he used just name Aurel. He was baptized by the famous person of the Slovak emancipation movement, Protestant priest, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovak national movement in 1840s Michal Miloslav Hodža.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Najväčší z vel̕kých : Aurel Bohuslav Stodola|last=Petráš|first= Milan|isbn=9788022747363|location=Bratislava|oclc=1035956346|year = 2017}}</ref> |
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=== Education === |
=== Education === |
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He attended a local primary school in Vrbica, Liptovský Mikuláš. After first four years, he went to town called Stráže pod Tatrami (now Poprad) in order to improve his German. There was a strong German speaking community and this practice was very usual. He attended secondary education in Levoča, Kežmarok and Košice, where he completed his secondary schooling. He studied on his own, as well. Especially classics and other languages. |
He attended a local primary school in Vrbica, Liptovský Mikuláš. After first four years, he went to town called Stráže pod Tatrami (now Poprad) in order to improve his German. There was a strong German speaking community and this practice was very usual. He attended secondary education in Levoča, Kežmarok and Košice, where he completed his secondary schooling. He studied on his own, as well. Especially classics and other languages. |
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In 1876, he moved to Budapest, where he studied two semesters at the Royal Jeseph University in Budapest. He was acknowledged as gifted student and he received a grant. In 1876, he transferred to the ''Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule'' (Federal Polytechnic School), today known as the ETH. In 1881, he completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he went to work in a factory in Budapest for seven months. In 1882/1883, he attended |
In 1876, he moved to Budapest, where he studied two semesters at the Royal Jeseph University in Budapest. He was acknowledged as gifted student and he received a grant. In 1876, he transferred to the ''Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule'' (Federal Polytechnic School), today known as the ETH. In 1881, he completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he went to work in a factory in Budapest for seven months. In 1882/1883, he attended the [[Technische Hochschule]] in Charlottenburg (now [[Technische Universität Berlin]]). |
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After this, he did volunteering in a technical studio in Paris. He wanted to improve his skills and French, as well. It was important for his future career in Switzerland. After this trip, he began to work in Prague as engineer. He improved his practical engineering and soon became a main engineer.<ref name=":0" /> |
After this, he did volunteering in a technical studio in Paris. He wanted to improve his skills and French, as well. It was important for his future career in Switzerland. After this trip, he began to work in Prague as engineer. He improved his practical engineering and soon became a main engineer.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Stodola retired at the age of 70. Then, he did not teach, but he carried on as expert and advisor. He was interested in Theoretical physics and philosophy, as well.<ref name=":0" /> In 1931, he published his book about philosophy of technology ‘Gedanken zu einer Weltanschauung vom Standpunktedes Ingenieurs’ (‘Thoughts of a worldview from the standpoint of the engineer’). The title of the fourth and fifth edition was ''Die geheimnisvolle Naturweltanschauliche Betrachtung.'' It was his contribution to social, political and technological issues of his time. This book was reprinted several times and made a significant contribution to the technical philosophy in Europe.<ref name=":1" /> |
Stodola retired at the age of 70. Then, he did not teach, but he carried on as expert and advisor. He was interested in Theoretical physics and philosophy, as well.<ref name=":0" /> In 1931, he published his book about philosophy of technology ‘Gedanken zu einer Weltanschauung vom Standpunktedes Ingenieurs’ (‘Thoughts of a worldview from the standpoint of the engineer’). The title of the fourth and fifth edition was ''Die geheimnisvolle Naturweltanschauliche Betrachtung.'' It was his contribution to social, political and technological issues of his time. This book was reprinted several times and made a significant contribution to the technical philosophy in Europe.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Stodola's farewell lecture is also included in this publication.<ref name=":1" /> In 1939, he led a team at Brown Boveri in the first test worldwide using a gas turbine to generate electricity. This machine is still exhibited today at the Alstom works in Birr and due to its importance is considered to be an ‘historical milestone in mechanical engineering’.<ref name=":1" /> |
Stodola's farewell lecture is also included in this publication.<ref name=":1" /> In 1939, he led a team at Brown Boveri in [[Neuchâtel gas turbine|the first test worldwide using a gas turbine to generate electricity]]. This machine is still exhibited today at the Alstom works in Birr and due to its importance is considered to be an ‘historical milestone in mechanical engineering’.<ref name=":1" /> |
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He died on December 25, 1942, in Zurich. His remains were moved to his birthplace in 1989 because the ETH denied paying for his grave.<ref name=":0" /> |
He died on December 25, 1942, in Zurich. His remains were moved to his birthplace in 1989 because the ETH denied paying for his grave.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Steam and gas turbines== |
==Steam and gas turbines== |
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[[File:ETH-BIB-Stodola, Aurel (1859-1942)-Portrait-Portr 06560.tif|thumb|Aurel Stodola and the first test worldwide using a gas turbine to generate electricity at Brown, Boveri |
[[File:ETH-BIB-Stodola, Aurel (1859-1942)-Portrait-Portr 06560.tif|thumb|Aurel Stodola and the first test worldwide using a gas turbine to generate electricity at Brown, Boveri]] |
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In 1903, one of his major textbooks ‘Die Dampfturbine’ (the Steam Turbine) was first published. This was translated into several languages and formed a groundbreaking basis for the construction of thermal turbo-machinery.<ref name=":1" /> |
In 1903, one of his major textbooks ‘Die Dampfturbine’ (the Steam Turbine) was first published. This was translated into several languages and formed a groundbreaking basis for the construction of thermal turbo-machinery.<ref name=":1" /> |
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The [[Ellipse Law|Law of the Ellipse]], or Stodola's cone law, provides a method for calculating the highly nonlinear dependence of extraction [[pressure]]s with a flow for multistage [[turbine]] with high backpressure, when the turbine [[nozzle]]s are not [[ |
The [[Ellipse Law|Law of the Ellipse]], or Stodola's cone law, provides a method for calculating the highly nonlinear dependence of extraction [[pressure]]s with a flow for multistage [[turbine]] with high backpressure, when the turbine [[nozzle]]s are not [[choked flow|choked]]. It is important in turbine off-design calculations. |
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Stodola's book ''Steam and Gas Turbines'' |
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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."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Childress|first= D.S.|title= Development of rehabilitation engineering over the years: As I see it|journal=[[Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development]]|date= 2002|volume=39|issue=6, Supplement|pages=1–10|pmid= 17642028}}</ref> |
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."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Childress|first= D.S.|title= Development of rehabilitation engineering over the years: As I see it|journal=[[Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development]]|date= 2002|volume=39|issue=6, Supplement|pages=1–10|pmid= 17642028}}</ref> |
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==Honors== |
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[[File:Bratislava STU strojnicka fakulta Aurel Stodola1.jpg|thumb|Aurel Stodola's bust in Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia]]1905 – Honorary degree of [[Leibniz University Hannover]] |
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* 1908 – [[Franz Grashof|Grashof]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080106062332/http://www.vdi.de/vdi/organisation/schnellauswahl/fgkf/adb/organisation/ehrungen/index.98.html medal] of [[Verein Deutscher Ingenieure]] |
* 1908 – [[Franz Grashof|Grashof]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080106062332/http://www.vdi.de/vdi/organisation/schnellauswahl/fgkf/adb/organisation/ehrungen/index.98.html medal] of [[Verein Deutscher Ingenieure]] |
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* Honorary degree of [[German Technical University in Brno]] |
* Honorary degree of [[German Technical University in Brno]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Timeline of jet power]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 19 September 2024
Aurel Stodola | |
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| Born | 10 May 1859 |
| Died | 25 December 1942 (aged 83) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia |
| Education | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| Known for | Centrifugal compressor Steam turbine Stodola's cone law Stodola's equation Gouy–Stodola theorem |
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Aurel Boleslav Stodola (11 May 1859 – 25 December 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 (the steam turbine) in 1903. 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] Stodola was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Swiss Polytechnical Institute (now ETH) in Zurich. He maintained friendly contact with Albert Einstein.[2][3] In 1892, Stodola founded the Laboratory for Energy Conversion.
Biography
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Aurel Stodola was born in Vrbica-Hušták (now a part of region Liptovský Mikuláš), in the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Slovakia) on 11 May 1859. His father Ondrej Stodola was a leather manufacturer. His mother was Anna (born Kováčová). He was baptized as Aurel Bohuslav, but he used just name Aurel. He was baptized by the famous person of the Slovak emancipation movement, Protestant priest, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovak national movement in 1840s Michal Miloslav Hodža.[3]
Education
[edit]He attended a local primary school in Vrbica, Liptovský Mikuláš. After first four years, he went to town called Stráže pod Tatrami (now Poprad) in order to improve his German. There was a strong German speaking community and this practice was very usual. He attended secondary education in Levoča, Kežmarok and Košice, where he completed his secondary schooling. He studied on his own, as well. Especially classics and other languages.
In 1876, he moved to Budapest, where he studied two semesters at the Royal Jeseph University in Budapest. He was acknowledged as gifted student and he received a grant. In 1876, he transferred to the Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule (Federal Polytechnic School), today known as the ETH. In 1881, he completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he went to work in a factory in Budapest for seven months. In 1882/1883, he attended the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin).
After this, he did volunteering in a technical studio in Paris. He wanted to improve his skills and French, as well. It was important for his future career in Switzerland. After this trip, he began to work in Prague as engineer. He improved his practical engineering and soon became a main engineer.[3]
Zürich
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In 1892, he was appointed Professor of Machine Construction by the Polytechnikum in Zürich. He worked and taught at Polytechnikum until his retirement in 1929. He gave his first lecture on 23 October 1892. Stodola provided stimuli in the development of the curriculum and the construction of the first machine laboratory (now Laboratory for Energy Conversion). It was opened in 1900. He was invited as evaluator to The Exposition Universelle in Paris, during the same year.[3]
He was awarded Swiss citizenship in 1905.[4]
In 1924 he endowed a foundation with the stated aim ‘to promote the development of mechanical and electro-technical science in the ETH’. This foundation still exists today.[4]
He maintained friendly contact with academics in Switzerland and abroad, including Albert Einstein. Einstein wrote him an impressive letter for his anniversary. Einstein was not his student, as some sources say, because he studied physics and mathematics. Another prominent friend was theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician Albert Schweizer. Stodola encouraged Swiss businessmen to support Schweitzer's hospital in Africa.[3]
Stodola retired at the age of 70. Then, he did not teach, but he carried on as expert and advisor. He was interested in Theoretical physics and philosophy, as well.[3] In 1931, he published his book about philosophy of technology ‘Gedanken zu einer Weltanschauung vom Standpunktedes Ingenieurs’ (‘Thoughts of a worldview from the standpoint of the engineer’). The title of the fourth and fifth edition was Die geheimnisvolle Naturweltanschauliche Betrachtung. It was his contribution to social, political and technological issues of his time. This book was reprinted several times and made a significant contribution to the technical philosophy in Europe.[4]
Stodola's farewell lecture is also included in this publication.[4] In 1939, he led a team at Brown Boveri in the first test worldwide using a gas turbine to generate electricity. This machine is still exhibited today at the Alstom works in Birr and due to its importance is considered to be an ‘historical milestone in mechanical engineering’.[4]
He died on December 25, 1942, in Zurich. His remains were moved to his birthplace in 1989 because the ETH denied paying for his grave.[3]
Steam and gas turbines
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In 1903, one of his major textbooks ‘Die Dampfturbine’ (the Steam Turbine) was first published. This was translated into several languages and formed a groundbreaking basis for the construction of thermal turbo-machinery.[4]
The Law of the Ellipse, or Stodola's cone law, provides a method for calculating the highly nonlinear dependence of extraction pressures with a flow for multistage turbine with high backpressure, when the turbine nozzles are not choked. It is important in turbine off-design calculations.
Stodola's book Steam and Gas Turbines[5] was cited by Soviet rocket scientist Fridrikh Tsander in the 1920s. Published in English in 1927 and reprinted many times up to 1945, it was a basic reference for engineers working on the first generation of jet propulsion engines in the United States.[6] Stodola worked closely with industries on the development of the first practical gas turbines, in particular Brown, Boveri & Cie, who built the first gas turbine-powered electric generator in 1939.[7]
Medical equipment
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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."[8]
Honors
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1905 – Honorary degree of Leibniz University Hannover
- 1908 – Grashof medal of Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
- Honorary degree of German Technical University in Brno
- 1929 – Honorary degree of Charles University of Prague
- 1941 – James Watt International Medal
Corresponding member of French Academy of Sciences.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rao, S. (1995). Mechanical Vibrations (3rd ed.). Wokingham, England: Addison-Wesley.
- ^ "Osobnosti Pýcha inžinierstva celého sveta Aurel Stodola: Moje city nikdy neochabli pre môj národ" (in Slovak). civil.gov.sk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Petráš, Milan (2017). Najväčší z vel̕kých : Aurel Bohuslav Stodola. Bratislava. ISBN 9788022747363. OCLC 1035956346.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e f Lang, Norbert. "Aurel Stodola and his influence on the ETH and on Mechanical Engineering" (PDF).
- ^ Stodola, Aurel (1945), Steam and gas turbines, New York: P. Smith, OL 18625767M)
- ^ Dawson, Virginia Parker (1991). Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-0-16-030742-3.
- ^ Early Gas Turbine History at web.mit.edu
- ^ Childress, D.S. (2002). "Development of rehabilitation engineering over the years: As I see it". Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 39 (6, Supplement): 1–10. PMID 17642028.
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