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.
- ^ 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.
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