Submission

Aurel Stodola Polymath and big personality

DOI: 10.18462/iir.compr.2021.0460

Session: Plenary Session

Accept state: Submission accepted

Authors
Name Organization  
Juraj Hromkovic, Prof. Dr. ETH Zürich

Abstract

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.
At the end of the conference, the Aurel Stodola Commemorative Medal will be awarded. Six papers for publication in IJR will be announced.

Keywords

Aurel Stodola, heat pump, turbins