- Philipp Forchheimer
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nationality =Austria
birth_date =August 7 ,1852
birth_place =Vienna
death_date =October 2 ,1933
death_place =Dürnstein ,Lower Austria
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significant_advance =hydraulics
significant_awards =Philipp Forchheimer (
August 7 ,1852 inVienna ;October 2 ,1933 inDürnstein ,Lower Austria ) was an Austrian engineer, a pioneer in the field of civil engineering and practicalhydraulics . He was professor inIstanbul , Aachen and Graz.He led the mathematical methodology hydraulics.
He was rectort the
Technical University of Graz until 1897. In addition to his teaching, he worked as a consultant for construction projects. He made proposals for the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel.References
* Forchheimer, Philipp: Teaching and the hydraulic manual, 5 volumes, 1914-16.
* JR: Philipp Forchheimer (1852 - 1933). Water Management 73 (1983), No. 10, p. 350 - 351st
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