Theodor Rehbock
Theodor Christoph Heinrich Rehbock (12 April 1864, Amsterdam – 17 August 1950, Baden-Baden) was a German hydraulics engineer, and professor at the University of Karlsruhe.
Theodor Rehbock | |
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 Theodor Rehbock, ca. 1920 | |
| Born | 12 April 1864 |
| Died | 17 August 1950 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | • Technical University Munich • Berlin Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Rehbock weir Rehbock dentated sill |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Fluid dynamics |
| Institutions | University of Karlsruhe |
Theodor Rehbock's father was an overseas merchant. Rehbock studied at the Technical University Munich and Berlin Institute of Technology during 1884–90, receiving his MSc degree in 1892.[1]
Rehbock performed studies on water supply and hydraulic engineering in many countries. Further, he built a hydroelectric power station in the Murg river in Baden. In 1899, Rehbock became professor of hydraulics at the University of Karlsruhe. Where he started a hydraulics laboratory, in 1901, of which he was the director until 1934. The hydraulics aspects of most large projects in Germany – as well as in many other countries in the world – were tested here. For instance the Afsluitdijk for the separation of the Zuiderzee (Dutch for South Sea) from the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands.[2] After his retirement, the laboratory has been named the "Theodor Rehbock Laboratory".
Rehbock was rector (university president) of the University of Karlsruhe three times: in 1907–08, 1917–18 and 1925–26.[1]
In 1935, an initiative of Theodor Rehbock, Wolmar Fellenius and Rudolf Seifert lead to the establishment of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).[3][4][5]
In 1901 Rehbock married Margarete Küster. She gave birth to four sons and one daughter.[6]
Honours
- Rehbock weir – a device to accurately measure the discharge in open channel flows.[7]
- Rehbock dentated sill – for kinetic energy dissipation at the end of a stilling basin, into which the spillway of a large dam ends. This, in order to prevent or reduce scour.[8]
- Theodor Rehbock Medal – of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall (DWA; German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste), to honour members who made outstanding innovations within the fields covered by the association. This award has been established in 2007.[9]
- Honorary doctorates from the Technical University Munich and the Palatine Joseph University of Technology and Economics in Budapest.[6]
- Honorary member of the Dutch Royal Institution of Engineers (KIvI) in The Hague.[6]
- A street in Karlsruhe has been named after him.
Notes
- Vierhaus (2007) vol. 8, p. 247
- Theodor Rehbock (1931), Wasserbauliche Modellversuche zur Klärung der Abflusserscheinungen beim Abschluss der Zuiderzee (in German), 's-Gravenhage: Rijksuitgeverij Dienst van de Nederlandsche Staatscourant
- Larsen, Peter, Rehbock, Theodor (in German), Landeskunde entdecken online – Baden-Württemberg, retrieved 2013-03-06
- Hamm, Luc (1996), "History of coastal engineering in France", in Kraus, Nicholas C. (ed.), History and Heritage of Coastal Engineering: A Collection of Papers on the History of Coastal Engineering in Countries Hosting the International Coastal Engineering Conference 1950–1996, ASCE Publications, p. 149, ISBN 9780784474143
- Fellenius, W. (8 August 1936), "Det vattenbyggnadstekniska försöksväsendet", Teknisk Tidskrift (in Swedish), 32: 375–376, retrieved 2013-03-06
- Hofmann (2003) vol. 21, pp. 278–279
- Bos, M.G.; Wijbenga, J.H.A. (1997), "Passage of sediment through flumes and over weirs", Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 11 (1): 29–39, doi:10.1023/A:1005752711183, S2CID 108973257
- Hager, Willi H. (1992), Energy dissipators and hydraulic jump, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, p. 194, ISBN 978-0-7923-1508-7
- Theodor-Rehbock-Medaille (in German), Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, retrieved 2009-04-19
References
- Ettema, R. (2000), Hydraulic modeling concepts and practice, ASCE, p. 16, ISBN 978-0-7844-0415-7
- Vierhaus, Rudolf, ed. (2007), Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (in German), vol. 8 (2nd ed.), K. G. Saur, p. 247, ISBN 978-3-598-25038-5
- Hofmann, Karl-Heinz (2003), "Rehbock, Theodor", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 21, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 278–279, ISBN 3-428-00181-8
- Larsen, Peter, Rehbock, Theodor (in German), Landeskunde entdecken online – Baden-Württemberg, retrieved 2013-03-06
External links
- "Institut für Wasser und Gewässerentwicklung, Bereich Wasserwirtschaft und Kulturtechnik" with the Theodor Rehbock Wasserbaulaboratorium (Theodor Rehbock Hydraulics Laboratory) at the University of Karlsruhe (in German)
- Theodor Rehbock in the German National Library catalogue