Paul Fillunger
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'Paul Fillunger (June 25, 1883 in Vienna; March 7, 1937 in Vienna) was an Austrian scientist.
Raised in a family of engineer, he studied in the Technische Hochschule in Vienna and took a position in the state-own railway company from 1906 on. In 1908 he passed a PhD and then teach mathematics, machine industry and then mechanics at the University of Vienna.
He pionnered the studies of saturated ground, and an article issued in 1913 made him famous[1][2].
He discovered the difference of behaviour between effective and general stresses in samples of ground, opening the way for further researches.
His theories made him enter in conflict with Paul Von Terzaghi in a violent way. The University blamed Fillunger, who commited then suicide with his wife.
Sources
Reint Boer, The Engineer And The Scandal: A Piece Of Science History, Springer, 2005 Paul Fillunger, "Erdbaumechanik?", Vienna, 1936
References
- ^ http://www.springerlink.com/content/wl52330244074778/
- ^ Der Auftrieb in Talsperren, Österreichische Wochenschrift für den öffentlichen Baudienst, Band 19, 1913, S. 532, 567, Neuere Grundlagen für die statische Berechnung von Talsperren, Zeitschrift des Österreichischen Ingenieur- und Architektenvereins, Band 23, 1914, S. 441.