Josef Alexander Kozeny (February 25, 1889 – April 19, 1967) was an Austrian hydraulic engineer and physicist. Today he is mainly remembered for the Kozeny–Carman equation which describes fluid flowing through a packed bed of solids.[1]

Josef Kozeny
Born
Josef Alexander Kozeny

(1889-02-25)February 25, 1889
DiedApril 19, 1967(1967-04-19) (aged 78)
NationalityAustrian
OccupationHydraulic engineer
Known forKozeny–Carman equation
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Education

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Born in Josefstadt, Bohemia, Kozeny moved to Prague to study at the German Technical University. He later moved to Vienna to study at the University of Agricultural Sciences.[2]

Career

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In 1922, he was appointed professor at the University of Tartu in Estonia. In 1924, he became a professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Vienna.[2][3] In 1929 he got a second habilitation, this time at College of Technology (TH Wien), now TU Wien. Since 1930 he had lectures at TH Wien.[3] In 1935 he lectured „Wasserbau III - Anlagen des städt. Tiefbaus und ldw. Wasserbau“, „Enzyklop. der Ing.wissenschaften für Architektur“ and „Enzyklop. der Ing.wissensch. für Vermessungswesen“ at TH Wien.[3][4][5] On the first January 1940 he got außerordentlicher Professor, of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engineering („Verkehrswasserbau, städt. Tiefbau und ldw. Wasserbau“) at TH Wien.[3][4][5] On the first of February 1941 he got ordentlicher Professor at TH Wien.[3] He was designated Professor Emeritus in 1959.[2]

He became a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1958 and received an honorary doctorate in 1965.

Kozeny published a textbook, “Hydraulics”, in 1953, a book which became a standard in the field. He was best known for his contribution to the Kozeny-Carman equation. Used to calculate the flow of a liquid through a packed bed of solids, the equation was first proposed by Kozeny in 1927 and later modified by Philip Carman.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Massey, Bernard; Ward-Smith, John (1998). Mechanics of Fluids (seventh ed.). Spon Press. page 254
  2. ^ a b c ”Kozeny, Josef”.Deutsche National Bibliothek.German National Library.n.d.Web, 22 Sept. 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e Universitätsarchiv der TU Wien Archived 2017-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (Paulus Ebner)
  4. ^ a b "Institutsbeschreibung des Institutes für Wassergüte, Ressourcenmanagement und Abfallwirtschaft(E226) vom Forschungsbereich Wassergütewirtschaft". Forschungsbereich für Wassergütewirtschaft; Institut für Wassergüte, Ressourcenmanagement und Abfallwirtschaft; Technische Universität Wien (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  5. ^ a b "History of the Institute for Water Quality, Resource and Waste Management since 1815". Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  6. ^ Schaschke, Carl.(2014).A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering.(p.53).Oxford.Oxford University Press.

Further reading

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  • Massey, Bernard; Ward-Smith, John (1998). Mechanics of Fluids (seventh ed.). Spon Press. ISBN 978-0-7487-4043-7.