Hans-Georg Münzberg (21 August 1916 – 7 November 2000) was a German engineer who specialized in airplane turbines and space flight. He taught at the

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, the

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, and wrote textbooks.

Life

Münzberg was born in Tetschen (now Děčín), the son of the industrialist Rudolf Münzberg. He studied mechanical engineering at the in Prague from 1934, graduating with the diploma in 1939. He then worked for the BMW-Flugmotorenwerke in Berlin-

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, focused on air foil turbines (''Fluggasturbinen''). He earned his Ph.D. in June 1942 with a dissertation on "Das Gasturbinentriebwerk als Antriebsaggregat für Hochgeschwindigkeitsflugzeuge" (The gas turbine engine as a power unit for high-speed aircraft). After World War II, he worked in a French group of scientists including

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at the "Atelier Aéronautique in Rickenbach" near

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which developed the

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system of propulsion, which was moved to France. In 1957, he was appointed professor at the

, the chair of Luftfahrtriebwerke. He continued his work in France, where he became director of research and development for

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in 1963. In 1964, giving up his position at Snecma and professorship in Berlin, Münzberg was appointed professor at the

, where he founded the chair and institute of flight propulsion (''Flugantriebe''). He wrote several books on his topics, and retired in 1982. Münzberg was elected a member of the in 1981. He was awarded the

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of France in 1986. He died in Munich.

References

External links

Historie des Lehrstuhls für Turbomaschinen und Flugantriebe
(in German) asg.ed.tum.de 2024
Abheben im Flugsimulator
(in German) idw-online.de 2005 * K. v. Gersdorff, H. Schubert
University Project of a VTOL "flat engine"
in ''Aeronautical Research in Germany: From Lilienthal until Today'', Springer Science & Business Media, 2012, p. 458, {{DEFAULTSORT:Munzberg, Hans-Georg 1916 births 2000 deaths German aerospace engineers Academic staff of Technische Universität Berlin Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich People from Děčín Recipients of the Aeronautical Medal