Karl Weissenberg

Short description: Austrian mathematician and physicist

Karl Weissenberg

Born|

Karl Weissenberg

(1893-07-11)11 July 1893

Vienna, Austria

Died| 6 April 1976(1976-04-06) (aged 82)

The Hague, Netherlands

Alma mater| University of Berlin
University of Jena
University of Vienna
Known for| Weissenberg effect
Weissenberg number
Weissenberg rheogoniometer
Weissenberg–Rabinowitsch–Mooney correction factor
Awards| Duddell Medal (1946)

Karl Weissenberg (11 June 1893, Vienna - 6 April 1976, The Hague) was an Austrian physicist, notable for his contributions to rheology and crystallography.[1][2][3]

## Biography

The Weissenberg effect was named after him, as was the Weissenberg number. He invented a Goniometer to study X-ray diffraction of crystals for which he received the Duddell Medal of the Institute of Physics in 1946, The European Society of Rheology offers a Weissenberg award in his honour.[3] and the Weissenberg rheogoniometer, a type of rheometer.[4]

He was born on 11 June 1893 in Vienna, Austria and died in 1976 in the Netherlands. He studied at the Universities of Vienna, Berlin and Jena with Mathematics as his main subject.[1] He published on the theories of Symmetry groups and Tensor and Matrix algebra, then applied mathematics and experimentation to crystallography, rheology and medical science.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 H. B. Seebohm (1973) Biographical Notes on Karl Weissenberg
2. ↑ W. Philippoff (1973) Weissenberg’s Contributions to Rheology
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 H. Lipson (1973) Weissenberg’s Influence on Crystallography
4. ↑ J. E. Roberts (1973) The Early Development of the Rheogoniometer

## Further reading

* Publications of Karl Weissenberg (K.W.) and Collaborators
* Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of Karl Weissenberg (with brief biography)

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