1875 | Ludwig Prandtl is born on February 4, 1875 in Freising |
1900 | Prandtl graduats to Dr. phil at the University of
Munich with the thesis "On Tilting Phenomena, an Example of Unstable Elastic
Equilibrium";
for two years he worked for MAN in Nürnberg |
1901 | Prandtl becomes permanent professor for Mechanics at the TH Hannover |
1904 | IIIrd International Congress of Mathematics; Prandtl
speeks about boundary layers
He was appointed to associate professor at the University of Göttingen |
1905 | Foundation of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at the University of Göttingen under directorate of Carl Runge and Ludwig Prandtl |
1906 | Foundation of the "Motorluftschiff-Studiengesellschaft" |
1907 | Prandtl is nominated for Professor in Ordinary;
foundation of the "Modellversuchsanstalt Göttingen", later "Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt Göttigen" (AVA) according to a draft of Prandtl |
1909 | The first professorship in the field of Aviation Science is given to Ludwig Prandtl |
1910 | Starting of the first windtunnel type "Göttingen" with closed backtracing constructed by Prandtl |
1911 | Together with Hugo Hergesell Prandtl makes a report about a "Reichsversuchsanstalt für Luftschiffahrt", which causes the foundation of "Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt" DVL instead of an empire-authority |
1912 | Prandtl is co-founder of the "Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Luftfahrt" WGL |
1918 | Prandtl publishes the wing theory |
1920 | Prandtl is repeatedly asked to accept a professorship for Mechanics at the TH Munich; in 1923 he definitely refuses |
1921 | Prandtl is nominated for Professor in Ordinary for the new Institute of Technical Physics and Aeronautics at University of Göttingen |
1922 | Foundation of GAMM by Ludwig Prandtl, Richard von
Mieses and Hans Reissner; Prandtl becomes chairman until 1950
Prandtl is appointed to a member of the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft" |
1925 | Consecration of the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung verbunden mit der Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt Göttingen" under Prandtls direction |
1928 | Initiation of the "Deutsche Forschungsrat für Luftfahrt" from Prandtl and Theodor von Kármán, Adolf Baeumker and the Minister of Transport, Ernst Brandenburg |
1936 | Prandtl is member of board of the "Lilienthal-Gesellschaft für Luftfahrtforschung" and of the committee of the "Deutsche Akademie der Luftfahrtforschung" |
1937 | Prandtl transfers the leadership of the AVA to Albert
Betz after separation of AVA and KWI;
he remains chairman of the Board of the KWI and is still member of the board of the AVA |
1942 | "Führer durch die Strömungsforschung" ist
published by Prandtl
Prandtl is Chairman of the "Forschungsführung des Reichsministers der Luftfahrt" |
1946 | Prandtl steps down from leadership of the KWI, he is given emeritus status at the University of Göttingen |
1953 | August 15, 1953 Ludwig Prandtl dies in Göttingen |