Wilhelm Hort


Wilhelm Karl Konrad Siegmund Adam Hort was a German physicist.
He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Jena, mechanical and electrical engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig, then completed his studies at the University of Göttingen, where he received a doctorate in physics. In 1917 he received his habilitation at Technische Universität Berlin and in 1923 obtained the title of professor.
In 1928, he became head of the department of mechanics at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Schwingungsforschung in Berlin, and in 1931 returned to TU Berlin as chair of Mechanische Schwingungslehre. In 1919, with Georg Gehlhoff, he founded the Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Physik.

Published works

His textbook on vibration theory, Technische Schwingungslehre was considered to be the main German work on this subject for three decades. His other noteworthy writings are:Die Entwicklung des Problems der stetigen Kraftmaschinenreglung nebst einem Versuch der Theorie unstetiger Reglugsvorgange,.Die differentialgleichungen des ingenieurs, - Differential equations for the engineer.Handbuch der physikalischen und technischen Mechanik, - Handbook of physical and technical mechanics.Die Differentialgleichungen der Technik und Physik, 3rd edition, 1939 - Differential equations of engineering and physics.