The Engineer and the Scandal
Publication year: 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-27303-5
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The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It provides an outline of the bitter dispute between him and Professor Paul Fillunger, both working at the Technische Hochschule of Vienna, Austria, in the fields of soil mechanics and technical mechanics during the 1930s
Subject: Engineering, Intermezzo, Karl von Terzaghi, Paul Fillunger, Porous Media, soil mechanics
