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Theodore von Kármán bibliography

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This is a bibliography of works by Theodore von Kármán.

Books Kármán, Th. von; Burgers, J. M. (1924). General Aerodynamic Theory, 2 vols. Julius Springer. Kármán, Th. von; Biot, M. A. (1940). Mathematical Methods in Engineering; An introduction to the Mathematical Treatment of Engineering Problems. McGraw-Hill. p. 505. ASIN B0006AOTLK. Kármán, Th. von; Biot, M. A. (2004) [Cornell University Press, 1954]. Aerodynamics: Selected Topics in the Light of Their Historical Development. Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering. Dover Publications. p. 224. ISBN 978-0486434858. Kármán, Th. von (1956). Collected Works of Dr. T. von Kármán (1902 - 1951), 4 vols. Vol. v. 1. 1902-1913, v. 2. 1914-1932, v. 3. 1933-1939, v. 4. 1940-1951. London: Butterworths Scientific Publications. Kármán, Th. von (1961). From Low-Speed Aerodynamics to Astronautics. Pergamon Press. ASIN B000H4OVPO. Kármán, Th. von; Edson, L. (1967). The Wind and Beyond — T. von Kármán Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space. Little Brown. p. 376. ISBN 978-0316907538.

Papers

1900s Kármán, Th. von (1902). "The motion of a heavy rod supported on its rounded end by a horizontal plate". Journal of Mathematics and Physics, Mathematical Society, Budapest, Hungary (in Hungarian). 9. Kármán, Th. von (1906). "A kihajlás elmélete és a hosszú rudakon végzett nyomás-kisérletek" [The theory of buckling and compression tests on long slender columns] (PDF). Magyar Mérnök és Építész Egylet Közlönye [Journal of the Society of Hungarian Engineers and Architects] (in Hungarian). 40 (11–12): 329–335. Retrieved 27 June 2014. Kármán, Th. von (1907). "Über stationäre Wellen in Gasstrahlen" [About stationary waves in gas jets]. Physikalische Zeitschrift (in German). 8. Kármán, Th. von (1908). "A gőzök és gázok áramlási jelenségeire vonatkozó újabb vizsgálatok" [Recent investigations regarding the flow phenomena of vapors and gases]. Magyar Mérnök és Építész Egylet Közlönye [Journal of the Society of Hungarian Engineers and Architects] (in Hungarian). 42 (3–4): 103–110. Retrieved 27 June 2014. Kármán, Th. von (1908). "Igen könnyü mótoro król" [Very light-weight engines]. Magyar Mérnök-És Építész-Egylet Héti-Értesitöje [Weekly Bulletin of the Society of Hungarian Engineers and Architects] (in Hungarian) (27): 248–251. Kármán, Th. von (1908). "Die Knickfestigkeit gerader Stäbe" [The buckling strength of straight bars]. Physikalische Zeitschrift (in German). 9. Kármán, Th. von; Haar, A. (1909). "Zur Theorie der Spannungszustände in plastischen und sandartigen Medien" [On the theory of stress states in plastic and sand-like media]. Nachrichten der K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-physikalische Klasse (in German). Kármán, Th. von (1909). "Hullámos tűz csövek szilárdsága" [The strength of corrugated fire tubes]. Magyar Mérnök-És Építész-Egylet Héti-Értesitöje [Weekly Bulletin of the Society of Hungarian Engineers and Architects] (in Hungarian) (28): 302–305.

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