Robert Eberan von Eberhorst

Robert Eberan of Eberhorst ( born April 4, 1902 in Vienna, † March 14, 1982 ibid, also: of Eberan - Eberhorst ) was an Austrian engineer, instrumental in the construction of the Grand Prix Auto Union racing cars before the Second World War.

Life

After School and studied at the Technical University of Vienna Eberan worked from Eberhorst 1922-1924 as a volunteer at Puch in Graz. In 1924, he joined the elite plants in fire -Erbisdorf in Saxony. In 1927 he went back to Vienna, where he worked as an independent driving instructor for two years.

In 1928 he took a job as an assistant at the Institute of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University Dresden for five years. His responsibilities have included: studies of the mass balance and the balancing of rotating bodies as well as apparitions of vibration of chassis.

As of June 1, 1933 Eberan was of Eberhorst test engineer Auto Union AG in Chemnitz and from July 1, 1937 Head of the Auto Union racing department in Zwickau. After Ferdinand Porsche's withdrawal as a partner, he constructed mainly the 3- liter twelve- cylinder racing car, the Auto Union Type D racing car (1938 /39).

In 1940 he did his PhD on the "filling of the loader motor " and in 1941 Full Professor at the Technical University of Dresden at the Department of Motor Vehicles and light motor customer. By early 1945, he was conducting the research group " reduce consumption " of the motor vehicle commission operates.

At Porsche, he was involved in the development of the 1947 Cisitalia racing car. 1949 went Eberan of Eberhorst to England and was first chief engineer at English Racing Automobiles ( ERA ) and then at Aston Martin.

From 1953 to 1956 he was Managing Director of Auto Union GmbH in the area of ​​technical development. In addition, he was from October 1958 to June 1959 President of the Supreme National Sports Commission for automobile racing in Germany.

In the last nine years of his professional life worked Eberan of Eberhorst from 1956 on scientifically Batelle Institute in Frankfurt am Main and from 1960 at the Technical University in Vienna and Director of the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering.