ABSTRACT
KINDSVATER 01.08. 1913 Hoisington KA/USA 15.11. 2002 Morrisville VT/USA Carl Edward Kindsvater graduated as a civil engineer from State University Iowa, Iowa City IA, in 1937. He then joined the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA until 1941 as hydraulic engineer in its hydraulic laboratory, was in its Flood Control Section until 1943 when joining the US Army Corps of Engineers as hydraulic engineer for works in the District Little Rock AR. He was associate professor of hydraulics at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1945 to 1948, then professor there until 1955 when becoming Regents Professor until retirement. Kindsvater was member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, the International Association of Hydraulic Research IAHR, and of the Georgia Engineering Society. He was awarded the 1945 ASCE Collingwood Prize, the 1954 ASCE Rickey Medal, the 1955 ASCE Norman Medal, and 1963 ASCE Honorary Membership. Kindsvater was known for a number of outstanding researches in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering. His 1943 paper deals with hydraulic jumps on sloping channels in which the basic knowledge of classical hydraulic jumps is generalized by accounting for a slope parameter. In 1953 a report of peak discharges at river contractions was presented, followed in 1955 by a detailed analysis of the flow features at constrictions by bridges and abutments. Given the complex geometry of bridge elements and the approach flow conditions, a large number of parameters were considered whose effect was presented with a number of figures. The 1959 paper co-authored by Rolland Carter (1916-2011) adds to discharge measurement by thin-plate rectangular weirs, following the proposal of equivalent head and width by Theodor Rehbock (1864-1950). Anonymous (1946). Carl E. Kindsvater. Civil Engineering 16(1): 36. P Anonymous (1959). Kindsvater, Carl E. Who’s who in engineering 8: 1344. Lewis: New York. Anonymous (1960). Carl E. Kindsvater. Civil Engineering 30(10): 88. P Harrison, E.S., Kindsvater, C.E. (1954). Dam modification checked by hydraulic models. Trans. ASCE 119: 73-92. Kindsvater, C.E., Carter, R.W., Tracy, H.J. (1953). Computation of peak discharge at contractions. Circular 284. US Geological Survey: Washington DC. Kindsvater, C.E., Carter, R.W. (1955). Tranquil flow through open-channel constrictions. Trans. ASCE 120: 955-980; 120: 991-992. Kindsvater, C.E., Carter, R.W. (1959). Discharge characteristics of rectangular thin-plate weirs. Trans. ASCE 124: 772-801; 124: 818-822.
