Rolf Heinrich Sabersky (October 20, 1920 – October 24, 2016) was

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in mechanical engineering at

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. He worked with luminaries throughout his career including Apollo M. O. Smith and

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at Aerojet. James Van Allan sought his expertise for the development of the Ajax and Bumblebee rocket programs.

Life and Times

Rolf Heinrich Sabersky was born in

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. His parents were Fritz Sabersky, occupation listed as

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and Berta Sabersky,

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with 3 children, son Wilhelm occupation listed as

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, daughter Olga Leonore, student and Rolf, student.New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists. 1925-1957. Database with images. FamilySearch. Rolf Heinrich Sabersky, 1938. Citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States. Publication T715. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 1938, Sabersky graduated from the Franzosisches Gymnasium, the French High School. He attended from the age of 10 and completed the

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at the age of 17. A classmate of his was noted

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. The children left

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on July 3, 1938 and the parents soon followed. From Germany the family traveled to

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. While waiting for

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to be issued, Sabersky passed the entrance exams and briefly attended the Swiss Federal Technical Institute or

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was the

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for the mathematics examination.Erwin, Shelley. (April 1990). Interview with Rolf H. Sabersky. Pasadena, California, April 3 and 12, 1990. Oral History Project, California Institute of Technology Archives. The Sabersky family escaped

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, which occurred in November 1938. On December 17, 1938, the Sabersky family arrived at

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after sailing from Le Havre, France aboard the S.S. Normandie, according to records. The family recorded their race as

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with spoken and written

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in German and English. Mr. Sabersky and all the children were born in

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. Mrs. Sabersky was born in Sechof,

. The family had been issued immigration visas in Zürich on October 20, 1938. Before coming to America, the family resided at

. On April 11, 1940, according to the U.S. Census records, the Sabersky family resided at

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. Mr. Sabersky and son William were both listed as owner, operator of a

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Education

In 1939, Sabersky entered

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(Caltech) as a

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in the

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program. On December 7, 1941, the

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occurred and brought the United States into

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. Sabersky, a native German was forced to endure restrictions as the “

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” status was applied. This meant no travel after nightfall and travel greater than 50 miles outside of his residence of record required prior approval and a special permit. As an

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student while pursuing his studies at Caltech, Sabersky had noteworthy professors that included: Donald S. Clark, Frederic W. Hinrichs, Robert L. Daugherty, Robert T. Knapp, Franklin Thomas,

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, Romeo R. Martel, William B. Munro, and James W. Daily. Sabersky was a member of

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. In 1942, he received his B.S. degree in

. After his senior year at Caltech, Sabersky worked in mechanical design on the Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel under

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and Hap Richards. Major Arthur L. Klein, professor of

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, was a

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on the project. The work was located at the

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, also known as

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. Graduate school was next. Sabersky continued his studies at Caltech. He took a

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course from Donald E. Hudson, professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. Sabersky took a course in

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from Abe M. Zarem. Additional graduate professors included Donald S. Clark, Robert C. Bromfield and Peter Kyropoulos. In 1943, he received the

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degree in mechanical engineering. In 1949, Sabersky was awarded a

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from California Institute of Technology. W. Duncan Rannie was his academic advisor for his work on axial flow compressors. His coursework involved classes from

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, professor of physics, H. Victor Neher, professor of physics;

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, Clark Millikan, and Hans Wolfgang Liepmann. His dissertation was titled: ''Experimental and theoretical investigations on the general flow patterns in axial flow compressors''.Sabersky, Rolf H. (1949). Experimental and theoretical investigations on the general flow patterns in axial flow compressors. Doctoral dissertation. California Institute of Technology.

Aerojet

In 1943, Sabersky completed the

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in mechanical engineering and went to work at

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. On July 4, 1943, he received a telephone call from Apollo M. O. Smith and was offered a position at Aerojet. Smith was the

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at Aerojet and an expert in

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. Aerojet was founded by

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. Sabersky went to work under

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where the team was involved with the development of sustained duration

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. Sabersky was part of an engineering team with Chandler C. Ross and Marvin Stary, who were also Caltech graduates. The team worked on the development of what would become the Titan engine. Also from Caltech was

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, professor of

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. During WW II, Aerojet also provided some support for early work by

on their

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and Corporal missiles. Some of these missiles were converted to

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service and

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sounding rockets were launched in late 1945.

Aerobee

In 1946, Sabersky made a trip to Washington, D.C. to establish contacts with the US Navy and other US government groups. He went to

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and the

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and was introduced to

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. The two decided to work together on the

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project. James Van Allen, then supervisor of the High Altitude Research Group of the

(APL) at

, visited Sabersky at Aerojet in 1946 to survey their rocket capabilities, and this included the

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. As a result, Van Allen persuaded the

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to support development and initial production of what came to be known as the

family. Van Allen was also in charge of the sounding rocket part of the APL

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tactical solid rocket program, and from this coined the name

rocket as a contraction of the Aerojet and Bumblebee names. In late 1946, Sabersky returned to Caltech to pursue a Ph.D. He maintained his connection to Aerojet until 1970.

California Institute of Technology

In 1949, he joined the Caltech faculty as a member of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science as

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. Frederick C. Lindvall was the division chairman. The recently hired colleagues of Sabersky were: David Shotwell Wood,

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; Charles H. Wilts, electrical engineering; Robert B. Leighton, professor of physics; and Frank E. Marble. The well established colleagues of his were: Rannie, Hudson, Kyropoulos, Dino A. Morelli, professor of

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. Sabersky taught courses in

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, and

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. One particularly noteworthy student that took his thermodynamics course was

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. In 1955, Sabersky was promoted to

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and became a full

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in 1961 and

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of mechanical engineering in 1988.

Research Interests

Sabersky was interested in research that focused on

. At Aerojet, he dealt with the challenge of how to cool rocket thrust chambers. When he returned to Caltech in 1946, he still had a keen interest in these problems. He decided to tackle the problem of boiling heat transfer. His first Ph.D. student, Max Edmund Ellion, was given the task as a dissertation project. Sabersky worked on liquids near the critical point. He teamed with Karl Knapp and Ed Hauptmann for this research effort. The problem of free convection in

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was investigated by Sabersky with Richard Carl Nielsen. Duane Floyd Dipprey worked on the issue of the effect of heat transfer to fluids flowing in rough surfaced tubes. Dipprey was able to build tubes with controlled roughness. Paul Maurice Debrule built upon the rough tubes research and continued with the application to

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solutions. Eric Francois Matthys pursued an interest in non-Newtonian fluids and investigated the flow of a natural fluid, tomato juice. Sabersky explored the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the

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. This project was funded in part by the

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. William Noel Sullivan was tasked with this endeavor. Christopher E. Burns joined in the efforts to solve some of the mysteries of material granular flow. Another later project that Sabersky was involved with was the study of

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that involved

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and

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. Frederick H. Shair assisted with these efforts. Gordon Peterson was the student that drove his automobile over the

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freeways to measure the ozone levels and record the data inside his vehicle.Petersen, G. A., & Sabersky, R. H. (1975). Measurements of pollutants inside an automobile. Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association. 25(10): 1028-1032.

Awards and honors

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, Heat Transfer Memorial Award, 1977

Publications

*Bowen, John T., Sabersky, R. H., & Rannie, W. Duncan. (1949). Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Axial Flow Compressors. Mechanical Engineering Laboratory CIT. *Bowen, J. T., Sabersky, R. H., & Rannie, W. (1949). Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Axial Flow Compressors, Pt. 2. Mech. Eng. Lab. *Bowen, J. T., Sabersky, R. H., & Rannie, W. D. (1951). Investigations of Axial-Flow Compressors. ''Trans. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs.'' 73. *Sabersky, R. H. (1951). Gas Turbines. ''Engineering and Science.'' 15(1): 4. *Sabersky, R. H. (1955). On the relationship between fluid friction and heat transfer in nucleate boiling. ''Journal of Jet Propulsion.'' 25(1): 9-12. *Sabersky, R. H. (1955). On the start of nucleation in boiling heat transfer. ''Journal of Jet Propulsion.'' 25(2): 67-70. *Sabersky, R. H. (1957). Elements of engineering thermodynamics. McGraw-Hill. *Hastrup, R. C., Sabersky, R. H., Bartz, D. R., & Noel, M. B. (1958). Friction and heat transfer in a rough tube at varying

Prandtl number The Prandtl number (Pr) or Prandtl group is a dimensionless number, named after the German physicist Ludwig Prandtl, defined as the ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity. The Prandtl number is given as:where: * \nu : momentum d ...

s. ''Jet Propulsion.'' 28(4): 259-263. *Hustrup, R. C., Sabersky, R. H., Bartz, D. F., & Noel, M. B. (1958). Heat transfer in smooth and rough tubes. ''Jet Propulsion.'' 28(4): 259-263. *Sabersky, R. H. (1959). Survey of problems in boiling heat transfer. ''High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion.'' (Vol. 5, pp. 313–338). Princeton Univ. Press. Princeton, New Jersey. *Sabersky, R. H. (1959). Recent developments in convective heat transfer. ''ARS Journal.'' 29(5): 325-331. *Griffith, J. D., & Sabersky, R. H. (1960). Convection in a fluid at supercritical pressures. ''ARS Journal.'' 30(3): 289-291. *Fuchs, N. A., Pratt, J. N., & Sabersky, R. H. (1960). Evaporation and Droplet Growth in Gaseous Media. ''Journal of Applied Mechanics.'' (27): 759. *Dipprey, Duane F., & Sabersky, R. H. (1963). Heat and momentum transfer in smooth and rough tubes at various

s. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 6(5): 329-353. *Githinji, P. M., & Sabersky, R. H. (1963). Some effects of the orientation of the heating surface in nucleate boiling. ''Journal of Heat Transfer.'' 85(4): 379-379. *Sabersky, R. H., Acosta, A. J., & Hauptmann, E. G. (1964). ''Fluid Flow''. Chapter 7. *Sabersky, R. H., & Hauptmann, E.G., & Acosta, A. J. (1964). ''Fluid Flow: a First Course in Fluid Mechanics.'' Macmillan Publishing Company. New York. *Townes, Harry W., & Sabersky, R. H. (1966). Experiments on the flow over a rough surface. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 9(8): 729-738. *Knapp, Karl K., & Sabersky, R. H. (1966). Free convection heat transfer to carbon dioxide near the critical point. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 9(1): 41-51. *Sabersky, R. H., & Hauptmann, Edward G. (1967). Forced convection heat transfer to carbon dioxide near the critical point. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 10(11): 1499-1508. *Reiman, Thomas C., & Sabersky, R. H. (1968). Laminar flow over rectangular cavities. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 11(6): 1083-1085. *Sabersky, R. H. (1968). Who Will Take the Lead in Engineering Education? ''Engineering and Science.'' 31(7): 8-10. *Sabersky, R. H. (1969). Who Will Lead The Way in Engineering Education? ''Journal of Engineering Education.'' *Sabersky, R. H. (1971). Heat transfer in the seventies. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 14(12): 1927-1949. *Sabersky, R. H., Sinema, Daniel A., & Shair, Frederick H. (1973). Concentrations, decay rates, and removal of ozone and their relation to establishing clean indoor air. ''Environmental Science & Technology.'' 7(4): 347-353. *Nielsen, R. C., & Sabersky, R. H. (1973). Transient heat transfer in Bénard convection. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 16(12): 2407-2420. *Debrule, Paul M., & Sabersky, R. H. (1974). Heat transfer and friction coefficients in smooth and rough tubes with dilute polymer solutions. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 17(5): 529-540. *Derham, R. L., Peterson, G., Sabersky, R. H., & Shair, F. H. (1974). On the relation between the indoor and outdoor concentrations of nitrogen oxides. ''Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association.'' 24(2): 158-161. *Taylor, Dean D., & Sabersky, R. H. (1974). Extrapolation to various tube diameters of experimental data taken with dilute polymer solutions in a smooth tube. ''Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 1(1): 103-108. *Sullivan, William Noel, & Sabersky, R. H. (1975). Heat transfer to flowing granular media. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 18(1): 97-107. *Petersen, G. A., & Sabersky, R. H. (1975). Measurements of pollutants inside an automobile. ''Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association.'' 25(10): 1028-1032. *Sabersky, R. H. (1975). Further comments on heat transfer research. ''International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 18(11): 1223-1227. *Moyls, A. Leigh, & Sabersky, R. H. (1975). Heat transfer to dilute asbestos dispersions in smooth and rough tubes. ''Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer.'' 2(4): 293-302.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabersky, Rolf Heinrich 1920 births ETH Zurich alumni California Institute of Technology alumni Französisches Gymnasium Berlin alumni American mechanical engineers California Institute of Technology faculty 2016 deaths Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States German expatriates in Switzerland