Walter Söhne

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Walter Söhne (7 October 1913 – 24 December 2011)[1] was a pioneer in research on soil mechanics (terramechanics) and on improving the design of agricultural vehicles (tractors etc.),[2] and was a very successful teacher as a professor from 1965 to 1982 at the Technical University of Munich. He wrote many articles in German on related topics, and his Über die Historie der Bodenbearbeitungs- und Erntetechnik (1992) surveys the history of techniques of agricultural cultivation and harvesting.[3] In the 1970s he served as president of the International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems.[4]

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  1. ^ "Obituary of Walter Söhne" (in German).
  2. ^ Renius, Karl Theodor (28 October 2019). Fundamentals of Tractor Design. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-32804-7.
  3. ^ Hillel, Daniel (31 October 2014). Memories And Reflections: The Life, Work And Observations Of An Agricultural And Environmental Scientist. World Scientific. ISBN 978-1-78326-574-9.
  4. ^ "Officers". ISTVS. 18 July 2023.