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Josef Kozeny

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Born
Josef Alexander Kozeny

(1889-02-25)February 25, 1889
DiedApril 19, 1967(1967-04-19) (aged 78)
Josef Kozeny
Born
Josef Alexander Kozeny

(1889-02-25)February 25, 1889
DiedApril 19, 1967(1967-04-19) (aged 78)
OccupationHydraulic engineer
Known forKozeny–Carman equation
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Josef Alexander Kozeny (February 25, 1889 – April 19, 1967) was an Austrian hydraulic engineer and physicist. Today he is mainly remembered for the Kozeny–Carman equation which describes fluid flowing through a packed bed of solids.[1]

Born in Josefstadt, Bohemia, Kozeny moved to Prague to study at the German Technical University. He later moved to Vienna to study at the University of Agricultural Sciences.[2]

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