Author: Professor Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Baumgarth, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Elmar Bollin, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Manfred Büchel, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Fromm, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Karbach, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Otto, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hartmuth Paerschke, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Ritzenhoff, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg-Peter Schernus, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Frank Sokollik, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Friedbert Tiersch, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Treusch (auth.)