Curt Friedrich Kollbrunner
Curt Friedrich Kollbrunner , also Curt Fritz Kollbrunner, (born May 15, 1907 in Zurich ; † July 6, 1983 there ) was a Swiss civil engineer .
biography
Kollbrunner attended the Oberrealschule in Zurich and studied civil engineering at the ETH Zurich with a diploma in 1931. Subsequently, he was assistant to Leopold Karner at the Institute for Structural Analysis, where he received his doctorate in 1935 ( the bulging of the free-standing angle under pressure ). In 1936 he was a post-doctoral student at the Center d'etudes et de recherches geotechniques in Paris. From 1937 to 1943 he worked for the construction company Brunner u. Co. in Zurich, where he built up the foundation engineering department. From 1943 to 1969 he headed Carl Zschokke AG in Döttingen AG (steel construction, boiler construction).
In 1958 he became an honorary senator of the Vienna University of Technology , an honorary doctorate from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in 1967 and an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich in 1977 . He was a colonel in the Swiss engineering troops .
He also wrote a book on pewter figures. He published a lot at the Institute for Building Research in Zurich, in addition to civil engineering and technical mechanics, among other things, on glacial power plants in Greenland and hydrogen as an energy carrier. From the 1950s he published in his company's publications on steel construction and in those of the Swiss Steel Construction Association.
literature
- Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium , Ernst & Sohn 2018, p. 1017 (biography), ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9
- Elisabeth Eggimann Gerber: Curt Fritz Kollbrunner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Fonts
- with Martin Meister: Buckling: Theory and calculation of buckling bars, buckling regulations, Springer 1955
- with Martin Meister: Formulas for the dent removal of sheet metal in the elastic and plastic area, Swiss Steel Construction Association 1958
- with Martin Meister: Dent removal, theory and calculation of sheet metal, Springer 1958
- with Konrad Basler: Torsion in Structures: An Engineering Approach, Springer 1969 (German edition: Torsion, Springer 1966)
- with Peter Mäder: Zinnfiguren, Zinnsoldaten, Zinngeschichte, Munich: Hirmer 1979
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kollbrunner, Curt Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1983 |
| Place of death | Zurich |