Georg Kapsch (engineer)
Georg Kapsch (born December 18, 1873 in Vienna , † January 20, 1934 in Munich ) was an Austrian civil engineer and at that time a leading steel construction engineer, particularly in bridge construction .
biography
Kapsch was self-taught . From 1891 to 1897 he worked at the R. Ph. Waagner bridge construction company in Vienna, from 1898/99 to the Austrian Alpine Montangesellschaft and from 1899 to 1918 at the Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) machine factory , where he was most recently an authorized senior engineer in steel bridge construction.
In mid-1918 he switched to the Harkort company in Duisburg, known for bridge construction, as a technical authorized signatory , where he headed the technical office.
In 1919 he became full professor for bridge construction at the TH Graz and was rector there in 1927/28 . In 1928 he became a full professor for structural engineering and iron construction at the TH Munich . He turned down appointments to Karlsruhe and Prague.
He mastered all aspects (practical and theoretical) of steel bridge construction and founded his own school in this area. Walter Pelikan , Konrad Sattler and Hermann Beer were among his students .
He was an honorary doctor from the Technical University of Stuttgart .
Construction projects
His projects include:
- Hamburger Hochbahn (bridges, viaducts), where he was in charge of design and execution.
- Branch structures of the elevated railway in Berlin
- Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke (Duisburg) , the beam girder bridge with the largest span in continental Europe at the time (around 200 m central opening).
- Deutzer Bridge , Cologne
- Railway bridge over the Meuse near Visé
- Restoration of the Anghel-Saligny bridge in Cernavodă
- Restoration of the double-track railway bridge over the Daugava in Riga
- Vistula Bridge Thorn
- first Mülheim bridge (1927 to 1929), appraisal and management of the construction draft. At that time, with a span of 315 m, it was the largest fake suspension bridge and the largest suspension bridge in Europe.
- Designs for the railway bridge over the Rhine near Duisburg and for the bridge over the Aosta Bay in Stockholm
literature
- Kapsch, Georg. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1965, p. 227 f. (Direct links on p. 227 , p. 228 ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the article in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon. This also lists the Sydney Harbor Bridge , but it is not clear what this refers to. The winning design comes from Dorman, Lond and Company in London. Officially, their consulting engineering office Sir Douglas Fox and Partners with their senior partner Ralph Freeman and Mr. GC Imbault are named as design engineers. John Bradfield, The Sydney Harbor Bridge and Approaches, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 238, 1934, p. 334
- ↑ Kapsch, The road bridge over the Rhine in Cologne-Mülheim, Die Bautechnik, Volume 7, 1929, pp. 683–687, 775–808, 813–817
1. Chair for steel construction: Moritz Wappler (1846–1863) | Adolf Gabriely (1864-1893) | Josef Cecerle (1893–1919) | Georg Kapsch (1920–1929) | Franz Brunner (1930–1943) | Konrad Sattler (1944–1945) | Hermann Beer (1955–1972) | Friedrich Resinger (1974–1988) | Richard Pischl (1976-2004) | Richard Greiner (1981-2010) | Harald Unterweger (since 2011)
2. Chair for Roads and Transportation: Remigius Götz (1865–1866) | Karl Scheidtenberger (1866–1885) | Martin Kovatsch (1886-1894) | Emil Teischinger (1895–1921) | Valentin Köck (1921–1923) | Paul Döll (1924–1938) | Ernst Gottstein (1940–1945) | Alois Pendl (1946–1962) | Josef Raimund Dorfwirth (1964–1974) | Herbert Köstenberger (1974–1990) | Helmut Stickler (1995-2003) | Martin Fellendorf (since 2005)
3. Chair for structural engineering: Karl Stelzel (1876–1912) | Fritz Postuvanschitz (1913–1926) | Heinrich Leitz (1929–1930) | Heinrich Neukirch (1931–1939) | Hermann Beer (1940–1955) | Ernst Chwalla (1955–1960) | Konrad Sattler (1961–1975) | Peter Klement (1975–1993) | Gernot Beer (1993–2012) | Thomas-Peter Fries (since 2013)
4. Chair for hydraulic engineering and water management: Wilhelm Heyne (1876–1894) | Philipp Forchheimer (1894–1914) | Hans Paul (1915–1938) | Armin Schoklitsch (1939–1945) | Hermann Grengg (1950–1962) | Helmut Simmler (1964–1987) | Günther Heigerth (1989–2006) | Gerald Zenz (since 2007)
5. Chair for concrete construction: Robert Bortsch (1928–1941) | Hermann Craemer (1941–1945) | Erich Friedrich (1948–1966) | Fritz Bauer (1967–1980) | Richard Küng (1973–1994) | Adalbert Koberg (1981-1995) | Lutz Sparowitz (1994–2009) | Viet Tue Nguyen (since 2010)
6. Chair for Railways and Transport Economics: Paul Döll (1940–1943) | Erwin Massute (1943–1945) | Karl Klugar (1969–1982) | Klaus Rießberger (1984–2009) | Peter Veit (since 2010)
7. Chair for Urban Water Management and Landscaping: Max Breitenöder (1957–1964) | Ernst Nemecek (1965–1988) | Helmut Renner (1983–2000) | Harald Kainz (since 2001) | Dirk Muschalla (since 2012)
8. Chair for Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Numerical Geotechnics: Christian Veder (1964–1979) | Heinz Brandl (1979–1981) | Martin Fuchsberger (1982-1993) | Stephan Semprich (1993–2011) | Roman Marte (since 2012)
9. Chair for Building Construction: Fritz Reischl (1964–1981) | Horst Gamerith (1981-2006) | Peter Kautsch (2008–2019) | Oliver Englhardt (2010–2017) | Michael Monsberger (since 2016) | Christina Hopfe (since 2020)
10. Chair for Construction Management and Construction: Rudolf Aita (1970–1978) | Norbert Raaber (1981-1996) | Gert Stadler (1996-2006) | Hans Lechner (2002–2013) | Detlef Heck (since 2006) | Gottfried Mauerhofer (since 2013)
11. Chair for materials testing and building material technology: Helmut Geymayer (1980–2002) | Peter Maydl (since 2003) | Markus Krüger (since 2015)
12. Chair for building mechanics: Rudolf Greimel (1985–2004) | Martin Schanz (since 2005)
13. Chair for rock mechanics and tunnel construction: Wulf Schubert (1993–2018) | Thomas Marcher (since 2018)
14. Chair for structural engineering: Karl Kernbichler (1997-2004)
15. Chair for wood construction and wood technology: Gerhard Schickhofer (since 2004)
retired chair for building informatics: Ulrich Walder (2004–2013); retired chair for hydraulics and hydrology: Ferdinand Wehrschütz (1974–1995) | Heinz Bergmann (1975-2002)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kapsch, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1934 |
| Place of death | Munich |