Gerd Gudehus
Gerd Gudehus (born July 23, 1938 in Hamburg ) is a German engineering scientist who deals with soil mechanics and foundation engineering.
Life
Gudehus is the son of a civil engineer. He studied at the TU Berlin , where he obtained his diploma in 1962 and received his doctorate under Hans Lorenz . From 1968 he worked with Hans Leussink at the University of Karlsruhe , where he completed his habilitation in 1972 and in 1973 became a full professor of foundation engineering and soil mechanics. From 1973 until his retirement in 2006 he was head of the Institute for Soil Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
One focus of Gudehus' research is basic soil mechanical research with a broad interdisciplinary focus. In Karlsruhe he also led the special research areas of silo structures and preservation of historical structures (under geotechnical aspects), which had existed since the mid-1980s. In the 1990s, his institute also focused on earthquake hazards and geotechnical problems that arose from the recultivation of the post-mining landscape in the former GDR.
In 1991 he received the Max Planck Research Award . In 2006 he became an honorary member of the German Society for Geotechnics (DGGT). He was head of the specialist section for soil mechanics and of the working group security in foundation engineering of the DGGT and chairman of the DIN committee NA civil engineering security in foundation engineering . In 1995 he received an honorary doctorate from TH Danzig .
Fonts
- Soil mechanics , Stuttgart, Enke Verlag 1981
- Physical Soil Mechanics , Springer 2010, ISBN 354036353X
- Constitutive laws for soils from a physical viewpoint , in: Ulrich Smoltczyk (editor) Geotechnical Engineering Handbook , Volume 1, Ernst and Son, 2002, pp. 207-257
- Editor: Geotechnical Engineering in Monument Preservation , special issue of the publication series of the BMFT Verbundforschung zur Monumentpflege, Ernst and Son, 1994
- The rough world of soil mechanics , farewell lecture Karlsruhe 2008, pdf
literature
- Manfred Nussbaumer, Konrad Nübel Professor Dr. Ing.Dr. hc Gerd Gudehus was 65 , Geotechnik, Volume 26, 2003, No. 3, p. 146
Web links
- Website at the University of Karlsruhe
- History of the Institute for Soil Mechanics and Rock Construction in Karlsruhe
- Literature by and about Gerd Gudehus in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gudehus, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer for foundation engineering and soil mechanics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |