Hanns Simons

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Hanns Simons (born April 18, 1925 in Leningrad ; † September 20, 1984 in Braunschweig ) was a German civil engineer and professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig .

Life

Hanns Simons was the son of the university professor Hanns Alexander Simons . He attended the Ratsgymnasium in Hanover and studied at the TH Hanover , where he also received his doctorate in 1957 . Simons then worked for Julius Berger AG for three years on the planning and execution of the Maracaibo Bridge in Venezuela and then became head of the technical office for civil engineering at Philipp Holzmann AG. In this role, he was involved in numerous major construction projects (tunnels, ports, dams, subway sections) in Germany, the Netherlands, Kuwait , Pakistan , Morocco , Thailand and Malaysia . In 1968 Simons received a teaching position at the TH Darmstadt . In 1974 he was appointed full professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig and appointed head of the newly founded Institute for Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics.

Simons was married to Lore Simons. The couple had three children, including Eva Möllring and two sons.

Fonts

  • History of the student body. in: Yearbook of the Technical University of Hanover. Hanover 1949, p. 153ff.
  • About the design of ship lifts. (= Dissertation TH Hannover). Hamburg 1957.
  • with Heinz Wind, W. Hans Moser: The bridge over Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela: General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge. Bauverlag, Wiesbaden, Berlin 1963. (also published in English).
  • Collection of technical terms from foundation engineering and soil mechanics, tunnel construction and rock mechanics in German, English and French. Chair of Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Technical University of Braunschweig, around 1980.
  • Exercise print for foundation engineering and soil mechanics - specialization - lecture printout of finite elements in foundation engineering. Chair of Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Technical University of Braunschweig, around 1980.
  • Exercise transfer for the lecture foundation engineering and soil mechanics I. foundation engineering and soil mechanics II. Foundation engineering and soil mechanics III. Chair of Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Technical University of Braunschweig, around 1980.
  • Exercise transfer for the lecture Basic Structures and Soil Mechanics III 5th semester. Chair of Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Technical University of Braunschweig, around 1980.
  • with Franz-Reinhard Ruppert: Development of suitable methods for measuring the physical properties of betonite suspensions on construction sites. Braunschweig 1982.
  • with Ernst Reuter, Waldemar Hänsel: Development of test procedures and rules for the production of landfill seals made of clay to protect the groundwater. Specialized Information Center for Energy, Physics, Mathematics Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 1986.

literature

  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. 13th edition, Berlin, New York 1980, p. 3712.
  • Obituary by K. Steinfeld in: Civil engineer. 60, 1985, pp. 76f.

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Simons, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer and university professor in Braunschweig
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 1984
Place of death Braunschweig