Hans Grassl

Hans Grassl (born January 20, 1908 in Vienna , † January 8, 1980 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian civil engineer.

biography

Grassl studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Vienna from 1926 to 1931 and then worked for the steel construction company Waagner-Biro in Vienna, where he dealt with steel bridges, among other things. In 1935 he became group leader for steel bridges in the top construction management of the Reichsautobahn in Hanover . In 1937 he went to the steel construction company Rheinstahl-Eggers Kehrhahn in Hamburg , where he was most recently director and left in 1947 when he opened his own engineering office in Hamburg. Soon after, branches were opened in Düsseldorf and Munich .

The bridge projects in which he was involved in a design or testing function, as a consultant or expert include:

Theodor Heuss Bridge in Düsseldorf
Heidingsfeld viaduct
Mintarder Ruhr Valley Bridge
San Mateo – Hayward Bridge in San Francisco
Oberkasseler Bridge in Düsseldorf
Kauppenbrücke in the Spessart
Fehmarnsund Bridge
Köhlbrand Bridge in Hamburg
Norderelbbrücke in Hamburg
High bridges over the Kiel Canal
Mangfall Bridge
West works bridge near Sindlingen / Kelsterbach
Fleher Bridge (draft)
Isar bridge Plattling

After the collapse of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne , he was the appraiser.

In 1973 he received an honorary doctorate from the TU Braunschweig for achievements in structural engineering and especially in bridge building. He was a member of the German Committee for Steel Construction.

Fonts

Draft of light roads, IVBH Abhandlungen 25, Zurich 1965

literature

Klaus Stiglat : Civil engineers and their work , Ernst and Son 2004, p. 164
Dipl.-Ing. Hans Grassl 60 Years , Steel Construction, Volume 37, January 1968, p. 29.

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personal data
SURNAME	Grassl, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	January 8, 1980
Place of death	innsbruck