Hugo Bachmann (civil engineer)
Hugo Bachmann (born September 27, 1935 ) is a Swiss civil engineer.
biography
Hugo Bachmann studied civil engineering at the ETH Zurich and obtained his diploma in 1959. Until 1963 he worked in an engineering office and in the development department of the prestressed concrete company Stahlton AG / BBRV in Zurich. Then he worked again at the ETH, where he was assistant to Bruno Thürlimann and received his doctorate in 1967 (for the plasticity-theoretical calculation of statically indeterminate reinforced concrete beams ). Part-time he managed a medium-sized construction and general contractor in the St.Gallen Rhine Valley. Since 1969 he has been an assistant professor and since 1977 a full professor at the Institute for Structural Analysis and Design (IBK) at ETH Zurich. In 2000 he retired (farewell lecture: Reinforced concrete, structural dynamics and earthquake engineering - a few contradictions ).
He was an advisory expert on numerous construction projects such as bridges and high-rise structures for questions relating to reinforced and prestressed concrete, earthquake-proof construction and vibration problems in structures. Before he dealt primarily with the structural dynamics and earthquake protection of buildings, he researched the plasticity of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures, lightweight concrete, crack formation, shear design, prestressing, etc. a.
Bachmann was also repeatedly committed to community issues. He was the main initiator and president of the Federal People's Initiative for footpaths and hiking trails, which in 1979 brought about the corresponding article in the federal constitution. In 2004 he founded the Foundation for Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering to promote the skills of engineers in practice.
Hugo Bachmann built up the field of structural dynamics and earthquake engineering at the ETH. Among other things, an earthquake simulator in the form of a vibrating table was developed and put into operation in 1995. He was involved in the elaboration of the earthquake standards in Switzerland and in Eurocode 8 and wrote a standard work with Thomas Paulay (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) on earthquake design of reinforced concrete buildings, both of which developed the principle of capacity design. Bachmann also examined dynamic loads caused by people in buildings (e.g. gymnasiums and sports halls, pedestrian bridges) and damping effects in reinforced concrete. A monograph by him on vibration problems in buildings has also been translated into English. The monograph on seismic conceptual design of buildings, which has been translated into numerous languages, including Turkish, Arabic and Chinese, also had a worldwide broadcast.
He is an honorary doctorate from the University of Kassel and an honorary member of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE), in which he was representative for Europe, and of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE).
Fonts (selection)
- Longitudinal shear and lateral bending in pressure plates of concrete girders , IBK, Birkhäuser 1978
- Partial prestressing: experience in Switzerland and questions of dimensioning , IBK, Birkhäuser 1980
- with Walter Ammann, Armin Ziegler: Earthquake loading of concrete and lightweight concrete structures according to various standards and calculation methods , IBK 1980
- Practical building dynamics using the example of human-induced vibrations , IBK, Birkhäuser 1988
- with Karl Baumann: Dynamic loads caused by humans and their effects on beam structures , Birkhäuser 1988
- with Thomas Paulay, Konrad Moser: Earthquake design of reinforced concrete buildings , Birkhäuser 1990
- Building construction for engineers. An introduction , Springer 1994
- with Walter Ammann and others: Vibration Problems in Structures: Practical Guidelines , Birkhäuser 1995
- Earthquake protection of buildings , Birkhäuser 1995, 2nd edition 2002
- Seismic Conceptual Design of Buildings - Basic Principles for Engineers, Architects, Building Owners, and Authorities, Federal Office for Water and Geology 2002, today Federal Office for the Environment
- When buildings vibrate: Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering in Switzerland - history and stories , vdf Hochschulverlag, ETH Zurich 2015
literature
- Klaus Stiglat (Ed.): Civil engineers and their work , Ernst and Son 2004
- Festschrift on the honorary doctorate to Hugo Baumann, University of Kassel , 2002 (pdf)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Appreciation on the occasion of the honorary doctorate in Kassel
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bachmann, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1935 |